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January 11, 1946

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CHIANG PROCLAIMS TRUCE AND REFORM AS COUNCIL BEGINS; Marshall Ends Deadlock With Early Meeting, Sends Word to Delegates' Session TROOP MOVEMENT FROZEN Civil Liberties, End of Police Abuses, Amnesty, New Voting Basis Promised China Conference Assembles CHIANG PROCLAIMS TRUCE AND REFORM Marshall Sees Chiang

By Tillman Durdin By Wireless To the New York Times

Chiang proclaims truce and series of pol and social reforms; text of truce; reforms discussed; Pol Consultation Conf has 1st session

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GOVERNMENT TO USE ALUMINUM PATENTS; Alcoa Cedes Rights to RFC for Licensing to Reynolds Metals, Leasing Federal Plants GOVERNMENT GETS ALUMINUM PATENTS Ratios of Smelting Capacity Letters Conforming Accord Commercial Basis Stressed

By Walter H. Waggoner Special To the New York Times

Alcoa cedes Govt free use of patents and right to license them to competitors; Sen O'Mahoney and Atty Gen Clark hail agreement as aiding competition in indus; A V Davis and Symington lrs; Reynolds co to operate Ark plants with no Govt subsidy; plant capacity noted

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Notable Births

Naomi Judd

1946Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)[†]

Naomi Judd was an American country music singer and actress. In 1980, she and her daughter Wynonna formed the duo known as The Judds, which became a successful country music act, winning five Grammy Awards and nine Country Music Association awards. The Judds ceased performing in 1991 after Naomi was diagnosed with hepatitis; while Wynonna continued to perform as a solo artist, she occasionally reunited with her mother for tours as The Judds. Naomi died by suicide in 2022, on the day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Tony Kaye (musician)

1946Tony Kaye, English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter[†]

Anthony John Selvidge, known professionally as Tony Kaye, is an English keyboardist, best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. Born into a musical family, Kaye was classically trained and intended to become a concert pianist before he developed an interest in jazz and contemporary rock and pop music. He joined several groups throughout the 1960s, including the Federals, Johnny Taylor's Star Combo, Jimmy Winston & His Reflections, and Bittersweet.

John Piper (theologian)

1946John Piper, American theologian and author[†]

John Stephen Piper is a theologian who specialised in New Testament studies and is also a Reformed Baptist pastor. He is also chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Piper taught biblical studies at Bethel University for six years (1974–1980), before serving as pastor for preaching and vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church (Converge) in Minneapolis for 33 years (1980–2013).

Historical Events

Enver Hoxha

1946Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.[†]

Enver Halil Hoxha was an Albanian communist revolutionary and statesman who was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 until his death, a member of its Politburo, chairman of the Democratic Front of Albania, and commander-in-chief of the Albanian People's Army. He was the twenty-second prime minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and at various times was both foreign minister and defence minister of the country.