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Berlin radio repts US aircraft carrier Ranger sunk by U-boat, commanded by Lt Comdr von Buelow, N Atlantic; US Navy Dept silent
Fed and munic moves to ease kosher shortage during Passover holidays seen; S Joseph and LaGuardia ready to aid; Kranis comments; repts packers stop victory cut; repts no progress on Kosher Butchers Fed plan for cooperative packing plant; repts Fed plan to close shops after Passover dropped, NYC
temporarily takes command of ground forces, US
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Appointment of a Republican committee of House members to study post-war domestic problems was announced tonight by Representative Joseph W. Martin, the minority leader. Representative Charles A. Wolverton of New Jersey was designated chairman.
US soldiers observance, Algiers, illus
1943Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2023)[†]
Gary Malcolm Wright was an American musician and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive". Wright's breakthrough album, The Dream Weaver (1975), came after he had spent seven years in London as, alternately, a member of the British blues rock band Spooky Tooth and a solo artist on A&M Records. While in England, he played keyboards on former Beatle George Harrison's triple album All Things Must Pass (1970), so beginning a friendship that inspired the Indian religious themes and spirituality inherent in Wright's subsequent songwriting. His work from the late 1980s onwards embraced world music and the new age genre, although none of his post-1976 releases matched the same level of popularity as The Dream Weaver.
1943Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect and academic, designed the Therme Vals[†]
Peter Zumthor is a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist. Though managing a relatively small firm and not being a prolific architect, he is the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize and 2013 RIBA Royal Gold Medal.
1943The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.[†]
The Easter Riots is the name given to a period of unrest in Uppsala, Sweden, during the Easter of 1943. The fascist group Swedish Socialist Union held its national congress in Uppsala, amid the Second World War and only days after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The unrest climaxed on 26 April, when the SSS ended the congress by holding a demonstration at the Royal Mounds of Old Uppsala.