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U S State Dept imposes moral embargo on exports of equipment and information for high quality aviation gas mfr to countries which bomb civilians and open towns
Hdqrs of German groups in Southwest Africa raided; Prime Min Smuts reveals German plans for annexation nipped last Spring
s at Madison Sq Garden rally; ovation
1939Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian academic and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs[†]
Lloyd Norman Axworthy is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Following his retirement from parliament, he served as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg from 2004 to 2014 and as chancellor of St. Paul's University College. He is currently the Chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council.
1939Wafic Saïd, Syrian-Saudi Arabian financier, businessman and philanthropist[†]
Wafic Rida Saïd is a Syrian-Saudi-Canadian businessman, financier, and philanthropist who has resided for many years in Monaco.