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April 20, 1947

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Railway Increases Rates

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Detectives Garbed as Workmen Trap Fugitive in Police Shootings; POLICE NET SUSPECT IN SHOOTINGS HERE

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Seized in connection with Sgt Fitzgerald shooting, June, '46; linked to Detective R Sinnott shooting, July and to Patrolman H Schiffries murder, Jan

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THE MUSICAL PLAY COMES OF AGE; MUSICAL PLAY ARRIVES

By Alan Jay Lerner

OF one thing there seems little doubt. The musical theatre in America is becoming a vital medium of dramatic expression. This doesn't necessarily imply that operetta and musical comedy are through. It just means that a form called the "musical play" can be added to the list.

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COOPER IS STAR; His Single Sends Home Deciding Tally for the Giants in Fifth MIZE AND RIGNEY CONNECT Homers Account for 3 Runs Against Brooks -- Victory on Mound to Voiselle GIANTS CONQUER DODGERS BY 4-3 DODGER NEWCOMER SHOWS SPEED ON THE BASEPATHS TO GET SINGLE

By John Drebinger

By way of demonstrating that their sudden flair for belting home runs was something more than an opening-day flash in the pan, the Giants touched off two more gaudy shots at the Polo Grounds yesterday.

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Notable Births

1947Rita Dionne-Marsolais, Canadian economist and politician^[†]

Rita Dionne-Marsolais is a former Quebec politician and economist. She was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Rosemont in the Montreal region and represented the Parti Québécois from 1994 to 2008.

1947Viktor Suvorov, Russian intelligence officer, historian, and author^[†]

Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun, known by his pseudonym of Viktor Suvorov, is a former Soviet GRU officer who is the author of non-fiction books about World War II, the GRU and the Soviet Army, as well as fictional books about the same and related subjects.

1947Niko Lekishvili, Georgian politician (died 2025)^[†]

Nikoloz "Niko" Lekishvili was a Georgian politician who was a state minister, Mayor of Tbilisi, and a member of the Parliament of Georgia.

Notable Deaths

1947Christian X of Denmark (born 1870)^[†]

Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Iceland between 1918 and 1944.