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Former student, W G Garland, sought on mail fraud charges; Fisher an investor in his holding cos
Roosevelt scores adjournment talk as propaganda; program pushed
Married women win right to be employed by London County Council
Frick issues decree providing penalties for propaganda against sterilization; laws amended to call for consent by expectant mothers
1935Tenley Albright, American former figure skater and physician[†]
Tenley Emma Albright is an American former figure skater and surgeon. She is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1952 Olympic silver medalist, the 1953 and 1955 World Champion, the 1953 and 1955 North American champion, and the 1952–1956 U.S. national champion. Albright is also a graduate of Harvard Medical School. In 2015, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
1935Jayendra Saraswathi, Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya (died 2018)[†]
Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal was the 69th Shankaracharya Guru and head or pithadhipati of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Subramanyam Iyer was nominated by his predecessor, Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, as his successor and was given the pontifical title Sri Jayendra Saraswathi on 22 March 1954.