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December 22, 1935

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U.S. to Have Full Squad For Olympic Ski Events; Deyo Announces Enthusiastic Response to Plea for Funds -- 23 Men, 8 Women Report at Garmisch-Partenkirchen Jan. 11.

By Frank Elkins

All fear that the United States would send an undermanned ski team to the fourth Olympic Winter Games, slated for the Bavarian Alps next February, because of the anticipated difficulty in securing financial support was set at rest yesterday by Leib Deyo, chairman of the United States Olympic Ski Games Committee.

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Notable Births

1935Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (died 2012)[โ€ ]

Paulo Soares da Rocha was a Portuguese film director. Among his best-known films are A Ilha dos Amores and O Rio do Ouro. A Ilha dos Amores was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, O Desejado was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival, and O Rio do Ouro was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Festival.