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Syndicalist-Anarchist revolt
Work is progressing rapidly, reports William E. Matthews, executive secretary of the Bronx Board of Trade, on the economic survey of that borough. The work is being done by the Board of Trade in cooperation with the Bureau of Business Research of the College of the City of New York.
PATERSON, N.J., Jan. 14. -- Starting fifty yards behind scratch and forced to make up a 200-yard allowance to the top handicap men, Joe McCluskey of Fordham triumphed in the two-mile race that featured the third annual golden shoe track and field games at the Paterson Armory tonight.
1933Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host (died 2020)[†]
Francis Joseph Bough was an English television presenter. He was best known as the host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including Grandstand, Nationwide and Breakfast Time, which he launched alongside Selina Scott and Nick Ross.
1933Ernest J. Gaines, American author and academic (died 2019)[†]
Ernest James Gaines was an American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works were made into television movies.
1933Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic (died 2022)[†]
Peter Michael Maitlis, FRS was a British organometallic chemist.