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CHICAGO, July 5. -- If between January, 1932, and June, 1934, Wisconsin employers had voluntarily embraced not less than 175,000 workers under satisfactory unemployment insurance plans, the Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation Act would not have gone into effect July 1.
N L Baker declares future lies in hands of teachers
Revives drama of gay Nineties
Villa at Le Zoute completed
1934Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (died 2012)[†]
Raquel Teresa Correa was a Chilean journalist who spent the main part of her career with the newspaper El Mercurio. She was well known for her interviews and reporting, and was the recipient of Chile's National Prize for Journalism in 1991.
1934Edward D. DiPrete, American politician, 70th Governor of Rhode Island (died 2025)[†]
Edward Daniel DiPrete was an American politician. He served as the 70th Governor of Rhode Island for three two-year terms, serving from 1985 to 1991. Convicted of numerous corruption charges, he was the only Rhode Island governor to have gone to prison.
1934Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1982)[†]
Martin Alan Feldman was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was known for his prominent, misaligned eyes.
1934Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (born 1848)[†]
Édouard Benjamin Baillaud was a French astronomer.