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1944Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser, English union leader and politician (died 2024)[†]
Richard Andrew Rosser, Baron Rosser was a British trade union leader and Labour politician who was a member of the House of Lords. He latterly served as Shadow Spokesperson for Transport and Home Affairs in the House of Lords.
1944The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.[†]
The Provisional Government of the French Republic was the provisional government of Free France between 3 June 1944 and 27 October 1946, following the liberation of continental France after Operations Overlord and Dragoon, and lasting until the establishment of the French Fourth Republic. Its establishment marked the official restoration and re-establishment of a provisional French Republic, assuring continuity with the defunct French Third Republic.
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US State Dept warns neutral countries against acting as haven for leaders wealth
M Anderson, Com for Rebirth of Distomo chmn, says Berlin, Ore, will change name to Distomo
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4 -- The Mound City closed it doors on the outer world today to concentrate upon its first exclusive world series in history, but some two hours later it was forced to throw them open again just to let in a little air.
Himmler press warns officials against obeying Allied orders; Goebbels warns pub on surrender; comments on Morgenthau plan; says Gers will never obey upstart Amer, comment on Eisenhower proclamation
illus of US parafrag bombs heading for Jap plane on Namlea airport, Buru
US 1st Army forces take Herbach; repulse 3 Ger counter-attacks around captured Uebach to consol and expand Siegfried Line penetration; Ger propagandists start to prepare Ger pub for gen offensive against Rhineland; Brit 2d Army takes Wamel and Dreumel in spearhead thrust toward Ger withdrawal line in Netherlands; Gers rept Brit have 9 or 10 divs in area; US airborne forces take Middlemaar in drive across Meuse River above Mook; US tanks take Overloon; US 3d Army forces attack Ger positions north and west of Metz; infantry holds fast at Ft Driant; Ger counter-attack at Maizieres repulsed US Thunderbolts smash big Ger concentration preparing for attack on Amers closing in on Metz; US 7th Army takes small villages around Belfort; Canadian 1st Army and Gers agree on 48-hr truce at Dunkerque to permit civilian evacuation; Gers to be allowed last 12 hrs to restore debris and mines to rd cleared earlier for evacuees; other Canadian forces take strip of Antwerp-Breda rd, capturing Wittehof and Hilvarenbeek; Polish troops take Baarle Nassau, breach Ger fortifications meant to defend Walcheren and Zuid Beveland communications
Russians cross Narew River 20 mi below E Prussian border, break enemy positions and blow up blockhouses
body to lie in state in St Patrick's Cathedral in unprecedented tribute; radio memorial service; tributes