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October 15, 1942
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100-Pound Average Topped in 7 Cities
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HOTEL RENTS PUT ON CONTROL LIST; House Gets Bill Adding Also Lodging Houses and Commercial Buildings HOTEL RENTS PUT ON CONTROL LIST
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
bill reptd to House; Steagall comment; Byrnes testifies, House com
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JAPANESE STRIKING; Troops Go Ashore West of U.S.-Held Airfield in the Solomons COVERED BY NAVY UNITS Plane Base Is Shelled From Sea -- Major Assault by Foe May Be in the Making 5 SHIPS ARE SUNK BY U.S. SUBMARINES
By Charles Hurdspecial To the New York Times
Japanese land reinforcements west of airfield, Guadalcanal
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WILLKIE REPORTS, THEN RENEWS CALL FOR SECOND FRONT; Talking With President for 90 Minutes on World Trip, He Later Strikes at Critics MET 'MILITARY LEADERS' And His Appeals Were Based on Their Views, He Says -Will Give Data to the People WILLKIE REPORTS TO THE PRESIDENT WILLKIE AFTER REPORTING TO THE PRESIDENT
By W.h. Lawrencespecial To the New York Times
Willkie says Ger will never defeat USSR
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Notable Births
1942Hilo Chen, Taiwanese-American painter[†]
Hilo Chen is a Taiwanese-born American painter. He is best known for his photorealistic paintings of the female figure.
1942Harold W. Gehman, Jr., American admiral[†]
Harold Webster Gehman Jr. is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), Commander-in-Chief of the United States Joint Forces Command, one of the United States' Unified Combatant Commands, and Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He was also the Co-Chairman of the Commission that investigated the terrorist attack on the USS Cole and was Chairman of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) after the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry in 2003, killing all seven crew members.
1942Don Stevenson, American singer-songwriter and drummer[†]
Don Stevenson is the American drummer and a singer and songwriter for Moby Grape, a band which was formed in San Francisco in 1966 and continues to perform occasionally today.