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June 22, 1939

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Headlines from June 22, 1939

Leche to Resign as Governor of Louisiana; Huey Long's Brother Will Succeed to Office; GOVERNOR WHO WILL RESIGN AND HIS SUCCESSOR

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Gov Loche, ill, to resign; Lt Gov Long to be Gov

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REICH CURBS JEWS IN THE CZECH AREA ON TRADE DEALINGS; Protector Orders All Their Property to Be Registered Before End of July BANS SECURITY PURCHASES Prague Government Is Taken by Surprise--Tried to Keep Holdings From Germans

By A.r. Parker Wireless To the New York Times

orders Jews to register property

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SEIZED IN INQUIRY ON MT. VERNON WPA; Public Works Commissioner Held by County Prosecutor --Alderman Summoned

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Pub Works Comr Twidy held, Alderman Hayes summoned, and H Watson, stone co exec and Young Repub Club pres, questioned in investigation of frauds in WPA and other construction jobs

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THE POST IS SOLD TO GEORGE BACKER; Councilman to Be Publisher of the City's Oldest Paper-- Stern Still a Director

By Unknown Author

Sold to Councilman G Backer who becomes pres and pub; J D Stern resigns as pub and becomes dir; issues statement; new dirs announced

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ALLOWS EMPLOYERS TO ASK AN ELECTION; National Labor Board Changes Rules Covering Union Disputes on Majority Control

By Louis Stark Special To the New York Times

On Wagner Act, House com hearing

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Notable Births

1939Don Matthews, American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2017)^[†]

Donald J. Matthews, a.k.a. "the Don", was a head coach of several professional football teams, mostly in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won 231 games in the CFL, the second highest win total by a head coach in the league's history while leading four teams to Grey Cup victories. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in September 2011.

1939Ed Paschke, Polish-American painter and academic (died 2004)^[†]

Edward Francis Paschke was an American painter. His childhood interest in animation and cartoons, as well as his father's creativity in wood carving and construction, led him toward a career in art. As a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago he was influenced by many artists featured in the museum's special exhibitions, in particular the work of Gauguin, Picasso and Seurat.