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Brit troops restore order in Calcutta after day of rioting; some attacks are directed against US forces; US deaths reptd; demonstrations described; Bengal Prov Gov Casey, Nehru and others appeal for order; disturbances reptd in Bombay and New Delhi
Former Secretary of State Hull told the Pearl Harbor committee that he had warned President Roosevelt and the Cabinet a month before the Japanese attack that the United States should be alert for a blow "anywhere by Japan at any time."
40 prisoners taken in night, including 25 Negroes; teenagers outnumber all other age groups; police repts
Tammany AD leader E E McManus, co-leader Mrs W F Adams, J Pinckney Jr and 5 others indicted on vote fraud charges; said to have filed false signatures on Amer Veterans party nominating petitions; all arraigned and released in bail for Dec hearing
Bevin outlines Brit Govt proposals, Commons
1945Nuruddin Farah, Somali novelist[†]
Nuruddin Farah is a Somali novelist. His first novel, From a Crooked Rib, was published in 1970 and has been described as "one of the cornerstones of modern East African literature today". Farah has also written plays both for stage and radio, as well as short stories and essays. Since leaving Somalia in the 1970s, he has lived and taught in numerous countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Sudan, India, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa.
1945Lee Michaels, American singer-songwriter and musician[†]
Lee Eugene Michaels is an American rock musician who sings and accompanies himself on organ, piano, or guitar. He is best known for his 1971 Top 10 US hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean". In 1988 he founded the Marina del Rey, California-based restaurant chain Killer Shrimp which he and his family continue to operate to this day.