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Judge Taylor repeats inquiry order to grand jury; cites plan operation, SI; orders jury to consider indictments against responsible officials in event of prisoners use in Bklyn; urges home relief recipients substitution as laborers
USSR forces take 1,320 more towns; take Dniepropetrovsk suburb and Temryuk; cross Dnieper River at several points and advance on Gomel; Kiev evacuation expected
H W Baldwin on army-navy anti-submarine and coastal patrol jurisdiction agreement
5th Army advance above Salerno slowed by hand-to-hand combat
US Flying Fortresses bomb Emden and Aurich with fighter plane escort; other Allied fliers bomb 3 French airdromes and Rouen freight yds; 58 Ger planes downed; Allies lose 15
1943Warren Lieberfarb, American businessman[†]
Warren N. Lieberfarb is Chairman of Warren N. Lieberfarb & Associates, LLC (WNLA), a boutique consulting and investment firm based in Los Angeles focused on digital media technology and distribution.
1943George W. S. Trow, American novelist, playwright, and critic (died 2006)[†]
George William Swift Trow Jr. was an American essayist, novelist, playwright, and media critic. He worked for The New Yorker for almost 30 years, and wrote numerous essays and several books. He is best known for his long essay on television and its effect on American culture, "Within the Context of No Context," first published in The New Yorker on November 17, 1980, one of the few times the magazine devoted its central section to a single piece of writing.
1943Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian bass player[†]
Nick St. Nicholas is a German-born Canadian musician who was the bassist of the rock band Steppenwolf in the late 1960s.
1943Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (born 1913)[†]
Samuel Ruben was an American chemist who with Martin Kamen co-discovered the synthesis of the isotope carbon-14 in 1940.
1943Filippo Illuminato, Italian partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valour (born 1930)[†]
Filippo Illuminato was an Italian partisan who died attacking Nazi German troops during the Four days of Naples in World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour, Italy's highest award for gallantry.