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House subcom begins hearings on Roosevelt funds request; Knox and Adm Stark testify; Construction Advisory Com named by Army and Navy Munitions Bd to speed indus expansion; members listed
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Garner comments on timing of Roosevelt decision to run
To aid com organizing independent Dems for W L, Willkie; por
The United States program to deal with the problems arising in this hemisphere from the European war was laid before the Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers in Havana yesterday by Secretary of State...
1940Danielle Collobert, French author, poet, and journalist (died 1978)[†]
Danielle Collobert was a French author, poet and journalist.
1940Don Imus, American radio host (died 2019)[†]
John Donald Imus Jr., also known as Imus, was an American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author. His radio show Imus in the Morning was aired on various stations and digital platforms nationwide until 2018.
1940John Nichols, American novelist (died 2023)[†]
John Treadwell Nichols was an American novelist. He wrote the New Mexico Trilogy - The Milagro Beanfield War (1974), The Magic Journey (1978), and The Nirvana Blues (1981) - as well as numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction.
1940Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finance (died 2010)[†]
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, OMRI was an Italian banker and economist who served as Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008. He previously served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005. Padoa-Schioppa is considered as a founding father of the European single currency. He was a former member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.
1940The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.[†]
Under Secretary of State (U/S) is a title used by senior officials of the United States Department of State who rank above the assistant secretaries and below the deputy secretary.