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USSR counter-attacks slow German drives; German spearhead reptd trapped in Klin pocket; Moscow threat lessens; USSR forces continue Rostov gains; reoccupy 7 villages, Moscow area; Sevastopol threat grows; map
Stone & Webster engineers employed at Chattanooga, Tenn, TNT plant, threaten to resign unless pay is raised
scores Amer imperialists and P I and Amer Civil Liberties Unions as opponents of his civilian defense plans
bills reptd by Sen and House coms; Sen Judiciary Com approves Connally bill; House Labor Com approves Ramspeck-drafted bill; Sen Labor subcom approves Sen Ball bill; compulsory arbitration clauses removed; bill provisions outlined
Itals surrender Gondar to Brit
1941Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)[†]
William Ashley Freehan was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire 15-year career with the Detroit Tigers. The premier catcher in the American League for several years from the 1960s into the early 1970s, he was named an All-Star in 11 seasons, the most All-Star seasons for a player to not be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the MVP runner-up for Tigers' 1968 World Series winning team, handling a pitching staff which included World Series MVP Mickey Lolich and regular season MVP Denny McLain, who that year became the first 30-game winner in the majors since 1934.
1941Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (born 1884)[†]
Frank Laird Waller was an American athlete who specialized in the 400 metres. He later became a vocal coach.