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Offers tax program to combat inflation, House com; Repr Doughton criticizes program
WPB issues voluntary code; says brownout will cover nation; LaGuardia announcement; NYC businessmen's reaction; coal shortage responsibility for move noted
5th and 8th Armies advance up to 7 mi in rain; air force grounded; 8th Army captures San Felice near Adriatic, Montefalcone and several villages; US naval forces shell Ger shore positions in Minturno area on Naples-Rome road; Berlin confirms Gen Wittinghoff apptmt to succeed Kesselring; map
compared with auto fatalities by Natl Safety Council
Roosevelt lr to WLB promises action if miners ignore decision; Chmn Davis lr to Roosevelt cites Ala strikes spread; Southern operators and Central Pa Coal Producers Assn joint statement disclaims responsibility for shutdowns; Pittsburgh Coal Co repts 5 mines closed
1943Paul Claes, Belgian poet and translator[†]
Paul Claes is a Flemish scholar, writer, poet and translator.
1943Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress[†]
Joanna Marie Shimkus is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier.
1943David Triesman, Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician[†]
David Maxim Triesman, Baron Triesman is a British politician, merchant banker and former trade union leader.
1943Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (born 1873)[†]
Max Reinhardt was an Austrian-born theatre and film director, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his radically innovative and avant-garde stage productions, Reinhardt is regarded as one of the most prominent stage directors of the early 20th century.