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1945Brian Connolly, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 1997)[†]
Brian Francis Connolly was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of glam rock band Sweet between 1968 and 1979 and known for his charismatic stage presence and distinctive voice.
1945A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.[†]
Hollywood Black Friday, or Hollywood Bloody Friday, is the name given, in the history of organized labor in the United States, to October 5, 1945. On that date, a six-month strike by the set decorators represented by the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU) boiled over into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Bros.' studios in Burbank, California led by Herbert Sorrell. The strikes helped the passage of the Taft–Hartley Act in 1947 and led to the eventual breakup of the CSU and reorganization of the rival International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) leadership.
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protests to Under-Sec Acheson on Rio de Janeiro conf postponement
drive opens
no govt intervention reptd in sight; NYC local service to be unaffected but AT&T long lines employes vote to join tie-up; NLRB refuses to be hurried by strike threat into action on WEEA case; on Western Elec Co request extends time for filing exception to Whittemore rept; preparations for tie-up; United Communications Organizations and United Telephone Organizations attitude noted; Traffic Organizations attitude noted; Traffic Employes Assn members vote to stay on jobs; union leaders comment
Despite a unanimous negative vote among the rank and file of the port's longshoremen yesterday, Joseph P. Ryan, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, announced last night that strong recommendations for a return to work on Monday would be made to the men today and that he was "positive" the men would comply.
Income taxes eventual repeal urged by former Tax Comm head R Browne in final rept to Gov Dewey; Fed Govt relinquishment to State of certain local taxes urged instead; other suggestions
trial opens; lawyers A Naud and J Baraduc refuse to appeal in protest against preliminary investigation alleged inadequacy; Laval s for 3 hrs; Judge Mongibeaux orders his removal from courtroom because of his vehement protests
G N Nelson comment
Detroit ALC wins 2d game
orders further seizures
Presents resignation of his Cabinet