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August 24, 1940

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AGAINST DEFERRING; President Says Jan. 1 Plan Would Set Back Defense a Year EQUIPMENT NOW COMING Executive Declares Machinery Calls for Men and They Must Be Trained

By Charles Hurd Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23--Enactment into law of legislation to provide conscription for the Army should be accomplished within two weeks, President Roosevelt said today at a press conference. He denounced proposals to postpone the establishment of mandatory selective service.

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Notable Births

Madsen Pirie

1940Madsen Pirie, British academic, President and co-founder of the Adam Smith Institute[†]

Duncan Madsen Pirie is a British researcher and author. He is a co-founder and current president of the Adam Smith Institute, a UK neoliberal think tank which has been in operation since 1977.

Francine Lalonde

1940Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (died 2014)[†]

Francine Lalonde was a Canadian politician who served on both the provincial and federal levels. Prior to being elected, she was a lecturer, teacher, and unionist.

1940Keith Savage, English rugby player[†]

Keith Frederick Savage is a former England international rugby union player.

Notable Deaths

Paul Gottlieb Nipkow

1940Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (born 1860)[†]

Paul Julius Gottlieb Nipkow was a German electrical engineer and inventor. He invented the Nipkow disk, which laid the foundation of television, since his disk was a fundamental component in the first televisions. Hundreds of stations experimented with television broadcasting using his disk in the 1920s and 1930s, until it was superseded by all-electronic systems in the 1940s.