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April 19, 1937

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CHINA WAR COUNCIL PLANS RESISTANCE TO TOKYO THREATS; Ex-Rebel Kwangsi Chief Will Enter Cabinet to Help Direct Anti-Japanese Policy

By Hallett Abend

Secret agreement concluded providing for formation of natl defense council; Gen Chiang Kai-shek and Feng Yu-hsiang to be chmn with Ho Ying-ching and Pai Chung-hsi members; Pai Chung-hsi to leave Kwangsi Province to be new War Min of Nanking Govt; Li Tsung-jen to make goodwill trip to Nanking; change in attitude of Kwangsi leaders stressed; revealed to have prevented a civil war after Sian revolt; Foreign Min Wang Ching-wei expected to start move for abolition of extraterritoriality

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Notable Births

Antonio Carluccio

1937Antonio Carluccio, Italian-English chef and author (died 2017)[†]

Antonio Carluccio, OBE, OMRI was an Italian chef, restaurateur and food expert, based in London. He was called "the godfather of Italian gastronomy", with a career of more than 50 years. He is perhaps best remembered for his television appearances, including his partnership with fellow Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo, and their BBC Two television series Two Greedy Italians.

Elinor Donahue

1937Elinor Donahue, American actress[†]

Elinor Donahue is an American retired actress known for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson, on the 1950s American sitcom Father Knows Best.

Joseph Estrada

1937Joseph Estrada, Filipino politician, 13th President of the Philippines[†]

Joseph Ejercito Estrada, also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor, who served as the 13th President of the Philippines from 1998 until his removal in 2001. Estrada previously served as the ninth Vice President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, the 26th Mayor of Manila, the country's capital, from 2013 to 2019, and the 14th Mayor of San Juan from 1969 to 1986. In 2000, he became the first chief executive in Asia to be formally impeached, being ousted two months later by the Second EDSA Revolution. As a result, Estrada served the third shortest term as Philippine president, after Emilio Aguinaldo and Sergio Osmeña.

Notable Deaths

Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington

1937Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English cartographer and politician (born 1856)[†]

William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington,, known between 1895 and 1931 as Sir Martin Conway, was an English art critic, politician, cartographer and mountaineer, who made expeditions in Europe as well as in South America and Asia.

William Morton Wheeler

1937William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and zoologist (born 1865)[†]

William Morton Wheeler was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and professor at Harvard University.