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Testifies on Amer Youth Act before Sen Com
Robbed of $12,000 by 4 bandits who escape in stolen autos, kidnapping 2 women as hostages to shield flight; prisoners released at Newark
Confers with Legis leaders; agrees on permanent plan under Soc Welfare Dept; bill in preparation
LONDON, March 20. -- The announcement that the League of Nations Conciliation Committee of Thirteen would meet again Monday after many postponements suddenly revived hopes today that hostilities in Ethiopia would be ended soon and that sanctions against Italy would be dropped without long delay.
Pittsburgh fights disease and fire dangers as waters run too low
1936Ed Broadbent, Canadian pilot and politician (died 2024)[†]
John Edward Broadbent was a Canadian social-democratic politician and political scientist. He was leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 1975 to 1989, and a member of Parliament from 1968 to 1990 and from 2004 to 2006. He led the NDP through four federal elections. He oversaw a period of growth for the party with its parliamentary representation rising from 17 to 43 seats as of the 1988 federal election.
1936Mike Westbrook, English pianist and composer[†]
Michael John David Westbrook is an English jazz pianist, composer, and writer of orchestrated jazz pieces. He is married to the vocalist, librettist and painter Kate Westbrook.
1936Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (born 1865)[†]
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was instrumental in the reorganization of the institute into the Petrograd Conservatory, then the Leningrad Conservatory, following the Bolshevik Revolution. He continued as head of the Conservatory until 1930, though he had left the Soviet Union in 1928 and did not return. The best-known student under his tenure during the early Soviet years was Dmitri Shostakovich.