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March 4, 1941

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Headlines from March 4, 1941

RUSSIA SENDS NOTE; Bulgaria's Action Is Said to Extend Sphere of War to Balkans SOFIA NOW HELD INVOLVED Soviet Cannot Give Its Support to Such a Policy, It Is Stated -- British Cautious on Move RUSSIA SENDS NOTE CRITICIZING SOFIA

By the United Press

MOSCOW, March 3 -- Soviet Russia today informed Bulgaria in a formal note that Germany's military occupation of that Balkan State threatened "extension of the war" and that Russia refused to give support to Bulgaria's new Axis-dominated policy.

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HOUSE BILL 'SAVES' $4,927,934 FARM AID BY DEFERRING PAY; Bookkeeping Nature of Cuts Is Shown by $50,000,000 Grant for Parity Payments $162,000,000 IS ALLOWED Secretary Would 'Contract' for It at Need --Total Would Be $193,023,502 Under 1941 HOUSE BILL 'SAVES' $4,927,934 FARM AID

By Henry N. Dorrisspecial To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The House began consideration today of the 1942 fiscal appropriation of the Agriculture Department, which was made to show a book saving of $4,927,934 from Bureau of the Budget estimates and $193,023,502 from the 1941 fiscal year allowances.

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Notable Births

John Hancock (actor)

1941John Hancock, American film and television actor (died 1992)[†]

John Hancock was an American actor.

1941Adrian Lyne, English director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Adrian Lyne is an English film director. Lyne is known for sexually charged narratives that explore conflicting passions, the power of seduction, moral ambiguity, betrayal, and the indelibility of infidelity.

James Zagel

1941James Zagel, American lawyer and judge (died 2023)[†]

James Block Zagel was an American judge and attorney. After a stint as a prosecutor, he became a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1987, assuming senior status in 2016. He presided over numerous high-profile trials, including those of several members of the Chicago Outfit and the corruption trial of former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich. Zagel also sat on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2008 to 2015.

Notable Deaths

Ludwig Quidde

1941Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)[†]

Ludwig Quidde was a German politician and pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: Otto von Bismarck, the Hohenzollern Empire under Wilhelm II (1888–1918), the Weimar Republic (1918–1933); and Nazi Germany. In 1927, Quidde was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Historical Events

World War II

1941World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.[†]

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.