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July 3, 1945

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War News Summarized

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Japanese resistance stiffened in the Balik Papan area of Borneo after Australian troops had driven 2,500 yards inland from their three-mile beachhead.

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UNION AGAIN DEFIES WLB IN NEWS STRIKE; Leaders Refuse to Obey Order to Resume Work Today-- Paper Buyers Jam Offices UNION DEFIES WLB ON ENDING STRIKE Thousands Buy at Offices Text of WLB Telegrams Papers Await Men's Return Publishers Explain Case Union Defends Stand

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WLB wires Simons and Waldman urging strikers to return to work or attend show cause hearing; text; union business repr D Alvina says strikers do not intend to resume work; over-the-counter sales continue; picketing reptd more intense; dispute revd

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RUSSIANS DEMAND VOICE ON TANGIER; Anglo-American-French Parley Set for Today Postponed Because of Request RUSSIANS DEMAND VOICE ON TANGIER Spain Expected Move AMERICAN STATEMENT

By Dana Adams Schmidt By Wireless To the New York Times

US-Brit-French conf on status postponed because of USSR request to join talks; Spanish role to expedite withdrawal from area seen; Madrid reaction to USSR role request; US State Dept statement on Tangier status text; US and Brit reprs handling situation noted

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Notable Births

Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn

1945Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (died 2018)[โ€ ]

Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, was a Scottish politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior to becoming speaker, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn from 1979 to 2005 and for Glasgow North East until 2009. He was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000, remaining in the office for nine years until his involuntary resignation in 2009.