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comment on pol conditions; govt steps to indicate cooperation with Allies listed
Exec com endorses Dist Atty O'Dwyer for Mayor
10th Army units capture Shuri; Japanese seen disintegrating; 6th Marine Div occupies 1,000 yds along Kokuba River north bank and pushes across river; 1st Marine Div seizes Shichina Hill mass commanding Naha-Yonabaru rd; army units in center sector mop up Jap Shuri defense line garrison; push 1,000 yds deeper into Ozato-Mura hills; map
Moscow broadcasts rept of USSR notes to US, GB, France and China on conflict; Brit preparation for tri-partite conf excluding USSR noted; Paget conf with local officials; French troops in Levant estimated; Truman favors powers parley; Arab-Amer Affairs Inst reprs conf with Grew on dispute
Balkan countries to get US shipments
1945Richard Long, English painter, sculptor, and photographer[†]
Sir Richard Julian Long, is an English sculptor and one of the best-known British land artists.
1945Bonnie Newman, American businesswoman and politician[†]
Jane Ellen "Bonnie" Newman from North Hampton, New Hampshire is an American administrator and business executive. A Republican, she worked for Judd Gregg, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. Newman was also interim president of the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Community College System of New Hampshire. She was announced by the governor of New Hampshire as his selection for eventual appointment to the United States Senate when Gregg was nominated to become the United States Secretary of Commerce, but did not take office when the vacancy she was to fill did not materialize.