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November 5, 1939

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Notable Births

Lobsang Tenzin

1939Lobsang Tenzin, Tibetan religious leader[โ€ ]

Lobsang Tenzin, better known by the titles Professor Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche and to Tibetans as the 5th Samdhong Rinpoche, is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the cabinet of the Central Tibetan Administration, the Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharamshala, India.

Notable Deaths

Mary W. Bacheler

1939Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (born 1860)[โ€ ]

Mary Washington Bacheler was an American physician and Baptist medical missionary in India.

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Headlines from November 5, 1939

$1,300,000,000 BILL FOR NAVY WILL ASK 95 NEW WARSHIPS; Authorization Measure to Go to House in January Aims at Fleet of 2,100,000 Tons PLANE TOTAL OF 6,000 SET 36 Lighter-Than-Air Craft Included--Sea Strength WillMatch Any, Says Vinson Fighting Tonnage About 400,000 NAVAL BILL TO ASK 95 NEW WARSHIPS Statement by Vinson To Keep War From Our Shores Auxillary Vessels

By Leland C. Speers Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4--A naval authorization bill which will require Congressional appropriations of about $1,300,000,000 will be introduced at the next session of Congress, probably on the first day.

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