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German clubs end affiliation
WPA strikes barred by A Williams; all strikes against Govt opposed by Roosevelt, AFL and CIO
Sing for Your Supper; cast of WPA production, in rehearsal 6 mos, demands opening date be set
Franco to repatriate 10,000 Ital Legionnaires; France may recognize his regime; Legionnaires get greetings from Fascist Grand Council; rumors of Loyalist-Rebel truce current; problem of Ital technicians and aviators remains
1938Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria[†]
Heinz Fischer GColIH, OMRI, RSerafO, GCollSE is an Austrian politician who served as the president of Austria from 2004 to 2016. Fischer previously served as minister for science from 1983 to 1987 and as president of the National Council of Austria from 1990 to 2002. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) until 2004, he suspended his party membership as he became president.
1938John Sutherland, English journalist, author, and academic[†]
John Andrew Sutherland is a British academic, newspaper columnist and author. He is Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London.