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Old-age pension amendment adopted by Sen
14 cos and 43 persons win anti-trust case; Chicago Fed judge rules Sherman Act non-applicable; Pure Milk Assn, Bowman and Borden-Wieland Cos, Milk Wagon Drivers Union and Dr H N Bundeson among defendants; Milk Consumers Protective Com protests to TNEC chmn
L Aubin and J Poirier, employed by newspapers Temps and Figaro respectively, arrested on charge of Nazi propaganda activities
assailed by Repubs; passed
N Y S Employment Service repts on 1938 placements
1939Karel Gott, Czech singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019)[†]
Karel Gott was a Czech singer, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. He was voted the country's best male singer in the annual Český slavík national music award 42 times, most recently in 2017.
1939George Edgar Slusser, American scholar and author (died 2014)[†]
George Edgar Slusser was an American scholar, professor and writer. Slusser was a well-known science fiction critic. A professor emeritus of comparative literature at University of California, Riverside, he was the first curator of the Eaton collection.
1939Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (born 1860)[†]
Alfons Maria Mucha, known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, he was widely known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt. He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels, as well as designs, which became among the best-known images of the period.