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Sen Pittman offers new resolution for U S embargo on arms and war materials exports because of treaty violation
S on married, women workers, Business and Professional Women's Clubs Fed
Roosevelt comments; McNutt plans wide travel and campaign ss; univ denies offer
bd issues provisions for employer election petitions; other new rules listed
With WPA strike lines holding firm despite the expiration of the five-day deadline for the dismissal of those who joined the walkout at its inception last Wednesday, President Roosevelt gave no encouragement yesterday to moves in Congress for restoration of union wage rates on WPA work.
1939Phillip Adams, Australian journalist and producer[†]
Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams, is an Australian humanist, social commentator, ex-broadcaster, public intellectual, and farmer. He hosted Late Night Live, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) program on Radio National from 1991 to 2024. He also writes a weekly column for The Weekend Australian.
1939Bill Cooper, American football player[†]
Bill Cooper, nicknamed "Cannonball", is an American former professional football player who was a fullback and linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Muskingum Fighting Muskies and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.