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WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Government possession of the country's railroads for the indefinite future appeared likely today. Negotiations between the management group and the chiefs of three unions ended without result.
repts convoy passes through Tel Aviv rd
US State Dept protests; demands release; bars detention of Amers merely because they are Jewish; informs other Arab States of policy; Pinkerton attempt to halt arrest disclosed; ship leaves other passengers in Haifa; Amer Zionist council urges US action
Nazi loot to be sold, NYC, to aid DPs; Parke-Bernet to donate services; illus
1948Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver[†]
Tomás Sánchez is a Cuban painter and engraver, known for his landscapes. Sánchez is the most expensive living Cuban painter.
1948Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter (died 2021)[†]
Kesavan Venugopal, better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Malayalam and also in Tamil, in a career spanning nearly five decades. He wrote screenplays and directed one film. Nedumudi Venu won three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Award South and six Kerala State Film Awards for his performances in various movies.
1948Claude McKay, Jamaican writer and poet (born 1889)[†]
Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
1948Finnish President J. K. Paasikivi releases Yrjö Leino from his duties as interior minister after the Finnish parliament adopted a motion of censure of Leino with connection to his illegal handing over of nineteen people to the Soviet Union in 1945.[†]
Juho Kusti Paasikivi was a Finnish politician who served as the seventh president of Finland from 1946 to 1956. Representing the Finnish Party until its dissolution in 1918 and then the National Coalition Party, he previously served as senator, member of parliament, envoy to Stockholm (1936–1939) and Moscow (1940–1941), and Prime Minister of Finland. He also held several other positions of trust, and was an influential figure in Finnish economics and politics for over fifty years.