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September 9, 1947

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WALLANDER ORDERS WAR ON HOODLUMS; ' Get Them Off Our Streets,' He Tells Detective Commanders, 'Give Them the Treatment'

By Meyer Berger

Comr Wallander orders drive on hoodlums; use of strong-arm methods implied

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Red Filings Upheld in Test Case; CIO Union Loses in Federal Court; Red Filings Upheld in Test Case; CIO Union Loses in Federal Court

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FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 8 -- Federal Judge T. Whitfield Davidson today held the anti-Communist provisions of the Taft-Hartley Law legal, consistent and proper.

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INJUNCTION MOVE TO HALT BUS STRIKE SIDETRACKED AGAIN; Pecora, After a Conference, Says He 'Hopes and Belives' There Will Be No Stoppage UNION FIRM ON DEADLINE Mayor Also Attends a Parley -- Reveals He Canceled Trip to Mexico City WRIT IN BUS STRIKE SIDE TRACKED AGAIN

By Robert W. Potter

Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora, after conferring late yesterday with counsel for the Transport Workers Union and the New York City Omnibus Corporation, expressed his "hope and belief" that there would be no interruption of bus service by either side until "ultimate decision" had been made in the disputed arbitration pension award pending before him.

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TOKEN FIGHT WAGED AS JEWS OF EXODUS BEGIN DEBARKATION; 5 Hurt as Some Are Dragged Off Vessel at Hamburg -- Clubs Spank Resisters SECOND SHIP LANDS 1,400 Group Files Off Quietly After Broadcast -- Third Vessel May Also Be Unloaded Today TOKEN FIGHT WAGED AS JEWS QUIT SHIP

By Edward A. Morrowspecial To the New York Times

HAMBURG, Germany, Sept. 8 -- After a two-hour token struggle against British military police, 1,406 Jews turned back from Palestine debarked this morning on German soil.

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Notable Births

1947David Rosenboom, American composer and educator^[†]

David Rosenboom is a composer, performer, interdisciplinary artist, author, and educator known for his work in American experimental music.

1947Freddy Weller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[†]

Wilton Frederick "Freddy" Weller is an American rock and roll and country music and artist. He recorded for Columbia Records between 1969 and 1980. He had his highest charted single in 1969 with his debut release, "Games People Play".

1947T. M. Wright, American author, poet, and illustrator (died 2015)^[†]

Terrance Michael "T. M." Wright was an American author best known as a writer of horror fiction, speculative fiction, and poetry. He wrote more than 25 novels as well as novellas and short stories, over 40 years. His novels were translated into many different languages around the world. His works were reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, and many genre magazines.

Historical Events

1947First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.^[†]

A software bug is a design defect (bug) in computer software. A computer program with many or serious bugs may be described as buggy.