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January 8, 1939

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Governor Lehman Exhorts Party To the Service of All the People; Tells 1,000 at Jackson Day Dinner Here That Democrats Deserve Chief Credit for Revived Interest in Government

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Attends Jackson Day dinner, Wash

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MOONEY PARDONED; TO 'DEDICATE LIFE TO COMMON GOOD'; ABSOLVED OF GUILT He Is Then Asked by Olson to Work Against 'Chaos of Revolution' SEEKS NEW SOCIAL ORDER Cheered at Hearing, He Asks Pardon for Billings-- Governor Collapses

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pardon granted; Olson affirms belief in innocence; collapses during s; Mooney promises to aid Billings and to work for new soc order; LaGuardia and labor unions hail pardon

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Springtime in January Is Due to Tarry Awhile

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U.S. SEEN AS CENTER OF ANTI-HITLERISM; Commander of Germany's New Battleship Cites the Forces Hostile to Third Reich

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Dedicates battleship Scharnhorst

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SUMMER WAR GAME ON A HUGE SCALE SET FOR NEW YORK; 50,000 Regulars and Militiamen Will Concentrate in State in August AIR DEFENSE IN FALL Northeastern Area Will See First Exercise Designed to Protect Industrial Areas

By Hanson W. Baldwin Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.--Some of the most extensive field exercises held in the United States are scheduled for next Summer and Fall, according to the army budget presented to Congress last Thursday.

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1939Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer^[†]

Carolina Herrera is a Venezuelan American fashion designer. Known for her personal style, she founded her namesake brand in 1980. Herrera has designed for various First Ladies of the United States, including Jacqueline Onassis, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, and Melania Trump.

Headlines from January 8, 1939

Governor Lehman Exhorts Party To the Service of All the People; Tells 1,000 at Jackson Day Dinner Here That Democrats Deserve Chief Credit for Revived Interest in Government

MOONEY PARDONED; TO 'DEDICATE LIFE TO COMMON GOOD'; ABSOLVED OF GUILT He Is Then Asked by Olson to Work Against 'Chaos of Revolution' SEEKS NEW SOCIAL ORDER Cheered at Hearing, He Asks Pardon for Billings-- Governor Collapses

Springtime in January Is Due to Tarry Awhile

U.S. SEEN AS CENTER OF ANTI-HITLERISM; Commander of Germany's New Battleship Cites the Forces Hostile to Third Reich

SUMMER WAR GAME ON A HUGE SCALE SET FOR NEW YORK; 50,000 Regulars and Militiamen Will Concentrate in State in August AIR DEFENSE IN FALL Northeastern Area Will See First Exercise Designed to Protect Industrial Areas

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