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Lt Gen W B Smith says USSR has been halted by US strength, s, Williamsburg, Va
Many feared lost in capsized pleasure crafts as squall hits suddenly, LI Sound, NJ-NY area
H A Wallace asks full rev by Sen
wind storm drops temperature from record 96.7 to 81; some damage
Russian Historical Inst speakers reptd to have assailed F D Roosevelt
1949Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (died 2013)[†]
Ludwig Georg Strauss was a German nuclear medicine physician and professor of radiology at the University of Heidelberg.
1949Jill Murphy, British children's author (died 2021)[†]
Jill Frances Murphy was a British author and illustrator of children's books. First published by Allison & Busby in 1974, she was best known for the Worst Witch novels and Large Family picture books, with sales amounting to several millions. Her books were adapted for stage and television. She was called "one of the most engaging writers and illustrators for children in the land".