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Dry leaders urge appt of M W Willebrandt to direct Hoover enforcement program; propose special force
Urges Hoover to ventilate office
Gov Roosevelt names Sup Ct Justice A S Tompkins to sit as committing magistrate in court proceedings growing out of charges
Congratulates Maj O D Segrave on breaking auto speed record
British protest
1929Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (died 2014)[†]
Win Tin was a Burmese journalist, politician and political prisoner. He co-founded the National League for Democracy (NLD). He was imprisoned by the military government for 19 years (1989–2008) for his writings and his leadership position in the NLD.
1929Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (born 1851)[†]
Asa Griggs Candler Sr. was an American business tycoon and politician who in 1888 purchased the Coca-Cola recipe for $238.98 from chemist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. Candler founded the Coca-Cola Company in 1892 and developed it as a major company.