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January 25, 1939

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Headlines from January 25, 1939

ASSEMBLY VOTES AN INVESTIGATION OF JOB INSURANCE; Favors It 135-0, but Senate's Democrats Limit Approval to Finance Committee NOT A HUNT, SPONSORS SAY Meanwhile, Judiciary Groups Set Feb. 8 for a Hearing on Lehman Anti-Graft Bills

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

ALBANY, Jan. 24.--The Assembly approved today, without opposition from the Democratic side, the Burney resolution calling for an investigation of the breakdown in the administration of the unemployment insurance law. The vote was 135 to 0.

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BRULATOUR IS SHOT; DEWEY SIFTS CASE; 2-Day Delay in Reporting of Wound--Accidental, Says Hope Hampton's Husband

By Times Wide World

Brulatour, J E, wounds self with pistol

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ITALY ADDS TO ARMY AS CURB ON FRANCE; Fearing a Crisis on Spain, She Recalls Part of 1901 Class and Will Summon Others

By Camille M. Cianfarra Wireless To the New York Times

To recall part of 1901 class; to summon others

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LEADERS OF C. I. O. REPUDIATE MARTIN; HE PLANS TO FIGHT; Murray and Hillman Recognize Thomas as President of Auto Workers Union LEWIS CALLED A 'DICTATOR' Organization's Leader Sees Plot to Split Body, Hints at Pact With Dubinsky

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

ousted bd members conf with CIO leaders in Wash, D C; Murray and Hillman recognize them as UAWA's exec bd and Thomas as pres; score Martin action and hold he violated union's const and 1938 peace pact; Martin defies CIO; hints he will form rival union with Internatl Ladies Garment Workers

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Quick Mop-Up in Catalonia Seen; Rest of Loyalist Area Ill-Equipped; Experts View Conquest as Matter of Weeks if Barcelona Falls--Government-Held 25% of Country Lacks War Industries

By Unknown Author

PARIS, Jan. 24.--The Spanish Government's chances of successfully defending the remainder of Catalonian territory if Barcelona falls were considered exceedingly slim by military exerts in Paris tonight.

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Notable Deaths

1939Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (born 1870)^[†]

Charles Davidson Dunbar, DCM was the first pipe major to be commissioned as a pipe officer in Britain and the British Empire. He emigrated from Scotland to Canada, where he came to be called "Canada's greatest military piper".