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April 20, 1946

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Headlines from April 20, 1946

PLENTY IN MARKETS; OPA Ready to Sit It Out as Dealers Shun Sales in Agents' Presence UNION TO ACT ON ITS OWN C10 Official, Charging the U.S. Fails to Cooperate, Promises 'Something Effective' OPA Finding Violations SHORTAGE OF MEAT CLOSES SHOPS HERE Invited to Name Violators

By Unknown Author

NYC dealers shun sales as OPA continues drive; retailers, hotel operators and others rept dearth as result; Gottesman comments; union repr says union will act; NYC Wholesale Meat Dealers Council official urges investigation of new slaughterers; scores OPA

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4 CALLS TO COUNTRY; President, With Hoover, La Guardia, Anderson, Pleads for Sacrifice GRIM PICTURE OF WORLD Hoover Warns Millions Face Death, Gives Plan for Us to Provide 44% of Relief Britain, Russia Asked to Help Calls to Every American SHARP FOOD CURBS SET TO AID WORLD Estimate Called "Grim" Infant Mortality Put High Basic Requirement Given La Guardia Plea 'Desperate'

By Felix Belair Jr. Special To the New York Times

Truman, LaGuardia, Hoover and Anderson broadcast pleas

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Notable Births

Sandro Chia

1946Sandro Chia, Italian painter and sculptor[†]

Sandro Chia is an Italian painter and sculptor. In the late 1970s and early 1980s he was, with Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola De Maria, and Mimmo Paladino, a principal member of the Italian Neo-Expressionist movement which was baptised Transavanguardia by Achille Bonito Oliva.

Notable Deaths

Mae Busch

1946Mae Busch, Australian actress (born 1891)[†]

Mae Busch was an Australian-born actress who worked in both silent and sound films in early Hollywood. In the latter part of her career she appeared in many Laurel and Hardy comedies, frequently playing Hardy's shrewish wife.

Historical Events

League of Nations

1946The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.[†]

The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. The main organisation ceased operations on 18 April 1946 when many of its components were relocated into the new United Nations (UN) which was created in the aftermath of the Second World War. As the template for modern global governance, the League profoundly shaped the modern world.