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May 1, 1946

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JOINT PALESTINE BODY BARS A JEWISH STATE, BUT URGES ENTRY OF 100,000 REFUGEES; TRUMAN FOR ACTION Inquiry Upholds His Visa Proposal, Urges End of White Paper WOULD GUARD ARAB RIGHTS Report for Change in Holy Land Property Curbs--Demands a Firm Stand on Violence Land Changes Asked Stress on Unique Status PALESTINE INQUIRY BARS JEWISH STATE Government Aid to Arabs

By FELIX BELAIR JR. Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Brit-Amer Comm of Inquiry on Palestine urges reforms, including introduction of compulsory educ for Jews and Arabs

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Notable Births

Joanna Lumley

1946Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist[†]

Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley is a British actress, presenter, author, television producer, activist and former model. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012) and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of La Bête. In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award.

John Woo

1946John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

John Woo Yu-sen is a Hong Kong film director known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre. The recipient of various accolades, including a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing, as well as a Golden Horse Award, an Asia Pacific Screen Award and a Saturn Award, he is regarded as a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema. He is known for his highly chaotic "bullet ballet" action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to wuxia, film noir and Western cinema.

Historical Events

1946Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.[†]

The Pilbara strike was a landmark strike by Indigenous Australian pastoral workers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The strike lasted between 1946 and 1949, and was the longest industrial action in Australian history.