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Chancellor Hitler will bar tinkering
Plans to consolidate foreign debt and resume payment
BERLIN, Feb. 1 -- The questions the Centrist party asked Adolf Hitler, which contributed largely to the decision by his Cabinet to dissolve the Reichstag without waiting for it to meet, were as follows:
Uchida repts to Cabinet on talk with Saionji; final instructions cabled to Geneva; Japan will accept conciliation if recognition of Manchukuo is not ruled out and if functions of conciliation com are limited to assisting but not conducting negotiations
Heads N Y State com on R F C loans for self-liquidating projects
1933M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (died 2012)[†]
Mary Ellen Dowd was an American stage, musical theatre and film actress, and singer, whose career spanned half a century. Beginning in Shakespeare roles and films in the 1950s, Dowd continued to perform on stage, film and television into the 21st century. A frequent performer on Broadway in the 1960s, Dowd originated the role of Morgan le Fay in the musical Camelot.
1933Tony Jay, English-American actor (died 2006)[†]
Tony Jay was a British actor. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in radio, animation, film, and video games. Jay was particularly noted for his distinctive raspy baritone voice, which often led to him being cast in villainous or authoritative roles. His voice acting roles included Claude Frollo in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Megabyte in ReBoot (1994–2001), Shere Khan in The Jungle Book 2, the TV series TaleSpin, and the Elder God in the Legacy of Kain series of video games.
1933Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (died 2009)[†]
Candelario Orlando López Vergara, better known as Cachaíto, was a Cuban bassist and composer, who gained international fame after his involvement in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings. He was nicknamed Cachaíto after his uncle, the famous bassist and innovator of mambo music Israel "Cachao" López. His father and Cachao's older brother was Orestes López, also a famous bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer.
1933Than Shwe, Burmese general and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma[†]
Than Shwe is a retired Burmese army general who led Myanmar as the second chairman of the State Peace and Development Council and as well as the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services from 1992 until his resignation in 2011 and also concurrently served as the eighth prime minister from 1992 to 2003. He previously served as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services from 1985 and the vice chairman of the State Peace and Development Council and deputy prime minister from 1988 until 1992.