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Demoted to Fed Reserve Bd vice chairman; commended by Pres Truman; differences with Sec Snyder cited; Cong and NY bankers reactions; por
Councilman Connolly protests against delay; Councilmen Sharkey and Hart defend com acts
Amb to Argentina Bruce listed as farm produce trader; comments
1948Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (died 2022)[†]
Ilkka Armas Mikael Kanerva was a Finnish politician and a member of the Parliament of Finland. He was born in Lokalahti, now a part of Uusikaupunki in Southwest Finland. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2008. Kanerva was a member of the National Coalition Party.
1948Bob Moses, American drummer[†]
Robert Laurence Moses is an American jazz drummer.
1948Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia[†]
Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor is a Liberian former dictator and convicted war criminal who served as the 22nd president of Liberia from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003 as a result of the Second Liberian Civil War and growing international pressure.
1948Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (born 1906)[†]
Hans Aumeier was an SS commander during the Nazi era who was the commandant of Vaivara concentration camp and the deputy commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp. One of the most important criminals at Auschwitz, Aumeier was extradited to Poland, where he was convicted and sentenced to death. He was executed in 1948.