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January 17, 1939

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ROOSEVELT ASKS EXTENSION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO MORE AGED AND CHILDREN; PROJECTS WIDER AID Congress Is Urged to Add 6,000,000 for Old-Age Insurance 'PANACEAS' AGAIN DECRIED President Sends Report Stressing Merit System, Grants toStates, Unified Service

By Louis Stark Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.--President Roosevelt today asked Congress to extend the benefits of the Federal old-age insurance system and the Federal-State unemployment-...

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Theft of $1,300,000 Fares From City Subway Bared; Dewey Inquiry Links Thirty Station Agents and Many Mechanics to Stealing of 3% of Road's Revenue--Three Arrested $1,300,000 IN FARES STOLEN FROM CITY Thefts May Be Larger One Fled "With Plenty"

By Unknown Author

Dewey reveals thefts of $1,300,000 or more over 3 yrs through collusion of station agents with maintenance men; 3 held; others under suspicion

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BOMB BLASTS SHAKE CITIES IN BRITAIN; IRISH ARE BLAMED; Man Is Killed in Manchester-- Outrages in London, Belfast, Liverpool and Birmingham REPUBLICAN ARMY DEFIANT Proclamation Calls for Direct Action Fight for Republic-- Power Plants Guarded Ship Canal Is Guarded BLASTS IN BRITAIN ARE LAID TO IRISH Proclamation" Posted in Ireland Ulster Plans Strong Steps

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Police guard power plants as result of bomb blasts

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Day's Arrival of 1,100 Buyers Sets Record; Influx Colled Harbinger of Trade Upswing

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N Y C arrivals set day's record

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HUNGER SIT-DOWNS PROTEST WPA CUTS; 40 in Federal Arts Office and 24 of Show Cast Strike as 1,500 Are Dismissed Ready for Long Siege HUNGER SIT-DOWNS PROTEST WPA CUTS

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2 theatre project sit-down hunger strikes start; protest presented at White House

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1939Christodoulos of Athens, Greek archbishop (died 2008)^[†]

Christodoulos was Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and as such the primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, from 1998 until his death, in 2008.

1939Maury Povich, American talk show host and producer^[†]

Maurice Richard Povich is an American former television personality, best known for hosting the tabloid talk show Maury which aired from 1991 to 2022. Povich began his career as a radio reporter, initially at WWDC and later as host of a daytime Washington, D.C. talk show Panorama. In the late 1980s, he gained national fame as the host of tabloid infotainment TV show A Current Affair, based at Fox's New York flagship station WNYW. In 1991, he co-produced his own show The Maury Povich Show, which in 1998 was rebranded as Maury.

Headlines from January 17, 1939

ROOSEVELT ASKS EXTENSION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO MORE AGED AND CHILDREN; PROJECTS WIDER AID Congress Is Urged to Add 6,000,000 for Old-Age Insurance 'PANACEAS' AGAIN DECRIED President Sends Report Stressing Merit System, Grants toStates, Unified Service

Theft of $1,300,000 Fares From City Subway Bared; Dewey Inquiry Links Thirty Station Agents and Many Mechanics to Stealing of 3% of Road's Revenue--Three Arrested $1,300,000 IN FARES STOLEN FROM CITY Thefts May Be Larger One Fled "With Plenty"

Day's Arrival of 1,100 Buyers Sets Record; Influx Colled Harbinger of Trade Upswing

HUNGER SIT-DOWNS PROTEST WPA CUTS; 40 in Federal Arts Office and 24 of Show Cast Strike as 1,500 Are Dismissed Ready for Long Siege HUNGER SIT-DOWNS PROTEST WPA CUTS

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