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3 Ger officers and self-confessed USSR traitor tried for Kharkov atrocities
US air-raid damage to Shinchiku airdrome, Formosa
NC: Atlantic Coast Line RR train hit by another following derailment; casualties; illus, near Lumberton
RAF bombs Berlin; US fliers bomb northwest Ger targets in 5th attack of mo; destroy 18 Ger fighters, lose 11 bombers and 2 fighters in operation; aim to destroy factories not hit during RAF night attacks seen
London Daily Sketch states possibility that country may become Brit Empire member in exch for guarantees on future
1943Ron Geesin, Scottish pianist and composer[†]
Ronald Frederick Geesin is a Scottish musician, composer and writer known for his unusual creations and novel applications of sound. He is also well known for his collaborations with Pink Floyd and Roger Waters.
1943All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.[†]
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. The law made exceptions for travelers and diplomats. The Act also denied Chinese residents already in the US the ability to become citizens and Chinese people traveling in or out of the country were required to carry a certificate identifying their status or risk deportation. It was the first major US law implemented to prevent all members of a specific national group from immigrating to the United States, and therefore helped shape twentieth-century immigration policy.