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Italy will recognize Brit protectorate and respect Yemen independence; map
second draft submitted by Repr Norton sets absolute wage floor; compared with Ramspeck bill
Cafeterias to feed needy hungry provided for in W Lowenstein's will
agreement only partly carried out; other workers vote to remain out in sympathy with private industries strikers
"Shadow factories" set up in Canada
1938Mahmud Esad Coşan, Turkish author and academic (died 2001)[†]
Mahmud Esad Coşan was a Turkish academic author, preacher, professor of Islam and Naqshbandi leader.
1938Ralph Willis, Australian politician[†]
Ralph Willis AO is an Australian former politician who served as a Cabinet Minister during the entirety of the Hawke-Keating government from 1983 to 1996, most notably as Treasurer of Australia from 1993 to 1996 and briefly in 1991. He also served as Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Transport and Communications and Minister for Finance. He represented the Victorian seat of Gellibrand in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1998.
1938Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater and architect (born 1893)[†]
Gillis Emanuel Grafström was a Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men's Figure Skating as well as an Olympic silver medal in the same event in 1932, and three World Championships. Grafström is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. He and Eddie Eagan are the only athletes to have won gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, although Eagan remains the only one to have managed the feat in different disciplines. He is one of the oldest figure skating Olympic champions.