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Williams, in rept to com, asks Quinn's ouster
chmn, in lr to Repr Maverick, assails fellow-dirs' intrigues
Koehln (German cruiser) asks aid off Norway
W Funk suggests clearing system
Former President Hoover will arrive here from Prague tomorrow evening and will visit Chancellor Adolf Hitler at the Chancellery Tuesday noon. The conversation is not expected to be long because Mr. Hoover has a luncheon engagement with Hans-Georg Viktor von Mackensen, Under-Secretary in the Foreign Ministry.
1938David Baltimore, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)[†]
David Baltimore was an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He was a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he served as president from 1997 to 2006. He founded the Whitehead Institute and directed it from 1982 to 1990. In 2008, he served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
1938Janet Guthrie, American race car driver[†]
Janet Guthrie is an American former racing driver. She is the first female to qualify and race in either the Indianapolis 500, or the Daytona 500, both of which she competed in during 1977. She had first attempted to enter the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 but failed to qualify. She raced in three Indianapolis 500s: 1977 through 1979. She is also the first woman to lead a lap in NASCAR Cup Series competition.