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December 9, 1938

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FRANCE INCREASES GUARD AS RIOTS SPREAD IN TUNIS; LIBYAN ARABS BACK ITALY; ALGERIA SENDS MEN Order Is Restored After All-Day Clashes in the Tunisian Capital FASCIST LEADERS JAILED Italians, French and Arabs Demonstrate--Big Rally in Tripoli Hails Mussolini Guards Arrive From Algeria Italian Businesses Guarded TUNIS REINFORCED AS RIOTING SPREADS Big Demonstrations in Libya Mounting Indignation Seen Algerian Governor to Report Paris Students "Demand" Venice

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Protests against anti-Ital outbreaks, Tunis

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Deacon Jones

1938Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (died 2013)[†]

David D. "Deacon" Jones was an American professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He played for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, and Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.

Dimitrios Trichopoulos

1938Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (died 2014)[†]

Dimitrios Trichopoulos was a Mediterranean Diet expert and tobacco harms researcher. He was Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention and Professor of Epidemiology, and a past chair of the Department of Epidemiology, in the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.