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Rossaint found guilty of preparation for treason; he, F Steber, Rev K Kramer and H Julich sentenced to jail
Maloney bill on unemployment census would base hrs on number unemployed
Auriol asserts franc will not be allowed to drop below legal limit, rept to Finance Comm
1937Jill Paton Walsh, English author (died 2020)[†]
Gillian Honorine Mary Herbert, Baroness Hemingford,, known professionally as Jill Paton Walsh, was an English novelist and children's writer. She may be known best for her Booker Prize-nominated novel Knowledge of Angels and for the Peter Wimsey–Harriet Vane mysteries that continued the work of Dorothy L. Sayers.
1937William Gillette, American actor and playwright (born 1853)[†]
William Hooker Gillette was an American actor-manager, playwright, and stage manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage and in a 1916 silent film.