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B M Jewell announces decision to strike at same time as operating unions
Gen Marshall on way to Wash to rept on war fronts and Hawaii tour and confs with Nimitz, Lt Gen R C Richardson Jr, MacArthur, Lt Gen M Harmon and others; army's growing importance, Pacific war, stressed; increased Pacific activity indicated
jailed, Algiers mil prison
1943Stefan Janos, Slovak-Swiss physicist and academic[†]
Stefan Janos is a Slovak-Swiss university physicist and professor, founder of very low temperature physics in Slovakia.
1943Paul Wolfowitz, American banker and politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense[†]
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, and dean of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
1943Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (born 1866)[†]
Helen Beatrix Heelis, usually known as Beatrix Potter, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which was her first commercially published work in 1902. Her books, including The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck and The Tale of Tom Kitten, have sold more than 250 million copies. An entrepreneur, Potter was a pioneer of character merchandising. In 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character.