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U S price rise expected due to war; Allied blockade to stop Belgian Congo flow to Germany
Germans win foothold in Belgian defense positions near Maastricht
N Y World's Fair: 6,000 attend opening; illus
Brit airmen attack German troops
1940Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (died 2008)[†]
Norman Jesse Whitfield was an American songwriter, composer, and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s. He has been credited as one of the creators of the Motown Sound and of the late-1960s subgenre of psychedelic soul.