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BEING a man of good will and mature judgment, John C. Wilson decided to bring "Blithe Spirit" back to Broadway for a few weeks before sending it on tour. Being also a man of character, he asked the reviewers to the reopening.
German and Italian units yesterday took the region around Stalino, one of the most important armament centers in the Donets Basin. Stalino itself was taken by Alpini. The Reich's war flag is flying from one of the most important industrial plants in the city.
GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 11 -When Sam Graham, 55-year-old Greenwich veteran, made a 72 yesterday without any help from his partner, Frank Newton of Round Hill, it looked very much as if he might be the medalist in the Greenwich Country Club's annual member-guest golf tourney.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 11 -Illinois' pitifully weak football earn staved off Camp Grant in the first and third periods today, but was victimized for three touchdowns and a safety in the other two quarters to lose its football opener, 23 to 0, before 3,500 fans in Memorial Stadium.
New York City subscribed to $707,784,820 worth of bonds, more than one-sixth of its $4,168,000,000 quota, in the first two days, through Friday, of the Third War Loan drive, it was announced last night at the Hollywood Bond Cavalcade rally at Madison Square Garden.
1943Ralph Neely, American football player (died 2022)[†]
Ralph Eugene Neely was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL). He played 13 seasons and 172 games for the Cowboys from 1965 to 1977.
1943Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-Canadian author and poet[†]
Philip Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.
1943World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.[†]
During World War II, the Gran Sasso raid on 12 September 1943 was a successful operation by German paratroopers and Waffen-SS commandos to help the deposed Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini escape from custody in the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif. The airborne operation was personally ordered by Adolf Hitler, approved by General Kurt Student and planned and executed by Major Harald Mors.