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November 9, 1939

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NEUTRALS' POSITION PERTURBS FRENCH; Troop Massing on Frontiers of Belgium and Holland Being Watched--Raids Repulsed Offensive Held Near NEUTRALS' POSITION PERTURBS FRENCH Three Points of Attack. British Down Nazi Plane German Off in Haze Nazis Admit Losing Five Planes Colonial Troops Mobilized

By G.h. Archambault Wireless To the New York Times.by Harold Denny Wireless To the New York Times

French repulse 3 German attacks with heaviest fighting in Ohrenthal salient

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Court Orders That Republic Steel Rehire 5,000, Pay $7,500,000; Company, Not Men, Was Responsible for 1937 Strike, Says a Federal Tribunal, Upholding NLRB--Appeal Likely REPUBLIC ORDERED TO HIRE BACK 5,000 No Wage Question Involved Alleged Violence Bars Some Fist Fights Are Condoned Company's Pleas Are Overruled Preferred List Was Ordered Republic Considers Appeal Other Cases to Be Tested Holds C.I.O. Vindicated

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8--The Republic Steel Corporation lost its fight today before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to have set aside an order of the National Labor Relations Board directing it to reinstate about 5,000 employes dismissed in the "Little Steel" strike of 1937 and pay them "lost" wages estimated at $7,500,000.

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Notable Births

Paul Cameron

1939Paul Cameron, American psychologist and academic[†]

Paul Drummond Cameron is an American psychologist. While employed at various institutions, including the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, he conducted research on passive smoking, but he is best known today for his claims about homosexuality. After a successful 1982 campaign against a gay rights proposal in Lincoln, Nebraska, he established the Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality (ISIS), now known as the Family Research Institute (FRI). As FRI's chairman, Cameron has written contentious papers asserting unproven associations between homosexuality and the perpetration of child sexual abuse and reduced life expectancy. These have been heavily criticized and frequently discredited by others in the field.

Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham

1939Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, English academic and politician[†]

Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, PC is a Labour politician and former member of the House of Commons and House of Lords. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010, and as usual for a holder of that position, also held the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.