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U S Neutrality Act ship arming sec repeal affects owners of ships in West Indies and South Amer trades
Los Angeles area hit; damage; power and communications cut; illus
USSR forces claim Leningrad siege lines pierced at 2 points; gain on 20-mi front; 21 villages reptd retaken; Crimean area same; 4 Axis transports reptd sunk by USSR warships, Baltic Sea; map
Roosevelt warns of anti-strike legis to solve captive coal mines dispute
1941Rick Kemp, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer[†]
Frederick Stanley 'Rick' Kemp is an English bass player, guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and record producer, best known for his work with the British folk rock band Steeleye Span.
1941Daniel Pinkwater, American author and illustrator[†]
Daniel Manus Pinkwater is an American author of children's books and young adult fiction. His books include Lizard Music, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, Fat Men from Space, Borgel, and the picture book The Big Orange Splot. Pinkwater has also written an adult novel, The Afterlife Diet (1995), and essay collections derived from his talks on National Public Radio.
1941Wal Handley, English motorcycle racer (born 1902)[†]
Walter Leslie Handley born in Aston, Birmingham, known as Wal Handley, was a champion British inter-war motorcycle racer with four wins at the Isle of Man TT Races in his career. Later he also raced cars in the 1930s and died in a World War II aircraft accident while serving as pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary.