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WASHINGTON, June 3. -- President Hoover will hold important conferences on the economic situation at his Rapidan camp tomorrow. Those with whom he will confer are the members of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Arthur A. Ballantine, Under-Secretary of the Treasury, and Paul Bestor of the Federal Farm Loan Board.
Retires as manager of New York Natl League Baseball Club; por
Amer Securities Investing Corp to be formed by 20 N Y banks to buy securities to lift market
J J Raskob, before Sen com, describes his deals in General Motors Corp stock; C E Mitchell describes operations of Natl City Co in Anaconda Copper Mining Co stock; D A Lyon describes his methods of advertising stocks
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1932John Drew Barrymore, American actor (died 2004)[†]
John Drew Barrymore was an American film actor and member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel. He was the father of four children, including the actor John Blyth Barrymore III and the actress Drew Barrymore. Diana Barrymore was his half-sister from his father's second marriage.
1932Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (died 1975)[†]
Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) is regarded as one of the most significant recordings of its era. The centerpiece of the album is the definitive version of Nelson's composition, "Stolen Moments". Other important recordings from the 1960s are the albums More Blues and the Abstract Truth (1964) and Sound Pieces (1966), both also on Impulse!.
1932Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)[†]
Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt was a New Zealand writer and occasional playwright.
1932Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.[†]
Marmaduke Grove Vallejo, was a Chilean Air Force officer, political figure and member of the Government Junta of the Socialist Republic of Chile in 1932.