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Central Exec Com reptd to have adopted resolution on Mar 4 for immediate measures for restoration of territorial and pol integrity of China; Canton refuses to secede while present crisis exists; Chiang Kai-shek accepts chmnship of Mil Council
Hindenburg to run on 2d ballot; Hugenberg offers to have election validated as final in return for dismissal of Reichstag; Govt refuses; press comment
Warnings for last-minute filing; preparations for rush
Sen Swanson opposes motion of Vice Adm Pound to change one of minor agreements of previous confs and permit seizure of vessels being built for one nation by another in time of war; motion defeated; naval comm adopts 2 articles
1932Alan Bean, American astronaut and pilot (died 2018)[†]
Alan LaVern Bean was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3, and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon.
1932Arif Mardin, Turkish-American record producer (died 2006)[†]
Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for over 30 years, as producer, arranger, studio manager, and vice president, before moving to EMI and serving as vice president and general manager of Manhattan Records.