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Hoover accepts mission, White House conf; outlines tour; US officials reaction noted; implications discussed
Sen vote extends war com life for yr; jurisdiction curbed; roll call
State Sen votes Thompson inauguration as Lt-Gov and Acting Gov on record; delays action on sealed lr from Talmadge believed to contain apptmts; Talmadge supporters, House, rebel; join Thompson group in move to delay white primary legis pending ct rule on Govs; Thompson group sees Talmadge influence receding; pub protest rallies continue; Sens and Reprs comment on recent developments
Yugoslavia outlines claims
1947Tom Carper, American captain and politician, 71st Governor of Delaware[†]
Thomas Richard Carper is an American politician and former military officer who served from 2001 to 2025 as a United States senator from Delaware. A member of the Democratic Party, Carper served from 1983 to 1993 in the United States House of Representatives and from 1993 to 2001 as the 71st governor of Delaware.
1947Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian politician, 5th president of Indonesia[†]
Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004 and the eighth vice president under President Abdurrahman Wahid from 1999 to 2001. She is Indonesia's first and only female president to date.
1947Pierre Bonnard, French painter (born 1867)[†]
Pierre Bonnard was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis, his early work was strongly influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin, as well as the prints of Hokusai and other Japanese artists. Bonnard was a leading figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism. He painted landscapes, urban scenes, portraits and intimate domestic scenes, where the backgrounds, colors and painting style usually took precedence over the subject.