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Dem leaders approve Lehman candidacy
NYC Dir Wallander issues air-raid defense guide; text; makes warning signal system effective Sept 11; invokes city law barring sirens use except for warning; will use Police and Fire Dept sirens temporarily; calls conf on advisory council orgn; Welfare Dept sets up 47 emergency centers
Truman calls Corps Navy police force; likens propaganda machine to Stalin's, reply to Repr McDonough lr asking Corps repr on Joint Chiefs of Staff; lr found in Cong Record and read to Sen; Sen Hickenlooper and other Repub Sens protest statements; Marine Corps League pres Nixon demands Truman apology; Commandant Cates silent; lrs texts
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1950Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (born 1886)[†]
William Olaf Stapledon was an English philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]