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Gets 3-million-dollar US Export-Import Bank loan; terms noted
Transportation Bd spokesman holds 10c fare short of needs: predicts use of increased city borrowing power based on fare rise for purposes outside transit system; 10c fare revenue computed; estimates on rehabilitation work cost cited; start on proposed 2d Av subway seen delayed; operating revenue, yr ended June, estimated; Mayor O'Dwyer move for pub referendum on fare rise seen likely
Penna: Penna RR Broadway Limited derailed as it plows into coal spilled from derailed freight, near Lewistown; 23, hurt
Mitchell urges com to draft resolution requiring approval of Cong ordering May to testify; Mead and May again exch lrs
1946Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[†]
Linda Maria Ronstadt is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres including country, rock, pop, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music.
1946Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei[†]
Hassanal Bolkiah Muiz'zaddin Wad'daulah is Sultan of Brunei, reigning since 1967, and has also served as Prime Minister of Brunei since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is among the world's few remaining absolute monarchs.
1946Razor Smith, English cricketer and coach (born 1877)[†]
William Charles "Razor" Smith was a Surrey slow bowler. Nicknamed "Razor" because of his extreme thinness, Smith was a frail man and prone to serious injury; he could rarely get through a full season's cricket, but when fit and healthy, could command the sharpest off-break among bowlers of his day. He was also able to bowl a somewhat faster ball with a very high flight that turned a little from leg and, with any help from the pitch, would get up almost straight.
1946The State of North Borneo, now Sabah, Malaysia, is annexed by the United Kingdom.[†]
North Borneo was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo,. The territory of North Borneo was originally established by concessions of the Sultanates of Brunei and Sulu in 1877 and 1878 to a German-born representative of Austria-Hungary, businessman and diplomat, Gustav Overbeck.