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Hull conf with Brit and Australian envoys on action to bar German control in case Brit falls
Roosevelt offers aid to 2 Netherlands refugees under children's care com plan
Strauss and Goldstein convicted; judge lauds O'Dwyer
Gayda indicates greater Axis role; Greek situation believed discussed at Rome conf
RAF bombs German big gun positions on French coast
1940TarÅ AsÅ, Japanese target shooter and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan[â ]
TarÅ AsÅ is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he also served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2021. He was the longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Japanese history, having previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007 and as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications from 2003 to 2005. He leads the ShikÅkai faction within the LDP.
1940William Finley, American actor (died 2012)[â ]
William Franklin Finley was an American actor who appeared in the films The Funhouse, Simon, Silent Rage, Phantom of the Paradise, Sisters and The Wedding Party.
1940Anna Pavord, Welsh-English journalist and author[â ]
Anna Pavord is a British horticultural writer. She wrote for The Observer for over twenty years and for The Independent for over thirty years. Her book The Tulip (1999) was listed as a New York Times best seller.