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continuous bombardment of beaches by US warships, planes and land-based artillery reptd
new Taft substitute bill offered in Sen by 9 Dems and 6 Repubs providing for Fed ballot use only where State fails to pass law; show-down Sen vote on Fed vs State ballot planned; persons in service would apply for Fed ballot under new bill; 3 Overton amendments to bill defeated; Sen Ball attacks Green-Lucas bill provision for commanding officers to fix balloting dates; sees mil election
O'Dwyer Inquiry: Gov Dewey holds Buchalter (Lepke), Capone and Weiss clemency hearing; defense claims O'Dwyer favors clemency; seeks special comm to investigate facts; gang plans to murder pub official cited; Dewey refuses to appt comm; reserves decision; Acting Dist Atty Hughes repts O'Dwyer denies favoring clemency
infantrymen take Gea, Ninni, Ennylabega and Enubuj islets at Kwajalein southern end
1944Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (born 1865)[†]
Yvette Guilbert was a French cabaret singer and actress of the Belle Époque.
1944World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.[†]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.