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Adolf Hitler at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Reichsautobahn project, Walserberg, Austria, 7 Apr 1938; note Fritz Todt behind Hitler	USS Lexington at anchor off Honolulu, Hawaii, 8 Apr 1938	USS Ranger (foreground), USS Lexington (center), and USS Saratoga (background) at anchor off Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Apr 1938 during the exercise Fleet problem XIX. Photo 1 of 2	USS Ranger (foreground), USS Lexington (center), and USS Saratoga (background) at anchor off Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Apr 1938 during the exercise Fleet problem XIX. Photo 2 of 2

USS Ranger at anchor off Honolulu, Hawaii, 8 Apr 1938.	Works Progress Administration head Harry Hopkins speaking to the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee regarding an expansion of Federal Works Program and Social Security Aids, Capitol Building, Washington, United States, 8 Apr 1938	German propaganda at the voting booth urging Austrians to vote in favor of the annexation, Austria, 10 Apr 1938	Chinese soldier displaying captured Japanese equipment, Tai'erzhuang, Shandong Province, China, mid-Apr 1938

Cruiser St. Louis sliding down the ways at Newport News Shipbuilding 15 Apr 1938 at Newport News, Virginia, United States.	Sargo-class submarine Saury under construction on the ways at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 16 Apr 1938.	Adolf Hitler shaking hands with German actress and director Leni Riefenstahl, Germany, 20 Apr 1938	Harry Hopkins and Aubrey Williams at the Capitol Building, Washington, United States, 20 Apr 1938

Harry Hopkins, Clifton Woodrum, and Edward Taylor, Capitol Building, Washington, United States, 20 Apr 1938	Sargo-class submarine Saury on the ways at the Electric Boat Company being readied for her launch nine days later, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 20 Apr 1938.	Destroyer Monaghan, 28 Apr 1938	Sargo-class submarine Saury shortly after her launch at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 29 Apr 1938.

A bombed-out building in Qiankou, Henan, China, circa May-Jun 1938	BV 141 V-1 prototype aircraft at an airfield, circa late 1930s	Chinese troops at Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, May 1938	Portrait of Bai Chongxi, seen on cover of Liangyou Pictorial No. 137 issued in May 1938