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1943Vincent Crane, English pianist and composer (died 1989)[â ]
Vincent Rodney Cheesman, known professionally as Vincent Crane, was an English keyboardist, best known as the organist for the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and subsequently for Atomic Rooster.
1943John Dalton, English bass player[â ]
John Dalton is a British bass guitar player, best known as a member of the Kinks in 1966 and between 1969 and 1976, replacing original member Pete Quaife.
1943Hilton Valentine, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2021)[â ]
Hilton Stewart Paterson Valentine was an English skiffle and rock and roll musician who was the original guitarist in the Animals. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and into Hollywoodâs Rock Walk of Fame in 2001 with the other members of the Animals.
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A BRITISH BASE, on the Indo-Burmese Frontier, May 18 (Delayed) -- A super-raid by British and Empire troops that for three months swept through Burma on a 300-mile front, wrecking railroads and bridges and generally harassing Japanese occupation forces, drew near its close today as the weary raiders, many of them disease-ridden, struggled out of the jungle.
Apptd Comdr in Chief of combined Jap Fleet
Ark 'Big Inch' line break by floods noted
reiterates OPA spoilage rule on cheese; warns price cut must accompany points cut
UAWA wildcat strikes involve workers at Dodge main plant and Jefferson-Kercheval plants, Detroit; co spokesman predicts parts shortage may close all plants; govt conciliators and army reprs start confs with union and co officials; R J Thomas calls strikes unauthorized but holds workers grievances legitimate; WLB panel on Chrysler case has final hearing
gives Roosevelt lr to Stalin; conf with Molotoff; press comment
Treas orders paper for pay-as-you-go tax plan; conferees meet; George hopeful for compromise; his 75% abatement plan and Byrd 50% abatement plan under consideration
Leads US troops fighting on Attu
US planes batter Sardinia and Sicily; 30 enemy fighters attack US planes returning from Cagliari harbor and Monserrato and Elmas airfields raids
passed, House; provides $9,000,000,000 for new ship construction
Waning pub confidence in war reptd; pub friendliness toward interned Brit-US civilians noted, Yokahama