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Communists warn Nationalist troops on Manchuria southern border to keep out; cancel Chungking peace talk; charge Nationalists using 127 divs for civil war; protest to Pres Truman against US armed intervention; tense situation reptd in Peiping area; Communist spokesman claims Central Govt plans to move 4 armies into Manchuria by air; Yenan makes new demands from Central Govt; demands ct-martial of Gen Ho Ying-chin as pro-Japanese and removal of new Govs of Shansi, Suiyuan and Shantung provs; US Marines reptd happy at rept of their withdrawal; Vice Adm Barbey says ships are ready to withdraw marines; map
Attlee mentions conf on eve of departure for US
1945Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)[†]
Terence Davies was a British screenwriter, film director, and novelist. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films, including Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and the collage film Of Time and the City (2008), as well as the literary adaptations The Neon Bible (1995), The House of Mirth (2000), The Deep Blue Sea (2011) and Sunset Song (2015). His final two feature films were centered around the lives of influential literary figures, Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion (2016) and Siegfried Sassoon in Benediction (2021). Davies was considered by some critics as one of the great British directors of his period.
1945Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Donna Fargo is an American country singer-songwriter known for a series of Top 10 country hits in the 1970s. These include "The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A." and "Funny Face", both of which were released in 1972 and became crossover pop hits that year.
1945Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).[†]
The Battle of Surabaya was a major battle in the Indonesian National Revolution fought between regular infantry and militia of the Indonesian nationalist movement and British and British Indian troops against the re-imposition of Dutch colonial rule. The peak of the battle was in November 1945, and was the largest single battle of the revolution and became a national symbol of Indonesian resistance. Considered a heroic effort by Indonesians, the battle helped galvanise Indonesian and international support for Indonesian independence. 10 November is celebrated annually as Heroes' Day.