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December 25, 1938

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REBEL DRIVE HALTS; ONE BREACH MADE BY THE ITALIANS; Correspondent at Front Finds All Quiet After Insurgents Widen Their Seros Base NO REAL THREAT SEEN YET But Burgos Claims a 15-Mile Gain, With Many Villages and Much War Material Seized Three Attacks Launched REBEL DRIVE HALTS; ONE BREACH MADE Rebels Tell of New Advance Charge Misuse of British Pouch Rebels Claim 15-Mile Gain Fire Destroys Loyalist Supplies

By Herbert L. Matthewswireless To the New York Times

Rebel drive halts after widening Seros base (Matthews); towns and war material reptd captured (Carney); 15-mi gains claimed; Rebel communique charges use of Brit vice consul Goodman's pouch to convey mil information; fire destroys Loyalist supplies, Cerbere

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Many Sports Marks Set In 1938, Review Shows

By Unknown Author

A comprehensive review of sports in 1938 is printed today in Section 5 of THE NEW YORK TIMES. The year is shown to have been one of sensational record-breaking, with men, machines and horses all contributing new speed marks.

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PRESIDENT RENEWS PLEDGES FOR PEACE TO 'ALL THE WORLD'; Utters Message of Christmas Eve at Lighting of Nation's Tree in the Capital POINTS TO HOPES AT LIMA Pan-American Nations Can Take Heart in Work of Amity at This Season, He Says 8,000 Attend Exercises THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS A Happy Circumstance" PRESIDENT RENEWS PLEDGES FOR PEACE Band Plays Crowd Homeward Real Candles on President's Tree Children to Arouse Household White House Staff Greeted SCENES OF CHRISTMAS EVE, WITH THE PRESIDENT AT THE CAPITAL, AND IN CATHEDRAL HERE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Notable Births

Duane Armstrong

1938Duane Armstrong, American painter[†]

Duane Albert Armstrong is an American painter, best known for his oil on canvas paintings. He was born in Fresno California, and was raised near San Luis Obispo California. His foster mother taught him to paint as a child.

Noel Picard

1938Noel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)[†]

Joseph Jean-Noël Yves Picard was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1965 to 1973.

Notable Deaths

Karel Čapek

1938Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (born 1890)[†]

Karel Čapek was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R., which introduced the word robot. He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time. Influenced by American pragmatic liberalism, he campaigned in favor of free expression and strongly opposed the rise of both fascism and communism in Europe.