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Knox confirms intra-Cabinet set-up, Sen com
SWOC serves notice that no union election will precipitate strike
W L Willkie gives check to Prime Min King for purchase of plane for Brit
McCormick works opens with police on hand; FEWOC repr charges at least half of workers are not regular employes; calls plant holiday and CIO mass mobilization of pickets; AFL claims membership rise
hearing opens; H Ford, E Ford and H Bennett subpoenaed to testify; co counsel asks dismissal of hearing; holds union and Communists conspire to gain control of co
1941Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research[†]
Gudmund Hernes is a Norwegian professor and politician for the Labour Party. He was the state secretary to the Secretariat for Long-Term Planning 1980–1981, Minister of Education and Research and Ministry of Church and Cultural Affairs 1990, Minister of Education, Research and Church Affairs 1991-1995 and Minister of Health and Social Affairs 1995-1996 and 1996–1997.
1941The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.[†]
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 to 1929, it was officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, but the term "Yugoslavia" has been its colloquial name as early as 1922 due to its origins. The official name of the state was changed to "Kingdom of Yugoslavia" by King Alexander I on 3 October 1929.