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February 7, 1942

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Headlines from February 7, 1942

Capital Is Made War Center For Effort of United Nations; War Department and the President Reveal Setting Up of New 'Combined Chiefs of Staff Group' WSHINGTON MADE STAFF WAR CENTER

By Frank L. Kluckhohnspecial To the New York Times

Roosevelt and War Dept announce Brit-U S Combined Chiefs of Staff Group; Adm King, Field Marshal Dill and Gen Marshall included; plan outlined; Wash to be United Nations mil staff hdqrs; China, Australia, NI and NZ to participate in matters of interest

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KERN IS SUSPENDED WITH ENTIRE BOARD IN ROW WITH MAYOR; Order Calls for Civil Service Members to Show Cause Why They Should Not Be Ousted COURT DEFIANCE CHARGED Ousting 'Politically Appointed' Employes Is Blamed by Head of Commission MEMBERS OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SUSPENDED KERN IS SUSPENDED WITH ENTIRE BOARD

By Unknown Author

LaGuardia suspends Kern and 2 other comm members, F Q Morton and W B Sayre, and orders removal hearing because of attack on Chanler; Kern comments; E K Ellis and Councilman Kinsley hail LaGuardia action; comrs pors

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Notable Births

Gareth Hunt

1942Gareth Hunt, English actor (died 2007)[†]

Alan Leonard Hunt, known as Gareth Hunt, was a British television actor best remembered for playing footman Frederick Norton in Upstairs, Downstairs and Mike Gambit in The New Avengers.

Notable Deaths

Ivan Bilibin

1942Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (born 1876)[†]

Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin was a Russian illustrator and stage designer who took part in the Mir iskusstva, contributed to the Ballets Russes, co-founded the Union of Russian Artists, and from 1937 was a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR. Ivan Bilibin gained popularity with his illustrations of Russian folk tales and Slavic folklore. Throughout his career he was inspired by the art and culture of medieval Russia.