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August 3, 1939

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BRIDGES ADMITS COMMUNIST HELP, DENIES PARTY LINK; Labor Leader Tells Hearing His Unions Sought and Accepted Aid From RedsSAYS THEY DO NOT RULE He Testifies He Once Joined I.W.W. but Left When HeLearned Its Purposes

By W.a. MacDonald Special To the New York Times

Bridges testifies; denies Communist party membership; discusses pol and econ views; says his unions were aided by Communists, Dems and Repubs but not controlled by Communists; Dean Landis denies motion to remove hearings to San Francisco

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Jimmie Nicol

1939Jimmie Nicol, English drummer[†]

James George Nicol is an English drummer and business entrepreneur. He is best known for sitting in for Ringo Starr in the Beatles for eight concerts of the Beatles' 1964 world tour during the height of Beatlemania.

1939Apoorva Sengupta, Indian general and cricketer (died 2013)[†]

Lieutenant General Apoorva Kumar Sengupta was an Indian army officer and cricketer who played in one Test in 1959. According to Christopher Martin-Jenkins, he was a "very good allrounder, right hand opening batsman, leg-break and googly bowler and slip field".