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Truman makes statement on pact
Gov Gibson urges Fed measures to overcome shortage
Anderson repts on conf; hints US will bar further aid to nations in USSR orbit
Pres Truman opposes rise, pub statement
1947Lydia Davis, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist[†]
Lydia Davis is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes very short stories. Davis has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Swann's Way by Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
1947Pridiyathorn Devakula, Thai economist and politician, Thai Minister of Finance[†]
Mom Rajawongse Pridiyathorn Devakula is a Thai economist. He was the Governor of the Bank of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. Following the 2006 Thai coup d'état he served as minister of finance and deputy prime minister in the interim civilian government led by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont. Following the 2014 Thai coup d'état he was appointed a deputy prime minister in the first military appointed cabinet under General Prayut Chan-o-cha. Two days earlier he had resigned from his position as chairman of the board of Post Publishing PLC, the publisher of the Bangkok Post, Thailand's leading English-language newspaper.
1947Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2019)[†]
Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Called an "outsider genius," he was a founding member and leader of the 13th Floor Elevators as well as a pioneer of psychedelic rock music during the mid-to late 1960s.
1947Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (born 1893)[†]
Walter Donaldson was a prolific American popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Songbook.