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N Y C business continues on cash basis
Roosevelt declares embargo on gold exports; authorizes issuance of scrip; country technically off gold standard
Election; Nazis win Reich majority; tabulated vote
WASHINGTON, March 5. -- The Governors conference which President Roosevelt called nearly a month ago to discuss with him interlocking governmental problems will meet with him tomorrow morning in the White House at 11 o'clock.
1933Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (died 2004)[†]
Ted Wade Abernathy was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher. He appeared in 681 games in Major League Baseball (MLB), 647 as a relief pitcher, for seven different clubs over all or parts of 14 seasons between 1955 and 1972, amassed 148 saves, and twice led the National League (NL) in that category. He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall, and weighed 215 pounds (98 kg).
1933William Davis, German-English journalist and economist (died 2019)[†]
William Davis, was a journalist, broadcaster and editor. He was born in Germany but came to Britain in his teens, working for the Financial Times, Evening Standard and Guardian. He broadcast for the BBC and was a pioneering presenter of The Money Programme and The World at One. He became editor of Punch and was the founder of the British Airways in-flight magazine High Life. He became chairman of the British Tourist Authority and English Tourist Board in the 1990s and remained an active commentator, broadcaster and writer until his death in February 2019.
1933Augusto Odone, Italian economist and inventor of Lorenzo's oil (died 2013)[†]
Lorenzo's oil is a liquid solution made of 4 parts glycerol trioleate and 1 part glycerol trierucate, which are the triacylglycerol forms of oleic acid and erucic acid. It is prepared from olive oil and rapeseed oil. It is used in the investigational treatment of asymptomatic patients with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a nervous system disorder.
1933Anton Cermak, Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (born 1873)[†]
Anton Joseph Cermak was an American politician who served as the 44th Mayor of Chicago from April 7, 1931, until his death in 1933. He was killed by Giuseppe Zangara, whose likely target was President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but Cermak was shot instead after a bystander hit the perpetrator with a purse.