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O'Dwyer wins strike delay; orders W Reid to study co finances; conf with TWU reprs and T W Kheel
Maj Gen Waitt testifies he lauded self and belittled rivals in memo to Vaughan to keep post as Chem Corps Chief; says he dictated memo in J V Hunt office; hints Hunt role in getting post of corps chief; denies link to corps contract with Hunt client Deering-Milliken Research Trust; illus
Sen defeats (60-32) Truman Reorgn Plan 1 to transform FSA into Welfare Dept; opposition led by Repubs-Southern Dems coalition; fear that O R Ewing would head dept cited; H Hoover in last-min plea for plan; Taft explains vote; denies Hoover repudiation; Hoover comment; roll-call
winter expedition under Rear Adm Byrd postponed indefinitely
strain feared as effect of dollar crisis
1949Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul[â ]
Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2009, he served as a United States Senator for Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. First elected as a member of the DemocraticâFarmerâLabor Party (DFL), Coleman became a Republican in 1996. Elected to the Senate in 2002, he was narrowly defeated in his 2008 reelection bid. To date, he is the last Republican to have represented Minnesota in the U.S. Senate.
1949Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer (died 2013)[â ]
Sue Draheim was an American fiddler, boasting a more than forty year musical career in the US and the UK. Growing up in North Oakland, Draheim began her first private violin lessons at age eleven, having started public school violin instruction at age eight while attending North Oakland's Peralta Elementary School. She also attended Claremont Jr. High, and graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1967.
1949Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician[â ]
Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, known professionally as Julian Fellowes, is an English actor, novelist, writer, producer, film director, and Conservative peer. He has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and two Emmy Awards as well as nominations for four BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Olivier Awards, and a Tony Award.
1949Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (died 2017)[â ]
John Thomas "Sib" Hashian was an American musician, best known as a drummer for the rock band Boston.
1949Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (born 1891)[â ]
Gregorio MiliĂĄn Perfecto was a Filipino journalist, politician and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1945 to 1949. A controversial figure who was described as an "apostle of liberal causes", Perfecto was notable for his libertarian views, his colorful writing style, and the frequency of his dissenting opinions while on the Supreme Court.
1949The 6.7 Ms⯠Karlıova earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 320â450 dead.[â ]
The 1949 Karlıova earthquake occurred at 18:44 UTC on 17 August with an epicenter near Karlıova in Bingöl Province, Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.7, a maximum felt intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale, and caused 320â450 casualties and destroyed 3,500 buildings.
1949Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge.[â ]
The Matsukawa derailment occurred at 03:09 AM on August 17, 1949 when a TĆhoku Main Line passenger train derailed and overturned between Kanayagawa and Matsukawa stations in Fukushima Prefecture of Japan, killing three crew members. Together with the Mitaka and Shimoyama incidents, it was one of three major criminal cases involving allegations of sabotage blamed by the government on the Japanese Communist Party and the Japan National Railway Union in the immediate post-war era. Twenty people were arrested and seventeen were convicted in 1953, but eventually all were acquitted on appeal, and the case was closed without determining the real cause in 1970.