Leche quits; Long sworn in; Leche conf with Long and Maestri; Smith indicted for embezzlement of univ funds; still fugitive; ct orders brokers, Fenner & Beane, and J M Brown, intermediary, to rept on dealings with Smith; C Fenner reveals Smith lost heavily in wheat market and offered canceled univ bonds as collateral; J E Adams, Smith's nephew, held as witness

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1939R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter (died 1994)^[†]

Rahul Dev Burman was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films, bringing a new level of music ensemble with his compositions. Burman did his major work with legendary singers Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi. He also worked extensively with lyricist Gulzar, with whom he has some of the most memorable numbers in his career. Nicknamed Pancham, he was the only son of the composer Sachin Dev Burman and his Bengali lyricist wife Meera Dev Burman.

1939Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (died 2000)^[†]

Neil James Napier Hawke was an Australian Test cricketer and leading Australian rules footballer.

1939Brereton C. Jones, American politician, 58th Governor of Kentucky (died 2023)^[†]

Brereton Chandler Jones was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1991 to 1995, he was the state's 58th governor, and had served from 1987 to 1991 as the 50th lieutenant governor of Kentucky. After his governorship, he chaired the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), a lobbying organization for the Kentucky horse industry.

Headlines from June 27, 1939

GOVERNORS DEBATE MADE-WORK MERITS; Divide Along Party Lines at Parley After Baldwin Calls WPA Political Menace

PREPARE FOR CRISIS; Congress Chiefs Weigh Bills to Save Laws Dying on Deadline REBELLION IS SPREADING President's Lending Program Imperiled--Other Major Measures in Jam

PARLEYS TO BREAK TIENTSIN DEADLOCK ARE BEGUN IN TOKYO; British Envoy Is Said to Have Reached Accord With Arita on Most of the Issues LOCAL RUMORS CONFLICT Some Expect Tighter Blockade --Stripping of Woman Is Denied 'in Principle'

ROOSEVELT CONTROL OF DOLLAR VOIDED, DOMESTIC SILVER PRICE RAISED 13 CENTS, FOREIGN BUYING ENDED BY SENATE VOTE; A SWEEPING UPSET

EARL LONG TAKES HELM IN LOUISIANA; DR. SMITH ACCUSED; Huey Long's Brother Sworn In After Leche Proclaims His Resignation as Governor L.S.U. HEAD STILL HUNTED Charged With Embezzlement of $100,000, He Is Said to Have Lost Heavily in Market

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