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1948Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (died 2014)[†]
Alexander Vasilievich Ivashkin, was a Russian cellist, writer, academic and conductor. He was a professor of music and the Chair of Performance Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London since 1999, the director of the Centre for Russian Music, and the curator of the Alfred Schnittke Archive. In 1996, he published the first English-language biography of the composer Alfred Schnittke.
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Justice Dept orders arrest of suspect Mrs Iva Toguri D'Aquino; grand jury in San Francisco to sift treason charges; earlier arrest and release noted; war role described; Mrs D'Aquino int, Tokyo
NYC police rept on Kasenkina case rejects USSR version of kidnapping by Tolstoy group and suicide attempt; Consul Gen Lomakin reiterates charges, statement to press; Vice Consul Chepurnykh denies press accts of his int with Kasenkina; illus
B-29 sets non-stop distance mark at 5,792 mi, flying from Tampa, Fla, to W Coast and back with simulated 10,000-lb bomb load in 23 1/2 hrs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Three hours of closed-session questioning of Alger Hiss, former State Department official, left the House Committee on un-American Activities admittedly unable tonight to determine whether he or Whittaker Chambers, who accused him of leadership in an "elite" pre-war Communist "underground," was telling the truth.
Pres Truman signs and denounces Repub anti-inflation bill; says Cong session aided only privileged and scores Repub action as making average family bear inflation brunt; implies Sen Wherry gave reason for high prices in admitting Repubs killed OPA; Sen Millikin comments
Confs with western envoys on Ger
Min Kaplan announces Israel monetary independence; Govt to issue £ notes, to replace Palestine £, convertible at $4 to the £; exceptions noted; Anglo-Palestine Bank to issue currency and handle exch deals; Kaplan outlines Aug 15-Sept 15 interim plan; says GB is obligated to make good on $300 million in Palestinian funds she holds; Brit Treas says Palestine Currency Bd will continue activities in Arab portion of nation
Govs Dewey and Warren, in mapping Pres campaign, to stress States where Sen contests are close
Babe Ruth died last night. The 53-year-old baseball idol succumbed to cancer of the throat at Memorial Hospital at 8 o'clock, less than two hours after a special bulletin had announced he was "sinking rapidly."
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