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pub resists Ger evacuation and razing order for Old Harbor dist; map; 6,000 reptd arrested after homes barricading; 40,000 held in detention camps for transfer to other areas
reservists in colls soon to be called to active duty; exceptions cited; effect or order on Eastern colls noted
Dress Makers Union, ILGWU affiliate, negotiations with employer assns, Affiliated, Natl, Popular Priced, United Better Dress Mfrs and United Popular Priced Mfrs Assns, over pay demands break down; D Dubinsky and J Hochman comment; WLB to act if Sec F Perkins certifies dispute; assns and union stands discussed
US troops take Kokumbona and heights west of Henderson Field; mop up pockets of enemy resistance; final drive to clear Jap forces out of Guadalcanal seen under way; Japanese raid Guadalcanal; US planes hit Jap destroyer and cargo ship, Shortland Is area; joint sea-air attack made on Jap supply dump, Kolombangara; map
1943César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2005)[†]
César Dario Gutiérrez [goo-te-er'-rez], also nicknamed "Cocoa", was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants in the 1967 and 1969 seasons, and for the Detroit Tigers from 1969 to 1971. Listed at 5'9" and 155 lbs, he batted and threw right handed. Gutiérrez is notable for being the second player in Major League history to record seven hits in a game without making an out.
1943Jack Warner, Trinidadian businessman and politician[†]
Jack Austin Warner is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician, businessman, and former football executive. Warner was Vice President of FIFA and President of CONCACAF until his suspension and eventual resignation from these roles in 2011. He is also the former Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago and was an elected member of the country's parliament from 2007 to 2015. He was also the owner of Joe Public F.C., a professional football club in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago. Warner has been implicated in numerous corruption scandals and was banned for life from football related activities by FIFA in 2015. He currently faces extradition to the United States to face corruption charges.
1943Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (born 1880)[†]
Harry Hamilton Laughlin was an American educator and eugenicist. He served as the superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closure in 1939, and was among the most active individuals influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.
1943Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (born 1887)[†]
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was a Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist who identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants. His research focused on improvement of wheat, maize and other cereal crops.