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Three gains more than offset the four losses recorded by components of THE NEW YORK TIMES weekly index of business. activity for the week ended April 10, and the combined index figure advanced to 106.3 from 105.9. It was 95.3 for the week ended April 11, 1936.
Henrietta, Gloucester fishing schooner, to be South Sea island trader
Blum expected to face crisis when he defends policies at Natl Council meeting, Puteaux; comment on influence of groups within the party
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Brumley, Alb C; M E Knox
1937Keiko Abe, Japanese marimba player and composer[†]
Keiko Abe is a Japanese composer and marimba player. She has been a primary figure in the development of the marimba, in terms of expanding both technique and repertoire, and through her collaboration with the Yamaha Corporation, developed the modern five-octave concert marimba.
1937Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (died 2009)[†]
Jan Kaplický was a Neofuturistic Czech architect who spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom. He was the leading architect behind the innovative design office, Future Systems. He was best known for the neofuturistic Selfridges Building in Birmingham, England, and the Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.