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December 18, 1938

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140 SHIPS TO FEIGN WAR ON THIS COAST; 600 Planes Also Will Line Up From Cuba to Brazil in Navy Manoeuvres Next Month Backbone of the Armada "Black" vs. "White" Fleet 140 SHIPS TO FEIGN WAR ON THIS COAST

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Navy Department announced today that the annual fleet manoeuvres which would be held in the Atlantic next year were designed for one major purpose-"to afford the maximum amount of fleet training, training of personnel and tests of material" under all conditions of weather and sea.

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REICH SHOWS DROP IN FOREIGN TRADE; Anti-Jewish Excesses React in increasing Deficit, Is Belief of German Business Men Austria Proves a Drain Trade With U. S. Declines REICH SHOWS DROP IN FOREIGN TRADE 166,281,577 Marks From Flight Tax Schacht Talks Unfruitful Explicit Program Denied

By Otto D. Tolischuswireless To the New York Times

returns to Berlin; speculation on confs

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LIMA PARLEY BARS ACTION ON SEIZURE OF ALIEN PROPERTY; U. S. FRAMES UNITY PLAN Delegates Circulate a Draft Providing That Ministers Consult Every 2 Years Expropriation Issue Put Off Treaty Agreements Sought Mexican Proposal Offered Debate on Diplomatic Aid Ban Is Avoided by Giving Experts Issue for Report in 1943 LIMA PARLEY BARS ISSUE OF SEIZURES

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investors' protection issue referred to experts for rept to 1943 conf; projects revd

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Endless Duel of Atoms Declared Source of Fuel in Furnace of Sun; Professor Bethe of Cornell Attributes Solar Radiation to Energy Loosed by Impact of Hydrogen and Self-Replenishing Carbon SUN'S FUELING LAID TO DUEL OF ATOMS What Happens in the Sun Survival of the Carbon Heat That Sets Nuclei "Afire" Precise Nuclear Reactions

By William L. Laurencespecial To the New York Times

Prof H A Bethe announces discovery of energy-formation process and elements involved; solution hailed by Dr H Shapley

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U. S. OBTAINS 'PROOF' OF BIG ARMS TRADE BY COSTER CONCERN; Noonan Says the Evidence Is Conclusive-Federal Agencies to Confer Tomorrow BROTHERS BEGIN TO 'TALK' Show Signs of Aiding Inquiry--Women Members of the Family Subpoenaed Made Start With $2,000 Plans for Conference Tomorrow U. S. OBTAINS 'PROOF' OF BIG ARMS TRADE Women in Family Subpoenaed Had Alcohol Permit Coster Got 10 Per Cent of Common Customers Non-Existent An Accounting Mystery Thompson Refused to Wait

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women members of Musica family subpoenaed

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1938Chas Chandler, English bass player and producer (died 1996)^[†]

Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an English musician, record producer and manager, best known as the original bassist in The Animals, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He also managed the band Slade, and Jimi Hendrix, about whom he was regularly interviewed until his death in 1996.

1938Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter and composer (died 2005)^[†]

Joel Hirschhorn was an American songwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song on two occasions. He also wrote songs for a number of musicians, including Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison. Hirschhorn was born in the Bronx and attended the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan. After graduating, Hirschhorn became a regular performer on New York's nightclub circuit, both as a solo singer and as a member of the rock & roll band, The Highlighters.

Headlines from December 18, 1938

140 SHIPS TO FEIGN WAR ON THIS COAST; 600 Planes Also Will Line Up From Cuba to Brazil in Navy Manoeuvres Next Month Backbone of the Armada "Black" vs. "White" Fleet 140 SHIPS TO FEIGN WAR ON THIS COAST

REICH SHOWS DROP IN FOREIGN TRADE; Anti-Jewish Excesses React in increasing Deficit, Is Belief of German Business Men Austria Proves a Drain Trade With U. S. Declines REICH SHOWS DROP IN FOREIGN TRADE 166,281,577 Marks From Flight Tax Schacht Talks Unfruitful Explicit Program Denied

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