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December 18, 1935

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ROOSEVELT TO ASK CONGRESS TO VOTE PWA $500,000,000; SHARP CHANGE IN POLICY President Returns to Old Appropriation Method on Public Works. HIS FIRST HINT ON BUDGET Housing Plans Not Disclosed, Nor Is Possible Size of Fund for Unemployed Revealed. LA GUARDIA DEFENDS WPA Mayor Says in Capital Federal Outlay Must Continue -- Hits Back at Hoover Speech. ROOSEVELT TO GIVE PWA $500,000,000

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Roosevelt to include canal in PWA bill, estimates request at $3,000,000

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ITALIANS ARE FORCED BACK AS BATTLE OPENS IN NORTH; LAVAL IS UPHELD ON TERMS; FIGHTING STILL GOING ON Second Force Strikes After Italians Lose on Takkaze River. INVADERS RETIRE 15 MILES Tanks and Planes Fail to Halt Ethiopians -- 13 Whites and Many Eritreans Slain. ANXIETY IS FELT IN ROME Crowds Gather Around Radios Awaiting Details of Clash, Which Are Withheld.

By the Associated Press

Ital Govt communique makes 1st admission of retreat; Ethiopian force, attacking Ital outposts on Takkaze River, drives them back to Dembeguina Pass; another Ethiopian force makes flanking movement in Scire region; battle in north in progress; engagements south of Makale reptd; map

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Notable Births

Rosemary Leach

1935Rosemary Leach, English actress (died 2017)[†]

Rosemary Anne Leach was a British stage, television and film actress. She won the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play for 84, Charing Cross Road and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her roles in the films That'll Be the Day (1973) and A Room with a View (1985).

Jacques PĂ©pin

1935Jacques PĂ©pin, French-American chef and author[†]

Jacques PĂ©pin is a French chef, author, culinary educator, television personality, and artist. After having been the personal chef of French President Charles de Gaulle, he moved to the US in 1959 and after working in New York's top French restaurants, refused the same job with President John F. Kennedy in the White House and instead took a culinary development job with Howard Johnson's. During his career, he has served in numerous prestigious restaurants, first, in Paris, and then in America. He has appeared on American television and has written for The New York Times, Food & Wine and other publications. He has authored more than 30 cookbooks, some of which have become best sellers. PĂ©pin was a longtime friend of the American chef Julia Child, and their 1999 PBS series Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home won a Daytime Emmy Award. He also holds a BA and a MA from Columbia University in French literature.

Historical Events

Lanka Sama Samaja Party

1935The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.[†]

The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, often abbreviated as LSSP, is a major Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. It was the first political party in Sri Lanka, having been founded in 1935 by Leslie Goonewardene, N. M. Perera, Colvin R. de Silva, Philip Gunawardena and Robert Gunawardena. The party is currently led by Tissa Vitharana. The party was founded with Leninist ideals, and is classified as a party with socialist aims.