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December 31, 1938

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Headlines from December 31, 1938

STERN RESISTANCE ON CATALAN FRONT SLOWS UP REBELS; Franco's Tired Troops Said to Have Gained No More Than a Mile Anywhere DEFENDERS STRIKE BACK Counter-Attack in Seros Zone Believed Designed to Ease Pressure Farther South Loyalists Outnumbered RESISTANCE SLOWS DRIVE IN CATALONIA Rebels Claim Gains British Ship Hit at Valencia Bombed Craft Found Intact

By Herbert L. Matthewswiresless To the New York Times

Rebels attack on northern and southern fronts; Bobera taken; Loyalist counter-attack, Seros zone (Matthews); map; more towns and prisoners taken by Rebels (Carney); Brit ship, Mirupano, hit; freighter Marionga undamaged

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Iran Finds Cat Show Headlines Insult Shah And Again Breaks Off Relations With France

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

break caused by cat show headlines interpreted as insult to Shah

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Germany Condemns Failure of U. S. To Disavow Ickes for His Speech; Declares There Is No Hope of Improving Relations Unless State Department Alters Its Ways--Washington Not Moved REICH SCORES U. S. FOR SPARING ICKES Washington Is Unchanged

By Guido Enderiswireless To the New York Times

Reich condemns U S for failure to disavow s

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City Prepared to Usher In 1939 With Gayest Revelry in Years; Hotels, Restaurants and Supper Clubs Ready for Traditional Festivities--Travel in and Out of New york Is Heavy CITY IS PREPARED TO WELCOME 1939

By Unknown Author

travel heavy

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MRS. LAUER ADMITS SMUGLING CHARGE; Justice's Wife Escorted by Doctor and Nurse as She Changes Plea to Guilty Walks With Faltering Step Lauer Apartment Raided MRS. LAUER ADMITS SMUGGLING CHARGE

By Unknown Author

Mrs Lauer pleads guilty

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1938Rosalind Cash, American singer and actress (died 1995)^[†]

Rosalind Cash was an American actress. Her best-known film role is in the 1971 science-fiction film The Omega Man. Cash also had another notable role as Mary Mae Ward in ABC's General Hospital, a role she portrayed from 1994 until her death in 1995.

1938Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (died 2013)^[†]

Atje Keulen-Deelstra was a Dutch speed skater, who was a four-time World Allround Champion between the age of 32 and 36.

Headlines from December 31, 1938

Iran Finds Cat Show Headlines Insult Shah And Again Breaks Off Relations With France

Germany Condemns Failure of U. S. To Disavow Ickes for His Speech; Declares There Is No Hope of Improving Relations Unless State Department Alters Its Ways--Washington Not Moved REICH SCORES U. S. FOR SPARING ICKES Washington Is Unchanged

City Prepared to Usher In 1939 With Gayest Revelry in Years; Hotels, Restaurants and Supper Clubs Ready for Traditional Festivities--Travel in and Out of New york Is Heavy CITY IS PREPARED TO WELCOME 1939

MRS. LAUER ADMITS SMUGLING CHARGE; Justice's Wife Escorted by Doctor and Nurse as She Changes Plea to Guilty Walks With Faltering Step Lauer Apartment Raided MRS. LAUER ADMITS SMUGGLING CHARGE

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