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Resigns as Asst Sec of State to become ed of natl weekly
Says his economy com does not intend to formulate revenue plan
Casa Japonesa, importing firm, fined $8,000 for frauds
$281,000,000 spent in 3 1/2 years; summary of welfare and relief expenditures
DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 27. -- Defeated in his effort to make Texas the first State to vote for retention of the Eighteenth Amendment, Senator Morris Sheppard said tonight that prohibitionists should receive
1933Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (died 2015)[†]
Philip Neville French was an English film critic and radio producer. French began his career in journalism in the late 1950s, before eventually becoming a BBC Radio producer, and later a film critic. He began writing for The Observer in 1963 and retired as film critic in 2013, but continued to write until his death.
1933Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop and theologian (died 2012)[†]
Patrick Augustine Kalilombe was a Roman Catholic theologian who was the Bishop of Lilongwe from 1972 to 1979.