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Police chief quits; Nazi fears drive Jews to suicide, November 17, 1938

November 17, 2008 |  6:01 am
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Voice of executed man speaks from Tijuana grave.
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At left, the current film "The Citadel," with Rosalind Russell and Robert Donat.

Police Chief James Davis, who figured in the Gordon Northcott "Changeling" case, says he's stepping down to protect his pension.

A United Press story datelined Berlin says without elaborating that "many" German Jews have committed suicide over fears of more Nazi terrorism before the "martyr's funeral" of Ernst von Rath. A Nazi diplomat serving in Paris, Rath was killed by Herschel Grynszpan, a Polish Jew

"Hundreds of thousands of Jews have 'disappeared' from every town of any size, swelling the total of arrests to an estimated 50,000 [that's what it says--lrh], including many prominent and wealthy Jews held as 'hostages,' " the UP story says.
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Jewish police officers to guard Nazi officials during visit to New York.
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Religious leaders and government officials call on the U.S. to accept Jewish refugees.
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Grand jury plans to indict Joe Shaw
in city corruption ...  Cesar Romero endorses Safeway's beef.
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Salary for UCLA football coach: $13,000 ($189,494.37 USD 2007)

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