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Churchill criticizes Labor party stand in lr to Attlee; govt dissolution held certain; Labor party conf delegates silent on Churchill lr; await his action; Sir S Cripps predicts party victory in election
Security Council veto issue discussed; US, GB and USSR corns in private negotiations to save voting procedure; US delegation split on question of trying to influence Latin-Amer vote; latter vote seen holding key to veto decision
Jap planes bomb Iwo
US Pres Truman says US, Brit and Canadian reconversion plans are being coordinated
US War and Navy Depts reveal Jap use of free balloons for attacks, N Amer mainland; note use of bombs; see attacks as no mil threat; describe balloons; issue statement for pub safety educ campaign; statement text
1945Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (died 1991)[â ]
Padmarajan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known as P. Padmarajan was an Indian film maker, screenwriter and author who was known for his works in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema. Considered as one of the greatest directors and screenwriters of all time, he founded a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Bharathan and K. G. George, in the 1980s.
1945Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior and head of the SS (born 1900)[â ]
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was a German Nazi politician and military leader who was the 4th ReichsfĂŒhrer of the Schutzstaffel, a leading member of the Nazi Party, and one of the most powerful people in Nazi Germany. He was one of the main architects of the Holocaust.
1945World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody.[â ]
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was a German Nazi politician and military leader who was the 4th ReichsfĂŒhrer of the Schutzstaffel, a leading member of the Nazi Party, and one of the most powerful people in Nazi Germany. He was one of the main architects of the Holocaust.
1945World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.[â ]
The Flensburg Government, also known as the Flensburg Cabinet, the Dönitz Government, or the Schwerin von Krosigk Cabinet, was the rump government of Nazi Germany during a period of three weeks around the end of World War II in Europe. The government was formed following the suicide of Adolf Hitler on 30 April 1945 during the Battle of Berlin. It was headed by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as ReichsprĂ€sident and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk as the Leading Minister. The administration was referred to as the "Flensburg Government" because Dönitz's command relocated to Flensburg in northern Germany near the Danish border on 3 May 1945. The sports school at the MĂŒrwik Naval School was used as the government headquarters. The cabinet was not legitimised according to the Weimar Constitution, which was still formally in force.