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Stepinatz found guilty on 14 counts; sentenced to 16 yrs imprisonment and loss of civil rights for 5 yrs; Lisak sentenced to hang; other defendants and sentences listed; ct lists charges against Stepinatz
survey of 3 New Eng states shows employment at peacetime high; labor shortages reptd in most cities
Sees no pol effect of meat crisis
US reiterates its support of Turkish stand on Dardanelles in note to USSR; holds Potsdam Agreement provided only for exch of views preliminary to conf of interested powers on Montreux Conv revision; Turkey expected to consent to talks with USSR prior to conf
Kalgan reptd captured by Govt troops; map; Marshall reveals he has no plans for returning to US; slight chance seen for Kuomintang-Communist settlement; Govt troops recapture Chaocheng; push toward Yencheng and Tungtai; map; Gen Chou says next Communist move is up to Yenan
1946Drew Edmondson, American politician[†]
William Andrew Edmondson is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, Edmondson served as the 16th Attorney General of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2011. Prior to his election as state attorney general, he served as district attorney for Muskogee County, Oklahoma, from 1983 to 1992. He was defeated twice in campaigns for U.S. Congress in Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district, where his father Ed Edmondson served from 1953 to 1973.
1946Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer (died 2008)[†]
Ashok Mulvantrai Mankad was an Indian cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played for India in 22 Test matches.
1946Daryl Runswick, English bassist and composer[†]
Daryl Runswick is a classically trained English composer, arranger, jazz musician, producer and educationalist.
1946Joseph Stilwell, American general (born 1883)[†]
Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India theater during World War II. Stilwell served as commander of the US forces in the theater, and also as deputy for both Lord Louis Mountbatten, and Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist leader.