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Welcomed back to London by Pilgrims Soc; s on talks with Roosevelt; praises cooperation
U S Atty Medalie opens prosecution; M D Steuer begins defense
San Francisco and Los Angeles feel quakes
Potential tax under prohibition repeal argued as substitute for any tax necessitated by recovery act
Foreign policy
1933Yelena Gorchakova, Russian javelin thrower (died 2002)[†]
Yelena Yegorovna Gorchakova was a Russian javelin thrower who won bronze medals at the 1952 and 1964 Olympics. Her 1964 bronze was a disappointment as she set a world record in the qualification that remained unbeaten for eight years.
1933Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.[†]
Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who headed the government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II.