Donald Kirshner was an American music publisher, music consultant, rock music producer, talent manager, and songwriter. Dubbed "the Man with the Golden Ear" by Time, he was best known for managing songwriting talent as well as successful pop groups including the Monkees, Kansas, and the Archies.

1934Peter Morris, Australian-English surgeon and academic (died 2022)^[†]

Sir Peter John Morris was an Australian surgeon and Nuffield professor of surgery at the University of Oxford. Morris was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, founder of the Oxford Transplant Centre and director of the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Headlines from April 17, 1934

INDICT GOV. LANGER FOR FORCING GIFTS OUT OF RELIEF PAY; Federal Jurors in North Dakota Accuse Eight Others in CWA Funds Scandal. POLITICAL 'TAX' CHARGED Group Alleged to Have Levied on Workers to Support a Republican Paper. INDICT GOV. LANGER FOR RELIEF PLOT

$25,000 in Gems Stolen From Rumson Home

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Garage's Trouble Fixer, Millikan's Idea of a Job

BOLIVIANS CRUSH BIG CHACO ATTACK; Entrenched Forces Turn Back Assaults by '45,000 to 55,000' at Conchitas. ENEMY POSITION PERILOUS Retreats Lured Paraguayans 300 Miles From Supply Base for Fight on Open Terrain. BOLIVIANS CRUSH BIG CHACO ATTACK

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