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in Shanghai; urges nation to redouble fight on communism; sees victory in 3 yrs; pledges aid to Li and Ho; calls Communist party 'willing tool of international communism'; por; reptdly plans no return to pres post
Gen Hershey says appropriation cuts will virtually kill draft system, House com hearing
Coplon atty tries to prove her search and seizure unjustified; asks papers taken from her be returned; Govt files affidavit to show why papers should not be returned or suppressed as evidence; reveals handbag to have contained extracts from top-secret FBI rept on Communist espionage and mention of names Martens, Poyntz, Lore and Silvermaster; also statements of own educ background and background of 3 potential espionage service recruits; affidavit shows hundreds of FBI spy repts found in her Justice Dept desk; cites her persistent inquiry into FBI repts on USSR diplomatic personnel; her atty tells press refs to names in purse memos were allegorical and for use in planned novel; that ref to 'Michael' is biblical
20th anniv luncheon; hons Comr W P O'Brien and R F Wagner Jr
1949Jeremy Cooke, English lawyer and judge[†]
Sir Jeremy Lionel Cooke, styled The Hon. Mr Justice Cooke, is a former judge in the Queen's Bench in the High Court starting from 2001 and was presiding judge for the South Eastern Circuit from 2007 to 2011, and judge in charge of the Commercial Court from 2012 to his retirement in 2016.
1949Paul Guilfoyle, American actor[†]
Paul Vincent Guilfoyle is an American character actor. He was a regular cast member of the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, on which he played Captain Jim Brass from 2000 to 2014. He returned for the series finale, "Immortality", in 2015. He also returned for two episodes in the sequel CSI: Vegas.
1949Bruno Kirby, American actor and director (died 2006)[†]
Bruno Kirby was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally..., Good Morning, Vietnam, The Godfather Part II, The Freshman, Sleepers and Donnie Brasco. He voiced Reginald Stout in Stuart Little.
1949The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.[†]
The Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon, better known by the abbreviation Hukbalahap, was a Filipino communist guerrilla movement formed by the farmers of Central Luzon. They were originally formed to fight the Japanese, but extended their fight into a rebellion against the Philippine government, known as the Hukbalahap rebellion in 1946. It was eventually put down through a series of reforms and military victories by Defense Secretary, and later President, Ramon Magsaysay.