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fire still smoldering; fire-fighting force reduced; 200 firemen suffer from smoke poisoning; emergency ferry service opened; city tentatively approves $3 million bldg fund; future plans for city-operated ferries uncertain; Estimate Bd outlines ferry terminal plan
steel workers and coal miners protest against shortages; stress need for more food to continue work
says veto power is making council negative body
House rules com sets 16 hrs of gen debate; bars duplication of Sen debate on point of order regarding Const
House com debates Pace amendment inclusion in Fed minimum wage bill in face of veto threat; defers action; Reprs Halleck and Pace comment
1946Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (born 1893)[†]
Wanda Hazel Gág was an American artist, author, translator, and illustrator. She is best known for writing and illustrating the children's book Millions of Cats, the oldest American picture book still in print. Gág was also a noted print-maker, receiving international recognition and awards. Growing Pains, a book of excerpts from the diaries of her teen and young adult years, received widespread critical acclaim. Two of her books were awarded Newbery Honors and two received Caldecott Honors. The New York Public Library included Millions of Cats on its 2013 list of 100 Great Children's Books.
1946In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.[†]
The Canadian Citizenship Act was a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1946 which created the legal status of Canadian citizenship. The Act defined who were Canadian citizens, separate and independent from the status of the British subject and repealed earlier Canadian legislation relating to Canadian nationals and citizens as sub-classes of British subject status.