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May 28, 1939

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Notable Births

1939Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist (died 2012)^[†]

Anne Maeve Binchy Snell was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker. Her novels were characterised by a sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in Ireland, and surprise endings. Her novels, which were translated into 37 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Her death at age 73, announced by Vincent Browne on Irish television late on 30 July 2012, was mourned as the death of one of Ireland's best-loved and most recognisable writers.

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Headlines from May 28, 1939

Badenweiler March

By Unknown Author

All day long on the hot Aug. 12 of 1914 the smoke and shock of battle surged around the little town of Badonviller at the foot of the pine-clad Vosges.

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ADULT CLASS PLANNED BY WILLIAM AND MARY; Project Calls for Education in Colonial Life of Virginia

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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U. OF P. GRADUATES FOR ALUMNI SOCIETY; Nearly 700 Applications for Membership Received

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Gen Alumni Assn gets nearly 700 membership applications

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LEGISLATIVE ACTION CHEERS RAILROADS; Passage by Senate of WheelerTruman Bill Taken asPromise of Further Aid Change in Rate-Making Control of Water Carriers

By Unknown Author

Passage by the Senate last week of the Wheeler-Truman bill to aid the railroads resulted in optimism in railroad circles. Executives, among them J.J. Pelley, president, and R.V. Fletcher, general counsel, of the Association of American Railroads, expressed the belief that the outlook for favorable legislation was brighter now than it has been for a long time.

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Royal Progress; Queen Mary Derby Day

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Zog's Gold Plate Seized; Camouflaged as Cheese

By Unknown Author

Gold articles belonging to Zog taken by frontier guards from Greek bus passenger

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HULL FOR REPEAL OF ARMS EMBARGO; DRAFTS U.S. POLICY; ASKS TRAVEL CURB Secretary Gives Seven Proposals for Avoiding War Involvement RIGID ISOLATION OPPOSED Delay by Administration in Its Expression on Neutrality May Bar Session Action Seven Specific Proposals Against Any Rigid Embargo HULL FOR REPEAL OF ARMS EMBARGO Called Calm Statement

By Harold B. Hinton Special To the New York Times

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BUSES GAIN COMFORT; Vehicles to Speed Across Western Plains Have Better Seats, Air Conditioning

By Helen Morgan

WHILE Hollywood revives Western movie epics with covered wagons crawling across endless plains, new transcontinental buses, designed primarily for comfort, are in the making. These buses, running between Chicago and the Pacific Coast, represent an investment of nearly half a million dollars. They will be initiated this Summer to accommodate the crowds which, it is expected, will make this year unequaled in the history of travel.

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Article 2 -- No Title; FORTY FATHOMS, UNDERSEA AN HEROIC RESCUE IS MADE Undersea Epic Drama of the Squalus Out of Portsmouth The Skilled Underseaman Water Pours In New Safety Devices Under Pressure The Diver's Duty The Rescue Is Made

By Drawings by Leo Hershfield, Times Wide World Photos

New-fashioned devices and old-fashioned fortitude were blended last week in as thrilling a story as ever has been told of the sea or of the bottom many fathoms below its surface. The submarine Squalus, on a training trip in ...

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