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Justification discussed, U S House
U S Coast Guard finds no trace
Capital outlay budget: City Planning Comm approves 1940 budget; submits 1941-45 program; R G Tugwell explains comm's policies
Some Netherlands canal sluices opened, Amersfoort area; martial law declared in key defense towns
Completion ceremonies; J D Rockefeller Jr and others s; illus
1939Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, English broadcaster and politician, Minister for Security[†]
Lilian Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones is a British politician and former civil servant who served as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) from 1993 to 1994. A member of the Conservative Party, she served on the National Security Council and was Minister of State for Security and Counter Terrorism at the Home Office from 2010 to 2011.
1939Richard Serra, American sculptor and academic (died 2024)[†]
Richard Serra was an American artist known for his large-scale abstract sculptures made for site-specific landscape, urban, and architectural settings, and whose work has been primarily associated with postminimalism. Described as "one of his era's greatest sculptors", Serra became notable for emphasizing the material qualities of his works and exploration of the relationship between the viewer, the work, and the site.