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Jurisconsults Conf approves literacy piracy; Argentina and Paraguay oppose approval; other action taken
Vetoes bill to ban credit sales to D C beer retailers; states reasons
Labor activities: assailed by H R Bridges
Taft consents; offers program
Dewey announces co-union agreement subject to ratification by 12 locals and strike com; police disperse pickets at Detroit Chevrolet plant; Thomas protests
1939Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office[†]
John Anderson Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, is a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament for over 30 years, serving for Whitehaven from 1970 to 1983 and then Copeland until the 2005 general election, and had served in the Cabinet of Tony Blair.
1939Frankie Ford, American R&B/rock and roll singer (died 2015)[†]
Frankie Ford was an American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer, best known for his 1959 hit "Sea Cruise".