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[March 13th, 1946] A mine explosion damaged houses and the Cliff Castle Hotel in Dalkey, Dublin. Windows shattered, roofs were pierced, and furniture was destroyed. No one was seriously injured, and a nearby greenhouse was completely shattered.
[March 13th, 1946] Mrs. Mawa Munemori received her son Pvt. Sadao Munemori's posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor. He sacrificed his life to save two buddies during fighting in Italy two days before V-E Day.
[March 13th, 1946] This 1946 UN resolution demands African self-determination, rejects colonial expansion, and calls for labor protections, representation in international bodies, and immediate political autonomy for African peoples under UN supervision.
[March 13th, 1946] Japanese workmen will scrap rusting remnants of the defeated fleet. Battleships and carriers will be destroyed or used for atomic bomb tests at Bikini atoll.
[March 13th, 1946] The western film "Song of Arizona", directed by Frank McDonald and starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and George "Gabby" Hayes, premieres in theaters.
[March 13th, 1946] 84-year-old V.C. Minnelli learned he had become a grandfather when his daughter-in-law Judy Garland gave birth to a six-pound girl named Liza.
[March 13th, 1946] WCCO and KSTP Radio advertisements in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune
[March 13th, 1946] Columbus Lockbourne Army Air Base has recalled 300 dismissed civilian workers for 30 days after a Continental Air Force commission conference.
[March 13th, 1946] A crowd of African American Women's Army Corps members waving at the camera, Staten Island Terminal, New York Port of Embarkation
[March 13th, 1946] Eddie Cantor Radio Show
Brownell was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1895 and received a Bronze Medal at the Paris Exposition in 1900. Here are some of his works:
[March 13th, 1946] Franklin Brownell, a noted Canadian painter and art teacher, died in Ottawa at age 88 following a seven-month illness. He was a pioneer art instructor in Ottawa and led the Women's Art Association for 50 years.
[March 13th, 1946] The Pope appealed for Christian charity in easing U.S. immigration restrictions and criticized Europe's forcible repatriation of displaced persons as inhumane.
[March 13th, 1946] 39-year-old Samuel Beckett experienced a profound creative epiphany. Often referred to as his "revelation," this moment marked the point where he decided to pivot from writing in English to writing in French.
[March 13th, 1946] There He Goes Again! (Minneapolis Star-Journal)
[March 13th, 1946] The Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State
[March 13th, 1946] Today's Nancy comic by Ernie Bushmiller
[March 13th, 1946] The Yugoslav secret police was officially reorganized, leading to the creation of UDBA (the State Security Administration).
[March 13th, 1946] CIO unions accepted 18½ cent wage increases to end strikes at General Motors and General Electric, settling disputes affecting 275,000 workers and ending GM's 113-day walkout.
[March 13th, 1946] Hermann Goering testified at Nuremberg that he urged construction of long-range bombers capable of attacking American factories before the war began.
[March 13th, 1946] One of several attempts to bring back the Territorial Enterprise, Helen Dorst began publishing a paper by that name. This effort was printed in Carson City, and only lasted seven issues with the final one printed for Jun 12, 1946.
[March 13th, 1946] Tzila Netanyahu and Benzion Netanyahu, a professor emeritus of history at Cornell University, has a new son, Yonatan Netanyahu
[March 12th, 1946] Winston Churchill placed a wreath of white carnations on Franklin D. Roosevelt's grave in Hyde Park, NY. The former British Prime Minister stood in silence beside the burial site before attending a luncheon with Eleanor Roosevelt and other guests.
[March 12th, 1946] President Truman's Famine Emergency Committee urges Americans to reduce wheat and fat consumption by 40% and 20% respectively to help avert world famine.
[March 12th, 1946] Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved a $30 million civic improvement program including a $10 million school bond that passed 6-to-1. They also elected Mayor William Devin to a third term and approved a $7.5 million public safety building plus pay increases for police and firemen
[March 12th, 1946] Colorful covers of today's comic book issues
[March 12th, 1946] Philip Merivale, 59, English actor died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, California following a heart attack. Born in India, he won fame playing Shakespearean roles with Ellen Terry and later starred in films like Pygmalion and School for Scandal.
The plan includes creating an air university for advanced officer training.
[March 12th, 1946] General Spaatz advocates a strong peacetime air force equal to ground and naval services as the best defense against surprise attacks. He proposes one unified military department with equal standing for all branches and three combat air commands: strategic, defensive, and tactical