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Replies for Gt Britain to Hull's note on war debts
H S Johnson and D R Richberg reply
F C Perkins, York, Pa, sent to jail in default of bail on charge of code violation
1934Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, Northern Irish lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (died 2023)[†]
Robert Douglas Carswell, Baron Carswell,, was a British barrister and judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
1934Roy Gilchrist, Jamaican cricketer (died 2001)[†]
Roy Gilchrist was a West Indian cricketer who played 13 Tests for the West Indies in the 1950s. He was born in Saint Thomas, Jamaica and died of Parkinson's disease in St Catherine, Jamaica at the age of 67.
1934Bette Greene, American journalist and author (died 2020)[†]
Bette Jean Greene was the author of several books for children and young adults, including Summer of My German Soldier, The Drowning of Stephan Jones, and the Newbery Honor book Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe.
1934Carl Levin, American lawyer and politician (died 2021)[†]
Carl Milton Levin was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2015.
1934Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French journalist and cartoonist (died 2015)[†]
Georges David Wolinski was a French cartoonist and comics writer. He was killed on 7 January 2015 in the Charlie Hebdo shooting.