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War and Navy Secs Stimson and Knox, in statement to State Govts Council dir Bane, urge uniform legis by States and ballot mailing overseas at least 45 days before election; state war limitations on army and navy in administering State laws
US Govt anti-trust suit against Imperial Chem Industries (ICI) and E I du Pont de Nemours & Co reptd imminent; implications
Roosevelt to reconvene Shaw bd to consider non-operating employes dispute; 3 holdout unions to meet; War Dept repts rrs transition from private to govt operation smooth
Allied planes sink 2 Jap freighters, NEI area; hit escort vessel, Kupang, Timor
1944Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (died 2013)[†]
Bonnie Gail Franklin was an American actress. She is best known for her leading role as Ann Romano in the television series One Day at a Time (1975–1984). She was nominated for Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globe Awards.
1944Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player[†]
Alan Stivell is a Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic harp and Celtic music as part of world music. As a bagpiper and bombard player, he modernized traditional Breton music and singing in the Breton language. A precursor of Celtic rock, he is inspired by the union of the Celtic cultures and is a keeper of the Breton culture.
1944Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[†]
Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC is a professor of experimental immunology at the University of Zurich. Along with Peter C. Doherty, he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.
1944Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (born 1878)[†]
Jacques Rosenbaum was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. Between 1904 and 1907 he served as municipal architect of Tartu, Estonia, and is best known for his Art Nouveau buildings in Tallinn.
1944Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (born 1857)[†]
Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers and reformers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was a pioneer of investigative journalism.