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November 19, 1939
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Headlines from November 19, 1939
FINANCIAL MARKETS; Volume Small as Stocks Fluctuate Narrowly; Government, Latin-American and Scandinavian Bonds Rise
With attendance the smallest since the start of the war. Wall Street gave yesterday a lackadaisical performance.
Losing Streak Is Checked As Chicago Routs Oberlin
ZONE PLAN BRINGS REALTY PROTESTS; Loss of Income on Property Feared Under Revision of Building Rules HEARING DUE TOMORROW West Side Association Claims Proposals Are Too Complicated to Be Workable Organizations Voice Protests Still in 'Trial' Stage ZONE PLAN BRINGS REALTY PROTESTS Brooklyn Board Makes Protest Small" Stores Restricted
Many realty and trade organizations will be represented at the hearing to be held tomorrow afternoon in City ball by the City Planning Commission on the plan for sweeping changes in the building zone resolution.
GEORGETOWN WINS FROM N.Y.U., 14-0; Hoyas, Playing Alertly, Close Season Without Setback-- Unbeaten for Two Years Defense Speaks for Itself Hesitate to Touch Ball GEORGETOWN STOPS N.Y.U. BY 14 TO 0 Moves to the Sideline Heyas Play Safely Ghecas Is Injured Georgetown-N.Y.U. Statistics
A mental lapse at the very outset put N.Y.U. into a deep hole at the Yankee Stadium yesterday and the Violets spent the remainder of the afternoon vainly attempting to extricate themselves. The final gun found a ponderous, though ever alert Georgetown eleven victor by a 14-0 count.
Notable Births

1939Emil Constantinescu, Romanian academic and politician, 3rd President of Romania[โ ]
Emil Constantinescu is a Romanian professor and politician, who served as the President of Romania from 1996 to 2000.
1939Tom Harkin, American lawyer and politician[โ ]
Thomas Richard Harkin is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa's 5th congressional district from 1975 to 1985. He is the longest-serving senator to spend the entire tenure as a state's junior senator.
1939Jane Mansbridge, American political scientist and academic[โ ]
Jane Jebb Mansbridge is an American political scientist. She is the Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
1939Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (died 2017)[โ ]
Warren Thomas "Pete" Moore was an American singer-songwriter and record producer, notable as the bass singer for Motown group the Miracles from 1955 onwards, and was one of the group's original members. He is also a 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, and a BMI and ASCAP award-winning songwriter, and was the vocal arranger on all of the group's hits.
1939Richard Zare, American chemist and academic[โ ]
Richard Neil Zare is the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science and a Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. Throughout his career, Zare has made a considerable impact in physical chemistry and analytical chemistry, particularly through the development of laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) and the study of chemical reactions at the molecular and nanoscale level. LIF is an extremely sensitive technique with applications ranging from analytical chemistry and molecular biology to astrophysics. One of its applications was the sequencing of the human genome.