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Testifies, joint Cong com hearing on defense tax bill
U S Commerce Chamber urges quick passage of plant amortization legis
Hillman rejects Lewis protest against exclusion of United Elec, Radio and Machine Workers of Amer (CIO) from labor policy advisory com; denies he raised Communist issue in discussion of question with J J Matles, union dir; texts of lrs exchd by 3
Itals advance from Hargeisa and Oadweina, Somaliland; harried by RAF; RAF bombs Massawa, Mai Adaga and Tobruk; South African Air Force bombs Noghelli airdrome, Ethiopia; Brit troops take Korindil on Ethiopian border; Ital planes bomb Aden, Berbera and Egyptian points; Ital communique claims Brit warship Resolution hit on Aug 1
1940Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (died 2012)[†]
Glenys Lynne Page was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in two One Day Internationals for New Zealand, both at the 1973 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Auckland.