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February 4, 1939

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DIES INQUIRY WINS YEAR'S EXTENSION IN HOUSE, 344-35; Republicans Vote Solidly for Measure After Bitter Fight by Small Opposition TEXAN TAKES OFFENSIVE Head of Investigation Into Sedition Denounces Its Congress and Cabinet Foes Dies Attacks Foes of Inquiry DIES INQUIRY WINS IN HOUSE, 344-35 Sharp Personal Exchanges Accusations of "Smearing"

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BATISTA, IN MEXICO, URGES SOLIDARITY; Puts Cuba Behind U.S. in Any Showdown With Dictators-- Gets Rousing Reception BATISTA, IN MEXICO, URGES SOLIDARITY 25,000 Cheer Batista Daniels to Entertain Him

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Bermuda Plans to Ban Undesired Publications

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Bermuda Assembly gets bill to allow women to vote in parish elections and hold office

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DISPUTE ROOSEVELT; Some Senators Insist He Put Frontier in France at Conference DIFFER ONLY ON WORDING Say Import Was to Help Democracies So Far as Possible Without War Nye Asks Question Bridges Assails "Secrecy" SENATORS TO AIR PARLEY IN DEBATE Further Questioning Planned Pittman Holds Stand Clarified Committee Debates Course Fish Scores President Say Stenographer Made Record

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Notable Births

1939Stan Lundine, American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New York^[†]

Stanley Nelson Lundine is an American politician from Jamestown, New York who served as the mayor of Jamestown, a United States representative, and the lieutenant governor of New York.