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August 18, 1939

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Notable Births

1939Maxine Brown, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter^[†]

Maxine Ella Brown is an American soul and R&B singer.

1939Robert Horton, English businessman (died 2011)^[†]

Sir Robert Baynes Horton was a British businessman. He was a director of the European Advisory Council and of Emerson Electric Company. He spent 30 years working for BP, formerly British Petroleum. He became Chief Executive and Chairman of the Board of BP in March 1990, but was forced out in 1992.

1939Johnny Preston, American pop singer (died 2011)^[†]

John Preston Courville, known professionally as Johnny Preston, was an American rock and roll singer, best known for his 1959 international number one hit "Running Bear".

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Headlines from August 18, 1939

BRITAIN RULES OUT A 4-POWER PARLEY; Calls Idea Propaganda in 'War of Nerves'--Interests of Poland Held Foremost No Peace Parley Planned REICH SEES REBUFF BY POLES ON TERMS Terms Are Emphasized Hitler Receives Csaky Refugees Held Desperate

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr. Special Cable To the New York Times

Brit rules out proposed 4-power conf

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ISSUE HELD GRAVE; Press Intensifies Tales of an Anti-German Terror in Poland REPORTS 1,000 ARRESTED Hungarian War Cooperation Believed Paanned as Csaky Is Received by Hitler Checks With Warsaw Reports Significance of Charges BRITAIN RULES OUT A 4-POWER PARLEY Press Notes the Parallel

By Otto D. Tolischus Wireless To the New York Times

rept on Anglo-Polish and Anglo-Turkish treaty negotiations

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U.S. ASKS LEADERS TO GIVE TAX ADVICE; Treasury Requests Views of Industry, Labor, Farmers-- Ickes Warns Capital Asks Mutual Understanding Private Hearings Offered U.S. ASKS LEADERS TO GIVE TAX ADVICE Letters Sent Organizations Ickes Gives a Warning

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Invites business leaders to cooperate in Cong tax study; lr text

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City School Budget Illegal, Court Rules in Second Suit; Justice Bernstein Holds Affirmative Vote of Quorum Necessary for Adoption-- Evening Classes Mandatory CITY SCHOOL BUDGET IS HELD ILLEGAL Two Actions Possible Other Actions Illegal Teachers' Suit Faced

By Unknown Author

Sup Ct holds budget illegal and evening elementary schools mandatory, Talbot suit

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NLRB IS CONDEMNED AS DISCRIMINATORY BY THE STATE A.F.L.; Amendment of the Law to Be Demanded Unless Board Corrects the 'Abuses' 'UNFAIR TO CRAFT GROUPS' Other Resolutions at Closing Session of Convention Score Anti-Semitism Moves Discrimination Is Charged NLRB IS CONDEMNED BY THE STATE A.F.L. All Officers Re-elected Resolution on Anti-Semitism

By Times Wide World

Assailed by J P Ryan

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MILK STRIKE CUTS CITY'S SUPPLY 37%; TROOPERS ON GUARD; Extension of Shed Is Weighed by Dr. Rice as Situation Grows More Serious MORE VIOLENCE UP-STATE Lehman Orders Out All State Police to Preserve Order in Disturbed Areas Extension Being Considered Institutions First on List MILK STRIKE CUTS CITY SUPPLY 37% Pitched Battle Up-State

By Unknown Author

Lehman acts to enforce law and order; Wright estimates 50%, dealers 37% of supply withheld from N Y C market; distributors ask shed extension; Distributors Agency curtails mfg supply; LaGuardia conf with Rice; strike violence; CIO support gains; Sec Wallace sets hearings on price schedule under pact

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PALESTINE POLICY OF BRITAIN SCORED BY MANDATES BODY; League's Commission Finds White Paper Contrary to Original Commitment SPLITS ON INTERPRETATION London Will Press Plans, Confident of Approval by League Council See Change Justified PALESTINE POLICY OF BRITAIN SCORED Answering in Detail Concurrence Is Cited

By Warren Irvin Wireless To the New York Times

GENEVA, Aug. 17.--The League of Nations made public today the report of its Permanent Mandates Commission on the work of its thirty-sixth session, held in Geneva last June.

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FAIR IN NEW CUTS SAVES $5,500 A DAY; Latest Program Is Expected to Reduce Outlay $320,000 Up to End of Season Attendance Held Reason FAIR IN NEW CUTS SAVES $5,500 A DAY $5,000 a Day in New Cut Architects to Be Consolidated Says Coast Fair is "In Black"

By Russell B. Porter

Resigns as N Y World's Fair exhibits and concessions dir

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The Developments in Europe

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As Poland ignored Germany's latest terms, Berlin assumed Warsaw's attitude was a rebuff and the press emphasized that a "German solution" of the whole problem was merely a matter of days. The newspapers in a campaign strikingly similar to that conducted during the Sudetenland ...

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