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Sec Morgenthau and Brit Purchasing Comr A B Purvis conf on freighters; London repts $50,000,000 authorized
Orders inquiry into alleged jostling of Patrolman J Sloan by S Early
RAF bombs Antwerp, Flushing docks, Emden base, Ostend and Cherbourg; Brit rept 1 Brit 1 German plane missing; Germans rept Brit speedboats near Flanders coast repulsed
Pres campaign issue; Willkie calls Roosevelt dictator; text
Deportation ordered by Atty Gen Jackson
1940Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott, English academic and politician[†]
Bruce Joseph Grocott, Baron Grocott is a British politician who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament for four terms between 1974 and 2001, representing constituencies in Staffordshire and Shropshire.
1940Roger Kellaway, American pianist and composer[†]
Roger Kellaway is an American composer, arranger and jazz pianist who has recorded over 250 albums, and composed over 20 film scores
1940Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian lawyer and jurist, 35th Chief Justice of India (died 2022)[†]
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti was the 35th Chief Justice of India, serving from 1 June 2004 to 1 November 2005.
1940Barry Sadler, American sergeant, author, actor, and singer-songwriter (died 1989)[†]
Barry Allen Sadler was an American singer-songwriter and author whose military service influenced his work. After a stint in the United States Air Force, Sadler served in the United States Army as a Green Beret medic, achieving the rank of staff sergeant. He served in the Vietnam War from late December 1964 to late May 1965. Most of his work has a military theme, and he is best known for his patriotic song "The Ballad of the Green Berets", a number-one hit in 1966. He died at age 49 after being shot in the head in Guatemala City.