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Landis (Dean), J M, OCD exec dir
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The War Department waited today in momentary expectation that General Douglas MacArthur, Commander in Chief of the United States armed forces in the Far East, would report the beginning of a new and perhaps crucial attack by the Japanese forces on the Island of Luzon, site of the sole remaining American stronghold in the Philippine Islands.
Japanese penetrate Brit lines, Selangor
1942Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach (died 2018)[†]
Graeme Arthur Gahan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).