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Pulitzer Prize awarded to You Can't Take It With You
Reorganization of exec personnel announced at dirs meeting; representation of Morgan and du Pont interests decreased; Sloan explains changes
Duke gets news of Mrs Simpson's final divorce decree; leaves to join her at Chateau de Cande, Monts, France; illus of chateau
actors cross picket lines outside 9 studios; use of strike-breakers charged; Guild meeting held
Elected World Bank bd chmn
1937Ron Carter, American bassist and educator[†]
Ronald Levin Carter is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded numerous times on the instrument. In addition to a solo career of more than 60 years, Carter is well-known for playing on numerous iconic Blue Note albums in the 1960s, as well as being the anchor of trumpeter Miles Davis's "Second Great Quintet" from 1963-1968.
1937Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (died 2019)[†]
Richard Anthony Monsour, known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverb. Dale was known as "The King of the Surf Guitar", which was also the title of his second studio album.
1937Gina Oselio, Norwegian opera singer (born 1858).[†]
Gina Oselio was a Norwegian operatic mezzo-soprano. Her signature role was the title heroine in Georges Bizet's Carmen. Oselio was sponsored by Oscar II who he gave her the title of "hofsangerinde", and she was the only Norwegian person to receive the honour.