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Lehman writes Knudsen suggesting non-essential goods factories could be converted to defense
RAF bombs Bardia and Ital troops
Govt calls Composers Soc, Broadcast Music Inc, CBS and NBC music trusts and charges Sherman Anti-Trust Law violation; case outlined; defendants comment
registration period ends; N Y C has last minute rush; Harrison explains receipt cards delay
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1940David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (died 2009)[†]
David Robert Shepherd was a first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Gloucestershire, and later became one of the cricket world's best-known umpires. He stood in 92 Test matches, the last of them in June 2005, the most for any English umpire. He also umpired 172 ODIs, including three consecutive World Cup finals in 1996, 1999 and 2003.