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Communist workers' coms warn daily newspaper eds to stop anti-USSR propaganda; Premier Pekkala to head delegation to Moscow; reprs of all parties included
Mirell, (Patrolman) J: H Coughlin confesses killing Mirell and wounding Patrolman J Zuckerman
Sen (Ferguson) subcom to investigate FBI and Atty Gen jurisdiction over inquiry into election frauds
comment on reaction to MacArthur announcement; strong Southern support seen; Wright on plans for MacArthur backers conf
Brit White Paper warns of Brit slump unless aid is speeded
1948Austin Carr, American basketball player[†]
Austin George Carr is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known by Cleveland basketball fans as "Mr. Cavalier". He was part of the Notre Dame team which defeated the UCLA Bruins on January 19, 1971, which was UCLA's last defeat until being beaten by Notre Dame exactly three years later, breaking the Bruins' NCAA men's basketball record 88-game winning streak.
1948Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist, and ballet dancer (born 1900)[†]
Zelda Fitzgerald was an American novelist, painter, and socialite. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, to a wealthy Southern family, she became locally famous for her beauty and high spirits. In 1920, she married writer F. Scott Fitzgerald after the popular success of his debut novel, This Side of Paradise. The novel catapulted the young couple into the public eye, and she became known in the national press as the first American flapper. Because of their wild antics and incessant partying, she and her husband became regarded in the newspapers as the enfants terribles of the Jazz Age. Alleged infidelity and bitter recriminations soon undermined their marriage. After Zelda traveled abroad to Europe, her mental health deteriorated, and she had suicidal and homicidal tendencies, which required psychiatric care. Her doctors diagnosed her with schizophrenia, although later posthumous diagnoses posit bipolar disorder.
1948Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (born 1886)[†]
Jan Garrigue Masaryk was a Czech diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948. American journalist John Gunther described Masaryk as "a brave, honest, turbulent, and impulsive man".