Living Costs Rose in May, Food Prices 3.6%; First Gain in Level Since September, 1930
Increase of 3.6% between Apr and May is first gain since Sept, 1930
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Increase of 3.6% between Apr and May is first gain since Sept, 1930
Retail code calls for $12 to $18 minimum wage for men and $10 to $12 for women with 48-hr week
Invited by Roosevelt to board schooner Amberjack for conf
State of siege proclaimed in Bulgaria by Parliament; communication cut off; bldgs searched for weapons and killers in move against 2 Macedonian revolutionary factions
On expenditures of Dem administration
1933Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (died 2014)[†]
Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, founder and director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, founder and director of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, founding artistic director of the Orchestra Mozart and music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra. He was recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize and Senator for life in Italy.

1933Gene Green, American baseball player (died 1981)[†]
Gene Leroy Green was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and catcher who played all or portions of seven MLB seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals (1957–1959), Baltimore Orioles (1960), Washington Senators (1961), Cleveland Indians (1962–1963) and Cincinnati Reds (1963). A right-handed batter and thrower, he stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).
1933David Winnick, English politician[†]
David Julian Winnick is a British Labour Party politician who served 42 years as a Member of Parliament (MP), for Walsall North between 1979 and 2017, he was also the MP for Croydon South from 1966 to 1970.