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Reminiscent of "Friday payroll" field days for organized thugs in the Twenties, a hold-up wave struck the city yesterday with four major robberies, all carried out in daylight, netting armed stick-up men a total of $43,000.
US 1st Army troops yield ground to heavy counter-attack in Diekirch area
CIO backs Repr C LaFollette, Repub for re-election
Domei repts puppet Pres Laurel declares war on GB and US
1944Eric Bogle, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Eric Bogle is a Scottish folk singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 25 to settle near Adelaide, South Australia. Bogle's songs have covered a variety of topics and have been performed by many artists. Two of his best known songs are "No Man's Land" and "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", with the latter named one of the APRA Top 30 Australian songs in 2001 as part of the celebrations for the Australasian Performing Right Association's 75th anniversary.
1944Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (born 1875)[†]
Jakob Schaffner was a leading Swiss novelist who became a supporter of Nazism.