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May 2, 1947

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Notable Births

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.

Notable Deaths

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.

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Headlines from May 2, 1947

RAMADIER WILL ASK VOTE OF CONFIDENCE; French Cabinet Split by Reds' Desertion of Regime's Stable-Wage Policy RAMADIER TO ASK CONFIDENCE VOTE

By Harold Callenderspecial To the New York Times

Communists split with rest of Cabinet on policy

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Collins and Cohen Found Guilty In $775,516 Mergenthaler Fraud; COLLINS AND COHEN GUILTY IN SWINDLE

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J Lobel (Jimmy Collins) and I Cohen convicted

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HOUSE APPROVES KEEPING RENT CURB; It Decides by 204 to 182 to Let Control Stay Until Dec. 31 -- 10 Per Cent Rise Defeated HOUSE APPROVES KEEPING RENT CURB

By Samuel A. Towerspecial To the New York Times

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

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New War Plan to Provide Wide Power for President; Munitions Board Will Outline the Specific Actions for All Services and Industry When 'Cloud' to Peace Develops SPEED IS STRESSED IN NEW WAR PLAN

By Sidney Shalettspecial To the New York Times

Army-Navy Munitions Bd to encourage indus dispersal as natural econ development

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ARABS LOSE AGAIN; ASSEMBLY REJECTS MOVE ON PALESTINE; Nations Vote 15 to 24, With 10 Abstentions -- U.S. Leads Opposition to Proposal RUSSIANS SUPPORT IT Discussion of Independence of Area Held Likely Anyhow During the Debates Arabs Lose Move in U.N. Assembly

By Thomas J. Hamilton

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Price Cut Test On Amid Fanfare; Jackson Heights Reaction Mixed; PRICE CUTS START IN JACKSON HEIGHTS

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Jackson Hgts Plan opens with fanfare; merchant and consumer reaction mixed; J R Steelman sends Truman congratulations

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U. S. WOULD ALLOW ZIONISTS U. N. VOICE; Flushing Delegation Shifts Its View After Protests to Washington by Groups U. S. WOULD ALLOW ZIONISTS U. N. VOICE

By Clayton Knowles

Comment on his chmnship of UN Assembly on Palestine

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Million Parade in Moscow In May Day Honor to Stalin; 1,000,000 Paraders in Moscow In May Day Tribute to Stalin

By Drew Middletonspecial To the New York Times

Current US foreign policy linked to Hitler's imperialism, I Ehrenburg Pravda article

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ALEMAN DECLARES WEAK DEMOCRACIES INSPIRE DICTATORS; Tells Congress, That Strength of Free Peoples Lies in Their Hearts, Not Weapons RECENT WAR IS RECALLED Common Efforts to End Poverty, Despair in Hemisphere Urged by Mexican President STRONG DEMOCRACY URGED BY ALEMAN

By Virginia Lee Warrenspecial To the New York Times

Joint session hears Mex Pres Aleman; illus

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PHONE UNION HERE SPURNS $4 INCREASE; OTHERS VOTE TODAY; Repair Men Act After Leader Who Signed Pact Advises 5,000 to Repudiate It COMPANY SCORES REVOLT Threat of Loss of Strikers' Jobs or Pension Rights Brings Unfair Practice Protest PHONE UNION HERE REJECTS $4 RISE

By A.h. Raskin

NY phone repair men (UTO) spurn $4 increase as leader C H Parsons repudiates pact, NYC rally; Beirne backs stand; other groups concur; demand new talks; co scores revolt and threatens jobs and pensions, C Whitmore statement; union counsel H Mayer charges unfair labor practices; US Conciliation Service closes case but tie-up continues as operators refuse to cross picket lines; strikers boo workers, illus

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