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Submits realty tax assessments rept to LaGuardia
NY Times correspondent A Cortesi describes govt intimidation policy and censorship; repts Buenos Aires secs occupied by army; cites arrests of reputable citizens
RYUKYU ISLANDS: US 10th Army drives forward, Okinawa; Jap losses noted; 1,353 captured; 1st Marine Div enters Shuri; 6th Marine Div advances from Naha to line south of Kobakura; 77th Div gains 800 yds to reach Shuri northeastern edge; 96th Div advances 1,200 yds to take hill positions below city; US 7th Div captures hills east and northeast of Chan; US carrier planes hit Sakishimas; Domei sees crisis imminent, Okinawa; map
US Sec Morgenthau orders currency exchs and other financial insts to rept use of large bills to Treas to aid drive against tax evaders
GUAM, Friday, June 1--The big B-29's went to work today on Osaka. Operating in daylight with a heavy escort of P-51 Mustang fighters, they dropped 3,200 tons of incendiaries on important industrial concentrations.
1945Linda Scott, American singer[†]
Linda Scott is an American pop singer and actress who was active from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Her biggest hit was the 1961 million-selling single "I've Told Every Little Star". She went on to place twelve songs on the charts over the next four years, the last being "Who’s Been Sleeping In My Bed," inspired by the film and written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach. In 1962, she portrayed a fictionalized version of herself in the musical film Don't Knock the Twist.
1945Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (died 2008)[†]
Lydia Shum Din-ha or Lydia Sum Tin-ha was a Hong Kong comedian, emcee, actress and singer. Known for her portly figure, signature dark-rimmed glasses and bouffant hairstyle, she was affectionately known to peers and fans as Fei-fei or Fei Jie.
1945Frederica von Stade, American soprano and actress[†]
Frederica von Stade is a former American classical singer. Best known for her work in opera, she was also a recitalist and concert artist, and she recorded more than a hundred albums and videos. She is especially associated with operas by Mozart and Rossini, and also with music by French and American composers, most notably Jake Heggie. A Chevalier of France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, twice the winner of a Grand Prix du Disque and nominated nine times for a Grammy award, she is widely regarded as the pre-eminent lyric mezzo-soprano of her generation.