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artillery duel disrupts truce; Jewish qrs hit by small arms; UN blames Israel for Aug 16-17 firing
Govs reptd still split on details of 4-power control
Prime Min Nehru demands right to send troops to Secunderabad to insure security; demands Razakars disbanding, Parliament s; Indian and Hyderabad armies clash across border; 94 Hyderabadis captured, 31 casualties; Syria will not present Hyderabad case to UN
Local 100 exec bd meets; votes to dismiss Sacher; resolutions; denounces internatl bd for choosing Chicago site, bars 2 internatl vps M Kearns and J Fitzsimon from Local 100 activities and condemns several local members; gives Quill confidence vote; Hogan comments on Sacher dismissal
Meets with Natl Security Council on Berlin crisis
1948Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler[†]
Akihisa Mera , better known as The Great Kabuki , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is famous as the first to blow Asian mist in his opponents' faces.
1948Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (died 1971)[†]
Jean-Pierre "Jempi" Monseré was a Belgian road racing cyclist who died while champion of the world.
1948The flag of North Korea is adopted with the passing of the country's first constitution by the Supreme People's Assembly.[†]
The national flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea consists of a wide horizontal red stripe bordered above and below by a thin white stripe and a broad blue stripe. The red stripe is charged near the hoist with a five-pointed red star inside a white disc. The design of the flag is defined in the North Korean constitution and regulations regarding the use and manufacture of the flag are outlined in the country's national flag law. The North Korean government credits Kim Il Sung, the country's founder and first leader, as the designer of the flag. The flag was officially adopted on 8 September 1948, with the passing of North Korea's first constitution by the 1st Supreme People's Assembly. The North Korean flag is banned in South Korea by the National Security Act.