Times Sq. Throngs See Firemen Fight Blaze; Smoke Fells Four and Two Others Are Hurt
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W 42 St; billboards damaged, 4 firemen felled, 2 hurt
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June 7, 1939
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Cuba Recloses Door to Refugees; 48-Hour Limit on Offer Expires; President Rejects Counter-Proposal to Admit 252 in Addition to 907 on the St. Louis-- Liner Reports Heading for Europe
By R. Hart Phillips Wireless To the New York Times
time limit on bond offer expires; door closed
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WPA WITNESS SAYS SOVIET TRAINED HIM IN STREET FIGHTING; Workers Alliance Organized 'Hunger March' on Capital, Committee Hears TELLS OF STAY IN MOSCOW Ex-Communists at House Inquiry Charge Reds Seek toStir Unrest Among Jobless
By Henry N. Dorris Special To the New York Times
C H White reveals Communist plan for black belt repub, House subcom WPA hearing
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BINGHAMTON MAYOR SEIZED IN HOSPITAL; C.W. Kress Indicted by Grand Jury Investigating Vice on Charge of Extortion
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Mayor C W Kress and 3 others indicted for extortion from T Bashara and J Koschak through threats to accuse them of conducting a gambling place, Binghamton, N Y
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POPE SEEKS TO BAR SOVIET FROM PACT; Moves to Improve the Relations Between Dictatorships and Democratic Countries
By Camille M. Cianfarra Wireless To the New York Times
Pope seeks to improve relations between democracies and dictators to bar Soviet from proposed pact; conf with Rev P Tacchi-Venturi; Ital Cath paper on Pope's efforts
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Notable Births
1939Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor and educator (died 2013)[†]
Yuli Turovsky OC CQ was a Soviet-born Canadian cellist, conductor and music educator, known for founding the I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra.