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Communists split with rest of Cabinet on policy
J Lobel (Jimmy Collins) and I Cohen convicted
House approves bill extending control to Dec 31, '47; defeats 10% rise and Repr Patman recommital motion; approves Repr Redden amendment for local decontrol and 15% rise; other provisions
Army-Navy Munitions Bd to encourage indus dispersal as natural econ development
1947James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company[†]
Sir James Dyson is an inventor from the United Kingdom, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he was the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion. As of March 2025, Forbes lists Dyson's net worth as $13.3 billion.
1947Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (born 1920)[†]
Dorothea "Theodora" Binz was a Nazi German officer and supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp during the Holocaust. She was known as one of the most brutal, ruthless and sadistic overseers in the Nazi system. She was executed for war crimes on 2 May 1947.