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Zinovieff and Kameneff reptd arrested in connection with Kiroff murder; general council of Brit Trades Union Cong and natl exec of Brit Labor party to plead for fair and pub trials of those arrested
Fire in hold; proceeding to Boston
again flies to N Y instead of Newark on return from Wash
Replies to slur on Ct of Special Sessions in policy racket cases
LONDON, Friday, Dec. 21. -- The Daily Express today carried a dispatch from its Moscow corespondent saying Gregory Zinovieff and Lev Kameneff, another former leader of the Communist International, were arrested at the Kremlin gates yesterday and placed under "house arrest."
1934Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter[†]
Giuseppina "Giusy" Leone is a retired Italian sprinter. She competed in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and reached the final on five occasions. In 1960 she won a bronze medal in the 100 m.
1934Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer (died 2016)[†]
Hanif Mohammad PP was a Pakistani cricketer. He played for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between the 1952–53 season and the 1969–70 season. He averaged 43.98, scoring twelve centuries. At his peak, he was considered one of the best batsmen in the world despite playing at a time when Pakistan played very little Test cricket; Hanif played just 55 Test matches in a career spanning 17 years. In his obituary by ESPNcricinfo, the 5 ft 7 in Hanif was honoured as the original Little Master, a title later assumed by Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. He was the first Pakistani to score a triple hundred in a Test match.
1934Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known works, premiered.[†]
Sergei Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé music was originally written to accompany the film of the same name, produced by the Belgoskino film studios in Leningrad in 1933–34 and released in March 1934. It was Prokofiev's first attempt at film music, and his first commission.