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September 22, 1933

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TO CUT FARM SURPLUSES; Government Buying Will Help to Raise Prices, Says Roosevelt. NO HUNGER AMID PLENTY America's 'Economic Paradox' Is Pictured as Thus Receiv- ing 'a Direct Blow.' OTHER RELIEF CONTINUES But State and Local Agencies Will Cooperate in Distrib- uting Supplies. PRESIDENT ORDERS THE JOBLESS FED

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Roosevelt authorizes AAA to buy $75,000,000 worth of surplus food and clothing materials; Hopkins will distribute supplies; text of White House statement

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Notable Births

Leonardo Balada

1933Leonardo Balada, Spanish-American composer and educator[†]

Leonardo Balada Ibáñez is a Spanish-American classical composer, who is noted for his operas and orchestral works.

1933T. Cullen Davis, American businessman[†]

Thomas Cullen Davis is an American former oil tycoon who is best known for being acquitted of murder and attempted murder in two high-profile trials during the 1970s. At the time of his first trial, Davis was believed to be the wealthiest man to have stood trial for murder in the United States.

Carmelo Simeone

1933Carmelo Simeone, Italian-Argentinian footballer (died 2014)[†]

Carmelo "Cholo" Simeone, was an Argentine football defender who won three league championships with Boca Juniors and played for the Argentina national team. Nicknamed "Cholo", he was known for his energetic playing style.

Jesco von Puttkamer

1933Jesco von Puttkamer, German-American engineer (died 2012)[†]

Jesco Hans Heinrich Max Freiherr von Puttkamer was a German-American aerospace engineer, senior manager at NASA, and a pulp science fiction writer.

Notable Deaths

1933Sime Silverman, American journalist and newspaper publisher (born 1873)[†]

Simon J. Silverman was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. He was the founder of the weekly newspaper Variety in New York City in 1905, which gave theatre and vaudeville reviews and the Hollywood-based Daily Variety magazine in 1933, focusing on the emerging motion picture film industry.