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Roosevelt urges favorable action on bills for Fed supervision of road, water and air commerce; text
Laval gets emergency powers to defend franc
Gen Umezu insists on Chinese compliance with demands; doubts need of mil action; Japan reinforcing troops in Tientsin; Chinese troops converge there; Japanese generals meet; War Office sends new instructions; ultimatum reptd; recognition of Manchukuo said to be included in demands; Japanese spokesman denies agression plan
Officials seek names to replace alphabetical agencies
1935Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (died 2015)[†]
Chief Molade Alexander Okoya-Thomas FCNA, MFR, OFR, KSS was a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist.