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Herlands testifies on wide NYC ring to defraud city through drs overtreatment of munic employes cases, bill-padding and other devices; clashes with Boyer on latter's charges; Miss Miller agrees there were inefficiencies in Labor Dept; I Wishinsky testifies on Eiserson income tax returns
Davies to carry lr to Stalin
Ger activity in Spanish Morocco cited
Sen Com adopts Sen B C Clark 100% abatement motion; members reptd opposed to Carlson bill anti-windfall provisions; George comments; C F Stam opposes Forand bill; com approves Treas recommendations for withholding levy simplification and servicemen provisions
NY-Northern NJ CIO group calls for WLB action on 17,000 adjustment cases said to have been pending 9 mos or more
1943Pat Barker, English author[†]
Dame Patricia Mary W. Barker is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. She is known for her Regeneration Trilogy, published in the 1990s, and, more recently, a series of books set during the Trojan War, starting with The Silence of the Girls in 2018.
1943Gamini Lokuge, Sri Lankan politician (died 2025)[†]
Gamini Kulawansa Lokuge was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the Colombo Electoral District between 1989 and 2024, and had previously represented Kesbewa in the National State Assembly from 1983 to 1989. Throughout his time in Sri Lankan politics, Lokuge held many different cabinet positions, such as Minister of Power, Minister of Energy, Minister of Transport, Minister of Labour, Minister of Sports and Minister of Tourism, among many others, through many national governments. He also served as the President of the National Employees Union as well as the head of the United National Party’s Public Service Trade Union.
1943Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (born 1919)[†]
Mordechai Anielewicz was the Polish leader of the Jewish Combat Organization during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; the largest Jewish resistance movement during the Second World War. Anielewicz inspired further rebellions in both ghettos and extermination camps with his leadership. His character was engraved as a symbol of courage and sacrifice, and was a major figure of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust.