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OPA Admr Brown comments
J L Lewis comment
USSR forces advance toward Smolensk and south of Lake Ilmen; Gers claim further gains in Kharkov and Belgorod sectors and northwest of Kursk; USSR repts Gers repulsed on Donets
Munda and Vila raided
Roosevelt comments on visit; Eden to conf with USSR Amb Litvinoff; expected to explain visit aims; speculation on questions to be taken up in confs; Eden conf with Hull and Welles
1943Jeff Banks, Welsh fashion designer[†]
Jeff Banks PPCSD is a Welsh fashion designer of men's and women's clothing, jewellery, and home furnishings. Born in Ebbw Vale, Wales, Banks co-founded the fashion chain Warehouse in the late 1970s. He later created and presented the television programme The Clothes Show, broadcast on BBC One from 1986 to 2000.
1943Andrew Brook, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic[†]
Andrew Brook is a Canadian philosopher, author and academic particularly known for his writings on Immanuel Kant and the interplay between philosophy and cognitive science. Brook is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Carleton University, former President of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, and former President of the Canadian Philosophical Association.