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Migration program near crisis because of housing shortage; admission quotas cut seen
Sen Byrd asks Cong inquiry on members
Shortage, Hunan prov
RC priests declare loyalty to Beran and bishops; score Cath Action tactics; text
C Derwent, returning to US with Hamlet troupe, detained by immigration aides, NYC, for 6 hrs; released; comments
1949Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer and coach[†]
Dennis Keith Lillee, is a retired Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation". Lillee formed a new ball partnership with Jeff Thomson which is recognised as one of the greatest bowling pairs of all time.
1949Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (born 1870)[†]
Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is considered an important example of Czech modernism. He worked towards a strong Czech identity in culture after the country became independent in 1918. His compositions include operas and orchestral works.
1949Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (born 1905)[†]
Francisco Javier Arana Castro was a Guatemalan military leader and one of the three members of the revolutionary junta that ruled Guatemala from 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945 during the early part of the Guatemalan Revolution. A major in the Guatemalan army under the dictator Jorge Ubico, he allied with a progressive faction of the army to topple Ubico's successor Federico Ponce Vaides. He led the three-man junta that oversaw the transition to a democratic government, although he was personally reluctant to allow the elected President Juan José Arévalo to take office in 1945. He served as the Chief of the Armed Forces in the new government until 1949. On 18 July 1949 he was killed in a shootout with supporters of the Arévalo government after he threatened to launch a coup.