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Bowles sets '42 level as basis for pricing most goods; describes pricing aims and problems; cites example; of computing prices according to new formula
Comr McNutt announces WMC plans for ltd manpower controls relaxation and more flexible local adm to fit changing econ needs; new area classifications after July 1 described
com submits plan to aid business through tax refunds and exemptions in rept to Sen and House tax coms; cash aid to business estimated at more than $5 billion; com opposes individual or corp rates cut; Pres Truman said to approve plan
Amers land at head of Macajalar Bay, Mindanao; drive inland 4 mi down Sayre Highway, threatening to trap Japanese between them and troops advancing northward in Maramag area; guerrilla amphibious operation takes Butuan Bay, Agusan Prov; guerrillas dislocate Macajalar Bay defenses; Amers converging on Ipo reptd 4 mi apart; map
1945Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager (died 2007)[†]
Alan James Ball was an English professional football player and manager. Often regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, he won the 1966 World Cup with England and played for various clubs, scoring more than 180 league goals in a career spanning 22 years. After retiring as a player, he had a 15-year career as a manager which included spells in the top flight of English football with Portsmouth, Southampton and Manchester City. He was inducted in the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
1945Ian McLagan, English keyboard player and songwriter (died 2014)[†]
Ian Patrick McLagan was an English keyboardist, best known as a member of the rock bands Small Faces and Faces. He also collaborated with the Rolling Stones and led his own band from the late 1970s. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.