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Acting Chief Inspector Flath named Chief Inspector; extensive shake-up begins as other promotions are announced; 1 inspector demoted; another retires
Cong leaders rept, after White House conf, that '50 budget will reach record $41.9 billion, equivalent of $43.9 billion under budgeting method currently used
US musicians protest planned appearances of W Furtwaengler and W Gieseking because of their pro-Nazi record
Gen Pai Chung-hsi reptdly pulls troops back into Hankow from points up to Sinyang without consulting authorities; Communist broadcast to Gen Fu Tso-yi offers pardon as 'war criminal' in exch for surrender of forces, Peiping and Tientsin; Fu's troops seen loyal to Pres Chiang Kai-shek; map
Sen Vandenberg charges Dem scuttling in cutting Repubs membership on Sen Foreign Relations Com; Sen Barkley defends move
1949Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic[†]
Michael Kipsugut Boit is a Kenyan former professional middle-distance athlete whose career spanned fifteen years. He is a professor at Kenyatta University in the Department of Exercise and Sports Science. He is an uncle to Philip Boit, who became the first Kenyan athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics.
1949Carolyn D. Wright, American poet and academic (died 2016)[†]
Carolyn D. Wright was an American poet. She was a MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island.
1949Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1883)[†]
Victor Lonzo Fleming was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were the historical drama Gone with the Wind, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and the fantasy film The Wizard of Oz. Fleming has those same two films listed in the top 10 of the American Film Institute's 2007 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list.