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Rubber Dir Dewey warns drafting key men under 26 threatens mfg plants; warns certain tires too heavy for 4-Fs and older men to handle; urges continued conservation until civilian tires can be made
Reptd missing; career
ST. MARGARET, P.Q., March 18 -- Miss Rebecca Fraser, Middlebury College ace, gave a brilliant exhibition of controlled running In leading the international field in today's downhill ski race between Eastern United States and Canadian women on precipitous Mount Baldy's speedway.
1944Said Musa, Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Belize[†]
Said Wilbert Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the third prime minister of Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008.
1944Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-Jordanian assassin of Robert F. Kennedy[†]
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is a Jordanian man who assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the younger brother of American president John F. Kennedy and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 1968 United States presidential election, on June 5, 1968. Kennedy died the next day at the Good Samaritan Hospital of Los Angeles. On April 17, 1969, Sirhan was convicted of first-degree murder, among other charges, and subsequently sentenced to death by gas chamber. In 1972, this was commuted to a life sentence in the aftermath of People v. Anderson. The circumstances surrounding the attack, which took place five years after President Kennedy's assassination, have led to numerous conspiracy theories.
1944William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (born 1869)[†]
William Hale Thompson was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as "Big Bill", he is the most recent Republican to have served as mayor of Chicago. Historians rank him among the most unethical mayors in American history, mainly for his open alliance with Al Capone. However, others recognize the effectiveness of his political methods and publicity-oriented campaigning, acknowledging him as a "Political Chameleon" and the leader of an effective political machine.
1944World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.[†]
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.