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December 28, 1945

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Russians Blocked Any Plan On Iran and Barred Premier; RUSSIANS BLOCKED DISCUSSION OF IRAN

By C.l. Sulzberger By Cable To the New York Times

USSR at Moscow Conf reptd to have blocked any attempts to solve crisis by adhering to 'hands-off' policy; refusal to give Premier Hakimi transit to Moscow to present case noted; official Iranian Govt repts on crisis cite evidences of active USSR role in revolt; US State Dept official in Teheran, H B Minor, scores USSR failure to give him permission to enter Azerbaijan to investigate situation; charges USSR curbs press

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LACK OF GM'S DATA WON'T HALT PANEL; Fact Finders Will Ask for SEC, OPA Records Should Company Withhold Information Fact Finders Will Push Inquiry Even if GM Witholds Its Data Statement by General Motors

By Louis Stark Special To the New York Times

fact finding bd will press inquiry even if corp refuses to furnish data; bd plans to get information from govt agencies and UAWA; corp to appear before bd; ct sets hearing on petition for injunctions against picketing at Fisher Body plant and Detroit Diesel Engine Div

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Notable Births

Birendra of Nepal

1945Birendra, King of Nepal (died 2001)[†]

Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was King of Nepal from 1972 until his assassination in 2001.

Max Hastings

1945Max Hastings, English journalist, historian, and author[†]

Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings is a British journalist and military historian, who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, and editor of the Evening Standard. He is also the author of thirty books, most significantly histories, which have won several major awards. Hastings currently writes a bimonthly column for Bloomberg Opinion and contributes to The Times and The Sunday Times.

Notable Deaths

Theodore Dreiser

1945Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (born 1871)[†]

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Dreiser's best-known novels include Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925).