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On LaGuardia's exec budget
WASHINGTON, April 1.--An undercover patronage fight has developed in the House over a $1,046,000 appropriation for the New York World's Fair.
v ps abolished on advice of CIO leaders S Hillman and P Murray; retiring v ps Frankensteen, Mortimer and Hall agree to plan; get vote of thanks for services
Min La Chambre to conf with Brit aviation experts on cooperation in air power
Hitler tells Brit naval pact has been abrogated
1939Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)[†]
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. was an American R&B and soul singer, musician, and songwriter. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, which earned him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul". Gaye is often considered one of the greatest singers of all time.
1939Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor[†]
William Anthony Kirsopp Lake is an American diplomat and political advisor who served as the 17th United States National Security Advisor from 1993 to 1997 and as the sixth Executive Director of UNICEF from 2010 to 2017.
1939Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec[†]
Lise Thibault DStJ is a Canadian politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1997 to 2007. She later spent six months in jail for misuse of public funds, which she was ordered to repay the government. As of 2025, she is the only Canadian vice-regal representative to have been incarcerated.