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January 28, 1940

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Notable Births

1940Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso^[†]

Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business oligarch, investor and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world by Forbes business magazine. He derived his fortune from his extensive holdings in a considerable number of Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso. As of July 2025, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranked him as the 18th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of US$99.1 billion, making him the richest person in Latin America.

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IN MID-PACIFIC ISLE; Hawaii, Far From War Zone, Entertaining A Record Number of Vacationists The Modern South Seas The Beach at Waikiki Flower-Lined Byways On the Big Island

By Russell Owen

ALL seats in the flying Clippers to Hawaii are reserved six weeks ahead of time this Winter, the ships which move more prosaically on the surface are filled and the islands which Captain Cook discovered and ...

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RENTALS 'NORMAL' ON THE WEST SIDE; New Buildings With Small Suites Favored by Tenants in That Section RENTAL HANDICAPS CITED Apartment Construction This Year Tends Toward the Six-Story Type Building Operations Six-Story Trend RENTALS 'NORMAL' ON THE WEST SIDE Alteration Activity Changing Conditions TREND FROM MANHATTAN E.R. Stix Calls Tax Burdens a Chief Contributory Cause NOTES REALTY TROUBLES V.M. Earle Says Manhattan Suffers From Population Decrease SEES WEST SIDE GROWTH A.V. Amy Points Out Residential Advantages in That Area WEST SIDE FUTURE BRIGHT J.J. Meenan Advises Realty Owners to Maintain High Standards EXTOLS RIVERSIDE DRIVE J. Candell Says It Is Ripe for a New Building Development REALTY HANDICAPS CITED F.P. Fox Urges Action to Keep Business Firms Here

By Frank W. Crane

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SOUTH AFRICA VOTE BEATS PEACE MOVE; House of Assembly Defeats Hertzog Motion to Call Off War With Reich, 81 to 59

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Gen Hertzog and Dr Malan indicate United and Nationalist parties merger

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THE NATION; PREDICTING "IGNOMINIOUS DEFEAT"

By Times Wide World

At noon of Monday, Jan. 20, 1940, only fifty-one weeks from tomorrow, the second Presidential term of Franklin D. Roosevelt will come to a close. Will his tenure be extended by re-election? That question remained ...

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BRITISH OFFENSIVE SEEN BY CHURCHILL; Hitler Has Lost First Phase of War and New Blows Will Follow, Says First Lord BRITISH OFFENSIVE SEEN BY CHURCHILL

By Raymond Daniell Special Cable To the New York Times

Churchill says Brit must win or face Czechoslovakia and Poland fate; text

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'Planned Parenthood'

By Unknown Author

The American Institute of Public Opinion last week released the results of a poll on birth control. Did the public approve the distribution of birthcontrol information to married persons by government health clinics? Of those ...

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MORE SPAS IN WEST; California Enjoying a Big Winter Season, Plans to Develop Her Mineral Springs Increase in Skiing Golf and Tennis Around Santa Barbara CALIFORNIA DEVELOPS HER SPAS

By Tom White

SAN FRANCISCO--Radical changes in the travel habits of Americans--especially those seeking the benefit of curative properties found in the waters of European spas--are being felt in California.

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The International Situation

By Unknown Author

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PRINCETON DEFEATS CORNELL FIVE, 30-23; Tigers Capture Their Eastern League Opener at Ithaca --Meyerholz Sets Pace

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

ITHACA, N.Y., Jan. 27--Princeton's basketball team took first place in the Eastern Intercollegiate League by beating Cornell, 30 to 23, in Barton Hall tonight. It was the Tigers' first circuit game.

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Miss Rosemary Charlesworth Married in South Orange Home to James Timpson

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J., Jan. 27 --Miss Rosemary Charlesworth, daughter of Harry Preston Charlesworth of South Orange, and the late Mrs. Charlesworth, was married here this evening to James Timpson, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Winston Timpson of Orange.

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Realty Licenses Rise As Trading Improves

By Unknown Author

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A 'Day in Cannes' To Help Hospital; Costume Fete on Feb. 21 Will Assist American Group At Mougins, France

By Unknown Author

A costume fete entitled "A Day in Cannes," which subscribers will attend clad in bathing suits and other beach apparel and "play clothes," will be held on the night of Feb. 21--Washington's Birthday

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