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November 30, 1938

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Survey of Strike in Paris

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

The strike situation in the different trades and professions in the Paris region lined up early today as follows: RAILROADS--The rail federation ordered a strike from 4 A. M. to 7 P. M., but the government requisitioned employes and, holding a corps of specialists in reserve, expected to maintain services fairly completely. The first trains out of Paris after 4 A. M. moved on time.

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Notable Births

Jean Eustache

1938Jean Eustache, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981)[โ€ ]

Jean Eustache was a French film director and editor. During his short career, he completed numerous short films, in addition to a pair of highly regarded features, of which the first, The Mother and the Whore, is considered a key work of post-Nouvelle Vague French cinema.

1938John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (died 2013)[โ€ ]

John M. Goldman was a British haematologist, oncologist and medical researcher. A specialist in chronic myeloid leukaemia, Goldman conducted pioneering research into leukaemia treatment โ€“ he was instrumental in the development of bone marrow transplantation as a clinical method, and later in the development of the drug imatinib. He was also a prolific author of scientific papers, was involved with numerous medical charities and had a decades-long surgical career at Hammersmith Hospital, London.