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Fascist Grand Council bans mixed marriages; approves founding chairs in univs for study of problems
Reptd to favor Mex agreement with U S on land expropriation
N Y wins 2d game
Some functions transferred to Agr Econ Bur; R M Evans succeeds H R Tolley as administrator
de Valera asks plebiscite in certain Northern Ireland areas; predicts 4 would come under Dublin's rule
1938Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican actress and theatre director[†]
Yvonne Jones Brewster is a Jamaican actress, theatre director and writer. She co-founded the theatre companies Talawa in the UK and the Barn in Jamaica. From 2000 to 2001, she portrayed Ruth Harding in the BBC television soap opera Doctors.
1938Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster[†]
Ann Shirley Jones, also known as Ann Haydon-Jones, is an English former tennis and table tennis champion. She won eight Grand Slam tennis championships in her career: three in singles, three in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. In 2023, she served as a vice president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.