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Joins Pres Roosevelt on train to Atlanta, Ga
Italo-Russian relations
Retracts approval of Gov Rolph's action in San Jose lynching; pickets in front of church clash with member; 3 arrested; pickets disperse after statement is read
Proclamation of "state of prevention" throughout country follows elections in which Right parties add to their gains; Govt charges plot for revolutionary uprisings promoted by anarchist Natl Labor Confed; election results; "state of prevention" in Catalonia, as transportation strike enters 3d wk
1933Horst Buchholz, German actor (died 2003)[â ]
Horst Werner Buchholz was a German actor who appeared in more than 60 feature films from 1951 to 2002. During his youth, he was sometimes called "the German James Dean". He is perhaps best known in English-speaking countries for his roles as Chico in The Magnificent Seven (1960), as a communist in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three (1961), and as Dr. Lessing in Life Is Beautiful (1997).
1933Wink Martindale, American game show host and producer (died 2025)[â ]
Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale was an American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host and television producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he was known for his outgoing and jovial demeanor and his booming voice, who was also well-known for hosting the game shows: Gambit from 1972 to 1976, Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985, High Rollers from 1987 to 1988, and Debt from 1996 to 1998. He also presented Wink's Vault, on his YouTube Channel, from 2014 until his death in 2025.
1933Dick Ricketts, American baseball and basketball player (died 1988)[â ]
Richard James Ricketts Jr. was an American professional basketball and baseball player. Ricketts was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1955 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks out of Duquesne University. Ricketts played professional basketball and baseball simultaneously and retired from basketball to play baseball. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 and had a 10-season pitching career. He is one of 13 athletes to play in both the NBA and MLB.
1933Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (born 1868)[â ]
Stefan Anton George was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential literary circle called the George-Kreis and for founding the literary magazine Blätter fßr die Kunst.