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August 28, 1943

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Mayor Names as School Adviser Woman He Fought as 'Lame Duck'; MAYOR GIVES JOB TO HIS 'LAME DUCK'

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TELLS WAR NEEDS OF 'OCEANS' OF OIL; Davies Says Civilian Supply Must Be Cut -- Hope Remains for Pleasure Ban End TELLS WAR NEEDS OF 'OCEANS' OF OIL

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Davies on expansion of mil needs for specialized fuels; furlough and other rations restored; curbs for Midwest boats to be extended to cover area east of Rocky Mts; NYC situation slightly improved

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Boris Reported Shot by Assassin; Bulgaria in Crisis Over 'Illness'; Boris Reported Wounded by Assassin; Bulgaria in Crisis Over King's 'Illness'

By Daniel T. Brighamby Telephone To the New York Times

reptd shot on return from Hitler visit; news leads to anti-Filoff demonstrations; latter calls Cabinet meeting; Boris' condition reptd improved; possible death seen as serious crisis for Gers; Boris por

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RED ARMY IN SEVSK; Base South of Bryansk Taken in Triple Thrust on New Front KIEV RAIL LINE MENACED Town West of Kharkov Falls Also in Drive for Poltava -- Nazi Flight Indicated RED ARMY SEVSK ON BRYANSK FLANK

By the United Press

USSR forces take Sevsk, south of Bryansk, and Kotelva, west of Kharkov; air force bombs Poltava and Kramatorskaya ry junction; map

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Dewey Attacked Assessments; INQUIRY IS ORDERED INTO ALBANY TAXES

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ALBANY, Aug. 27 (AP) -- Albany's tax assessment methods have been termed by Governor Dewey as a "poll tax" and "cynical abuse of the power to tax."

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Notable Births

1943Jihad Al-Atrash, Lebanese actor and voice actor^[†]

Jihad Al-Atrash is a Lebanese actor and voice actor.

1943Surayud Chulanont, Thai general and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand^[†]

Surayud Chulanont is a Thai former politician and military officer who was the 24th prime minister of Thailand and head of Thailand's interim government between 2006 and 2008. He is a former supreme commander of the Royal Thai Army and is currently Privy Councilor to King Vajiralongkorn.

1943Robert Greenwald, American director and producer^[†]

Robert Greenwald is an American filmmaker, and the founder of Brave New Films, a nonprofit film and advocacy organization whose work is distributed for free in concert with nonprofit partners and movements in order to educate and mobilize for progressive causes. With Brave New Films, Greenwald has made investigative documentaries such as Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004), Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004), Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005), Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006), Rethink Afghanistan (2009), Koch Brothers Exposed (2012), and War on Whistleblowers (2013), Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote (2020), Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote (2022), Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote (2024), Beyond Bars (2023), as well as many short investigative films and internet videos.

1943Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (died 2015)^[†]

Colonel Shuja Khanzada HS TBt was a Pakistani politician and Pakistan Army colonel, who served as the Home Minister of Punjab from 2014 until his assassination on 16 August 2015.

1943Lou Piniella, American baseball player and manager^[†]

Louis Victor Piniella is an American former professional baseball player and manager. As an outfielder, he played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees. During his playing career, he was named AL Rookie of the Year in 1969 and captured two World Series championships with the Yankees.

1943David Soul, American actor and singer (died 2024)^[†]

David Soul was an American-British actor and singer. With a career spanning five decades, he rose to prominence for portraying Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the American television series Starsky & Hutch from 1975 to 1979. His other notable roles included Joshua Bolt on Here Come the Brides from 1968 to 1970 and as the lead actor in the 1979 American TV movie Salem's Lot. Soul also portrayed Officer John Davis in the 1973 movie Magnum Force.

Notable Deaths

1943Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (born 1870)^[†]

Georg Hellat was an Estonian architect.

1943Boris III of Bulgaria (born 1894)^[†]

Boris III was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in 1943.

Historical Events

1943Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.^[†]

At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral, but that neutrality did not prevent Nazi Germany from occupying the country soon after the outbreak of war; the occupation lasted until Germany's defeat. The decision to occupy Denmark was taken in Berlin on 17 December 1939. On 9 April 1940, Germany occupied Denmark in Operation Weserübung. The Danish government and king functioned in a relatively normal manner until 29 August 1943, when Germany placed Denmark under direct military occupation, which lasted until the Allied victory on 5 May 1945. Contrary to the situation in other countries under German occupation, most Danish institutions continued to function relatively normally until 1945. Both the Danish government and king remained in the country in an uneasy relationship between a democratic and a totalitarian system until 1943 when the Danish government stepped down in protest against German demands that included instituting the death penalty for sabotage.