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Representatives of 5 N Y Repub groups call New Deal dishonest
Socialists lead in parliamentary election returns; resignation of Premier van Zeeland and new Cabinet headed by E Vandervelde, Socialist leader, indicated; Rexlsts, dissident Cath organization, make important gains, parade at Liege; clash at Ghent
comments on Old Guard move to form new party
ROME, May 24. -- Addressing a cheering crowd in the Venezia Square today on the twenty-first anniversary of Italy's entrance into the World War, Premier Mussolini demanded:
1936Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)[†]
Thomas Hall, known professionally as Tom T. Hall and informally nicknamed "the Storyteller", was an American country music singer-songwriter and short-story author. He wrote 12 number-one hit songs, with 26 more that reached the top 10, including the number-one international pop crossover hit "Harper Valley PTA", and "I Love", which reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is included in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Songwriters. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008, and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame alongside his wife Dixie in 2018.
1936Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (died 2013)[†]
Rusi Framroze Surti was an Indian cricketer who played in 26 Tests from 1960 to 1969. He was a left-arm medium pace and left-arm spin bowler and a lower-order batsman. Surti was also a popular professional for Haslingden in the Lancashire League in 1959. He belonged to the Parsi community.