Japanese Navy Offers Record Peace Time Plan
Largest peace time budget agreed upon by Navy Dept and Naval Gen Staff
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Largest peace time budget agreed upon by Navy Dept and Naval Gen Staff
relief funds allocated
10-yr plan for rebldg city into modern metropolis adopted by Council of People's Commissars and Communist party's central com; details
proposals for settlement under consideration in London; Brit Amb visits French Premier
1935Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist and educator (died 2019)[†]
Frederick L. Hemke (né Fred LeRoy Hemke Jr.; July 11, 1935 – April 17, 2019) was an American virtuoso classical saxophonist and influential professor of saxophone at Northwestern University. Hemke helped increase the popularity of classical saxophone, particularly among leading American composers, and raised recognition of the classical saxophone in solo, chamber, and major orchestral repertoire throughout the world. Throughout his career, Hemke built American saxophone repertoire through many composers including Muczynski, Creston, Stein, Heiden, and Karlins.

1935Oliver Napier, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (died 2011)[†]
Sir Oliver Napier was the first leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. In 1974 he served as the first and only Legal Minister and head of the Office of Legal Reform in the Northern Ireland power-sharing executive set up by the Sunningdale Agreement.