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December 10, 1946

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Headlines from December 10, 1946

U.S. DEMAND IS MET; Molotov Assures Byrnes of Same Facilities for News Men as Here DEPUTIES' ROLE NOT FIXED Foreign Ministers Still at Odds Over Prior Study of Small Nations' Claims on Germany Two Colleagues Back Byrnes Byrnes Sees Russian in Private BIG 4 TO CONVENE IN MOSCOW MAR. 10

By C. Brooks Peters

council still deadlocked on Byrnes plan for apptd deputies to prepare work on Ger; confs with Min Molotov on UN business; urges apptmt of deputies to prepare Austrian treaty drafts

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Notable Births

Douglas Kenney

1946Douglas Kenney, American satirist (died 1980)[โ€ ]

Douglas Clark Francis Kenney was an American comedy writer of magazine, novels, radio, TV and film, who co-founded the magazine National Lampoon in 1970. Kenney edited the magazine and wrote much of its early material. He went on to write, produce, and perform in the influential comedies Animal House and Caddyshack before his sudden death at the age of 33.

Notable Deaths

Walter Johnson

1946Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1887)[โ€ ]

Walter Perry Johnson, nicknamed "Barney" and "the Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927. He later served as manager of the Senators from 1929 through 1932 and of the Cleveland Indians from 1933 through 1935.

Damon Runyon

1946Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (born 1884)[โ€ ]

Alfred Damon Runyon was an American journalist and short-story writer.