1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 7, Matches, Bulgaria vs Czechoslovakia
Team:01 - GK - Konstantin Maznikov02 - DF - Anastas Kovachev03 - DF - Georgi Balkchiev04 - MF - Ljubomir Petrov05 - MF - Panayot Stefanov06 - MF - Borislav Gabrovski07 - FW - Nikola Nikolov08 - FW - Ljubomir Angelov (capt.) 09 - FW - Krum Milev10 - FW - Georgi Pachedzhiev11 - FW - Borislav Kamenski


1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 7, Matches, Bulgaria vs Czechoslovakia
Team:01 - GK - Vojtěch Věchet02 - DF - Jaroslav Burgr (capt.) 03 - DF - Josef Čtyřoký04 - MF - Josef Košťálek05 - MF - Jaroslav Bouček06 - MF - Karel Kolský07 - FW - Jan Říha08 - FW - František Kloz09 - FW - Jiří Sobotka10 - FW - Vlastimil Kopecký11 - FW - Oldřich Rulc


1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 7, Matches, Czechoslovakia vs Bulgaria
Team:01 - GK - František Plánička (capt.) 02 - DF - Jaroslav Burgr03 - DF - Ferdinand Daučík04 - MF - Josef Košťálek05 - MF - Arnošt Kreuz06 - MF - Karel Kolský07 - FW - Jan Říha08 - FW - Josef Ludl09 - FW - Ladislav Šimůnek10 - FW - Oldřich Nejedlý11 - FW - Ľudovít Rado


1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 7, Matches, Czechoslovakia vs Bulgaria
Scorers:1-0 Ladislav Šimůnek (21')2-0 Oldřich Nejedlý (57')3-0 Josef Ludl (73')4-0 Oldřich Nejedlý (77')5-0 Ladislav Šimůnek (79')6-0 Ladislav Šimůnek (89')


1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 7, Matches, Czechoslovakia vs Bulgaria
Team:01 - GK - Konstantin Maznikov02 - DF -  Nikola Nikolov03 - DF - Georgi Balkchiev04 - MF - Ljubomir Petrov05 - MF - Panayot Stefanov06 - MF - Borislav Gabrovski (capt.) 07 - FW - Ljubomir Angelov08 - FW - Mihail Lozanov09 - FW - Stefan Kalchev10 - FW - Georgi Pachedzhiev11 - FW - Vuchko Yordanov


1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 7, Team stats, Czechoslovakia
Head coach:  Josef Tesař (first match),  Václav Meissner (second match)


1938 FIFA World Cup squads
Below are the squads for the 1938 FIFA World Cup final tournament in France.


1938 FIFA World Cup squads
Hungary and Switzerland were the only teams who had players from foreign clubs. All the three such players represented French clubs.


1938 FIFA World Cup squads
Nine selected players by Germany came from the qualified but not participating Austria due to Anschluss.


1938 FIFA World Cup squads
Rosters include reserves, alternates, and preselected players that may have participated in qualifiers and/or pre-tournament friendlies but not in the finals themselves.


1938 FIRA Tournament
The 1938 FIRA Tournament was the third Rugby Union European championship, organized by the recently formed FIRA. It was played in Bucharest. Only three teams participated.


1938 Far Eastern Championship Games
The 1938 Far Eastern Games were scheduled to be held in Osaka, Japan, although they were cancelled due to the outbreak of Second Sino-Japanese War. After the cancellation of these 1938 Games the Far Eastern Games ceased to exist and they have been replaced by the Asian Games after World War II.


1938 Farnworth by-election
The Farnworth by-election of 1938 was held on 27 January 1938. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Guy Rowson. It was won by the Labour candidate George Tomlinson.


1938 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
The 1938 Florida A&M Rattlers football team was an American football team that represented Florida A&M College as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1938 college football season. In their third season under head coach William "Big Bill" Bell, the Rattlers compiled a perfect 8–0 record, defeated Kentucky State in the Orange Blossom Classic, outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 7, and were recognized as the black college national championship. The Rattlers played their home games at College Field in Tallahassee, Florida.


1938 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
The team gained acclaim for not allowing a single point by opponents during the regular season. In seven regular season games, the Rattlers outscored opponents by a total of 180 to 0. Hailing the team as the pride of Florida, one sports writer observed: "The brand of football these colored lads have been turning out is so good that 'white folks' have been flocking to their games this year throughout the south."


1938 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
The team's acclaimed backfield, made up of quarterback Henry Butler, fullback Stanley Strachan, and halfbacks John D. Harris and Tom "Tank" Jones, was known as the "Four Ghosts".


1938 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
The line, known as the "Seven Rocks", did not allow a first down against Tuskegee. Defensively, the team still holds school records for both fewest yards allowed (951 yards in eight games) and fewest first downs allowed (53 in eight games).


1938 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
Jake Gaither, who later led the Rattlers from 1945 to 1969, was an assistant coach for the 1938 team.


1938 Florida Gators football team
The 1938 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1938 college football season. The season was Josh Cody's third as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlights of the season included a 21–7 Homecoming win over the Maryland Terrapins and a hard-fought 9–7 conference victory over the Auburn Tigers in Jacksonville, Florida, and the first-time meeting with the future in-state rival Miami Hurricanes. The season also included a 14–16 upset loss to the Stetson Hatters in Gainesville. Cody's 1938 Florida Gators finished 4–6–1 overall and 2–2–1 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing seventh of thirteen SEC teams in the conference standings—Cody's best finish in the SEC.


1938 Florida Gators football team
The season ended with a 20–12 loss to Temple, Pop Warner's last victory.


1938 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
The 1938 Football Championship of UkrSSR were part of the 1938 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine.


1938 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR, Ukrainian clubs at the All-Union level
Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Odesa, Stakhanovets Stalino, Silmash Kharkiv, Lokomotyv Kyiv, Spartak Kharkiv


1938 Fordham Rams football team
The 1938 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1938 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Jim Crowley, they finished the regular season at 6–1–2 and were ranked fifteenth in the final AP Poll.


1938 French Championships (tennis)
The 1938 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 2 June until 11 June. It was the 43rd staging of the French Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the year.


1938 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Bernard Destremau /  Yvon Petra defeated  Don Budge /  Gene Mako  3–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–1


1938 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Simonne Mathieu  /  Billie Yorke   defeated  Arlette Halff /  Nelly Landry 6–3, 6–3


1938 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Simonne Mathieu /  Dragutin Mitić   defeated  Nancye Wynne Bolton  /  Christian Boussus  2–6, 6–3, 6–4


1938 French Championships – Men's Singles
Don Budge defeated Roderich Menzel 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1938 French Championships.


1938 French Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Donald J. Budge is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1938 French Championships – Women's Singles
First-seeded Simonne Mathieu defeated Nelly Adamson 6–0, 6–3 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1938 French Championships. Hilde Sperling was the three-time defending champion, but did not compete this year.


1938 French Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Simonne Mathieu is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1938 French Grand Prix
The 1938 French Grand Prix (formally the XXXII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France) was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Reims-Gueux on 3 July 1938. The race was held over 64 laps of the 7.8-kilometre (4.8 mi) course for a total distance of 500 kilometres (310 mi).


1938 French Grand Prix
Like the other races in the 1938 European Drivers' Championship, the French Grand Prix was held to new regulations for 1938, mandating a maximum engine capacity of 4.5L, or 3L for supercharged engines, as well as minimum weights based on a sliding scale depending on engine size, with the largest engine cars needing to weigh at least 850 kilograms (1,870 lb).


1938 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1938 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School during the 1938 college football season.


1938 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
This was the last year Fresno State would compete in the Far Western Conference (FWC). They had been a charter member of the conference (founded in 1925). In their 14 years of FWC play, the Bulldogs won or shared the championship four times (1930, 1934, 1935, 1937). Fresno State would become a charter member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 1939.


1938 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1938 team was led by third-year head coach James Bradshaw and played home games at Fresno State College Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and one loss (7–3, 2–1 FWC). The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 224–99 for the season.


1938 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Fresno State Bulldog players were selected in the 1939 NFL Draft.


1938 Fulham West by-election
The Fulham West by-election of 1938 was held on 6 April 1938. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Cyril Cobb. It was won by the Labour candidate Edith Summerskill.


1938 Fylde by-election
The Fylde by-election of 1938 was held on 30 November 1938. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Stanley. It was won by the Conservative candidate Claude Lancaster.


1938 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1938 Gent–Wevelgem was the fifth edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 2 June 1938. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Hubert Godart.


1938 George Washington Colonials football team
The 1938 George Washington Colonials football team was an American football team that represented George Washington University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its first season under head coach William Reinhart, the team compiled a 5–4 record, scored 82 points, and allowed opponents to score 82 points.


1938 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The 1938 Georgetown Hoyas football team, also known as the New Deal team, was an American football team that represented Georgetown University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jack Hagerty, the Hoyas compiled a perfect 8–0 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 185 to 26. The team was ranked No. 20 in the AP Poll of November 21 but dropped out of the final poll.


1938 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The team played its home games at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.


1938 Georgetown Hoyas football team
Halfback Joe Mellendeck led the team with his running, kicking, and defensive play.


1938 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1938 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1938 college football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 5–4–1 record.


1938 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1938 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1938 college football season.


1938 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1938 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1938, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia.


1938 Georgia gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Eurith D. Rivers was re-elected to a second term.


1938 Georgia gubernatorial election
As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran with only token opposition in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.


1938 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary election was held on September 14, 1938. As Rivers won a majority of county unit votes, there was no run-off.


1938 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
From 1917 until 1962, the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia used a voting system called the county unit system to determine victors in statewide primary elections.


1938 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
The system was ostensibly designed to function similarly to the Electoral College, but in practice the large ratio of unit votes for small, rural counties to unit votes for more populous urban areas provided outsized political influence to the smaller counties.


1938 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
Under the county unit system, the 159 counties in Georgia were divided by population into three categories. The largest eight counties were classified as "Urban", the next-largest 30 counties were classified as "Town", and the remaining 121 counties were classified as "Rural". Urban counties were given 6 unit votes, Town counties were given 4 unit votes, and Rural counties were given 2 unit votes, for a total of 410 available unit votes. Each county's unit votes were awarded on a winner-take-all basis.


1938 Georgia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, County unit system
Candidates were required to obtain a majority of unit votes (not necessarily a majority of the popular vote), or 206 total unit votes, to win the election. If no candidate received a majority in the initial primary, a runoff election was held between the top two candidates to determine a winner.


1938 German Grand Prix
The 1938 German Grand Prix was a championship Grand Prix held on 24 July 1938 at the Nürburgring in Nazi Germany. It was the 2nd race in the 1938 European Championship. The race which was 22 laps, was won by Richard Seaman driving a Mercedes-Benz W154 after starting from 3rd place.


1938 German Ice Hockey Championship
The 1938 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 22nd season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany. Eight teams participated in the championship, and SC Riessersee won the title.


1938 German football championship
The  1938 German football championship, the 31st edition of the competition, was won by Hannover 96, the club's first-ever German championship, by defeating Schalke 04 4–3 after extra time in the final. The 1938 final had to be replayed because the first game had ended in a three-all draw after extra time.


1938 German football championship
For Hannover 96 it marked the first of two national championships, the second coming in 1954, while, for Schalke, it was a short setback in the club's most successful era, having won the 1934, 1935 and 1937 final and going on to win the 1939, 1940 and 1942 ones as well.


1938 German football championship
The 1938 edition was only the second, after 1922, when a replay of the final was required. FC Schalke 04 entered the final as heavy favourites, having won the national championship in the previous season. In the first game Schalke twice took the lead, 2–0 and 3–1 before Erich Meng equalised in the 87th minute. No goals were scored in extra time, making a replay necessary. The second game, one week later, saw Hannover take the lead before Schalke went ahead twice again only for Hannover to equalise once again in the 87th minute.


1938 German football championship
In the following extra time Erich Meng scored the decisive goal in the 117th minute, giving Hannover its first national title. Erich Meng, who, together with his brother Richard, played a big part in the title win for Hannover, was killed in action less than two years later in the Second World War.


1938 German football championship
Hamburger SV's Gustav Carstens was the 1938 championships top scorer, with nine goals.


1938 German football championship
The sixteen 1937–38 Gauliga champions competed in a group stage of four groups of four teams each, with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1938 championship final.


1938 German football championship
From the following season, the German championship expanded to eighteen clubs and continued to increase in numbers through a combination of territorial expansion of Nazi Germany and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas. In later years, the number of Gauligas reached a strength of thirty one in its last completed season, 1943–44.


1938 German football championship, Competition, Group 1
Group 1 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Nordmark, Pommern, Südwest and Ostpreußen:


1938 German football championship, Competition, Group 2
Group 2 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Baden, Brandenburg, Mitte and Westfalen:


1938 German football championship, Competition, Group 3
Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Niederrhein, Schlesien, Sachsen and Württemberg:


1938 German football championship, Competition, Group 4
Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Hessen, Mittelrhein and Niedersachsen:


1938 German parliamentary election and referendum
Federal elections were held in Germany (including recently annexed Austria) on 10 April 1938. They were the final elections to the Reichstag during Nazi rule and took the form of a single-question referendum asking whether voters approved of a single list of Nazi and pro-Nazi guest candidates for the 813-member Reichstag as well as the recent annexation of Austria. Turnout in the election was officially 99.6% with 99.1% voting 'yes' in Germany and Austria.


1938 German parliamentary election and referendum
The elections were held largely to rally official support from the new Ostmark (Austrian) province, although further elections for 41 seats were held in the recently annexed Sudetenland on 4 December. NSDAP candidates and "guests" officially received 97.32% of the votes.


1938 German parliamentary election and referendum
The recently completed Kraft durch Freude cruise ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff was anchored in international waters near the United Kingdom to serve as a floating polling station for German and Austrian citizens living in the UK. On 10 April 1938, 1,978 voters (including 806 Austrians) were ferried from Tilbury, east of London. Only ten voted against annexation.


1938 German parliamentary election and referendum, Aftermath
The new Reichstag, the last of the German Reich, convened for the first time on 30 January 1939, electing a presidium headed by incumbent President of the Reichstag Hermann Göring. It convened only a further seven times, the last on 26 July 1942. On 25 January 1943, Hitler postponed elections for a new Reichstag until after the war, with the inaugural to take place after another electoral term, subsequently on 30 January 1947—by which point the body, and the Nazi state, had ceased to exist. They were the final elections held in a united Germany prior to 1990 after German reunification.


1938 Gettysburg reunion
The 1938 Gettysburg reunion was an encampment of American Civil War veterans on the Gettysburg Battlefield for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The gathering included approximately 25 veterans of the battle with a further 1,359 Federal and 486 Confederate attendees out of the 8,000 living veterans of the war. The veterans averaged 94 years of age. Transportation, quarters, and subsistence was federally funded for each veteran and their accompanying attendant. If an attendant was needed it was provided. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's July 3 reunion address preceded the unveiling of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial; a newsreel with part of the address was included in the Westinghouse Time Capsule for the 1939 New York World's Fair.


1938 Gettysburg reunion
The reunion's support personnel included 19 officers and 250 enlisted men of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and there were 3,185 United States Army personnel in total. A "regular army camp" that displayed modern weapons was east of the northward tracks of the Reading Railroad to the Gettysburg College buildings, while the Third Corps headquarters tent was south of Gettysburg near The Angle. There were 548 police; from the Pennsylvania State Police and officers from New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh; and a Gettysburg College building was the "base hospital" under the First Regular Army Medical Regiment.


1938 Gettysburg reunion, Fundraising
To raise reunion funds, in June 1936 Congress authorized 50,000 US Mint commemorative half dollars. Each was dated 1936 despite being struck in 1937. Sculptor Frank Vittor had used Union veteran James Power Stanley of the Battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, North Anna, and Spotsylvania for the model, A special US postage stamp was also advocated for the reunion's opening day. Unsold coins were destroyed.


1938 Gettysburg reunion, Chronology, 1938
January 15:  The navy sent the 75-man Marine Corps Band for the reunion (four other bands were also at the camp). February:  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, formed a nine-person committee for the reunion. April 18:  The Works Progress Administration began improvements to the 25 sq mi (65 km2) of the Gettysburg National Military Park. April 26: Veterans' camp construction began at the "north end of Gettysburg College and on adjacent private property".


1938 Gettysburg reunion, Chronology, 1938
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on Seminary Ridge provided manpower for building the veterans camp, and about 50 enrollees at CCC camp MP-2 of Company #1355-C served as guides for the veterans. May 16:  President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the bill for the federal transportation and camp appropriations of $900,000 (federal memorial funding had also failed in 1912). June 25:  The 1st Medical Regiment arrived from Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania to provide medical care for the reunion. June 29:  Twelve special Pullman trains arrived carrying veterans (4 from the east, with the remainder from the north and west).


1938 Gettysburg reunion, Chronology, 1938, Events
July 1, Friday (Reunion Day):  Opening ceremonies in the Gettysburg College Stadium were in the morning and included an address by Secretary of War Harry Hines Woodring, chairman of the United States Commission.


1938 Gettysburg reunion, Chronology, 1938, Events
July 5:  The 62nd Coastal Artillery departed for Fort Totten, the 12th Infantry (without 1 company) to Fort Howard (Maryland), and the Third Cavalry to Fort Myer. July 6:  The 66th Infantry departed for Fort Meade and the 6th Field Artillery to Fort Hoyle. July 7:  The 34th Infantry (without 1 company) departed for Fort Meade. July 8:  The 34th Infantry headquarters company departed for Fort Meade (the 8th Quartermaster Regiment remained until ~July 25 to dismantle the veterans camp.) September 23:  A World's Fair time capsule with a "permanent acetate film by RKO-Pathé" (15 minute newsreel) with part of Roosevelt's Gettysburg reunion address and numerous other events was lowered into a 50 ft well.


1938 Giro d'Italia
The 1938 Giro d'Italia was the 26th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 7 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 182 km (113 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 29 May after a split stage and a total distance covered of 3,645.8 km (2,265 mi). The race was won by the Italian rider Giovanni Valetti of the Fréjus team, with fellow Italians Ezio Cecchi and Severino Canavesi coming in second and third respectively.


1938 Giro d'Italia, Participants
Of the 94 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 7 May, 50 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 29 May. Riders were allowed to ride as a member of a team or group; 61 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 33 competed as a part of a group. The nine teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Dei, Fréjus, Ganna, Gloria-Ambrosiana, Lygie-Settebello, Legnano, Olympia, and Wolsit-Binda. The teams ranged from six to eight riders each. There were also seven groups, made up of three to five riders each, that participated in the race. Those groups were: U. C. Modenese, Il Littoriale, La Voce di Mantova, U.S. Azzini, U.S. Canelli, Dopolavoro Mater, and Gruppo A.


1938 Giro d'Italia, Participants
The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders. The field featured one former Giro d'Italia winners with Francesco Camusso who won the race in 1931. Reigning champion Gino Bartali did not enter the race because the Italian government ordered him to race the Tour de France instead. Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Giovanni Valetti, Ezio Cecchi, and Giuseppe Olmo. Swiss rider Leo Amberg who placed high at the 1936 and 1937 Tours de France competed in the race.


1938 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.


1938 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.


1938 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner. If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification. The group classification was decided in the same manner, but the classification was exclusive to the competing groups.


1938 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.


1938 Giro di Lombardia
The 1938 Giro di Lombardia was the 34th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 23 October 1938, over a course of 232 km (144 mi). The race started and finished in Milan. The race was won by the Italian Cino Cinelli, who reached the finish line at an average speed of 34.974 km/h (21.732 mph), preceding his countrymen Gino Bartali and Osvaldo Bailo.


1938 Giro di Lombardia
101 cyclists departed from Milan and 60 completed the race.


1938 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team
The 1938 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Gonzaga University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their eighth and final year under head coach Mike Pecarovich, the Bulldogs compiled a 1–7 record and were outscored by a total of 105 to 82.


1938 Gordon state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Gordon on 24 September 1938 because the Court of Disputed Returns overturned the result of the 1938 Gordon election. Harry Turner had been declared elected by 9 votes over William Milne. Both candidates were endorsed by the United Australia Party. Milne filed a petition which challenged postal and absentee votes. Justice Maxwell sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns held that most of the 125 challenged votes did not meet the requirement of the Electoral Act such as not being properly witnessed, and that the election was void.


1938 Governor General's Awards
The 1938 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the third rendition of the Governor General's Awards, Canada's annual national awards program which then comprised literary awards alone. The awards recognized Canadian writers for new English-language works published in Canada during 1938 and were presented in 1939. There were no cash prizes.


1938 Governor General's Awards
There was one award in each of three established categories, which recognized English-language works only.


1938 Grand National
The 1938 Grand National was the 97th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 25 March 1938.


1938 Grand National
The steeplechase was won narrowly by American thoroughbred Battleship, a 40/1 shot ridden by 17-year-old jockey Bruce Hobbs and trained by Reg Hobbs, for owner Marion duPont Scott. Royal Danieli finished in second place, with Workman third and last year's second-placed Cooleen was fourth. Workman won the National the following year and Cooleen also finished fourth in 1939.


1938 Grand National
Battleship is the only horse to have won both the Grand National at Aintree and the American Grand National.


1938 Grand National
Thirty-six horses ran in the race, including the previous year's winner Royal Mail, who was pulled-up before the second Canal Turn with a broken blood vessel.


1938 Grand National, Media Coverage and Aftermath
Winning rider Bruce Hobbs later explained that he had Fred Rimell to thank in part for his victory. Hobbs stated that Battleship had landed very steeply at Becher's Brook and cut his chin on the ground, causing the pair to come to the seventh fence wrong. Battleship had to veer sharply to take the jump and as Hobbs stated. "He caught me off balance and I was starting to fall off when suddenly I got a push up the bum back into the saddle" [From Rimell].


1938 Grand National, Media Coverage and Aftermath
Of the finish Hobbs stated "I didn't hit the little horse because he wouldn't go for the stick, but he gave everything and got up and won. I thought it was half a length but they gave it as a head and all the Irish said if there was a photograph I would have been second." Hobbs himself never raced in the National again after a fall later that year resulted in a back injury that ended his riding career.


1938 Grand Prix season
The 1938 Grand Prix season was the sixth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team. Caracciola won one of the four events that counted towards the championship.


1938 Greek coup d'état attempt
The Coup d'état attempt of 1938 or coup d'état of Chania was a short-lived coup attempt in Chania, Greece, aimed at overthrowing the dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas in 1938. Due to poor organization, the coup collapsed within a few hours and never seriously threatened the dictatorial regime.


1938 Greek coup d'état attempt, Events
Many Cretans, especially politicians from the Venizelist camp, were involved in the 1938 coup d'état which aimed to overthrow the dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas. The uprising of 1938 was the only armed insurrection against the dictatorship of Metaxas and broke out on 28 July 1938 in Chania. Aristomenis Mitsotakis was the leader of the coup. The uprising was hoped to trigger a broader revolt and revolution that would be organized in Athens. Among the people that helped to organize this plan were the governor of the Bank of Greece at the time, Emmanouil Tsouderos, Ioannis Mountakis, M. Voloudakis, and Emmanouil Mantakas. The banned Communist Party of Greece (KKE) was also involved.


1938 Greek coup d'état attempt, Events
On 28 July 1938, the radio station of Chania emitted a proclamation asking King George II of Greece to end Metaxas’ dictatorship in order for the Greeks to be free. Because of the limited timeframe and the low number of people initiated in the plans, but also due to the very poor planning, the coup was doomed to fail, and collapsed within a few hours. The government reacted fast and effectively, sending powerful military forces to Crete and seaplanes to Milos. After some minor clashes, Chania was clear of rebels.


1938 Greek coup d'état attempt, Events
About a month later, on 22 August 1938, martial law was declared across the county and a Provisional Military Court was established in the city of Chania. Its chairman was Lieutenant General Konstantinos Michalopoulos, later leader of the Greek Gendarmerie, and its royal prosecutor was Lieutenant Colonel Solon Gikas, later Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff and Minister. It seems however that, with the “tolerance” of Ioannis Metaxas, A. Mitsotakis, M. Voloudakis, I. Mountakis, and others from the Venizelist camp fled to Cyprus, while others who participated in the coup, such as Konstantinos Rentis, Emmanouil Tsouderos et al. were arrested, convicted and deported. The next year though they were amnestied. General Emmanouil Mantakas was arrested after the failure of the coup and later freed by a group of armed fellow villagers, but was sentenced to life imprisonment. No death sentences were executed.


1938 Greek coup d'état attempt, Assessment and aftermath
The failure of the coup was because, while there had been preparations for a nationwide uprising, it broke out only in Chania and it was isolated from any other anti-dictatorship movements. According to records of the Gendarmerie, shortly before the outbreak of the coup, Markos Vafiadis had arrived in Crete for the organization of the local Communist Party. After the uprising, at the end of the same year, another coup began to be organized but was never materialized and remained known in history as the "conspiracy of the Germanophiles". Leader of the coup was Periklis Kavdas, a retired officer and cabinet minister of Ioannis Metaxas. Among the leaders of the 1938 uprising, Mantakas would later go on to serve in the Communist-dominated "Mountain Government" during the Axis occupation of Greece.


1938 Green Bay Packers season
The 1938 Green Bay Packers season was their 20th season overall and their 18th season in the National Football League. The team finished with an 8–3 record in 1938 under head coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a first-place finish in the Western Division.


1938 Green Bay Packers season
In the championship game at the Polo Grounds, the Packers lost to the New York Giants 23–17, the first of only three losses the Packers have in 13 world championship games. The two teams met again in the title game the following year at Wisconsin State Fair Park, with different results.


1938 Green Bay Packers season
This season marked the last Packers' win in Buffalo (where they defeated the Chicago Cardinals by two points on a late field goal on a Wednesday night). Since then, they are winless in six attempts against the Buffalo Bills in western New York, the latest on December 14, 2014.


1938 Green Bay Packers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1938 Hanshin flood
The 1938 Hanshin flood (Japanese: 阪神大水害) was caused by heavy rains, which resulted in landslides and floods in the Mount Rokkō area, Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan in July 1938. According to the official government report, torrential rains resulted in flash floods and debris flows that affected the Mount Rokko area, including Kobe and Nishinomiya. At least 715 people lost their lives.


1938 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team
The 1938 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented Hardin–Simmons University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the team compiled an 8–2 record.


1938 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1938 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 157 to 106. The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.


1938 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 1938 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 14th season in the Victorian Football League and 37th overall.


1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 1938 Holy Cross Crusaders football team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1938 college football season. The Crusaders were led by sixth-year head coach Eddie Anderson and played their home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holy Cross's sole loss on the year came on a road trip to Carnegie Tech, where a missed extra point by the Crusaders prevented the tie. They finished ninth in the final AP Poll, the best finish in the Crusaders' history.


1938 Home Nations Championship
The 1938 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-fourth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fifty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 15 January and 19 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Scotland won their 12th title, also winning the Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup.


1938 Homestead Grays season
The 1938 Homestead Grays baseball team represented the Homestead Grays in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1938 baseball season. The team compiled a 56–14 (.800) record and won the NNL pennant.


1938 Homestead Grays season
The team featured three players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: catcher Josh Gibson, first baseman Buck Leonard, and pitcher Ray Brown.


1938 Homestead Grays season
The team's leading pitchers were Ray Brown (14–0, 1.88 ERA) and Edsall Walker (10–0, 3.01 ERA).


1938 Howard Bulldogs football team
The 1938 Howard Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Howard College (now known as the Samford University) as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1938 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Billy Bancroft, the team compiled a 2–5 record.


1938 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1938 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State College during the 1938 college football season. They competed as an independent.


1938 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1938 Lumberjacks were led by head coach Herbert L. Hart in his first season as head coach at Humboldt State. They played home games at Albee Stadium in Eureka, California. Humboldt State finished with a record of four wins and two losses (4–2). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 76–86 for the season.


1938 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 1939 NFL Draft.


1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Vaxholm, Sweden, outside Stockholm, between 6–7 August 1938. This event was held under the auspices of the Internationale Repräsentantenschaft Kanusport (IRK), founded in 1924 and the forerunner of the International Canoe Federation.


1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The men's competition consisted of three Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and seven kayak events. Two events were held for the women, both in kayak.


1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
This was the first championships in canoe sprint and the only one held prior to World War II which would break out the following year. It is also the only time the K-1 10000 m folding and K-2 10000 m folding events would take place in the world championships.


1938 Ice Hockey World Championships
The 1938 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 11 and February 20, 1938, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. It marked the 30th anniversary of the IIHF, and a special celebration was held with famous hockey players from all over Europe in attendance. Also a yearbook was produced for the twenty-two member nations which documented which European country had the most hockey clubs (Czechoslovakia 361) and the most artificial rinks (Great Britain 21).


1938 Ice Hockey World Championships
Fourteen teams participated in this World Championship. It was first divided into three preliminary round groups — two groups of five and a group with four teams. In the preliminary round, the top three teams in each group advanced to the second round. The nine teams advancing to the second round were divided into three groups of three teams each. The three group winners and the best second-place team advanced to the semifinals.


1938 Ice Hockey World Championships
The Canadians won the World Championship title for the tenth time beating Great Britain 3-1 in the final, leaving the British with their fourth European Championship title (the third in a row). In the bronze-medal game, Czechoslovakia defeated Germany 3-0, and in a match for fifth place Sweden defeated Switzerland 2-0. The Swiss were very unhappy with the IIHF's decision to pick Germany as the fourth semi-finalist, as the two of them, and Sweden, finished the second round in an absolute tie. The decision was made to advance Germany because they had lost to Canada, so they were the best European nation in their group.


1938 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Men's Hockey Championships (in Prague, Czechoslovakia), Second Round, Group C
+ Germany, Switzerland and Sweden ended with identical records. The Organizing Committee awarded the semifinal position to Germany because it had to play Canada.


1938 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1938 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1938 college football season. The Vandals were led by fourth-year head coach Ted Bank and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus in Moscow at Neale Stadium, in its second season.


1938 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
Led on the field by passing halfback Hal Roise, Idaho compiled a 6–3–1 overall record and were 2–3–1 in the PCC.


1938 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
After an opening win at Oregon State, the Vandals went to Husky Stadium in Seattle and tied Washington, breaking a 13-game losing streak to the Huskies. The teams previously tied in 1907 and Idaho's only wins came in 1900 and 1905; the Huskies have won all 19 games in this series since, all in Seattle, last meeting in 2016.


1938 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
Late October marked the 25th game with Montana and the first for the Little Brown Stein trophy. With the 19–6 win in Missoula on homecoming, Idaho extended its series advantage over the Grizzlies to 19–5–1 (.780).


1938 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
In the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, the Vandals suffered an eleventh straight loss, falling 12–0 in the snow at homecoming on November 12. It was the Cougars' first visit to and Idaho's first loss in Neale Stadium, which opened the previous year; the Vandals had won the first five games played there. The next win over Washington State came in 1954.


1938 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
Idaho finished the season with a two-game road trip to the state of Utah. Using their second string, the Vandals won 14–0 over Utah State of Logan in Ogden; five days later they won 16–0 over undefeated Mountain States conference champion Utah in Salt Lake City on Thanksgiving.


1938 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
The six wins were the most for the UI program and was not improved upon for 33 more years, until the 8–3 season in 1971 under Don Robbins. It was also the only winning season for a quarter century, until Dee Andros' 1963 team posted a 5–4 mark. In between, three teams had even .500 records: 1947, 1952, and 1957. This was the last season in which the Vandals recorded two PCC wins; the conference disbanded in the spring of 1959. They did not have consecutive winning seasons again until 1983, the second of fifteen straight.


1938 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
Future coaches (and administrators) that played on this team included seniors Steve Belko, Tony Knap, and Lyle Smith.


1938 Idaho Vandals football team, All-conference
No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team; end Tony Knap was a second team selection.


1938 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
Two Vandal seniors were selected in the 1939 NFL Draft, which lasted 22 rounds (200 selections).


1938 Idaho gubernatorial election
The 1938 Idaho gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic governor Barzilla W. Clark ran for re-election, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by former governor C. Ben Ross. Ross went on to lose the general election to Republican nominee C. A. Bottolfsen, who received 57.30% of the vote.


1938 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1938 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1938 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 26th season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 3–5 record and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference. Guard James Hodges was selected as the team's most valuable player.


1938 Illinois elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 8, 1938.


1938 Illinois elections, Election information
1938 was a midterm election year in the United States.


1938 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout
In the primary election 2,550,642 ballots were cast (1,744,005 Democratic and 806,637 Republican).


1938 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Democrat William H. Dieterich retired. Democrat Scott W. Lucas was elected to succeed him.


1938 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
All 27 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1938.


1938 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
Republicans flipped four Democratic-held seats, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 17 Democrats and 10 Republicans.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Treasurer
Incumbent Treasurer John C. Martin, a Democrat serving his second nonconsecutive term, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for United States congress. Democrat Louie E. Lewis was elected to succeed him.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent first-term Superintendent of Public Instruction John A. Wieland, a Democrat, won reelection.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Clerk of the Supreme Court
Incumbent first-term Clerk of the Supreme Court, Democrat Adam F. Bloch, was reelected.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, State Senate
Seats in the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1938. Democrats retained control of the chamber.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, State House of Representatives
Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1938. Republicans flipped control of the chamber.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Trustees of University of Illinois
An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois. All three Democratic nominees won.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Trustees of University of Illinois
Incumbent first-term Democrats Orville M. Karraker and Karl A. Meyer were reelected. New Democratic member Frank A. Jensen was also elected.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Judicial elections, Supreme Court
On June 27, 1938, one district of the Supreme Court of Illinois had a special elections.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Judicial elections, Supreme Court
A special election was held for the seat of the court's 3rd district, after the death in office of Lott R. Herrick. Republican Walter T. Gunn won the election.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures
Two measures were put before voters in 1938, one a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, and one an advisory question ("question of public policy").


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Banking Amendment
The Illinois Banking Amendment, a proposed legislatively referred constitutional amendment to Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8, of Article XI of the 1870 Illinois Constitution, failed to meet the threshold for approval. In order to be approved, legislatively referred constitutional amendments required approval equal to a majority of voters voting in the entire general election.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, Illinois Banking Amendment
If approved, this amendment would have made modifications to state banking rules that would have reduced the liability of bank stockholders.


1938 Illinois elections, State elections, Ballot measures, National Draft for War on Foreign Soil Question
An advisory question was voted on, which asked voters whether the states United States congressmen should vote against a national military draft. Those who voted overwhelmingly instructed congressmen to vote against a national military draft.


1938 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 1938 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1938 Big Ten Conference football season. The participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his fifth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.


1938 Indianapolis 500
The 26th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1938. For 1938, riding mechanics were made optional; however, no teams utilized them in the race. In addition, after seven years, the engine specifications were changed again. The 1930 "Junk" formula was eliminated. Normally aspirated engines were allowed 4.5 liters (down from 6.0 L), and superchargers would be permitted again, with a maximum displacement of 3.0 liters.


1938 Indianapolis 500, Time trials
Ten-lap (25 mile) qualifying runs were utilized. This would be the final time this distance was used. Floyd Roberts won the pole position.


1938 Indianapolis 500, Race Recap
The race was won by the number 23 car driven by Floyd Roberts. Roberts' car started in the pole position, and was the first car to win from that start since 1930. Roberts led 92 laps, posted an average speed of 117.200 miles per hours, and won $32,075. Roberts' car was owned by Lou Moore, who was also the chief mechanic. The race was marred by the death of 33-year-old spectator Everett Spence.


1938 Indianapolis 500, Race Recap
On lap 45 the number 42 car driven by Emil Andres hit the wall in turn two, then flipped over several times, causing its right front wheel to fly off. The wheel traveled 100 feet (30 m) through the air and hit Spence, who was pronounced dead upon arriving at the hospital. Andres suffered a concussion, broken nose, and chest injuries.


1938 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1938 Individual Speedway World Championship was the third edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.


1938 Individual Speedway World Championship
The Championship was won by the 28 year-old Australian Arthur 'Bluey' Wilkinson, in front of a new record crowd for speedway of 95,000. The newspapers reported that despite extra police one of the worst traffic jams of the year resulted after the meeting was over and that the air was thick with petrol fumes.


1938 International Cross Country Championships
The 1938 International Cross Country Championships was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the Royal Ulster Showground on 2 April 1938. In addition, an unofficial women's championship was held three weeks earlier in Lille, France on 12 March 1938. A report on the men's event was given in the Glasgow Herald.


1938 International Cross Country Championships
Complete results for men, and for women (unofficial), medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.


1938 International Cross Country Championships, Participation, Men's
An unofficial count yields the participation of 63 male athletes from 7 countries.


1938 International Cross Country Championships, Participation, Women's
An unofficial count yields the participation of 18 female athletes from 3 countries.


1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 33rd edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 21 teams entered the Europe Zone, while 4 entered the Americas Zone.


1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
Australia defeated Japan in the Americas Zone final, while in the Europe Zone final Germany defeated Yugoslavia. Australia defeated Germany in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but were defeated in the Challenge Round by defending champions the United States. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 3–5 September.


1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone
The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.


1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone
4 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone. Australia defeated Japan in the final, and went on to face Germany in the Inter-Zonal Final.


1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.


1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
21 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the America Zone. Germany defeated Yugoslavia in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final.


1938 Interstate Grand Prix
The 1938 Interstate Grand Prix was a motor race staged at the Wirlinga circuit, near Albury, in New South Wales, Australia on 19 March 1938. The race, which was the first Interstate Grand Prix, was contested on a handicap basis over 34 laps, a distance of 148.5 miles. It was organised by the Victorian Sporting Car Club and was held in conjunction with the 150th celebrations at Albury.


1938 Interstate Grand Prix
The race was won by Jack Phillips of Wangaratta, driving a Ford V8 Special. Phillips also recorded the fastest race time.


1938 Invercargill mayoral by-election
The 1938 Invercargill mayoral by-election was held on 19 October 1938 to elect the Mayor of Invercargill after the death of John Miller on 20 September. Miller had been elected to a fourth consecutive term in May.


1938 Invercargill mayoral by-election, Background
Ralph Hanan was elected to council in 1935 and became deputy mayor in May 1938.


1938 Invercargill mayoral election
The 1938 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1938 Invercargill mayoral election
Incumbent mayor John Miller sought a fourth consecutive term, fifth total, against deputy mayor Gordon Reed. Miller would later die on 20 September, resulting in a by-election in October.


1938 Invercargill mayoral election, Background
Miller and Reed had previously run against one another for Invercargill in the 1935 general election, both losing to William Denham.


1938 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 1938 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1938 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Irl Tubbs' second and final season as head coach of the Hawkeyes.


1938 Iowa Senate election
The 1938 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1938 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 22 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.


1938 Iowa Senate election
A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1938 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly


1938 Iowa Senate election
The primary election on June 6, 1938 determined which candidates appeared on the November 8, 1938 general election ballot.


1938 Iowa Senate election
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 28 seats to Democrats' 22 seats. Following a special election in 1937 in district 1, Republicans flipped the first district to their party. Therefore, on election day in November 1938, Republicans held 29 seats to Democrats' 21.


1938 Iowa Senate election
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 5 Senate seats.


1938 Iowa Senate election
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1938 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 38 seats and Democrats having 12 seats (a net gain of 9 seats for Republicans).


1938 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 1938 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1938 college football season. In their second season under head coach James J. Yeager, the Cyclones compiled a 7–1–1 record (3–1–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 125 to 64. They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.


1938 Iowa State Cyclones football team
Guard Ed Bock and back Everett Kischer were the team captains. Four Iowa State players were selected as first-team all-conference players: Bock, Kischer, end Charles Heileman, and tackle Clyde Shugart.


1938 Iowa gubernatorial election
The 1938 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938. Republican nominee George A. Wilson defeated Democratic incumbent Nelson G. Kraschel with 52.71% of the vote.


1938 Ipswich by-election
The Ipswich by-election of 1938 was held when the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir John Ganzoni, was elevated to the peerage.


1938 Irish Greyhound Derby
The 1938 Irish Greyhound Derby took place during July and August with the final being held at Harold's Cross Stadium in Dublin on August 8.


1938 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
In the first round the St Leger and Easter Cup champion Abbeylara justified his ante-post favourite tag by winning easily but then lost in round two beaten by The Grove trained by Mick Horan. In the semi-finals Abbeylara got back to winning ways beating Manozzi in 30.33. Brave Leader won heat two from Lemon Picker and the third and final semi went to Bread Sweeper beat Dark Wife but the latter was disqualified for fighting and his place was taken by the third-place finisher Clountabonive Queen.


1938 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
In the final Abbeylara controlled the race leading all the way and stretching his lead to win by eight lengths.


1938 Irish general election
The 1938 Irish general election was held on 17 June 1938. The 138 newly elected members of the 10th Dáil assembled on 30 June when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed. Fianna Fáil retained power, and won the first overall majority in the history of the State. It was a snap election, the proximate cause being the government's loss of an opposition motion recommending use of arbitration to resolve Civil Service labour disputes.


1938 Irish general election
The general election took place in 34 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 138 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.


1938 Irish presidential election
The 1938 Irish presidential election was the first Irish presidential election, held to fill the new office of President of Ireland.


1938 Irish presidential election, Procedure
The office of president was established by Article 12 of the new Constitution of Ireland, which came into force on 29 December 1937. Article 57 of the Constitution provided that the president would enter office not later than 180 days after that date. Until the inauguration of the first president, the powers and functions of the office were carried out by a Presidential Commission consisting of the Chief Justice, the President of the High Court and the Ceann Comhairle.


1938 Irish presidential election, Procedure
On 14 April 1938, Minister for Local Government and Public Health Seán T. O'Kelly made an order under section 6 of the Presidential Elections Act 1937 opening nominations, with noon on 4 May as the deadline for nominations, and 31 May set as the date for a poll (if any).


1938 Irish presidential election, Procedure
All Irish citizens on the Dáil electoral register were eligible to vote.


1938 Irish presidential election, Nomination process
The first candidate to seek a nomination was Alfie Byrne, who had been serving as Lord Mayor of Dublin since 1930, and would continue in that position until 1939.


1938 Irish presidential election, Nomination process
On 21 April, representatives of the two major parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, met and agreed to nominate Douglas Hyde for the office. The following day, Labour Party leader William Norton expressed his approval in the Dáil of the nomination of Hyde, and Alfie Byrne issued a statement ending his nomination campaign.


1938 Irish presidential election, Nomination process
At the close of nominations, Hyde was the only nominated candidate, with two separate nomination forms received on behalf of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Oireachtas members. Accepting the nominations and his election to office on 4 May, Hyde said, "I accept this office willingly, but with humility. I will do my best to carry out my duties in the future".


1938 Irish presidential election, Result
After the close of nominations on 4 May, the election scheduled for 31 May was cancelled as superfluous, and 1 June was set as the date of Hyde's inauguration as President. However, on 27 May, the 9th Dáil was dissolved and a general election called for 17 June. Since the Constitution mandates that members of the Dáil be present when the President takes his oath of office, the inauguration was postponed until 25 June.


1938 Isle of Man TT
The 1938 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw the Senior TT lap record of 90.27 mph set by Freddie Frith the previous year broken in 1938 when Harold Daniell completed a lap at 91.00 mph on his Norton, a record which would stand for 12 years. He won, beating Stanley Woods by only 14.4 seconds. Stanley Woods won the Junior, with Harold Daniell coming fifth, while Ewald Kluge on a DKW won the Lightweight. Kluge was the second Lightweight TT winning non-British rider in a row, Omobono Tenni having won the previous year.


1938 Isle of Man TT
Between 1931 and 1937 Norton had six Senior-TT wins with the long-stroke CamShaft One (CS1) engine. Norton entered the 1938 Senior TT with a new short-stroke engine, new telescopic front forks, and won for the 7th time, with rider Harold Daniell.


1938 Isle of Man TT
Eric Oliver, who later won 4 sidecar World Championships, was entered this year, but retired his Norton from the Junior TT with a broken chain.


1938 Italian Grand Prix
The 1938 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 11 September 1938.


1938 Jersey Airport disaster
The 1938 Jersey Airport disaster occurred at 10:50am on Friday 4 November 1938 when the Jersey Airways de Havilland D.H.86 airliner St Catherine's Bay (G-ACZN) crashed in the parish of Saint Brélade, 500 yards east of Jersey Airport, killing the pilot and all twelve passengers on board as well as farm hand Edmund Le Cornu, who was working on the ground. In terms of loss of life, it was the worst crash of a rigid aircraft on British territory to date and the second-worst overall crash of a British rigid aircraft after the crash of an Imperial Airways airliner in Belgium in 1933 (in which 15 people died).


1938 Jersey Airport disaster
The airliner had just taken off from Jersey en route to Southampton. The sky was overcast, with a cloud base of 120–150 feet. The aircraft had been fully inspected and was not carrying a full load.


1938 Jersey Airport disaster
The Air Ministry investigation concluded that the accident was due to pilot error. The pilot had made a climbing turn into the clouds and inadvertently allowed the aircraft to sideslip when he was still too close to the ground to avert disaster. The aircraft had exploded and several bodies had been thrown up to 40 feet away.


1938 Jersey Airport disaster
Among the dead were the daughter, son-in-law and baby granddaughter of surveyor and aerial archaeology pioneer G. A. Beazeley.


1938 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 1938 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Six Conference during the 1938 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Adrian Lindsey, the Jayhawks compiled a 3–6 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 169 to 132. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.


1938 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The team's statistical leaders included Dick Amerine with 277 rushing yards, Ralph Miller with 407 passing yards, Max Replogle with 259 receiving yards, and Bill Bunsen with 24 points scored (four touchdowns). Dave Shirk was the team captain.


1938 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 1938 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1938 college football season. The team's head football coach was Wesley Fry, in his fourth year at the helm of the Wildcats. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 4–4–1 record with a 1–3–1 record in conference play. They finished in fifth place in the Big Six Conference. The Wildcats scored 108 points and gave up 134 points.


1938 Kansas gubernatorial election
The 1938 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938. Republican nominee Payne Ratner defeated Democratic incumbent Walter A. Huxman with 52.10% of the vote.


1938 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 1938 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1938 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Donald Starn, Kent State compiled a 6–2 record.


1938 Kentucky Derby
The 1938 Kentucky Derby was the 64th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 7, 1938.


1938 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 1938 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1938 college football season. In their first season under head coach Albert D. Kirwan, the Wildcats compiled a 2–7 record (0–4 against SEC opponents), finished in 12th place in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 160 to 150. The team played its home games at McLean Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.


1938 Kenyan general election
General elections were held in Kenya Colony between 26 March and 2 April 1938. Three of the eleven white seats in the Legislative Council were uncontested, whilst all Indian seats were contested, and saw more businessmen were elected than politicians. Lady Sidney Farrar became the country's first female Legislative Council member after defeating Conway Harvey in the Nyanza constituency by two votes.


1938 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 1938 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 44th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board.


1938 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Carrickshock won the championship after a 2-05 to 1-05 defeat of Éire Óg in the final. It was their second championship title overall and their first title in seven championship seasons.


1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election
The Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election of 1938 was held on 21 December 1938. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Unionist member of parliament Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, who resigned the Conservative and Unionist whip at Westminster as a protest against the National government's European policy, seeking re-election as an Independent. However, the seat was regained for the Unionists by William McNair Snadden.


1938 Kyeema crash
The Kyeema airline crash occurred on 25 October 1938 when the Australian National Airways Douglas DC-2 Kyeema, tail number VH-UYC, flying from Adelaide to Melbourne, commenced final approach to Essendon Airport through heavy fog and crashed into the western slopes of Mount Dandenong, also known as Mount Corhanwarrabul, killing all 18 on board instantly.


1938 Kyeema crash, Crash summary
The flight took off from Adelaide at 11:22. As it entered the area around Melbourne, it came across a heavy cloud layer, extending from 1500 feet (457 m) to 400 feet (122 m) and making landmark navigation difficult. As a result, the flight crew mistakenly identified Sunbury as Daylesford through a gap in the clouds, leading them to believe that they were 30 kilometres (19 miles) behind where they actually were on their flight plan.


1938 Kyeema crash, Crash summary
Had the flight crew cross-referenced their ground speed with previous landmarks, they would likely have realised that they were not where they thought they were. Instead, they overshot Essendon and, unable to see through the heavy fog, crashed into Mount Dandenong a few hundred metres from the summit.


1938 Kyeema crash, Crash summary
Exactly what happened in the last few minutes before the crash is disputed. There are claims that the pilots may have seen the mountain coming and tried to turn the aircraft away, inadvertently making the situation worse by adjusting from a flight path through a gap between two peaks to a path directly into one of them.


1938 Kyeema crash, Crash summary
There is also strong evidence that the pilots were becoming unsure of their position. According to Macarthur Job's book, Disaster in the Dandenongs, the radio operator had requested the controller at Essendon give them a radio bearing. Essendon had acknowledged and told them to leave their transmitter on, but the signal stopped and no further contact was made. It is thought that this is the moment that Kyeema hit the mountain.


1938 Kyeema crash, Passengers and crew
There were 18 people on board the DC-2: 14 passengers, the captain, the first officer, an air hostess, and a cadet pilot who operated the radio during the flight.


1938 Kyeema crash, Passengers and crew
Among the passengers was Australian Member of Parliament, Charles Hawker.


1938 Kyeema crash, Aftermath
By public demand a Royal Commission into the cause of the disaster was established, and the Australian Federal Government appointed an Air Accident Investigation Committee under the Chairmanship of Colonel T. Murdoch DSO, VCE with the public enquiry commencing on 30 October 1938. Because of the crash, regulations were passed which require flight checking officers to monitor the flights of aeroplanes and advise on such things as position, weather, and alternative landing options. Also implementation of a 33 MHz radio range system was recommended to provide pilots with accurate information on their course.


1938 Kyeema crash, Aftermath
Eric Harrison (RAAF officer) was a member of the court of inquiry into the crash on 25 October of the Douglas DC-2 airliner Kyeema. The inquiry's report singled out Major Melville Langslow, Finance Member on both the Civil Aviation Board and the RAAF Air Board, for criticism over cost-cutting measures that had held up trials of safety beacons designed for such eventualities.


1938 Kyeema crash, Aftermath
According to Air Force historian Chris Coulthard-Clark, when Langslow was appointed Secretary at the Department of Air in November the following year, he went out of his way to "make life difficult" for Harrison, causing "bitterness and friction within the department", and necessitating the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Stanley Goble, to take steps to shield the safety inspector from the new Secretary's ire.


1938 Kyeema crash, Aftermath
It was not until 40 years after the crash that a memorial to the Kyeema and its eighteen passengers was created at the crash site.


1938 Kırşehir earthquake
The 1938 Kırşehir earthquake occurred at 12:59 local time on 19 April. It had an estimated surface wave magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing 224 casualties.


1938 LSU Tigers football team
The 1938 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1938 college football season.


1938 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1938 La Flèche Wallonne was the third edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 1 May 1938. The race started in Tournai and finished in Rocourt. The race was won by Émile Masson.


1938 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1938 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1938 college football season. In its second  season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled a 5–3 record. Harold Simmons and Norbert Weldon were the team captains.


1938 Lausanna
1938 Lausanna, provisional designation 1974 HC, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 April 1974, by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland. It is named for the city of Lausanne.


1938 Lausanna, Orbit and classification
Lausanna is a S-type asteroid and member of the Flora family, one of the largest collisional populations of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,222 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. It was first identified as 1934 KA at Johannesburg Observatory in 1934, extending the body's observation arc by 40 years prior to its official discovery observation at Zimmerwald.


1938 Lausanna, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
In March 2014, two rotational lightcurves of Lausanna were obtained from photometric observations by American astronomer Brian Skiff and by Johan Warell at Lindby Observatory (K60) in Sweden. Lightcurve analysis gave an identical rotation period of 2.748 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.13 and 0.12 magnitude, respectively (U=3-/2). The short period is near the threshold of 2.2 hours for fast rotating asteroids.


1938 Lausanna, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
According to the space-based survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Lausanna measures 7.64 and 8.21 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.166 and 0.192, respectively. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the largest member and namesake of its family – and calculates a diameter of 7.82 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.7.


1938 Lausanna, Naming
This minor planet was named for the Swiss city of Lausanne, located in the French-speaking part of the country. The discoverer Paul Wild, known for his unconventional minor-planet namings, discovered three more asteroids during winter of 1973/74. He named these 1935 Lucerna, 1936 Lugano and 1937 Locarno, after the Swiss cities Lucerne, Lugano and Locarno, respectively, hence composing an alliterated quartet of sequentially numbered, thematically named minor planets. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 April 1978 (M.P.C. 4358).


1938 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1938 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1938 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Glen Harmeson, the team compiled a 2–5–2 record, and lost both games against its Middle Three Conference rivals.


1938 Lehigh Engineers football team
The team played its home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


1938 Lewisham West by-election
The Lewisham West by-election, 1938 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Lewisham West on 24 November 1938.


1938 Lewisham West by-election, Campaign
The by-election was the sixth to be held after the Munich Agreement was signed by the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, and the German dictator, Adolf Hitler.


1938 Lewisham West by-election, Campaign
The National Conservative candidate, Henry Brooke, campaigned strongly in favour of Munich. Chamberlain sent a message to Brooke: "I was very pleased to hear that you had been adopted as the National Government candidate in the West Lewisham by-election. Having been brought into personal contact with you in your work I have formed a high opinion of your ability and sound judgment, and I am sure that the qualities which you possess will stand you in good stead in Parliament".


1938 Lewisham West by-election, Campaign
In his election address, Brooke proclaimed to be a whole-hearted admirer of Chamberlain. He said that no one but Chamberlain "could have saved this and the world from appalling tragedy of war a few weeks ago.


1938 Lewisham West by-election, Campaign
Had it not been for his courage, his pertinacity, and his profound faith that reason could be made to triumph, Czechoslovakia by now would have been swept out of existence, and men, women, and children indiscriminately would have been killed by the bombing of London...I warn you not to be led astray by untruths and deceptive half-truths, especially coming from those who at the last election opposed the National Government's decision to rearm, and now recklessly advocate policies which would lead straight towards war".


1938 Lewisham West by-election, Campaign
In a second address to the electorate, Brooke declared: "To save you from another war and to establish lasting peace on a basis of justice. To help make our country so strong that she shall be treated everywhere with respect. To work to attain security of employment, and to promote the prosperity of trade and industry with that end in view". Brooke also opposed returning to Germany her ex-colonies that had been confiscated from her after the First World War.


1938 Lewisham West by-election, Campaign
Arthur Skeffington, the Labour candidate, claimed that the relief that war was avoided by Munich had given way to a profound uneasiness at the way it had been achieved. He argued: "We cannot hide from ourselves that the terms secured by Hitler represented a triumph, not for reason, but for blackmail by threats of force. The democratic Czechoslovak Republic has been handed over to dismemberment and despoiled by ruthless dictatorships. But that is not all. Everywhere the people have suffered a major defeat. Hitler has gained vastly increased resources to equip him for further aggression.


1938 Lewisham West by-election, Campaign
Not peace has been attained but only an armed truce—which is apparently to be used to pile up more armaments. No criticism of the Munich Agreement could be more damning". Skeffington said that Labour's policy would be to bring the peace-loving powers together in a real defensive combination to uphold peace and security. Effective rearmament for this and air raid precautions to protect the people were immediately necessary.


1938 Lewisham West by-election, Campaign
Skeffington's eve-of-poll message to the electorate said that Britain had lost the international prestige it held under Labour's Foreign Secretary, Arthur Henderson, through seven years of National Government and was now engaged in a diplomatic retreat with the threat of war. Skeffington said Labour would increase old age pensions, improve education and extend social services.


1938 Lichfield by-election
The Lichfield by-election of 1938 was held on 5 May 1938. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent National Labour MP, James Lovat-Fraser. It was won by the Labour candidate Cecil Poole.


1938 Liga Bet
The 1938 Liga Bet season was the second tier league of the Palestine League organized by the EIFA.


1938 Liga Bet
Six teams played in the South division and eight teams were assigned to the North division. However, as the Arab revolt intensified in fall 1938 and with the High commissioner issuing restrictive orders on travel throughout Palestine,  the EIFA created a two-tiered league for the Tel Aviv region, with matches played in the league counting towards the national league. The Tel Aviv League was completed on 14 January 1939 and in February 1939 a new league season began, with teams playing in regionalized divisions instead a national league.


1938 Liga Gimel
The 1938 Liga Gimel season was the third tier league of the Palestine League organized by the EIFA.


1938 Liga Gimel
Ten teams played in the South division. As the Arab revolt intensified in fall 1938 and with the High commissioner issuing restrictive orders on travel throughout Palestine,  the EIFA created a two-tiered league for the Tel Aviv region, with matches played in the league counting towards the national league. The Tel Aviv League was completed on 14 January 1939 and in February 1939 a new league season began, with teams playing in regionalized divisions instead a national league.


1938 Liga Gimel, North division
A north division was organized by the North League Committee, and matches in the division were due to start on 19 March 1938, However, it seems that matches in this division didn't start at all.


1938 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 1938 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 44th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board.


1938 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 30 October 1938, Ahane won the championship after a 4-05 to 2-02 defeat of Croom in the final. It was their seventh championship title overall and their sixth title in succession.


1938 Lincoln County Courthouse
The 1938 Lincoln County Courthouse is an Art Moderne style building in Pioche, Nevada. The 1938 courthouse replaced the so-called "million-dollar courthouse" built in 1871, whose last payment on the approximately $800,000 it cost was coincidentally made in 1938.


1938 Lincoln County Courthouse
In 1937 Lincoln County began to receive the proceeds of a major boom in lead and zinc mining that ran through the 1950s and provided a major portion of the county's tax revenues. As the old county courthouse deteriorated, sentiment grew to replace it, resulting in a 1937 bond issue. At the same time the county received a grant of $26,800 from the Public Works Administration toward 45% of the cost of a new courthouse. The PWA money carried conditions, one of which was a close review of the design. A modern look was preferred, to the point that a simplified Art Deco-Art Moderne style became known as PWA Moderne. The new courthouse was designed by Las Vegas architect A.L. Worswick in this taste.


1938 Lincoln County Courthouse
After an initial bidding process in which all bids were above the $60,000 budget, a second bid in 1938 produced a low bid of $49,347. The bidder, L.F. Dow of Los Angeles and Las Vegas, completed the courthouse in 1939. The building has served as the county courthouse, jail, county sheriff's office and state office building ever since. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.


1938 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1938. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.


1938 Liverpool City Council election
Twelve of the forty seats up for election were uncontested.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 9 November 1938
At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1938, the terms of office of nineteen of the aldermen expired and the councillors (but not including the sitting aldermen) elected the following aldermen for a term of six years.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 1 February 1939
Following the death  on 27 December 1938 of Alderman Sir James Sexton C.B.E., (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935), in whose place Councillor Bertie Victor Kirby M.P. J.P. (Labour, elected for Edge Hill on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 February 1939.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 1 February 1939
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1941.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 3 May 1939
Caused by the death on 10 April 1939 of Alderman George Young Williamson (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1938), in whose place Councillor Robert John Hall (Conservative, elected for Walton on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 May 1939.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 3 May 1939
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1945.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 6 September 1939
Following the death on 24 July 1939 of Alderman Frank Campbell Wilson(Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935), Councillor Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson (Conservative, elected for the Allerton ward on 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an Alderman on 6 September 1939.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 6 September 1939
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1941.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 9 November 1939
Following the death of Alderman Edward Russell-Taylor (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1938), Councillor Edward James Deane (Conservative, elected to the Aigburth ward on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1939.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 9 November 1939
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1944.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Elections 3 April 1940
Following the death, on 19 March 1940, of Alderman John Morris Griffith (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 1 December 1937) Councillor John Case J.P. of "Eversley" Island Road, Harston (Conservative, elected to the Kensington ward on 1 November 1937) was elected as an alderman on 3 April 1940 to fill this vacancy.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Elections 3 April 1940
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1941.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Elections 3 April 1940
Following the resignation of Alderman Richard Rutherford, Councillor George Alfred Strong J.P. of "Palmyra" Harthill Road, Liverpool 18 (Conservative, elected to the Allerton ward on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 April 1940.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 3 July 1940
Following the death, on 28 May 1940 of Alderman John George Paris (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935), Councillor James Graham Reece J.P. of 15 Aigburth Drive (Conservative, elected to the Sefton Park West ward in 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 July 1940


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 3 July 1940
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1941.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Elections 5 February 1941
Following the death, on 18 January 1941, of Alderman Robert Lowry Burns (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1938), Councillor Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon J.P. of 34 Princes Avenue, Liverpool 8 (Conservative, elected to the Fairfield ward on 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 5 February 1941.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Elections 5 February 1941
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1941.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Elections 5 February 1941
Following the resignation of Alderman Henry Morley Miller (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935), Councillor Alexander Critchley, Incorporated Accountant of 454 Aigburth Road, Liverpool 19 (Conservative, elected for the Warbreck ward on 1 November 1937) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 5 February 1941.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 7 May 1941
Following the death on 18 April 1941, of Alderman John Wolfe Tone Morrissey (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 6 October 1937), Councillor Joseph Jackson Cleary of 45 Kremlin Drive, Liverpool 13 (Labour, elected for the Garston ward on 1 November 1936) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 7 May 1941


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 7 May 1941
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1941.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 1 September 1943
Following the death, on 30 July 1943, of Alderman Dr.Robert Garnett Sheldon (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1938), Councillor William Greenough Gregson J.P. (Conservative, elected to represent the Fazakerley ward on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman to fill the vacancy on 1 September 1943


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 6 October 1943
Following the death, on 13 September 1943, of Alderman Lady Helena Agnes Daltymple Muspratt (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1938), Councillor Ernest Ash Cookson (Conservative, elected to represent the West Derby ward on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 October 1943.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 27 October 1943
Following the death, on 28 September 1943, of Alderman Edward James Deane (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 6 December 1939), Councillor Moss Greenberg (Conservative, last elected to the Old Swan ward on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 27 October 1943


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Elections 9 November 1943
Following the death, on 19 October 1943, of Alderman Herbert Edward Rose (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935), Councillor Patrick Fay (Labour, last elected to represent the North Scotland ward on 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1943.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Elections 9 November 1943
Following the resignation of Alderman William Muirhead (Conservative, last elected on 9 November 1935), Councillor Walter Thomas Lancashire J.P. (Conservative, elected to represent the Sefton Park West ward on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1943.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 5 January 1944
Following the death, on 10 December 1943 of Alderman Thomas Burke (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1938), Councillor Peter Kavanagh (Independent, elected unopposed for the Exchange ward on 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 5 January 1944.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 1 March 1944
Following the resignation of Alderman Arthur Richard Price(Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1938), Councillor William John Tristram J.P. (Liberal, elected to represent the Childwall ward on 1 November 1938) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 March 1944


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Aldermanic elections, Aldermanic Election 9 November 1944
Following the death on 3 October 1944 of the Lord Mayor, Alderman Austin Harford (Independent last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1938), Councillor James Farrell (Independent, elected for the Exchange ward on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1944.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, By-elections, No. 18 Edge Hill,
Following the death on 27 December 1938 of Alderman Sir James Sexton C.B.E. (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935), in whose place Councillor Bertie Victor Kirby M.P. J.P. (Labour, elected for Edge Hill on 1 November 1935), was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 February 1939, causing a vacancy for the Edge Hill ward.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, By-elections, No. 8 St. Peter's, 7 February 1939
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Hugh Carr (Labour, elected 1 November 1937).


1938 Liverpool City Council election, By-elections, No. 8 St. Peter's, 7 February 1939
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1940.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements
Under the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Acts, 1939, 1940 and 1941 local elections were not held during the Second World War, terms of office of councillors were extended whilst the Acts were in force, and vacancies for councillors were filled by the Council appointing replacements. The Council continued to hold Aldermanic elections as normal.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No.35 Allerton, 29 September 1939
Caused by Councillor Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson (Conservative, elected for the Allerton ward on 1 November 1937) being elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 September 1939, following the death on 24 July 1939 of Alderman Frank Campbell Wilson(Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935)


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No.35 Allerton, 29 September 1939
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1941.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No.25 Walton, 9 November 1939
Caused by Councillor Robert John Hall (Conservative, elected for Walton on 1 November 1936) being elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 May 1939, following the death on 10 April 1939 of Alderman George Young Williamson (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1939).


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No.25 Walton, 9 November 1939
Richard Edward Searle (Conservative) was appointed by the Council as a councillor for the Walton ward on 9 November 1939.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 26 Warbreck, 9 November 1939
Following the death on 1 November 1939 of Councillor Hugh Wagstaff (Conservative, elected for Warbreck on 25 July 1939.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 26 Warbreck, 9 November 1939
Herbert William Metcalf (Conservative) was appointed by the Council as Councillor for the Warbreck ward on 9 November 1939.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 40 Croxteth, 9 November 1939
William Henry Barton (Labour) was appointed by the Council as Councillor for the Croxteth ward on 9 November 1939.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 17 Aigburth, 6 December 1939
Following the death of Alderman Edward Russell-Taylor (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1938), Councillor Edward James Deane (Conservative, elected to the Aigburth ward on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1939.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 17 Aigburth, 6 December 1939
Herbert Mylrea Allen was appointed by the Council as Councillor for the Aigburth ward on 6 December 1939.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 19 Kensington 1 May 1940
Alderman John Morris Griffith (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 1 December 1937) died on 19 March 1940. In his place, Councillor John Case (Conservative, elected to the Kensington ward on 1 November 1937) was elected as an alderman on 3 April 1940 to fill this vacancy.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 19 Kensington 1 May 1940
Stephen Minion was appointed by the Council as Councillor for the Kensington ward on 1 May 1940.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 35 Allerton, 1 May 1940
Following the resignation of Alderman Richard Rutherford, Councillor George Alfred Strong (Conservative, elected to the Allerton ward on 1 November 1936) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 April 1940.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 35 Allerton, 1 May 1940
Robert Henry Gregory was appointed by the Council as Councillor for the Allerton ward on 1 May 1940.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 16 Sefton Park West, 4 September 1940
Following the death, on 28 May 1940 of Alderman John George Paris (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935), Councillor James Graham Reece (Conservative, elected to the Sefton Park West ward in 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 4 September 1940.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 22 Netherfield, 9 November 1940
George Edward Lewis was appointed by the Council as Councillor for the Netherfield ward on 9 November 1940.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 15 Sefton Park East, 4 December 1940
Arthur Maiden (Conservative)  was appointed by the Council as Councillor for the Sefton Park East ward on 4 December 1940.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 10 Great George, 4 December 1940
Councillor Joseph Campbell (Labour, elected for the Great George ward on 1 November 1936) having not attended any meetings of the City Council was disqualified as councillor under sections 63 and 64 of the Local Government Act 1933 on 9 November 1940.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 10 Great George, 4 December 1940
Robert Edward Cottier (Labour) was appointed by the Council as Councillor for the Great George ward on 4 December 1940.


1938 Liverpool City Council election, Wartime arrangements, No. 31 Fairfield, 5 March 1941
Following the death, in January 1941, of Alderman Robert Lowry Burns (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1938), Councillor Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon (Conservative, elected to the Fairfield ward on 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 5 February 1941.