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article on CIO drive; strike threatened; convention plans
R J Aitchison, pres of corp, again rejects Horner's plea; strikers demand M Adelman, CIO organizer, attend conf
2,000 Ethiopians arrested; condition of injured; Gen Liotta's leg amputated
Deciphers numbers on gun used in Redwood murder by secret process
Gen von Blomberg praises Hitler's policy; stresses Reich's offers of reconciliation
1937Tommy Aaron, American golfer[†]
Thomas Dean Aaron is an American former professional golfer. He was a member of the PGA Tour during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 Masters Tournament. He is also known for an error in the 1968 Masters Tournament, when he entered a 4 instead of a 3 on Roberto De Vicenzo's scorecard, which prevented De Vicenzo from competing in a playoff.
1937Joanna Russ, American author and activist (died 2011)[†]
Joanna Russ was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny. She is best known for The Female Man, a novel combining utopian fiction and satire, and the story "When It Changed".