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announces price curbing program; K W Marriner comment
Sen com votes to delay action on Wallace nomination and consider George bill 1st; Chmn Bailey announces it will hold pub hearings on bill; calls George, Jones and Wallace to testify; George doubts Roosevelt veto because law calls for loan agencies separation from dept 6 mos after war; Sen Pepper opposes com action; Repubs and Dems clash in House over Wallace; NM Sen and NY Bd of Trade oppose apptmt
Stalin orders of day and salvos announce gains; Russians drive 15 mi from Osterode, take Mohrungen, 10 mi from last rail escape route for 200,000 trapped Gers; take Saalfeld, 28 mi from Baltic Sea; other forces in Koenigsberg drive cross Deime and Pregel Rivers by taking Labiau; another column takes ry to capital; takes Wehlau; map
Emergency rent control
1945John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior[†]
John Raymond Garamendi is an American businessman, politician and member of the Democratic Party who has represented areas of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento, including the cities of Fairfield and Vacaville in the United States House of Representatives since 2009. Garamendi was the California insurance commissioner from 1991 to 1995 and 2003 to 2007, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 1998, and the 46th lieutenant governor of California from 2007 until his election to Congress in late 2009.
1945Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer and screenwriter[†]
Subhash Ghai is an Indian film director, producer, actor, lyricist, music director and screenwriter, primarily known for his work in Hindi cinema. He was one of the most prominent Hindi filmmakers in the 1980s and 1990s. His notable films include Kalicharan (1976), Vishwanath (1978), Karz (1980), Krodhi (1981), Hero (1983), Vidhaata (1982), Meri Jung (1985), Karma (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989), Saudagar (1991), Khalnayak (1993), Pardes (1997), and Taal (1999).
1945Eva Janko, Austrian javelin thrower[†]
Eva Janko is a former javelin thrower from Austria.