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said to have ordered Sicily line held at all costs to gain time for strong defense behind Po Valley in northern Italy
Bethlehem-Sparrows Pt yd close as thousands quit in protest against giving Negroes riveting course
Roosevelt reveals Post-War Readjustment of Civilian and Mil Personnel Conf rept recommendations on placement of workers shifting from war to peacetime jobs
workers reptd celebrating Mussolini resignation, Siemens-Schuckert plant, Berlin; Gers reptd joining celebration
1943William Bennett, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education[†]
William John Bennett is an American conservative politician and political commentator who served as the third United States secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W. Bush.
1943Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Roland Kent LaVoie, better known by his stage name Lobo, is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me", and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". These three songs, along with "Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love", gave Lobo four chart toppers on the Easy Listening/Hot Adult Contemporary chart.
1943Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (born 1905)[†]
Hedley Verity was a professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 14.90 and 144 wickets in 40 Tests at an average of 24.37.