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1944Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic (died 2020)^[†]

Kotaro Suzumura was a Japanese economist and professor emeritus of Hitotsubashi University and Waseda University. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University in 1966. His research interests were in social choice theory and welfare economics. He was also a Fellow of the Econometric Society. He was named a Person of Cultural Merit in 2017.

Headlines from January 7, 1944

ALLIES IN WIDE GAIN; Drive Mile on Ten-Mile Front Astride Highway Leading to Cassino SAN VITTORE IS HALF WON Americans Batter Way Into Heavily Fortified Village in House-to-House Struggle ALLIES IN WIDE GAIN ON ROAD TO ROME FIFTH ARMY MOVES FORWARD IN ITALY

RAKITNO CAPTURED; 17-Mile Advance Made From Olevsk, Near the Former Frontier VINNITSA RAIL KEY IN PERIL Nazis' Supply Line in Dnieper Bend Menaced as Two Red Armies Near Merger RAKITNO CAPTURED IN DRIVE IN POLAND

CHEMICAL MAKERS HERE AND ABROAD SUED AS A CARTEL; Action Filed Here Charges ICI du Pont, Remington, Seek World Monopoly 5 INDIVIDUALS ARE NAMED Industry Leaders Deny They Formed Cartel -- Agreement Called Helpful in War CHEMICAL MAKERS SUED AS CARTEL

POLES IN MOSCOW ASK GERMAN LAND; Call for Cession of Eastern Areas to Soviet and a Rising Now -- Premier in Appeal POLES IN MOSCOW ASK GERMAN LAND

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