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L T Crowley recommends that $5,000 limit for each depositor be continued as permanent policy
Queen Wilhelmina knights Dutch fliers
flight; balloon lands in treetop; passengers and cosmic ray instruments unhurt; illus
arrives in Cheyenne, Wyo, 11 hrs ahead of regular time
Sets airplane speed record
1934John G. Cramer, American physicist and author[†]
John Gleason Cramer Jr. is a professor emeritus of physics at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, known for his development of the transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics. He has been an active participant with the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the particle accelerator at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
1934Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)[†]
Orin Glenn Troutman, known professionally as Glen Glenn, was an American rockabilly singer, whose career began in the early 1950s and continued for several decades.
1934Margie Masters, Australian golfer (died 2022)[†]
Margaret Ann Masters was an Australian professional golfer. She won one title on the LPGA Tour in 1967, having been named Rookie of the Year two years earlier.
1934Sammy Petrillo, American actor (died 2009)[†]
Sam Patrello was an American nightclub and movie comedian best known as a Jerry Lewis imitator.
1934Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter (died 2019)[†]
Sanger D. Shafer, better known as Whitey Shafer, was an American country songwriter and musician. He wrote numerous hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, and George Strait. He was also a recording artist. His highest single "You Are a Liar", under the name Whitey Shafer, reached No. 48 on the Billboard country chart, in 1981.