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US fliers bomb Lorient and Keroman U-boat bases and Bordeaux harbor; lose 14 planes; RAF raids Berlin and Rhineland
Roosevelt reply
US armed forces' total casualties since Dec 7, '41
RAF blasts Eder, Moehne and Sorpe dams in Ruhr dist with mines dropped from low altitude; Air Marshal Sir A T Harris lauds feat in message to Wing Comdr G P Gibson who led raid; damage estimates; Kassel and other cities in area reptd flooded and transportation crippled; illus; map
Dr S A Harris and assocs on biotin synthesis
1943Jimmy Snuka, Fijian wrestler (died 2017)[â ]
James Reiher Snuka was a Fijian and American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.
1943Ånishiki DaigorÅ, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (born 1883)[â ]
Ånishiki DaigorÅ was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 28th yokozuna.