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LaGuardia urges post-war credit for individuals in form of non-transferable and non-interest bearing bonds
Warns motorists of dimout driving dangers
MOSCOW, Tuesday, Aug. 4 -- Soviet troops fighting in the Don River elbow eighty miles from Stalingrad and in the Salsk-Kushchevka area of the Western Caucasus were reported officially early today to have killed more than 9,500 Germans in a successful twenty-four-hour stand.
AFL and CIO groups see Roosevelt responsible for Murray move; AFL exec council to discuss offer
J A Farley cites Sen Mead s in '41 favoring isolationism
1942Don S. Davis, American actor (died 2008)[†]
Donald Sinclair Davis was an American character actor best known for playing General George Hammond in the television series Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007), and earlier for playing Major Garland Briggs on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991) and Captain William Scully in The X-Files. In animation, he was also known as Wild Bill in the 2003 direct-to-video animated movie G.I. Joe: Spy Troops and its 2004 sequel, G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom. He was also a theater professor, painter, and United States Army captain.
1942Cleon Jones, American baseball player[†]
Cleon Joseph Jones is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder. Jones played most of his career for the New York Mets and in 1969 caught the final out of the "Miracle Mets" World Series Championship over the Baltimore Orioles.
1942David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 2005)[†]
David Russell Lange was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd prime minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. A member of the New Zealand Labour Party, Lange was also the minister of Education and the minister of Foreign Affairs alongside his term as prime minister. He was also the attorney-general of New Zealand from 1989 to 1990.
1942Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (born 1860)[†]
Alberto Franchetti was an Italian composer and racing driver, best known for the 1902 opera Germania.