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Rept on AFL membership
Danish freighter Vendia sunk by U-boat; Germans seize Swedish freighter Aspen, Finnish freighter Orient and Latvian freighter Imanta; Netherlands mine sweeper Jan Van Gelder hit by floating mine; Belgian Shipping Council repts Belgian MS Alex Van Opstal was hit by mine and not torpedoed
Denies J Curran, pres, is Communist, reply to Dies com
Ciano conf with Hitler and von Ribbentrop; illus; Ital reaction; plan for 7-power parley hinted; Hitler expected to propose Polish buffer State plan
Will leave for Moscow
1939Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (died 2006)[†]
Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan was an Indian cricketer. He played as a wicket keeper for the most of his career, and was an exciting but unorthodox right-handed batsman who competed for international selection with contemporary Farokh Engineer. In his eighteen Tests between 1960 and 1967, he scored 981 runs with two centuries and a batting average of 32.70. With the gloves he took 23 catches and executed seven stumpings.