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gets MacArthur order to oust Jap officials; revs occupation, int; illus signing Jap surrender document
home owners, converting to oil, reptd offering cos $5 a ton to remove coal; little increase in coal allotment for homes heating foreseen; reversal of oil-to-coal conversion discussed
House com votes to start draft of interim measure in 10 days; votes to by-pass post-war tax com; Doughton, George comment
council conf opens; peace settlement draft begun
1945Russell "Jungle Jim" Liberman, American drag racer (died 1977)[†]
Russell James Liberman was an American funny car drag racer, nicknamed "Jungle Jim." In 2001, he was named #17 on the list of the Top 50 NHRA drivers of all time. Liberman was known for driving backwards at 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) after doing his burnout.
1945Milo Manara, Italian author and illustrator[†]
Maurilio Manara, known professionally as Milo Manara, is an Italian comic book writer and artist.
1945John Mauceri, American conductor and producer[†]
John Francis Mauceri is an American conductor, actor, producer, arranger, voice actor, educator, writer and music composer. Since making his professional conducting debut almost half a century ago, he has appeared with most of the world's great orchestras, guest-conducted at the premier opera houses, produced and musically supervised Tony and Olivier Award-winning Broadway musicals, and served as university faculty and administrator. Through his varied career, he has taken the lead in the preservation and performance of many genres of music and supervised and conducted important premieres by composers as diverse as Debussy, Stockhausen, Korngold, Hindemith, Bernstein, Sibelius, Ives, Elfman and Shore. He is also a leading performer of music banned by the Third Reich and especially music of Hollywood's émigré composers.
1945Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (born 1880)[†]
Hajime Sugiyama was a Japanese field marshal and one of Japan's military leaders for most of the Second World War.