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August 29, 1942

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NAZI TANKS HALTED; Spearhead Is Smashed in Russian Ambush North of City RZHEV ATTACK IS PRESSED New Soviet Gains Reported on Moscow Front -- Firm Stand in Caucasus Continues NAZI TANKS HALTED NEAR STALINGRAD

By Ralph Parkerwireless To the New York Times

Zhukoff's offensive continues to develop west of Moscow; USSR counter-attacks continue northwest of Stalingrad; Ger tommy-gunners force wiped out, that area; Rzhev pressure grows under Zhukoff-Koneff plan; Ger tank spearhead smashed, Stalingrad area; von Bock forces including Rumanian and Ital troops suffer many losses; Gers cite new obstacles in Stalingrad fight; claim gains but rept rising USSR resistance

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Allied Offensive Grows; SOUTH REICH HIT IN AIR OFFENSIVE

By Meyer Bergerwireless To the New York Times

Brit hit war factories, south and southwest Ger; Gers raid northeastern Eng and East Anglia; RAF and US planes bomb Meaulte plane factory, France, Gdynia and Kassel, Ger Channel shipping; Allied filers reptd over St Omer and Etretat bases; Gers raid Bristol

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PUBLIC IS WARNED ON SOLOMONS FIGHT; High U.S. Official Says Enemy Was Not Engaged in Decisive Battle -- New Move Awaited PUBLIC IS WARNED ON SOLOMONS FIGHT

By C. Brooks Petersspecial To the New York Times

terms Jap attacks minor offensives

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Tulagi Won in 48 Hours; T.N.T. Buried Foes in Caves; TULAGI WAS WON IN ONLY 48 HOURS

By Robert C. Miller United Press Correspondent

R C Miller revs battle

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11 in Dieppe Shot, Many Reported Held

By Telephone To the New York Times

Gers shoot 11, imprison hundreds of civilians

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Notable Births

1942James Glennon, American cinematographer (died 2006)^[†]

James "Jim" Glennon was an American cinematographer.

1942Gottfried John, German actor (died 2014)^[†]

Gottfried John was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A longtime collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in nine of his films between 1975 and 1981, the year before Fassbinder's death, including Eight Hours Don't Make a Day, Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven, Despair, The Marriage of Maria Braun, and Berlin Alexanderplatz. His distinctive, gaunt appearance saw him frequently cast as villains, and he is best known to audiences for his role as the corrupt General Arkady Ourumov in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye and his comedic turn as Julius Caesar in Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999), for the latter of which he won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

1942Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (died 1995)^[†]

Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. was an American guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the rock band the Velvet Underground, usually playing electric guitar, occasionally bass guitar, and singing backing vocals.