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January 29, 1940

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FINNS HOLDING OFF RUSSIAN ATTEMPTS TO BREAK UP TRAP; More Hundreds of Invading Troops Reported Killed Northeast of Ladoga HEADY FIRING IN ISTHMUS Soviet Prisoner Says He Was Only Survivor of 70 in Unit-- Moscow Report Again Blank

By K.j. Eskelund Special Cable To the New York Times

Finns rept halting USSR force trying to relieve troops trapped north of Lake Ladoga and taking plane; Gen S Budyenny reptd leading USSR troops; slight air activity over northern towns; heavy firing, Karelia front; Russian prisoners found better trained and equipped than men used at war beginning

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Notable Births

Justino DĂ­az

1940Justino Díaz, Puerto Rican opera singer[†]

Justino DĂ­az is a Puerto Rican operatic bass-baritone. In 1963, DĂ­az won an annual contest held at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, becoming the first Puerto Rican to obtain such an honor and as a consequence, made his Metropolitan debut in October 1963 in Verdi's Rigoletto as Monterone.

Katharine Ross

1940Katharine Ross, American actress and author[†]

Katharine Juliet Ross is a retired American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

Notable Deaths

Edward Harkness

1940Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (born 1874)[†]

Edward Stephen Harkness was an American philanthropist. Given privately and through his family's Commonwealth Fund, Harkness' gifts to private hospitals, art museums, and educational institutions in the Northeastern United States were among the largest of the early twentieth century. He was a major benefactor to Columbia University, Yale University, Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy, St. Paul's School, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1934.

Historical Events

Sakurajima Line

1940Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.[†]

The Sakurajima Line is a railway line in Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company connecting Nishikujō Station to Sakurajima Station. It is also referred to as the JR Yumesaki Line (JRゆめ咲線). The entire line is within Konohana-ku, Osaka, and connects the Osaka Loop Line to Universal Studios Japan (USJ).