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Sen Repub group maps plans for grant of gen investigative powers to subcom of Exec Expenditures Com, to be useful after War Investigating Com expires
Repr Andresen moves to set up special com to investigate farm produce speculation by Govt officials
House com bars aid shipments unless minimum carry-over is assured
S on NYC '48 fiscal program to be sought from NYS, Commerce and Indus Assn luncheon
Sen banking com approves Repub (Taft) resolution, almost identical with Wolcott bill; changes noted
1947Wes Studi, American actor and producer[†]
Wesley Studi is a Native American (Cherokee) actor and film producer. He has garnered critical acclaim and awards throughout his career, particularly for his portrayal of Native Americans in film. In 2019, he received an Academy Honorary Award, becoming the first Native American as well as the first Indigenous person from North America to be honored by the academy.
1947Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (born 1877)[†]
Christos Tsigiridis was a Greek electrical engineer and technological pioneer of his era. He is mainly known for setting up the first radio station in Greece and the wider Balkans based in Thessaloniki.
1947First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.[†]
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft. The primary mission of the B-47 was as a nuclear bomber capable of striking targets within the Soviet Union.