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July 21, 1947

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QUEENS BUS LINES AND MAYOR ASSURE SERVICE FOR TODAY; Meeting at 2 A.M. Votes Not to Send 750 Strikers Back to Jobs This Morning EXPECT NEW MEN TO GO IN O'Dwyer Has Promised Police Protection -- Token Runs Are Thoroughly Guarded QUEENS BUS TIE-UP DUE TO END TODAY POLICE PROTECTION FOR GREEN LINE BUS IN QUEENS

By Paul Crowell

500 vote to continue strike; 2/3 of Queens service halted; O'Dwyer refuses to conf while men are out; co to start operations with new staff; police-protected token run illus

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CONGRESS SLATES INTENSIVE ACTION IN WIND-UP WEEK; All-Night Sitting Is Possible for Senate to Break Jam Over Vote Fraud Inquiry FUNDS BILLS DEADLOCKED But Leaders Count on Accords Which Will Permit End of the Session Saturday CONGRESS SEEKING CLOSE SATURDAY

By Samuel A. Towerspecial To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Congress, eager for departure, moved today into the scheduled final week of its session with the hope that morning and night sessions and a minimum of controversy would enable it to leave the heat of the Capital by Saturday.

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DUTCH TROOPS TAKE KEY POINTS IN JAVA AS TRUCE CRUMBLES; Republic's Offices in Batavia and Some Leaders Seized Without Any Bloodshed GUNFIRE STARTS NEAR CITY Netherlands Justifies Attack by Recounting Indonesian Violations of Accord Dutch Take Key Points in Java As Truce Agreement Crumbles DUTCH SWING INTO ACTION ON JAVA

By the Associated Press

Dutch mil action begins with end of 8-mos truce: Dutch seize key points and 3 Repub leaders in Batavia; map; van Mook cites factors allegedly leading to parley breakdown; Nehru backs Repub; Premier Beel broadcasts Dutch position; Brit Foreign Office statement expresses disappointment; rebukes Dutch for mil action

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Notable Births

Chetan Chauhan

1947Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricketer and politician (died 2020)[†]

Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan was a cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India. He played Ranji Trophy for Maharashtra and Delhi. Chauhan played most of his international cricket in the late 1970s and was the regular opening partner of Sunil Gavaskar during that period. Chetan Chauhan was appointed Chairman of NIFT from June 2016 to June 2017. He was also twice elected to the Lok Sabha from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, in 1991 and 1998. From 2018 to 2020, he was minister for youth and sports in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.