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900 UAWA and other maintenance and mech workers strike against 2 cos; Amer Airlines pres Damon charges strike violates Ry Labor Act; Amer Export Airlines cancels 1 ATC flight to Eur; conf noted; TWU group remains on job; Mediation Bd reprs on hand, NYC
Pres Truman stresses need of natl protection until internatl relations become harmonious
US fleet Navy Day observance searchlight display plans, NYC
predicts return of professional gamblers to city if either Judge J J Goldstein or W O'Dwyer is elected Mayor
pol parties refuse to give in to Voroshiloff demand for combined election list; agree to submit separate party lists; pledge to support elections outcome and to continue coalition govt of 4 parties, Small Landholders, Soc Dems, Communists and Natl Peasants
1945GĂ©rald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader[â ]
Gérald Larose is a Canadian activist, professor, and former President of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux labour union. Between 2003 and 2013, he was president of the Organisations unies pour l'indépendance, a Quebec independence organization. He was succeeded by Gilbert Paquette.
1945Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (born 1887)[â ]
Vidkun Abraham Lauritz JonssĂžn Quisling was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who headed the government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II.
1945The United Nations Charter comes into effect.[â ]
The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty of the United Nations (UN). It establishes the purposes, governing structure, and overall framework of the UN System, including its six principal organs: the Secretariat, the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the International Court of Justice, and the Trusteeship Council.