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PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION: Moves to repeal pr reptd under consideration by Dem and Repub leaders; backers see possible referendum in Fall, '47, likely to succeed; proposal to elect Council members along Sen dist lines to be offered
Sends message to Centralia Ill, UMWA local on mine accident; text
Brit decide pub, preferably Jewish community, should pay for damage to oil installations by terrorists; fires under control; Stern gang claims responsibility; women and children on illegal immigrant SS Modeleth transshipped to Cyprus; violence noted
US POLICY: Sen Vandenberg amendment to Greek-Turkish aid bill seen as answer to charges that Truman Doctrine by-passes UN; Meth Ch group opposes doctrine; Marshal Tito charges doctrine is imperialist
1947Alain Connes, French mathematician and academic[†]
Alain Connes is a French mathematician, known for his contributions to the study of operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. He was a professor at the Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982.
1947George II, king of Greece (born 1890)[†]
George II was King of Greece from 27 September 1922 until 25 March 1924, and again from 25 November 1935 until his death on 1 April 1947.
1947The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.[†]
During April 1947, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) experienced a series of non-violent mutinies amongst the enlisted sailors of four ships and two shore bases. Over 20% of the RNZN's enlisted personnel were punished or discharged for their involvement. The main cause was the poor rates of pay compared to the rest of the New Zealand Defence Force and equivalent civilian wages, exacerbated by the release of a long overdue government review which failed to address the issue. Sailors saw the new pay rates as still inferior to the other branches of the military, with the increases being consumed by taxes, inflation, and the cancellation of allowances and benefits. The poor living and working conditions aboard RNZN ships was another issue, compounded by sailors having no effective way to make dissatisfaction known to the higher ranks. Dissatisfaction with peacetime duties and opportunities also contributed, with many sailors locked into enlistment periods of up to 12 years, and demobilisation efforts prioritising those enlisted specifically for the duration of World War II.