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House, in stand-up vote, rejects Worley Fed bill and adopts Eastland-Rankin States rights substitute for Green-Lucas bill after amending it; roll-call; Sen adopts Danaher amendment to Green-Lucas bill permitting Fed ballot use overseas and where States fail to provide adequate ballot machinery
NAMUR ISLAND, Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshalls, Feb. 2 (Delayed) -- United States Marines are mopping up on the last enemy resistance today on Roi and Namur Islands, all but leveled by the heaviest naval bombardment in history that cleared the way for the invasion forces.
2d conf reptd; discussed
US forces take Namu and adjacent islands including Edgigen, Debuu, Edjell and Gagan; troops on Kwajalein reptd meeting stiff resistance; US and Jap casualties cited; invasion operations revd; US planes raid Rongelap and Mili
Cabinet ratifies policy of strict neutraity; Franco govt bars submission to pressure from any source; Hayes-de Jordana conf reptd; US-Brit demands said to be within bounds of present neutrality
1944Florence LaRue, American singer and actress[†]
Florence LaRue is an American singer and actress, best known as an original member of the 5th Dimension.
1944Alan Shields, American artist and ship captain (died 2005)[†]
Alan J. Shields was an American painter, and for a time during the 1980s, had a secondary career as a commercial boat operator, including as ferryboat captain.
1944Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (born 1872)[†]
Arsen Kotsoyev was one of the founders of Ossetic prose, who had a large influence on the formation of the modern Ossetic language and its functional styles. He participated in all of the first Ossetic periodicals, and was one of the most notable Ossetian publicists.