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June 16, 1944

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President Outlines U.S. Plan For World Security Union; Four Major Powers Would Have Permanent Place in Elected Council -- All Would Keep Forces to Halt War PRESIDENT'S PLAN ON WORLD SECURITY

By Charles Hurdspecial To the New York Times

Roosevelt offers post-war internatl security plan calling for formation of fully representative organization to elect smaller council on which 4 major United Nations would be constantly represented with number of smaller countries; stresses need for nations will to keep peace; hails State Dept-Cong pol leaders cooperation in planning; text; United Nations tacit support of statement seen by Washington observers; Sens comment on plan

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SAIPAN IS STORMED; Americans Fight Way Inland on Base Vital to Japan's Defense BATTLING IN TOWN Navy's Fire Covers Leap to Marianas, 1,465 Miles From Tokyo ' SOFTENING UP' SAIPAN AND 'SHORTENING OUR ROAD TO TOKYO' SAIPAN IS STORMED IN MARIANAS LEAP

By George F. Horneby Telephone To the New York Times

US assault troops under Vice Adm R K Turner, following preparatory bombardment by carrier planes and naval ships, invade Saipan Is; establish beachheads; advance inland against bitter opposition; take Agingan Pt; break into Charan-Kanoa; heavy fighting reptd there; Jap tank counterattacks repelled by US troops with air and naval bombardment support; Saipan importance cited; civilian problem noted; Tokyo admits landing; maps; US carrier planes bomb and strafe Jap convoy, southwest of Guam; hit destroyer, damage another; sink trawler, damage 8, near Saipan

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Notable Births

Henri Richelet

1944Henri Richelet, French painter and etcher (died 2020)[†]

Henri Richelet was a French painter.

Notable Deaths

Marc Bloch

1944Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (born 1886)[†]

Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch was a French historian. He was a founding member of the Annales School of French social history. Bloch specialised in medieval history and published widely on medieval France over the course of his career. As an academic, he worked at the University of Strasbourg, the University of Paris, and the University of Montpellier.

George Stinney

1944George Stinney, wrongfully convicted African-American teenager (born 1929)[†]

George Junius Stinney Jr. was an African American boy who was wrongfully executed at the age of 14 after being convicted, during an unfair trial, for the murders of two white girls – 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker and 8-year-old Mary Emma Thames – in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death on a single day in April 1944 and then executed by electric chair on June 16, 1944, after Governor Olin D. Johnston refused to grant him clemency.