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UNO Security Council hears Iran-USSR debate on Azerbaijan issue; Taqizadeh renews charges on USSR interference with internal affairs; asks Council action; Vishinsky replies; denies Iranian delegation or Council authority to deal with case; Ghavam Govt orders delegation to open negotiations with USSR but not to drop UNO case
union responsibility clause noted
USSR reptd working mine, Jachymov, Czechoslovakia; Masaryk statement on Czech sources use cited
repts on packing house conditions as workers return
Soc Security Bd recommends soc security coverage credit for time spent in uniform
1946Geater Davis, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)[†]
Vernon "Geater" Davis was an American soul singer and songwriter. He has been described as "one of the South's great lost soul singers, an impassioned stylist whose voice was a combination of sweetness and sandpaper grit."
1946Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter[†]
Bettye LaVette is an American soul singer who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, when her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was released to widespread critical acclaim, and was named on many critics' "Best of 2005" lists. Her next album, The Scene of the Crime, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart and was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards. She received the Legacy of Americana Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Americana Music Honors & Awards.
1946Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1890)[†]
Harold Lloyd Hopkins was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor. A trusted deputy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hopkins directed New Deal relief programs before serving as the eighth United States secretary of commerce from 1938 to 1940 and as Roosevelt's chief foreign policy advisor and liaison to Allied leaders during World War II. During his career, Hopkins supervised the New York Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Civil Works Administration, and the Works Progress Administration, which he built into the largest employer in the United States. He later oversaw the $50 billion Lend-Lease program of military aid to the Allies and, as Roosevelt's personal envoy, played a pivotal role in shaping the alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom.
1946Sidney Jones, English conductor and composer (born 1861)[†]
James Sidney Jones, usually credited as Sidney Jones, was an English conductor and composer, who was most famous for composing the musical scores for a series of musical comedy hits in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Jones's most famous musical was The Geisha, but several of his pieces were among the most popular shows of the era, enjoying long runs, international tours and revivals.