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February 8, 1932

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MOVES TO SUPPLANT NINE-POWER TREATY; Japan Plans to Ask the Powers at Shanghai Parley for Their Control of 5 Chinese Cities. MANCHURIA TO BE EXCLUDED Foreign Office Spokesman Says Tokyo Can Take Care of Newly Seized Area Without Aid.

By Hugh Byas.special Cable To the New York Times

Japan to ask diplomats to propose to world powers internatl demilitarization of China's chief cities and provision for neutral zones around cities guarded by foreign powers, to supplant Nine-Power Treaty

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Notable Births

Cliff Allison

1932Cliff Allison, English racing driver and businessman (died 2005)[†]

Henry Clifford Allison was a British racing driver from England, who participated in Formula One during seasons 1958 to 1961 for the Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud, Ferrari and UDT Laystall teams. He was born and died in Brough, Westmorland.

John Williams

1932John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor[†]

John Towner Williams is an American composer and conductor. Over his seven-decade career, he has composed many of the best known scores in film history. His compositional style blends romanticism, impressionism, and atonal music with complex orchestration. Best known for his collaborations with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, he has received numerous accolades, including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. With a total of 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person in the award's history, after Walt Disney. He is also the oldest Academy Award nominee in any category, receiving a nomination at 91 years old.

Notable Deaths

Yordan Milanov

1932Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (born 1867)[†]

Yordan Milanov was a Bulgarian architect.