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J von Ribbentrop captured by Brit troops
slowdown continues; Fed conciliation comr plans to intervene; LaGuardia and co pres McCarthy comment; union reprs disclaim willful slowdown; cite dispute; co vp replies; bus line conditions noted; McCarthy renews negotiation order
Purple Heart parade, NYC; illus, Ebbets Field demonstration
Churchill complies with Laski stipulation, lr to Attlee
Producers get severe sugar allotment cut
1945Claire Alexander, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Claire Arthur Alexander or Arthur Claire Alexander is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) in the 1970s.
1945Lucienne Robillard, Canadian social worker and politician, 59th Secretary of State for Canada[†]
Lucienne Robillard is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She sat in the House of Commons of Canada as the member of Parliament for the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec.
1945Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (born 1905)[†]
Athanasios Klaras, better known by the nom de guerre Aris Velouchiotis, was a Greek journalist, politician, member of the Communist Party of Greece, the most prominent leader and chief instigator of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the military branch of the National Liberation Front (EAM), which was the major resistance organization in occupied Greece from 1942 to 1945.