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September 16, 1944

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Notable Births

1944Linda Kaye Henning, American actress^[†]

Linda Kaye Henning is an American actress and singer most notable for starring in the 1960s sitcom Petticoat Junction.

1944Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer^[†]

Betty Kelly, also known as Betty Kelley, is an American singer most noted as being a member of the popular Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas.

Notable Deaths

1944Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (born 1870)^[†]

Gustav Adolf Bauer was a German Social Democratic Party leader and the chancellor of Germany from June 1919 to March 1920. Prior to that, he was minister of labour in the last cabinet of the German Empire and during most of the German Revolution that preceded the formal establishment of the Weimar Republic.

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Headlines from September 16, 1944

ALDRICH PROPOSES NEW MONEY PLAN; Banker Would Scrap Bretton Woods Program and Remove Trade Barriers ALDRICH PROPOSES NEW MONEY PLAN

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

W W Aldrich urges barriers removal; suggests substitute for United Nations Monetary Conf plans

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Mine Union Attacks Roosevelt In Resolution Acclaiming Dewey; MINE CONVENTION ASSAILS PRESIDENT

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

UMWA scores Roosevelt; lauds Dewey

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LANDING ON PELELIU; Marines Win Beachhead and Close In on Main Palau Airdrome MOROTAI GOAL TAKEN Airfield in Halmahera Area Swiftly Seized in Twin Invasion Push A SMASHING PRELUDE TO THE PALAU LANDINGS PELELIU LANDING MADE BY MARINES TWO INVASIONS THREATEN JAPANESE

By Robert Trumbullby Telephone To the New York Times

1st US forces land

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Quebec Conference Ends Today; New Parley Seen on Soviet Snag; PARLEY IN QUEBEC DUE TO END TODAY

By John H. Criderby Telephone To the New York Times

QUEBEC, Sept. 15 -- President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill will end their second Quebec conference tomorrow, the sixth day since they arrived here for military talks that broadened to cover a wide range of political as well as military subjects relating to the global war.

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