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24 Jap planes destroyed by Munda raid; Jap plane losses in Solomons battle put at 667
OPA allows fuel oil price rise in 30 States; Henderson warns on future supply; suggests dealer program
Illus making Xmas call on Negro family
Roosevelt studies repts from Eisenhower
USSR forces repulse Gers, Kotelnikov sector; gain 8 villages near Kotelnikov and many in middle Don drive; by-pass Millerovo in Rostov drive; seize towns on 3 sides of Millerovo; middle Caucasus offensive gains since Dec 22 discussed; gain, Nalchik offensive, central front, northwest of Moscow and west of Rzhev; fighting continues, Stalingrad; Stalin and Molotoff send Ukrainians Xmas message; USSR Gens Chorny and Terishkoff and other USSR forces gains described
1942Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemalan politician, 28th President of Guatemala[†]
Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo is a Guatemalan politician who served as the 40th President of Guatemala from 1986 to 1991. He also served as the Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA) from 2017 to 2021.
1942Catherine Coulter, American author[†]
Jean Catherine Coulter is an American author of romantic suspense thrillers and historical romances who lives in northern California.
1942Gray Davis, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of California[†]
Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr. is an American attorney and former politician who served as the 37th governor of California from 1999 until he was recalled and removed from office in 2003. He is the second state governor in U.S. history to have been recalled, after Lynn Frazier of North Dakota.