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Capt T Rieber, bd chmn, on relations with Dr G A Westrick, German commercial attache
200,000 Brit registered for evacuation, 32,000 to U S; U S Com for Care of Eur Children fund drive luncheon, N Y C; M Field on U S immigration easing; E H Biddle o??? plans
Premier Molotoff comments on U S and Brit gold embargo
Molotoff sees war spread
1940Angel Lagdameo, Filipino archbishop (died 2022)[†]
Angel Nacorda Lagdameo was a Filipino bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Jaro from 9 May 2000 until 14 February 2018.
1940Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian physician and activist (died 2006)[†]
Dr. Bekolari Ransome-Kuti was a Nigerian physician known for his work as a human rights activist.
1940Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Arthur Achiel Albert, Knight Blanckaert, known by his stage name Will Tura, is a Belgian artist considered as the most successful Flemish-speaking singer of the 20th century. Famous in Flanders and the Netherlands, Tura is a singer, musician, composer and songwriter. Nicknamed the Emperor of the Flemish Song, he released hundreds of singles and albums that cover a wide array of styles, and continued to tour into the 2010s.