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LaGuardia withdraws from Ill primary; urges progressives to back Roosevelt; assails Repub candidates
Disney amendment defeated
Sen Zink makes Glover rept pub in lieu of com rept; urges legis for men on relief 3 yrs to be declared paupers and disenfranchised, and abolition of Financial Assistance Comm; other recommendations; Mudd criticized
Hore-Belisha urges Allies to aid Finland, s to Devonshire constituents
1940Pete Duel, American actor (died 1971)[†]
Peter Ellstrom Deuel, known professionally as Pete Duel, was an American stage, television, and film actor, who starred as outlaw Hannibal Heyes in the television series Alias Smith and Jones.
1940Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (died 2014)[†]
James Albert Ellis was an American professional boxer. He won the vacant WBA heavyweight title in 1968 by defeating Jerry Quarry, making one successful title defense in the same year against Floyd Patterson, before losing to Joe Frazier in 1970.
1940Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster (died 2025)[†]
Denis Law was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of £55,000, which set a new British record. Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer involving a British player. Although he played well in Italy, he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962, setting another British record transfer fee of £115,000.