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September 2, 1941

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Notable Births

1941Jyrki Otila, Finnish economist and politician (died 2003)^[†]

Jyrki Ilari Otila was a Finnish quiz show judge and a member of the European Parliament.

1941Sadhana Shivdasani, Indian actress (died 2015)^[†]

Sadhana Shivdasani, known mononymously as Sadhana, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. Regarded among the most popular actresses of Hindi Cinema, Sadhana was noted for her exquisite beauty and trend-setting fashion statements. She was popularly known as "The Mystery Girl" for her stint as the "mystery girl" in the suspense thriller trilogy films directed by Raj Khosla during the mid 1960s.

1941John Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2020)^[†]

John Robert Thompson Jr. was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's team. He became the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate championship in basketball when he led the Hoyas to the NCAA Division I national championship in 1984. Thompson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Notable Deaths

1941Lloyd Seay, American race car driver (born 1919)^[†]

Carl D. "Lightning" Lloyd Seay was an early stock car racing driver from Dawsonville Georgia. NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. described Seay as the "best pure race driver I ever saw". He was shot to death by his cousin Woodrow Anderson over a moonshine operation. His last name was pronounced as "See".

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R.A.F. AND SOVIET HAMMER AT REICH; British Raid Ruhr, Russians in East Germany -- Nazis Attack Hull R.A.F. AND SOVIET HAMMER AT REICH

By David Andersonspecial Cable To the New York Times

Germans to attempt to destroy USSR Baltic Sea plane bases

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11 FLEE ARMY JAIL AT FORT SLOCUM; 5 STILL AT LARGE; 4 Change Minds and Give Up and Others Are Caught by New Rochelle Policeman GUARDHOUSE BARS SAWED Canoe Is Used in Escape to the Mainland -- All Were Held on Minor Charges

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Record Crowds Tax City Facilities For Travel, Sightseeing and Fun; Throngs Surging In and Out of Manhattan Swamp Transportation Companies -- Death Toll for Nation Over Week-End Is 576 RECORD CROWDS TAX CITY FACILITIES SIGN OF THE SEASON

By Unknown Author

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ATTACK IS PRESSED; Nazis Said to Be Falling Back to Second Line in Central Area THRUST MADE IN UKRAINE Bridgehead Won on Dnieper, Russians Assert -- Defense Firm All Along Front ATTACK IS PRESSED BY SOVIET FORCES

By Daniel T. Brighamby Telephone To the New York Times

USSR repts Germans retreat, Smolensk-Gomel sector

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UNION REBUFF DUE FOR LEWIS ON WAR; Officers of Electrical Unit of C.I.O. Ask All-Out Aid to Britain and Soviet UNION REBUFF DUE FOR LEWIS ON WAR

By A.h. Baskinspecial To the New York Times

United Elec, Radio and Machine Workers officers

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TOKYO ARMY AIDE BIDS JAPAN FIGHT IF PARLEYS FAIL; Col. Mabuchi Says U.S. and Britain 'Lie' and Commit 'Unpardonable Crimes' THREATENS A LONG WAR In Talk Broadcast to Nation He Says 'Encirclement' Must End One Way or Another TOKYO ARMY AIDE WARNS HIS NATION

By Otto D. Tolischuswireless To the New York Times

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OPM CURB IS SEEN FOR 40 INDUSTRIES; Thousands of Concerns Face Retrenchment or Shutdown, Business Editor Says OPM CURB IS SEEN FOR 40 INDUSTRIES

By Unknown Author

L M Cherne repts OPM has prepared list of 40-odd industries facing drastic retrenchment or complete shutdown because of raw materials starvation; predicts effects on businessman

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