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August 8, 1939

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BRITISH SEE INTENT IN ICHANG BOMBING; Naval Report Says Japanese Also Tried to Hit Gunboat --French Now Menaced

By Unknown Author

Gannet comdr repts Ichang boat and oil co damage Intentional; air raid casualty rept; Japanese claim no Information; Japan notifies consuls of Haimen port blockade; Wang Chingwei to proclaim unified Peiping-Nanking regime; Tientsin food shortage; anti-French drive starts; Keifeng Brit missions, hosps and schools confiscation expected; U S Hahkow Consul protests Kioshan mission bombing; Mr and Mrs Scoville, Amer missionaries, flee from Hwohsien to Kiehsisu

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CREDITS ON COTTON EXTENDED TO SPAIN; Export-Import Bank Is Joined by 8 Banks Here in $13,750,000 Deal for 250,000 Bales

By Frank L. Kluckhohn Special To the New York Times

Extends credits to Spain

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CITY VOTES $25,000 AS LEPKE REWARD; U.S. INQUIRY BEGINS; Board Also Posts $5,000 for Slayers of Man Mistaken for Rackets Witness FUGITIVE'S AIDE SOUGHT Eight-State Alarm Reveals the Indictment of Zennreich-- Cahill Presents Evidence

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Estimate Bd votes higher reward for Buchalter and reward for I Penn slayers

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ROOSEVELT CLAIMS VICTORY ON COURTS DESPITE CONGRESS; Recalling 1937 Defeat, He Says His 'Liberal Ideas' Prevail in Supreme CourtTHOUGH HIS PLAN FAILEDObjectives, Not Method of Winning Them, Count, He Holds--Lending Drive Looms

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Visits Roosevelt

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Italy's War Games End Abruptly, With Mussolini Strangely Absent; Army of Po Malted Before Getting Chance to Enter 'Break'--French Believe 'Lightning War' Theory Exploded in Manoeuvres

By Herbert L. Matthews Wireless To the New York Times

games end before schedule; Mussolini absent; French press comment

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1939Jana Andrsová, Czech actress and ballerina (died 2023)^[†]

Jana Andrsová was a Czech ballerina and actress. In 1957 she graduated from the Dance Conservatory in Prague and began to work with the Vitus Nejedly Army Art Ensemble.

1939Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian long jumper^[†]

Viorica Viscopoleanu is a retired Romanian long jumper athlete. She competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1968, setting a new world record. At the European championships she won a silver medal outdoors in 1969 and two medals indoors, in 1970 (gold) and 1971 (bronze). After retiring from competitions she worked as a coach at her club Steaua București. Monica Iagăr was one of her trainees.

1939Alexander Watson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru^[†]

Alexander Fletcher Watson is an American retired ambassador and diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Peru from 1986 to 1989.

Headlines from August 8, 1939

BRITISH SEE INTENT IN ICHANG BOMBING; Naval Report Says Japanese Also Tried to Hit Gunboat --French Now Menaced

CREDITS ON COTTON EXTENDED TO SPAIN; Export-Import Bank Is Joined by 8 Banks Here in $13,750,000 Deal for 250,000 Bales

CITY VOTES $25,000 AS LEPKE REWARD; U.S. INQUIRY BEGINS; Board Also Posts $5,000 for Slayers of Man Mistaken for Rackets Witness FUGITIVE'S AIDE SOUGHT Eight-State Alarm Reveals the Indictment of Zennreich-- Cahill Presents Evidence

ROOSEVELT CLAIMS VICTORY ON COURTS DESPITE CONGRESS; Recalling 1937 Defeat, He Says His 'Liberal Ideas' Prevail in Supreme CourtTHOUGH HIS PLAN FAILEDObjectives, Not Method of Winning Them, Count, He Holds--Lending Drive Looms

Italy's War Games End Abruptly, With Mussolini Strangely Absent; Army of Po Malted Before Getting Chance to Enter 'Break'--French Believe 'Lightning War' Theory Exploded in Manoeuvres

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