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Allied warships reptd to have sunk 2 German ships in Arctic; Denmark gets confirmation of Allied Arctic patrol; Bergen rept denies sea battle and sinking rumors; Brit officials know nothing of battle; map
Viborg harbor menaced
Manton case
Welles receives Amb Sir P Loraine; conf with Ciano and Mussolini; delivers Roosevelt's message to Mussolini; speculation in Rome on contents
U S Circuit Ct upholds NLRB decision that refusal to sign contract violates Wagner Act; Art Metals Construction Co case
1940Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec[†]
Pierre Duchesne is a Canadian public servant who was the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and former secretary general of the National Assembly of Quebec. As lieutenant governor he was the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of Quebec. His appointment was made by Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean, on the Constitutional advice of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, and announced on May 18, 2007.
1940Howard Hesseman, American actor (died 2022)[†]
Howard Hesseman was an American actor known for his television roles as burned-out disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and the lead role of history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class. He appeared regularly on television and in film from the 1970s to 2010s, with his other noteworthy roles including Sam Royer in the last two seasons of One Day at a Time and a supporting role as Captain Pete Lassard in the film Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985).
1940Bill Hunter, Australian actor (died 2011)[†]
William John Hunter was an Australian actor of film, stage and television, who was also prominent as a voice-over artist. He appeared in more than 60 films and won two AFI Awards. He was also a recipient of the Centenary Medal.
1940Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.[†]
Martin David Kamen was an American chemist who, together with Sam Ruben, co-discovered the synthesis of the isotope carbon-14 on February 27, 1940, at the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley. He also confirmed that all of the oxygen released in photosynthesis comes from water, not carbon dioxide, in 1941.