Easley Rutland Blackwood Jr. was an American professor of music, concert pianist, composer, and the author of books on music theory, including his research into the properties of microtonal tunings and traditional harmony.

1933Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (died 2014)^[†]

Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas was the 122nd reigning Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and, as such, Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. Also known by his traditional episcopal name, Severios, he was enthroned as patriarch on 14 September 1980 in St. George's Patriarchal Cathedral in Damascus. He succeeded Ignatius Ya`qub III. As is traditional for the head of the church, Mor Severios adopted the name Ignatius.

Headlines from April 21, 1933

M'CORMICK GETS 4 MONTHS IN JAIL; Court Permits Him to Serve Term in Fort Eustis Because of Illness. FINE OF $15,000 IS ADDED Judge Says Justice Requires Ex-Official Be Confined Despite Grave Condition. M'CORMICK GETS 4 MONTHS IN JAIL

SEE GOLD EMBARGO CHECKING INFLATION; Some Observers in the Capital Hold Need May Vanish During Parley. BRITAIN'S EXAMPLE CITED Brookings Study Shows Rapid Price Rises Did Not Follow Their Desertion of Gold. SEE GOLD EMBARGO CURBING INFLATION

$468,407,608 SLASH IN OFFICES BUDGET; Roosevelt Message Concurs in Cuts by Douglas and Asks Power to Reduce Army. WOULD CANCEL CONTRACTS Retirement of Old Civil Service Employes and Military Officers Also Sought. $468,407,608 SLASH IN OFFICES BUDGET

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