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Gov Dewey sends NYS Health and Pub Works Depts reprs to Yonkers; city fails to get new workers; 2 on City Hall janitorial staff strike; Peterson demands Deputy Controller Vangerow return to work; Westchester labor leaders warn of gen strike
Truman says he doesn't think filibuster will endanger program enactment
Resigns as Defense Sec, as of Mar 31
Norway asks for and gets inv to Washington talks; Amb Morgenstierne repts Parliamentary backing; Norwegian reversal of neutrality discussed
PSC orders rise effective immediately
1949Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (died 2011)[†]
Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh was an Abkhaz politician who served as the second President of Abkhazia from 12 February 2005 until his death on 29 May 2011. He previously served as Prime Minister of Abkhazia from 1997 to 1999. He was re-elected in the 2009 presidential election. Bagapsh's term as prime minister included the 1998 war with Georgia, while he oversaw both the recognition of Abkhazia by Russia and the Russo-Georgian War during his presidency.
1949Carroll Baker, Canadian singer-songwriter[†]
Carroll Anne Baker CM is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter.
1949Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (born 1882)[†]
Clarence Brickwood Kingsbury was a British track cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He belonged to the Paddington and North End cycling clubs.