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Pres Roosevelt rules NLRB has no jurisdiction over industries having code provision for labor bds; call for publishers convention revoked, statement by H Broun
Personnel regulations; Nazi adherence a requirement
Submits suggestions to Roosevelt on future of NIRA
Nitramon, new high explosive, claimed 1st fool-proof, discovered by du Pont Co
1935Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (died 2016)[†]
Michael George Raymond Agostini was a Trinidadian track and field athlete. He was the first athlete from his country to win a gold medal at what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, when he won the 100 yards final in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on 31 July 1954.
1935Tom Reamy, American author (died 1977)[†]
Tom Reamy was an American science fiction and fantasy author, and a key figure in 1960s and 1970s science fiction fandom. He died at age 42 prior to the publication of his first novel; his work is primarily dark fantasy.