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return to work slow as many Pa locals vote not to work without contract
US planes raid Macassar, Celebes; damage Jap cruiser; MacArthur spokesman repts it 2d-longest raid of war for land-based bombers; Jap ground troops attack Australian positions, Lababia Ridge
RAF warns Rome is not raid-exempt; suggests Ital Govt declare it open city; Salerno, key ry town, suffers US and Brit day-night raids; Naples damage cited; various attacks described
Roosevelt to ask Cong to raise non-combat mil service age limit to 65 yrs to permit induction of strikers in govt-operated plants: plan approved by Sen Connally, opposed by Repr H W Smith and others; Repr Colmer to press bill to reclassify draft-age strikers but will raise age to 65
Cong Medal of Honor, Guadalcanal
1943Birgit Grodal, Danish economist and academic (died 2004)[†]
Birgit Grodal, was an economics professor at the University of Copenhagen from 1968 until her death in 2004.
1943Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (born 1870)[†]
Camille Roy was a Canadian priest and literary critic. He wrote extensively about the development of French-Canadian literature, and its importance in the promotion of French language and culture and of Christian ideals.
1943US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.[†]
Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". People who live in Bamber Bridge are often known locally as Briggers.