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1940Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)[†]
Erico Boyles Aumentado was a former governor, vice governor, and senior provincial board member of Bohol, and congressman and deputy speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives. He is the first governor of Bohol who served for three consecutive terms (2001-2010).
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Col F Knox gets Roosevelt's authorization to form volunteer civilian air training camps in 9 army corps areas; to extend program; to be financed privately; army to supply reserve officers, tents and camp sites; N Y com named
method of German entry described
Belgium joins Allied pact; rates fixed
Broadcasts removal of Belgian capital to Ostend
Gamelin issues gen order to French armies stressing critical situation
German heavy tanks carry the fight
text of Gamelin's order and Joffre's 1914 order
Presents budget to Sen
RAF continuously attack German mechanized columns
Roosevelt on plans to recommission 35
Visits Intergovernmental Com for Refugees office, N Y C; to return to Eur