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1945Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician and academic[†]
Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko is a Soviet and Russian professor of Mathematics at Moscow State University. He is well-known as a topologist and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is a painter and illustrator of original artworks inspired by topological objects and structures.
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midtown restaurant owners and union spokesmen ask closing hr extension to 1 A M for food service only, briefs filed with Curfew Control Bd; cite need to accommodate night workers; charge curfew promotes st disorder and speakeasy return; scenes illus, NYC
US reconnaissance photos reveal fires still ravaging Nagoya but Japanese had restricted gutted area to 1 1/5 sq mi; principal damage done to Eitoku plant of Aichi aircraft works; additional photos of Tokyo damage show another 1 1/2 mi of ruins; Maj Gen LeMay discusses Nagoya raid; work of US ground crews in preparing planes for attacks lauded; Jap radio appeals to Nagoya civilians to aid in controlling fires noted
Brig Gen B P Disque sees reclaimed coke shortage; urges users to order supply early
RAF hits Dortmund with 2-ton bombs in heaviest air attack of war on city
Gets Eisenhower message lauding 8th AAF and RAF work of past 3 years; replies
On AFL Painters Union Set Designers Local 1421 strike
41st Div captures Zamboanga and San Roque airdrome with air-sea support; US planes and PT-boats attack Basilan Is and heavy bombers smash airfield on Jolo Is; Amers on Luzon push beyond Antipolo and seize dominating positions in Marikina hills; repel Jap attacks driving into hills southeast of Montalban; map
1st Army forces launch sharp attack from Remagen bridgehead
House dems accept amendment
planes' role described
American troops launched their first attack from the east bank of the Rhine yesterday, gathering in at least two more German towns and pushing forward up to one and a quarter miles.