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U S, in 2 notes, recognizes Anschluss and asks Reich to pay debt; debts listed; recognition protested
Innitzer retracts plea; issues declaration insisting on ch's rights; Papal Nuncio to Berlin in Vienna
cigarette tax stamp affixing problems and cost discussed; stamp contract awarded; mfrs not expected to absorb tax; bootlegging feared
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NLRB ruling on Inland Steel Co; excerpts; signed SWOC-co contracts ordered; May strike revd; co and union officials comment; P Murray hails decision
1938Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California[†]
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected secretary of state of California in 1970; Brown later served as mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and attorney general of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office, Brown became the fourth-longest-serving governor in U.S. history, serving 16 years and 5 days in office.
1938Spencer Dryden, American drummer (died 2005)[†]
Spencer Charles Dryden was an American musician best known as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. He also played with Dinosaurs, and the Ashes. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Jefferson Airplane.
1938Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (died 2008)[†]
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop.
1938Iris Johansen, American author[†]
Iris Johansen is an American writer of crime fiction, suspense fiction, and romance novels.
1938Suzanne Valadon, French painter (born 1865)[†]
Suzanne Valadon was a French painter who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She was also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo.