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A forthcoming marriage of wide interest to society is that of Miss Constance Lippincott Franchot to Daniel Gleason Tenney Jr. Their engagement was announced in April.
In Europe last week 10,000,000 men slept on their arms as the "war of nerves," the "white war," threatened to become "red war," with armies marching and guns belching shot and shell.
ENGLEWOOD, N. J., Aug. 19.-- The garden-type apartment house has been gaining great favor in Bergen County communities in New Jersey near the George Washington Bridge. Revised zoning codes in several of the municipalities started the local trend toward the gardentype apartment house.
"Tennessee--sixth floor!" a uniformed guard sang out one morning last week in the crowded lobby of the First National Bank of the City of New York.
1939Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician (died 2004)[†]
Fernando Poe Jr. was a Filipino actor, director and screenwriter. Nicknamed "Da King" and often referred to by his initials FPJ, he has been described as a cultural icon, having dominated the Philippine box-office from the 1960s to 1990s through his leading roles in action films. For his career that spanned nearly five decades, he has received numerous honors including the Order of National Artists of the Philippines in 2006 and the CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts in 1999.
1939Mike Velarde, Filipino televangelist and religious leader[†]
Mariano Zuniega "Bro. Mike" Velarde is a Filipino televangelist and founder of El Shaddai, a Catholic charismatic movement in the Philippines. The movement reportedly has a following estimated between three and seven million members.
1939Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (born 1845)[†]
Agnes Giberne was a British novelist and scientific writer. Her fiction was typical of Victorian evangelical fiction with moral or religious themes for children. She also wrote books on science for young people, a handful of historical novels, and one well-regarded biography.