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presiding Justice Sir W Webb begins reading ct verdict; ct holds Japan guilty of aggressive war against China and other allied powers; 9 million words of evidence presented at trial; other statistics
C L Sulzberger speculation on effects of US Dems election victory
PARIS, Nov. 3 -- The United Nations General Assembly unanimously asked the Big Five today to start a new era of cooperation and a few hours later heard the United States invite Russia to "high level" atomic control negotiations.
Referendums held on 41 issues
10 believed killed in B-29 crash, Eng; 7 bodies recovered
1948Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (died 2014)[†]
Alexis Jan Atthill Hunter was a New Zealand painter and photographer, who used feminist theory in her work. She lived and worked in London UK, and Beaurainville France. Hunter was also a member of the Stuckism collective. Her archive and artistic legacy is now administered by the Alexis Hunter Trust.
1948Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali (died 2020)[†]
Amadou Toumani Touré, also popularly known by his initials ATT, was a Malian politician and military officer who served as Mali's head of state twice, from 1991 to 1992 as acting president and again as a democratically elected president from 2002 until he was deposed in a coup in 2012.
1948Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1874)[†]
Albert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield,, born Albert Henry Knattriess, was a British-American businessman who was managing director, then chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) from 1910 to 1933 and chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) from 1933 to 1947.