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O'Mahoney-Borah bill for FTC rule of trade and labor practices of corps in interstate commerce introduced
Visits Ft Jefferson, Fla
FTC names W A Ayres to direct inquiry; assembles data from its records and those of other depts
Threatens row if Fed Govt delays releasing funds for low-cost construction
Summary of Anglo-French talks stresses need for other countries to join study of issue; Germany reptd to have demanded complete return of Cameroons and Togoland, and transformation of Belgian Congo and Portuguese Angola into internatl colony administered by chartered cos (F T Birchall)
1937Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano and actress (died 2005)[†]
Muriel Salina Costa-Greenspon was an American mezzo-soprano who had a lengthy career at the New York City Opera from 1963 to 1993.
1937Gordon Crosse, English composer and academic (died 2021)[†]
Gordon Crosse was an English composer.
1937Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian psychologist and politician, President of Latvia[†]
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga is a Latvian politician who served as the sixth president of Latvia from 1999 to 2007. She is the first and to date only woman to hold the post and the most recent to be re-elected for a second term.