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Repubs again cross border from France; furious fighting forces Franco troops to use artillery and mechanized equipment; regular troops reptd to have mopped up Maquis elements; 200 reptd captured and executed
USSR reptd negotiating for oil concessions; Iranian newspaper comment; Brit, Amer and French interests cited; Commissar Kavtaradze int
charges Repubs hamper regis
1944Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster[†]
Rodney William Marsh is an English former footballer and football coach; he later worked as a broadcaster. A forward, he won nine caps for England between 1971 and 1973, scoring one international goal.
1944The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.[†]
The Tuvan People's Republic (TPR), known simply as Tuva, was a partially recognized socialist republic that existed between 1921 and 1944 in North Asia. It was located in the same territory as the former Imperial Russian protectorate of Uriankhai Krai, northwest of Mongolia, and now corresponds to the Republic of Tuva, a republic of Russia.