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Soviet radio tried to rept him safe on June 22
French would cooperate with U S in improving prices and increasing consumption of Amer wheat and cotton if U S would buy French wine
Sharp dollar drop causes shift in sentiment to gold bloc, at World Economic Conf; U S, Brit Empire and allies win battle on Chamberlain resolution for discussion of all topics on agenda of subcom on temporary monetary measures
Provisional recognition to permit trade relations expected by Sept
Roosevelt, after conf with Treas and State Dept officials and others, orders message sent to U S delegation outlining position of Govt on questions before conf in their relation to domestic recovery program of U S
1933Antonio Lamer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Chief Justice of Canada (died 2007)[†]
Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer was a Canadian lawyer and jurist who served as the 16th Chief Justice of Canada from 1990 to 2000.
1933Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (born 1863)[†]
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope, was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898).
1933The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.[†]
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped goalposts at both ends.