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Roosevelt wage limit expected to be enforced by income taxes
Nelson approves WPB Civilian Supply Office wholesale and retail policy com rept; program
fierce battles described
Sen com rejects House provision applying gains tax to life ins cos and cuts period before gain is considered long-term
US and Axis radio propaganda activities discussed; OWI direction of US system cited
1942Werner Herzog, German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Werner Herzog is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, and author. Regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, his films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unusual talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. His style involves avoiding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing his cast and crew into real situations mirroring those in the film on which they are working.
1942Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (died 1995)[†]
Eduardo Mata was a Mexican conductor and composer.
1942François de Labouchère, French soldier and pilot (born 1917)[†]
François de Labouchere, born at Saint-Jean-le-Vieux (Ain) on 18 September 1917 and killed in air-to-air combat on 5 September 1942, was a French pilot of the Second World War.
1942World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.[†]
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.