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Farley calls party leaders conf; Justice D F Lee his choice for conv permanent chmn; conv plans
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Ger raids East Anglia coast and northeast Brit
NYS Labor Fed holds 4 freedoms world extension as US war aim
1942Shane Porteous, Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter[†]
John Shane Porteous is an Australian actor, screenwriter, animation layout artist and animation voice artist. As a screenwriter, he is sometimes credited as John Hanlon.
1942World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.[†]
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.