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December 24, 1938

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Headlines from December 24, 1938

INSURGENTS OPEN DRIVE AND REPORT BIG GAINS IN SPAIN; Quick Advances After Brief Artillery Fire Lead to Heavy Engagements ICY STREAMS ARE CROSSED Loyalists, However, Say That Six Thrusts Were Beaten Back With Heavy Loss Hill Captured and Lost Again Good Use Made of Respite INSURGENTS OPEN NORTH SPAIN DRIVE Artillery Launches Drive Claim 6 1/2-Mile Penetration Moroccans Open Attacks Fifty Tons of Gold Sent to France

By Herbert L. Matthewswireless To the New York Times

Rebels open drive and rept big gains, Segre; map (Matthews); Loyalist Govt ships gold to France to pay for supplies

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Notable Births

Valentim Loureiro

1938Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese soldier and politician[†]

Valentim dos Santos de Loureiro ComM is a Portuguese politician and former football chairman of Boavista and Portuguese League for Professional Football. He has the rank of Major of the Portuguese Army. He was involved in the Apito Dourado sports scandal, for which he was sentenced by the Courts of Portugal.

Notable Deaths

Bruno Taut

1938Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (born 1880)[†]

Bruno Julius Florian Taut was a renowned German architect, urban planner and author. He was active during the Weimar period and is known for his theoretical works as well as his building designs.