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Bur of Air Commerce making survey of facilities; majority of scheduled stops held deficient in length of runways and other safety requirements
Confers with Chancellor Hitler in Berlin; announces latter's assurance that Reich would participate in internatl conf called by Roosevelt or head of some other great power; Wash reaction
Attempted hold-up of messenger with coronation and other gems, London
F B Noyes
speculation
1937Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2011)[†]
Jiří Dienstbier was a Czech politician and journalist.
1937Harvey Quaytman, American painter and educator (died 2002)[†]
Harvey Quaytman was a geometric abstraction painter best known for large modernist canvases with powerful monochromatic tones, in layered compositions, often with hard edges - inspired by Malevich and Mondrian. He had more than 60 solo exhibitions in his career, and his works are held in the collections of many top public museums.
1937George Takei, American actor[†]
George Takei is an American actor, author and activist known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise.