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December 29, 1938

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FRANCE DOUBLING FORCES TO PROTECT SOMALILAND; 2 WARSHIPS ARE ON WAY; DESTROYER IS SENT Follows Dispatch Boat-Thousand Senegalese Sharpshooters to Go ROME CESSION HOPES FADE Independent Tunisia and New Suez and Jibuti Rights Seen as Possible Accord Basis 1,000 Senegalese to Be Sent Troops to Sail Dec. 31 FRANCE DOUBLING HER SOMALI FORCE

By Unknown Author

France doubles Somaliland forces; Senegalese sharpshooters to go; Reich press assails Brit rept on Ital troop movements; says France wants mediation

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REBELS PUSH DRIVE, BUT FOE HITS BACK IN THE TREMP ZONE; Insurgents Report Advance in Balaguer Region as Loyalists Strike Farther North BATTLE WAR'S GREATEST Franco's Forces Announce 19 Enemy Planes Shot Down-Still Attack Borjas Blancas 200,000 Rebels Engaged Forces Pour Into Seros Zone Rebels Push Drive, but Foe Strikes Back; Fighting in 3 Zones in War's Biggest Battle Still Aim for Borjas Blancas Claim Advance in Balaguer Zone Rebels Using Flanking Tactics Franco's Strategy Unfolding FRANCE

By Herbert L. Matthewswireless To the New York Times

Rebels push drive on Balaguer bridgehead (Matthews); Loyalist fortifications pierced; Franco's strategy unfolding; map

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Notable Births

Harvey Smith (equestrian)

1938Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster[†]

Harvey John Smith is a retired British show jumping champion. He stood out from the ranks of showjumpers because of his broad accent and blunt manner. His career was often controversial: in 1971 he was disciplined after he gave a "V sign" to the judges following a near-perfect round which won him the British Show Jumping Derby for the second year in succession; this act also earned him a 'tongue-in-cheek' part in an advertisement for Victory V sweets with the slogan 'They've got a kick like a mule!' The expression "Doing a Harvey Smith" entered the English language for giving a V sign.

Jon Voight

1938Jon Voight, American actor and producer[†]

Jonathan Vincent Voight is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Films in which Voight has appeared have grossed more than $5.2 billion worldwide.