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S Welles on U S policy
General Franco's troops struck farther out along the coast north and east of Barcelona yesterday, finding no resistance. The inhabitants of the city continued to rejoice over the occupation. Food was scarce, however,
Bombay Presidency frees 40,000 native serfs from bondage to landowners
Natl Pub Housing Conf annual meeting; platform; greeted by Roosevelt; speakers oppose tax exemption for ltd divd cos
1939John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut[†]
John McCreary Fabian is a former NASA astronaut and Air Force officer who flew two Space Shuttle missions and worked on the development of the Shuttle's robotic arm. He later led the Air Force's space operations.
1939W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)[†]
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with John Millington Synge and Lady Gregory, founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. He was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature and later served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.