Roosevelt admits voluntary control is faulty but will not insist on compulsory control at once; conf with G Clark on legis; F V Harper on obstacles to legis

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Japanese Bayoneted Island Missionaries

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

bodies of 4 missionaries, bayoneted by Jap soldiers, found, Guadalcanal

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Notable Births

1942Bob Hiller, English rugby player^[†]

Robert Hiller is a former England international rugby union player.

1942Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1986)^[†]

Evelio Bellaflor Javier was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He served as governor of the province of Antique and was an opponent of the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos. His assassination on February 11, 1986, was one of the causes of the People Power Revolution that overthrew Marcos. Evelio Javier's brother, Exequiel Javier, served as congressman from 1987 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2010 and governor from 1998 to 2001, and 2010 to 2015. In 2018, Javier was identified as a Motu Propio human rights violations victim of the Martial Law Era by the Human Rights Victims Claims Board.

1942Péter Nádas, Hungarian author and playwright^[†]

Péter Nádas is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist.

1942Suzzanna, Indonesian actress (died 2008)^[†]

Suzzanna Martha Frederika van Osch was an Indonesian actress. Known as the "Queen of Indonesian horror", she is well-known in particular in Indonesia for portraying spirits, witches, and other supernatural beings. She was crowned the best female antagonist in Indonesian film industry along with Ruth Pelupessy and Mieke Wijaya.

Notable Deaths

1942Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (born 1902)^[†]

Noboru Yamaguchi was the second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang in Japan.

Historical Events

1942World War II: The German submarine U-69 (1940) sinks the Canadian passenger ferry SS Caribou approximately 20 nautical miles southwest of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.^[†]

German submarine U-69 was the first Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. This meant that compared to previous U-boats, she could travel further afield for longer, with a payload of fourteen torpedoes, an 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun for smaller vessels and a flak gun for use against aircraft. U-69 was very successful, sinking over 72,000 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping in a career lasting two years, making her one of the longest surviving, continuously serving, U-boats. Her most notable attack was on the civilian ferry SS Caribou, which sank off the coast of Newfoundland five minutes after being torpedoed in October 1942, killing 137 men, women and children. She was rammed and sunk by HMS Fame on 17 February 1943.