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WPA grants considered
On plans for moving N Y Cath Protectory inmates
Japanese routed at Taierhchwang; survivors flee to Yihsien; Chinese guerrillas recapture Paimashan and Yuchang; map; press praises Pat Tsung-hsi and other gens; Cheng Chien promises rewards to troops; Chiang Kai-shek comments; Cheng Chien to assist Li Tsung-jen; warns of long struggle; Hankow rejoices; Japanese deny defeat; planes bomb Ichang and Sinyang
Rebels take Tremp, site of largest Catalonian power plants owned by Barcelona Traction Co (Carney); Loyalists hold Tortosa; Alvarez del Vayo int (Matthews); labor union calls for purge
1/3 of Cleveland population being aided or seeking aid
1938Kofi Annan, Ghanaian economist and diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 2018)[†]
Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela.
1938John Hamm, Canadian physician and politician, 25th Premier of Nova Scotia[†]
John Frederick Hamm is a Canadian physician and politician, who served as the 25th premier of Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2006.
1938Mary W. Gray, American mathematician, statistician, and lawyer[†]
Mary Lee Wheat Gray is an American mathematician, statistician, and lawyer. She is the author of books and papers in the fields of mathematics, mathematics education, computer science, applied statistics, economic equity, discrimination law, and academic freedom. She is currently on the Board of Advisers for POMED and is the chair of the Board of Directors of AMIDEAST.