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June 4, 1945

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1945Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer^[†]

Anthony Braxton is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto sax. He grew up on the South Side of Chicago and was a key early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. He received great acclaim for his 1969 double-LP record For Alto, the first full-length album of solo saxophone music.

1945Daniel Topolski, English rower and coach (died 2015)^[†]

Daniel "Dan" Topolski was a British author, rower, rowing coach and commentator on BBC television. He studied at the University of Oxford where he represented the Blue boat twice, in 1967 and 1968. In 1977, he won a gold medal at the World Rowing Championships. He coached the Oxford University Boat Club crew on fifteen occasions, leading them to victory twelve times, including a ten-win streak. He also coached British squads at two separate Olympic Games. After retiring from coaching he commentated on rowing at the Olympic Games and Boat Races.

1945Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)^[†]

Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller was a Scottish guitarist, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as Gordon of the 1960s pop music duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was the no. 1 million-selling single "A World Without Love".

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Headlines from June 4, 1945

BACKERS OF MAYOR TURN TO M'GOLDRICK; Fusion Party, Citizens Union and Independent Group Are Ready to Support Him McGoldrick Conference Today BACKERS OF MAYOR FAVOR M'GOLDRICK Modell Urges Party Unity

By Unknown Author

Backs Controller McGoldrick for Mayor

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HIGH U.S. OFFICERS AND 10,000 TROOPS HERE FROM EUROPE; Our Generals and Fighting Men Return From the Wars in Europe

By Frank S. Adamsthe New York Timesthe New York Times

Arrives, LaGuardia Field; revs 1st Div role, press conf

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CHINESE RIP DEEPER AND TAKE ROAD HUB; JAPANESE DRIVEN STEADILY BACK IN ASIATIC CORRIDOR

By Unknown Author

Chinese retake Tsinkong; pursue retreating Japanese toward Liuchow; are reptd 7 1/2 mi from Paoking; hold 155-mi breach in Jap land corridor; battle in Szelo outskirts; converge on Liuchow in 3 columns; seize Tienho; US planes hit Jap artillery column moving eastward from Liuchow in Towpai area; hit Paoking warehouse dist; Japanese gain west of Siangsiang; US planes blast Nanyang ammunition dump and Tsinan airdrome; Wedemeyer sees Allied major offensive soon; Maj Gen Chennault lauds Chinese armies; map

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HALSEY HITS AGAIN AT KYUSHU BASES; Third Fleet Fliers Destroy Nine Japanese Planes--Other U.S. Airmen Bag 26 More HALSEY HITS AGAIN AT KYUSHU BASES

By Wireless To the New York Times

Tokyo radio repts entire Jap naval air corps converted into suicide planes

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Nation Achieves 48% of Quota In Scales of Bonds to Individuals; INDIVIDUAL SALES NOW 48% OF GOAL Franklin Men to Speak

By Unknown Author

Capture anniv noted

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Levant Leaders Say French Used Lend-Lease Weapons; DAMASCUS AFTER THE RECENT CLASHES Say French Set Trap LEVANT LEADERS ACCUSE FRENCH

By the Associated Press.the New York Times (BRITISH OFFICIAL RADIOPHOTO)

govt leaders assert France used lend-lease materials and tried to trap deputies and Cabinet in Parliament House attack

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Detailing of Dispute On Veto Protested

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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GREAT BAY IS WON; SLASHING ADVANCE MADE BY AMERICANS ON OKINAWA

By Bruce Rae By Wireless To the New York Times

7th Div cuts off Chinen Peninsula, last land held by Japanese on Nakagusuku harbor; advances to Shichiya area, seizes Sashiki and hills north of Toyama; Tokyo radio claims Amers landed on Chinen Peninsula at Kokibana; 96th Div captures Kamizato and gains up to 1,200 yds; 1st Marine Div advances 1,000 yds despite heavy opposition; takes hill north of Karara; US threat to Oruku Peninsula grows; map

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Germans Told to Quit Area Lublin Claims

By Unknown Author

Lublin Provisional Govt, Warsaw, reptd to have ordered Gers to quit Polish territory and newly acquired western areas; 7,500,000 Poles to be settled in new territories

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