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1945Gordon McVie, English oncologist and author (died 2021)[†]
John Gordon McVie was an international authority on the treatment and research of cancer. He wrote over 350 peer-reviewed articles, editorials and books. McVie was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died of non-Hodgkin lymphona and COVID-19 in Bristol, England.
1945Peter Simpson, English footballer[†]
Peter Frederick Simpson is an English former footballer who played most of his career as a defender with Arsenal.
W P Tolley rept; election
shell port
5 NY County dist Dem leaders charge he dominates Tammany leadership
US invasion convoy lead ship's voyage to Luzon described
bill hits snags on penalty features and Selective Service vs WMC adm
truce terms made pub; ELAS retains hostages; Damaskinos, Plastiras, Brit Govt comment; terms designate prisoner exch, Brit civilians return, and areas from which ELAS will withdraw; map; clashes reptd, Corinth Canal area
cuts copper and copper base alloy products '45 allotments; exception
1,000-mi pipeline system for Allied use noted
repts Marshal Koneff's 1st Ukrainian Army drive launched, Vistula bridgehead, Sandomierz area-Cracow; repts furious fighting and heavy USSR losses; speculation on drive objective
Gers end all organized resistance at western end of salient, giving up 100 sq mil of ground in flight toward Ger; US 1st Army strikes near La Roche; Brit link with 3d Army near St Hubert; Ger resistance stiffens in north; 3d Army crushes Ger box position southeast of Bastogne, taking many prisoners; Brit patrols enter Champion and Lavaux; Amers close in on Wibrin; threaten Gers Vielsalm-Houffalize line; Amers who crossed Salm enter Henumont; map
raid Grace Park and Calatatan airdromes