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state funeral, Sen; Roosevelt attends; illus; Sens accompany body to Idaho; Idaho plans mourning day; tributes
Gov Lehman urges full State aid resumption, budget message; text
Carver vanishes; grand jury hands up sealed indictment reptd to be on bribery inquiry; 4 women get suspended sentences in bail bond fraud; Lt J A Cronin tried on police bail bond fraud charge
Rules Com votes continuance; Repr Hook seeks to link Dies with W D Pelley, Silver Shirts head, and Christian Front; Dies and M K Hart reply
1940Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (died 2015)[†]
Alan Stuart Cheuse was an American writer, editor, professor of literature, and radio commentator. A longtime NPR book commentator, he was also the author of five novels, five collections of short stories and novellas, a memoir and a collection of travel essays. In addition, Cheuse was a regular contributor to All Things Considered. His short fiction appeared in respected publications like The New Yorker, Ploughshares, The Antioch Review, Prairie Schooner, among other places. He taught in the Writing Program at George Mason University and the Community of Writers.
1940Joe Dowell, American singer (died 2016)[†]
Joe Dowell was an American pop singer.