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May 5, 1935

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ON THE HIGHWAYS OF FINANCE

By Unknown Author

Since the automobile industry is dependent on the continued supply of a large number of different parts, industrial executives were greatly interested in the action taken by the General Motors Corporation last week when a strike at its Chevrolet transmission factory at Toledo threatened to affect the assembly lines.

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Notable Births

Eddie Linden

1935Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and magazine editor (died 2023)[†]

Edward Sean Linden was a Scottish-Irish poet, literary magazine editor, and political activist. From 1969 to 2002, he published and edited the poetry magazine Aquarius, which The Irish Post said made him "one of the leading figures on the international poetry scene". The journal was significant in the growth of British, Irish, and international poets and has been described as Linden's "crowning gift to literature—the nurturing and developing of poetic talent".

Bernard Pivot

1935Bernard Pivot, French journalist, talk show host, and producer (died 2024)[†]

Bernard Pivot was a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. He was chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2020.