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unions set strike date; action empowers Roosevelt to set up fact-finding comm under Ry Labor Act; Mediation Bd and rr reprs issue statements
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 5 -- The men of the United States destroyer Greer, which was attacked by a submarine on the way to Iceland, said on their arrival here today that the Greer's depth charges might well have sunk the undersea vessel.
U S, Brit and Netherlands patrol of Atlantic waters from U S to Brit via Iceland described
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The vote by which the Senate approved the $3,583,900,000 tax bill was as follows:
Brit submarines torpedo Ital cruiser and Ital SS Duilio, carrying troops to Africa, Messina Strait; hit tanker and 2 supply ships; SS Duilio illus; RAF downs 9 Ital planes over Malta and Sicily; Suez Canal area bombed; Itals claim 22 Brit, 3 Ital planes downed over Malta: returning N Z troops predict heavy Brit drive in Middle East
1941Roger Law, English illustrator[†]
Roger Law is a British caricaturist, ceramicist and one half of Luck and Flaw, creators of the popular satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image.
1941Monica Mason, South African ballerina and director[†]
Dame Monica Margaret Mason is a former ballet dancer, teacher, and director of The Royal Ballet. In more than a half-century with the company, she established a reputation as a versatile performer, a skilled rehearsal director, and a capable administrator.