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April 27, 1942

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CHINESE RETAKE EAST BURMA CITY; But Japanese Move North on Railway in Central Area, Occupying Yamethin A GAIN AND A LOSS ON THE BURMA FRONT CHINESE RETAKE EAST BURMA CITY

By David Andersonwireless To the New York Times

Chinese retake Taunggyi

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ARMY TO DIM SHORE; ALL OF EAST TO BE NEW MILITARY AREA; General Drum Reveals Plans to Protect Shipping and Control Enemy Aliens 16 STATES ARE INVOLVED Action Is Like That Taken on Pacific Coast, but No Mass Evacuations Are Expected 16 States Included in Eastern Military Area; Army to Dim Shore Lights and Control Aliens EASTERN MILITARY AREA AND ITS CHIEF

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2 DEAD, 233 HURT IN WRECK OF TRAIN IN HUDSON TUBES; TRAPPED VICTIMS IN PANIC; FIRE ADDS TO PERIL Rescuers in Gas Masks Save Many Screaming in Darkened Coaches MEN SMASH CAR WINDOWS One Car Climbs Platform of Station at Exchange Place -- Child Pinned in Debris DERAILED IN JERSEY CITY WRECK LAST NIGHT 2 DEAD, 233 HURT IN WRECK IN TUBE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hudson & Manhattan RR train wreck, 2 dead; 233 hurt, Jersey City, illus; power failure stalls train, N Y C

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Notable Births

1942Ruth Glick, American author^[†]

Ruth Glick is an American writer of cookbooks, romance and young adult novels. She has written novels under the pseudonym Rebecca York; until 1997 these were written in collaboration with Eileen Buckholtz.

Jim Keltner

1942Jim Keltner, American drummer^[†]

James Lee Keltner is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America".