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Testifies, Sen com tax bill hearing
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- United States Marines are tightening their hold on positions in the Solomon Islands won from the Japanese in a week of fighting and supply vessels have been moving in under naval escort, the Navy Department reported in a communique tonight.
Sun Oil Co demonstrates gasoline saving method by halving cylinders in use; J N Pew Jr comment
fuel oil and gasoline price rise as means to increase supply discussed; oil shipment to East sets daily record; Ickes repeats warning to fuel oil users; authorizes 7 cos to pool tech oil data and seeks royalty rates cut
NWLB panel recommends equal pay for equal work, Gen Motors case
1942Pete York, English rock drummer[â ]
Peter York is an English rock drummer who has been performing since the 1960s. He is best known for his time with the Spencer Davis Group.
1942Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (born 1892)[â ]
Mahadev Haribhai Desai was an Indian independence activist, scholar and writer best remembered as Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary. He has variously been described as "Gandhi's Boswell, a Plato to Gandhi's Socrates, as well as an Änanda to Gandhi's Buddha".
1942World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SSÂ Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.[â ]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.