Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips was an American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller and poet. He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action, self-identifying as an anarchist. He often promoted the Industrial Workers of the World in his music, actions, and words.

1935Akihiro Miwa, Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen^[†]

Akihiro Maruyama , better known by his stage name Akihiro Miwa , is a Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen.

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1935Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (born 1878)^[†]

Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose pioneering work and writing influenced the development of abstract art in the 20th century. He was born in Kiev, modern-day Ukraine, to an ethnic Polish family. His concept of Suprematism sought to develop a form of expression that moved as far as possible from the world of natural forms (objectivity) and subject matter in order to access "the supremacy of pure feeling" and spirituality. Active primarily in Russia, Malevich was a founder of the UNOVIS artist collective. His work has been variously associated with the Russian avant-garde and the Ukrainian avant-garde, and he is a central figure in the history of modern art in Central and Eastern Europe more broadly.

Headlines from May 15, 1935

J.J. HINES NAMED IN RACKET INQUIRY; Testimony Said to Refer to District Leader Read as Reporter Is Held in Contempt.

LAWRENCE LINGERS, BUT HOPE IS FAINT; Condition of Hero of Arabian Revolt Is Too Critical to Permit an Operation.

ROOSEVELT CHARGES 'LYING' TO CRITICS OF FARM POLICY; CITES BENEFITS UNDER AAA; FLAYS 'HIGH AND MIGHTY'

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Senate Votes Down Farley Inquiry by 3 to 1 As Long Angrily Shouts 'Whitewash Old Jim'; SENATE REJECTS FARLEY INQUIRY

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