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Brit submarine sinks German freighter Heddernheim in upper reaches of Kattegat
Byrd puts evidence into record
Bronx Dist Atty Foley says Penn's murderers are known; Goldstein and Magoon to be turned over to Foley; J Drucker sought; Black denied habeas corpus writ; O'Dwyer questions 2 women
presents demands
Japanese Min Arita says Japan was not invited to Hitler-Mussolini conf
1940The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.[†]
The Lahore Resolution, later called the Pakistan Resolution, was a formal political statement adopted by the All-India Muslim League on 23 March 1940 during its three-day general session in Lahore, Punjab, from 22 to 24 March 1940, calling for a group of "independent states" in the Muslim-majority regions of the British Raj. It was written and prepared by a nine-member subcommittee of the Muslim League; presented by A. K. Fazlul Huq, the Prime Minister of Bengal; and approved by the General Session of the Muslim League.