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September 20, 1942

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COMMERCIAL LOANS TEND TO DECREASE; Lending for Civilian Purposes Shrinks Faster Than War Financing Increases VARIOUS LINES REDUCED Early Campaign to Find Funds for War Industries Aided by Government Acts

By Edward J. Condlon

Despite the hard-driving efforts of the nation's commercial banks, led by the big institutions in New York City, Chicago and other money centers, to increase lending to finance war industries, it begins to appear that steady contraction in lending for purely civilian consumer purposes will force eventually a continuing decline in the grand total of commercial loans.

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NAVY LEAGUE AND MUSICIANS EMERGENCY FUND LIST BENEFITS; Society Women Speed Plans Of War and Welfare Projects Persian Room Opening Tuesday to Assist Service Group -- Show Preview to Help Musicians

By Unknown Author

With the return to the city of many members of society from Summer resorts -- where this last season the majority were actively engaged in various projects of the home front war effort -- plans are going forward here for various war relief and welfare enterprises that will enlist their support and cooperation through the Autumn and Winter months.

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Notable Births

Rose Francine Rogombé

1942Rose Francine RogombĂ©, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (died 2015)[†]

Rose Francine Rogombé was a Gabonese politician who was acting president of Gabon from June to October 2009, following the death of long-time President Omar Bongo. She constitutionally succeeded Bongo due to her role as president of the Senate, a post to which she was elected in February 2009. She was a lawyer by profession and a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG). Rogombé was the first female head of state of Gabon. After her interim presidency, she returned to her post as President of the Senate.

Notable Deaths

Kārlis Ulmanis

1942Kārlis Ulmanis, Latvian prime minister and president (born 1877)[†]

Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis was a Latvian politician and a dictator. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the Interwar period of independence from November 1918 to June 1940 and served as the country's first prime minister.