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September 29, 1940

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Headlines from September 29, 1940

Standard Time Returns, New York Gains an Hour

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Dock in Chile Will Hold Our 45,000-Ton Warships

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New base planned at Pacific end of Panama Canal

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LORIENT ATTACKED BY BRITISH RAIDERS; Naval Building Station on the Brittany Peninsula Hit-- Channel Fight Goes On

By Robert P. Post Special Cable To the New York Times

RAF bombs Channel and Lorient ports, Havre, Ostend, Calais, Boulogne and Dunkerque; bombs indus points inside Germany; press taken on Berlin tour to refute Brit damage repts

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SOLUTION POSSIBLE, WELLES DECLARES; But He Says Nation Is Backed by Hemisphere in Preparing for 'All Eventualities'

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Under-Sec Welles s on policy

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Major Sports Yesterday; HORSE RACING

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Notable Births

1940Billy Cobb, English footballer^[†]

Walter William Cobb, known as Billy Cobb, was an English footballer who scored 38 goals from 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest, Plymouth Argyle, Brentford and Lincoln City. He played in midfield. He went on to play for Boston United in the Northern Premier League.

Historical Events

1940Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.^[†]

The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft built by the aircraft manufacturer Avro. Large numbers of the type served in a variety of roles for the Royal Air Force (RAF), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Royal Australian Air Force and numerous other air forces before, during, and after the Second World War.