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February 8, 1939

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Headlines from February 8, 1939

New Concern Is Felt Over the Pope's Health As a Cold Causes Him to Cancel Audiences

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Has influenza

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The Loyalist Government Is Told It Cannot Wage War From France; Bonnet Also Asserts Paris Cannot Allow 'Any Foreign State' to Threaten Spain's Integrity 'and Indirectly Our Own Security'

By P.j. Philip Wireless To the New York Times

PARIS, Feb. 7.--Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet and Minister of the Interior Albert Sarraut during a debate on foreign policy in the Senate this afternoon both gave full warning to the Spanish Republican Government that it could not direct the war or the government of Spain from French soil.

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SABOTAGE ON I.R.T. BY OUSTED WORKERS DELAYS THOUSANDS; Lines Guarded After Stalling of Trains in Protest Over Dismissal of 'Juniors'

By Unknown Author

employe group sabotages service at key points in protest against replacement; R Brokate arrested

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URGE 4-YEAR TERM IN STATE SENATE; Republican Leaders Support Move Through Amendment-- Tax Law Easing Voted

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sen com repts const amendment proposal for 4-yr terms

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REICH WEIGHS PLAN TO DROP SUDETENS; Considers Returning Them to Czecho-Slovakia to Shed Heavy Economic Burden

By Augur Wireless To the New York Times

possibility Reich may return Sudetens to Czecho-Slovakia

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1939Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist (died 2022)^[†]

Jose Maria Canlas Sison, also known as Joma, was a Filipino writer, poet, and activist who founded and led the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and added elements of Maoism to its philosophy—which would be known as National Democracy. His ideology was formed by applying Marxism–Leninism-Maoism to the history and circumstances of the Philippines.

Headlines from February 8, 1939

New Concern Is Felt Over the Pope's Health As a Cold Causes Him to Cancel Audiences

The Loyalist Government Is Told It Cannot Wage War From France; Bonnet Also Asserts Paris Cannot Allow 'Any Foreign State' to Threaten Spain's Integrity 'and Indirectly Our Own Security'

SABOTAGE ON I.R.T. BY OUSTED WORKERS DELAYS THOUSANDS; Lines Guarded After Stalling of Trains in Protest Over Dismissal of 'Juniors'

URGE 4-YEAR TERM IN STATE SENATE; Republican Leaders Support Move Through Amendment-- Tax Law Easing Voted

REICH WEIGHS PLAN TO DROP SUDETENS; Considers Returning Them to Czecho-Slovakia to Shed Heavy Economic Burden

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