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TWU repr repts no action will be taken while negotiations with city over IRT and BMT labor contracts continue
Increased levies and tightening of provisions expected in 1941; Amer Council on Pub Affairs rept by Dr C L Harriss urging legis to prevent loopholes cited
Kennedy resigns as Amb to Gt Brit; will retain title until successor is apptd
Germans bomb south coast town, reptd as Southampton by Germans; London has 2 night alarms; Southampton illus; sporadic raids reptd across south, east and west Brit coasts as far as Midlands; RAF repts 604th German plane downed; new German air strategy seen; German rept on raids
1940Willie Brown, American football player, coach, and manager (died 2019)[†]
William Ferdie Brown was an American professional football player, coach and administrator. He played as a cornerback for the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL) and later in the National Football League (NFL). Following his playing career, Brown remained with the Raiders as an assistant coach. He served as the head football coach at California State University, Long Beach in 1991, the final season before the school's football program was terminated. Brown was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1984. At the time of his death he was on the Raiders' administrative staff.