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House passes compromise appropriation bill for $5,617,470,000, 193-27; com cuts partially restored after Pres Truman plea
sessions on USSR proposals
Medina threatens to jail Davis for rest of trial following defense attack on him for ruling Gates article on Spanish Civil War as irrelevant; charges defense counsel H Sacher with deliberately contemptuous conduct; Gates testifies on role as teacher of Stalin's USSR CP history and text conflict with Marxist teaching of violent revolt
Speculation on future plans
SHANGHAI, Friday, May 27 -- Virtually no sounds of fighting could be heard today and residents of the northeastern section of the city, to which Nationalists retreated from the Soochow defense line, said that the Communists were rounding up Government troops who are surrendering without resistance.
1949Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician (died 2021)[†]
Hugh Clayton Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale was the eldest son of James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale, and the only son by his first wife Tuppina Cecily Bennet.
1949Christa Vahlensieck, German runner[†]
Christa Vahlensieck is a German former long distance runner and pioneer in the marathon for women. During her running career, from 1973 to 1989, she simultaneously achieved a world record in the 10,000 metres, in the 25k road race and the marathon; she holds 17 German championship titles.
1949Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (born 1890)[†]
LeRoy Robert Ripley was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, who is known for creating the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show, which feature odd facts from around the world.