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October 29, 1940

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China Recaptures Capital of Kwangsi; Japanese Minimize Nanning 'Withdrawal'; CHINA RECAPTURES KWANGSI CAPITAL Announcement by Headquarters Yunnan Threat Changed Kunming Again Bombed French Guard Border

By the United Press

Chinese retake Nanning and reoccupy Lunchow and Ming River sector; Japanese withdraw to Indo-China claiming further Nanning occupation unimportant; Chinese in pursuit; foreign mil observers comment, Shanghai; Chinese deny Hanoi rept of Chinese-French clashes on Indo-China border; Kunming bombed; Domei repts Japanese bomb Chengtu and other Szechwan Prov sites; French speed Thailand border defenses; incidents reptd; map

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ARMS WORKS FIRED; British on Their Longest Flight of War Blast Factory at Pilsen OIL DEPOTS POUNDED Hamburg Attacked Again --Base at Lorient Is Heavily Bombed Reich Oil Plants Pounded ARMS WORKS FIRED ON LONG R.A.F. HOP Great Fires" at Hamburg Nazis Report Orphanage Hit

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

RAF bombs Pilsen Skoda arms plant in longest war flight; bombs oil plants in northwestern Germany, Hamburg, Lorient base, Channel ports, 14 airfields in Germany and German-occupied territory; Germans rept Brit hit orphanage and home for aged in Germany

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Notable Births

Connie Mack III

1940Connie Mack III, American lawyer and politician[†]

Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III, also known as Connie Mack III, is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 13th congressional district from 1983 to 1989 and then as a United States Senator from 1989 to 2001. He served as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference from 1997 to 2001.

1940Jack Shepherd, English actor, director, and playwright[†]

Jack Shepherd is an English actor, playwright, and theatre director. He is known for his television roles, most notably the title role in Trevor Griffiths' series about a young Labour MP, Bill Brand (1976), and the detective drama Wycliffe (1993–1998). His film appearances include All Neat in Black Stockings (1969), Wonderland (1999) and The Golden Compass (2007). He won the 1983 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play for the original production of Glengarry Glen Ross. He was also nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1977.

Galen Weston

1940Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited (died 2021)[†]

Willard Gordon Galen Weston was a British-Canadian billionaire businessman and Chairman Emeritus of George Weston Limited, a Canadian food processing and distribution company. Weston and his family, with an estimated net worth of US$8.7 billion, were listed as the third-wealthiest family in Canada and 178th in the world by Forbes magazine in June 2019.