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Roosevelt said to have assured Wallace of important role in govt if adm is re-elected; Wallace to demand continued liberal adm trend as condition of his service
To be Allied Expeditionary Air Force deputy comdr in chief
Reprisals for reptd suicides of Ger officers in Paris reptd begun
Probable Wallace role in Roosevelt campaign discussed; Roosevelt said to have invited Willkie to conf
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, Friday, Aug. 11--Allied aircraft have bombed Japanese airdromes at Davao, on Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines, headquarters announced today.
1944Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician[†]
John Martin Linton is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Battersea from 1997 to 2010.
1944Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx (died 2025)[†]
Frederick Wallace Smith was an American business magnate and investor. He was the founder and chairman of FedEx Corporation, the world's largest express transportation company. Smith stepped down as CEO in June 2022 and was succeeded by Raj Subramaniam. He was considered one of the most successful transportation entrepreneurs in the world. At the time of his death, he had an estimated net worth of $5.3 billion according to Forbes.
1944Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor[†]
Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen. Making his stage debut in Hamlet in 1972, McDiarmid joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, and has since starred in a number of William Shakespeare's plays. He has received an Olivier Award for Best Actor for Insignificance (1982) and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Faith Healer (2006).