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Manhattan: Nathan and Rogers campaign mgrs both optimistic on victory
Southwest Lines halted by strike over wages; union counsel comments on co proposal for Cleveland meeting; LaGuardia calls strike justifiable, radio s; union Local 1202 officials criticize corp execs refusal to meet at Wash conf; substation erected for interurban buses, NYC
US Army reptd ready to ask Truman to turn mil govt over to civilian personnel; reasons discussed
LaGuardia effects settlement; skip-a-day delivery to continue; union gains noted; conf discussed
USSR pub, New Times, hails natl liberation movements; assails Brit attempts to restore pre-war colonial status; charges use of violence, failure to disarm bulk of Jap troops and use of latter to suppress natives
1945Peter Pace, American general[â ]
Peter Pace is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pace was the first Marine officer appointed as chairman and the first Marine officer to be appointed to three different four-star assignments; the others were as the sixth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2001, to August 12, 2005, and as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command from September 8, 2000, to September 30, 2001. Appointed chairman by President George W. Bush, Pace succeeded U.S. Air Force General Richard Myers on September 30, 2005.
1945Aleka Papariga, Greek accountant and politician[â ]
Alexandra "Aleka" Papariga is a Greek retired politician who served the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) as its General Secretary from 1991 to 2013. She is the first woman to be General Secretary of KKE, and thus the first woman to head a major political party in Greece.
1945Svetlana TÅ¡irkova-Lozovaja, Russian fencer and coach[â ]
Svetlana TÅ¡irkova is a former Soviet fencer, two-time Olympic champion in foil team competitions and fencing coach in Estonia.
1945The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence.[â ]
The 1945 anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania were the most violent riots against Jews in North Africa in the 20th century. From November 5 to November 7, 1945, more than 140 Jews were killed and many more injured in a pogrom in Tripolitania, then under British military occupation. 38 Jews were killed in Tripoli from where the riots spread. 40 were killed in Amrus, 34 in Zanzur, 7 in Tajura, 13 in Zawia and 3 in Qusabat.