Year1938
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1938
The Junta Geral built a new branch of the São Jorge levada to serve the Ilha locality.
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1938–1940
The Junta Geral built many kilometres of new levada channels, including a branch to Ponta do Pargo.
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1938–1940
The Junta Geral carried out water-retention works on the Paul da Serra.
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1938
The first Circuito da Cidade cycling race was held in Funchal.
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1938
The library held 31,000 printed volumes.
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1938
The chorographic map of Madeira was published at a scale of 1:50,000.
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1938
An English translation, 'The Climate of Madeira', was published.
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1938
The first Regional Scout Camp was held in Madeira.
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1938
Terra Negra published a pamphlet on Madeira as the 'Island of Love', read by the Elucidário's author.
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March 1938
The Diário da Madeira published an article on Madeiran regional dress.
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14 April 1938
The official gazette listed 62 Funchal residents entitled to compensation for damage from the First World War submarine attacks.
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14 April 1938
A decree approved a 44,000-conto plan for Madeira's complementary road network, 75% state-funded.
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June 1938
Herculano Amorim Ferreira visited Madeira to study its weather service.
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21 August 1938
A decree adopted measures protecting the export of Madeiran fruit and horticultural produce.
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22 September 1938–24 November 1939
Decrees regulated the dairy Junta; rural resistance led to riots, deaths and deportations.
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November 1938
The Escola Industrial António Augusto de Aguiar moved into the former Asilo dos Velhinhos building.
António Augusto de Aguiar Industrial School Old People’s Home
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22 November 1938
The military hospital left the Rochinha building and its first patients entered the Hospital dos Marmeleiros.
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30 November 1938
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar died in Lisbon.