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US Sen Tydings to probe repts that US plans to transfer 150 B-29s to GB
2,500 Ukrainians march on USSR mission hdqrs, Munich, in anti-Communist demonstration; dispersed by US mil police; some hurt; group attacks Ger Communist hdqrs
To retire as Tale Univ pres, '50; Yale Corp statement
Yugoslav Macedonian Premier Kolesevski scores autonomy movement
MARION, S. D., April 10 -- The St. Mary's Catholic Church was wrecked by an explosion today while it was partly filled with Palm Sunday worshipers. Six elderly persons were killed and at least fifty persons were injured when the roof and brick walls came tumbling down upon them as they knelt in their pews.
1949Dorothy Allison, American writer (died 2024)[†]
Dorothy Earlene Allison was an American writer whose writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism. She was a self-identified femme lesbian. Allison won a number of awards for her writing, including several Lambda Literary Awards. In 2014, Allison was elected to membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
1949Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (died 2011)[†]
Bernd Eichinger was a German film producer, screenwriter, and director.