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January 4, 1948

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RHODE ISLAND FIVE DEFEATS ST. JOHN'S IN GARDEN, 63 TO 59; Rams Stage Thrilling Rally in Second Half to Down the Redmen Before 18,459 MANHATTAN WINS, 53-50 Jaspers Set Back Dartmouth for Season's 8th Triumph -- Byrnes Is Top Scorer R.I. STATE QUINTET DEFEATS ST. JOHN'S

By Louis Effrat

A Rhode Island State basketball team, which refused to succumb even when confronted thrice by 14-point deficits, staged a nerve-tingling second-half rally that carried Frank Keaney's Rams to a 63-59 victory over St. John's of Brooklyn last night at Madison Square Garden.

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TRUMAN ACTIVATES REPUBLICANS' LAW TO CURB INFLATION; Four Agencies Are Assigned to Bring About Voluntary Industry Agreements CLARK TO PASS ON PACTS The President Urges Anderson, Krug, Harriman, Johnson to Cooperate for Efficiency TRUMAN ACTIVATES GOP PRICE MEASURE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Truman activates Repub law and delegates authority to Fed agencies; specifies duties of Sees Krug, Anderson and Harriman, Atty Gen Clark and ODT dir Johnson; asks each to appt working com

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Yale's Varsity Eight Shows Way To Penn by Three Feet in Thriller; 20,000 Watch the Regatta on Lake Worth in Florida -- Kelly Sculling Victor -- Eli Jayvees Win -- Quaker Pair First YALE BEATS PENN IN THRILLING RACE

By the Associated Press

Yale wins varsity event

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Big TNT Cargo for Tel Aviv Is Found on Freighter Here; 65,000-Pound Shipment Revealed as Case of 'Machinery' Is Dropped -- Stencil Traced to Warehouse in Bronx BIG TNT SHIPMENT FOR TEL AVIV FOUND

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An estimated 65,000 pounds of TNT were found accidentally yesterday in cases marked "used industrial machinery" that were being loaded aboard a Palestine-bound freighter at a Jersey City pier.

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Notable Births

1948Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (died 1992)^[†]

Kostas Davourlis born in Agyia, Patras, popularly nicknamed The Black Prince, was a former Greek footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A gifted and talented player, he was voted by the Greek sports magazine "Ethnosport" as one of the 50 best Greek football players ever.

1948Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2021)^[†]

Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé was a Malian politician and the Prime Minister of Mali at the time of the 2012 Malian coup d'état. She was the first female prime minister in the country's history. She was announced to the position by decree on 3 April 2011, replacing Modibo Sidibé. She held the position for slightly less than a year under the presidency of Amadou Toumani Touré before she was removed from office in the 22 March 2012 coup.

Historical Events

1948Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic.^[†]

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also referred to as Burma, is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by India and Bangladesh to the northwest, China to the northeast, Laos and Thailand to the east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the south and southwest. The country's capital city is Naypyidaw, while its largest city is Yangon.