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With the demand last week by President Roosevelt that a ship pool of 2,000,000 tons be created to aid the British war effort, it is becoming increasingly clear in the financial community that the entire economy of the United States is being geared more and more to military developments abroad.
Rates on non-resident Canadians to be raised as Canada ends 1937 reciprocal pact
TUXEDO PARK, N.Y., May 3 -- Interest here centers in the annual Horse Show for the benefit of local charities on June 6 and 7 and the wedding two weeks from today of Miss Catherine Sloan Colt to David W. Yandell in St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church.
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1941George Will, American journalist and author[†]
George Frederick Will is an American libertarian conservative writer and political commentator. He writes columns for The Washington Post on a regular basis and provides commentary for NewsNation. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America". Will won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977.
1941Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1880)[†]
Christopher Hobart McKivat was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player – a dual-code rugby international. He represented the Wallabies in over 20 Tests and tour matches from 1907 to 1909 and the Kangaroos in 5 Tests from 1910 to 1912. He is unique in Australian rugby history as the only man to captain both the national rugby union and rugby league teams. Following his playing career, he became the most successful coach of North Sydney in the club's history.