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January 11, 1942

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Snowy Slopes at North Conway Are Attracting Sports Followers From the Metropolitan Areas; Powder Surface on Foot Base Gives Added Zest For Those Initiated to 'Christies' and' Tail wag' 8,000 Gayly Clad Get Lift at Week-End to Heights of Cranmore Mountain By-Way-of Skimobile

By Frank Elkinsspecial To the New York Times

NORTH CONWAY, N.H., Jan. 10 -- The popular Eastern Slope region of the White Mountains embracing Conway, North Conway, Kearsarge, Intervale, Bartlett, Jackson and Pinkham Notch, is now enjoying its best period of skiing this Winter.

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MUTUAL SUES RCA AND NBC AS TRUST, ASKING $10,275,000; Federal Action in Chicago Says Broadcast Chain Restrains Complainant From Business STATION DEALS ASSAILED Contracts Keep System From Cities Having 4 or Fewer Outlets, It Is Stated MUTUAL SUES RCA FOR $10,275,000

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Mutual Broadcasting System names NBC and RCA in conspiracy and trust suit

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ST. JOSEPH'S HALTS C.C.N.Y. BY 44-33 ON GARDEN COURT; Philadelphians Use Same Five Throughout to Score One of Campaign's Major Upsets L.I.U. TRIUMPHS BY 46-38 Blackbirds Check Georgetown for Their 14th Victory of Season -- 15,826 Attend TURNING THE PLAY IN THE OPENER AT GARDEN LAST NIGHT ST. JOSEPH'S TOPS C.C.N.Y. BY 44-33

By Arthur Daley

In one of the major upsets of the basketball season highly favored City College was badly beaten by lightly regarded St. Joseph's of Philadelphia, 44 to 33, last night before a gathering of 15,826 in Madison Square Garden.

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Maechance Wins Defense Handicap By Eight Lengths at Tropical Park; Entire $3,000 Purse Paid in Defense Bonds -- Histrionic Second and Jezebel II Third -- McCombs Completes Double on Victor MAECHANGE TAKES DEFENSE HANDICAP

By the Associated Press

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 10 -- The Defense Handicap, patriotic more than name only -- the entire $3,000 purse was paid in defense bonds -- resulted in an eight-length triumph for Phil Bieber's Maechance at Tropical Park today. Rushing to the front in the run for position, the 5-year-old son of Chance Shot widened his lead the farther he traveled and completed the mile and a furlong of sloppy going in 1:51 4/5.

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WAR PROBLEMS UP AT RETAIL SESSIONS; N.R.D.G.A. Will Study Shifts in Policies at Convention Opening Tomorrow WAR PROBLEMS UP AT RETAIL SESSIONS

By Thomas F. Conroy

Conv plans

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Notable Births

1942Bud Acton, American basketball player^[†]

Charles R. "Bud" Acton is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Alma Scots and Hillsdale Chargers. Acton was the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Player of the Year with the Scots in 1964. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the San Diego Rockets during the 1967–68 NBA season.

1942Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (died 2011)^[†]

Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr., also known as The Big Man, was an American saxophonist. From 1972 until his death in 2011, he was the saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band.

Historical Events

1942World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.^[†]

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

1942World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)^[†]

Tarakan is an island and co-extensively the sole city within the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. The island city is the largest urban area in North Kalimantan population-wise and is located in northern Borneo, midway along the coast of the province. The city boundaries are co-extensive with the island. Once a major oil-producing region during the colonial period, Tarakan had great strategic importance during the Pacific War and was among the first Japanese targets early in the conflict. It is the sole city within the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. According to Statistics Indonesia, the city had a population of 193,370 at the 2010 Census and 242,786 inhabitants at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 255,310.