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April 12, 1942

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NELSON, WITH 207, LEADS BY 3 SHOTS IN MASTERS' GOLF; Hogan Jumps to Second Place by Posting 67 for Total of 210 at Augusta BYRD IS THIRD WITH 211 Misses Big Opportunity When He Takes 75 -- Runyan Has 212 and Smith 214 NELSON, WITH 207, LEADS AT AUGUSTA

By William D. Richardsonspecial To the New York Times

AUGUSTA, Ga., April 11 -- A fellow-Texan, Ben Hogan, pro at the Hershey Club in Pennsylvania, today challenged Byron Nelson for honors in the ninth annual masters' golf tournament.

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Longer Life for Rubber Tires Seen in a Du Pont-Held Patent; New Solution for Casings Held to Reduce Wear From Road Friction -- Inventors Are Busy With Schemes for Airplane LONGER LIFE SEEN FOR RUBBER TIRES

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Assigned patent on plane propeller de-icing device

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Open Tennis for War Charities Is Urged By British Stars as They Leave on Tour; OPEN TENNIS URGED FOR WAR CHARITIES

By Allison Danzig

Miss Ruth Mary Hardwick and Mrs. Dorothy Round Little, the two foremost British women tennis players of recent years, left for Hartford yesterday to open a tour to raise funds for the British and American Ambulance Corps.

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Rutgers Rows to First Triumph Over Princeton in Varsity Race; Opens Season With One-Length Victory on Carnegie Lake -- Tigers' Freshman and Jayvee Crews Defeat Scarlet RUTGERS OARSMEN DEFEAT PRINCETON

By Robert F. Kelleyspecial To the New York Times

PRINCETON, N.J., April 11 -A new rowing season opened on the cold, windswept waters of Carnegie Lake today and the Rutgers varsity crew wrote history with Scarlet-tipped blades.

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DODGERS, YANKEES SHIFT TO STADIUM; Camilli and Herman Ready to Play Today in Scheduled Finish of Spring Series DODGERS, YANKEES SHIFT TO STADIUM

By Roscoe McGowen

"Just one more chance" will be the theme song of the world champion Yankees today as the "canceled series" with the National League champion Dodgers moves to the Bronx stadium.

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Notable Births

1942Bill Bryden, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2022)^[†]

William Campbell Rough Bryden was a Scottish stage and film director and screenwriter.

1942Carlos Reutemann, Argentinian race car driver and politician (died 2021)^[†]

Carlos Alberto "Lole" Reutemann was an Argentine racing driver and politician, who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1982 and served as the Governor of Santa Fe from 1999 to 2003. Reutemann was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1981 with Williams and—at the time of his retirement—held the record for most podium finishes (45); he won 12 Grands Prix across 11 seasons. A member of the Justicialist Party, he was a National Senator for Santa Fe from 2003 until his death in 2021.

1942Jacob Zuma, South African politician, 4th President of South Africa^[†]

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan names Nxamalala and Msholozi. Zuma was a former anti-apartheid activist, member of uMkhonto weSizwe, and president of the African National Congress (ANC) from 2007 to 2017. He is also the father-in-law of Eswatini king, Mswati III, as of 2024.