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January 4, 1939

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HIGH COURT BACKS NLRB IN FORD SUIT; Remand by Circuit Tribunal in Reinstatement Case Is Unanimously Upheld

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Ford Motor Co: U S Sup Ct upholds NLRB's withdrawal of its order in Dearborn case

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INSURGENTS CLAIM 'KEY TO CATALONIA'; Columns Converging From North and South Said to Have Met and Taken Artesa

By William P. Carney Wireless To the New York Times

LERIDA, Spain, Jan. 3.--Generalissimo Francisco Franco's biggest success in the new year was claimed today in the capture of Artesa de Segre, thirty miles northeast of Lerida.

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NAVY BOARD URGES 41 DEFENSE BASES FOR ENTIRE NATION; Would Cover Atlantic and Pacific With Air, Submarine and Destroyer Units TWENTY-FIVE FOR PLANES Congress Is Advised in Report to Establish Fifteen of These at Once

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.--The Naval Board which Congress directed in the Naval Expansion Act of 1938 to survey the coastlines of the United States and its possessions...

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Japanese Cabinet Resigns in Split Over Policy to Be Pursued on China; Extreme Nationalists Force Out Konoye as He Fights Full Application of Mobilization Law--Hiranuma Is Slated as Premier

By Unknown Author

Japanese Premier and Cabinet resign over policies

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TAXI STRIKE BEGINS; LITTLE DISORDER; MAYOR INTERVENES; La Guardia Invites Both Sides to City Hall Parley Today to Urge Mediation HEAVY POLICE GUARD OUT Force Put on Emergency Basis --Union Demands a Larger Share in Receipts

By Unknown Author

Intervenes in taxicab strike; calls both sides to City Hall conf

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