asks F E Crane and J W Gerard to investigate O'Dwyer's charges on his campaign expenses; both agree to serve; newspaper accountants to aid inquiry; O'Dwyer comments; demands investigation of printing contracts for LaGuardia campaign; renews whispering campaign charge; LaGuardia s at Manhattan and Bronx rallies and attacks Kelly-Flynn-Sullivan machine

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SENATE APPROVES 6 BILLION AID BILL; Second Lease-Lend Fund Voted 59 to 13, Amended to Forbid Food Buying Outside U.S.

By Henry N. Dorris

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Notable Births

1941William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (died 2004)^[†]

Dr. Bill Dobelle was a biomedical researcher who developed experimental technologies that restored limited sight to blind patients, and also known for the impact he and his company had on the breathing pacemaker industry with the development of the only FDA approved device for phrenic nerve pacing. He was the former director of the Division of Artificial Organs at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

1941Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop (died 2020)^[†]

Peter Takeo Okada was a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Tokyo from 2000 to 2017.

1941Merle Woo, Asian American activist^[†]

Merle Woo is an American academic, poet and activist who has been described as "a leading member of the Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party". Her essay "Letter to Ma" was selected for inclusion in the 1981 feminist anthology This Bridge Called My Back.