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December 29, 1942

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GUADALCANAL FOE BALKED IN AIR AID; Our Planes Spot and Destroy Supplies Parachuted to Japanese on Island FOE ON GUADALCANAL REMAINS CUT OFF GUADALCANAL FOE BALKED IN AIR AID

By Charles Hurdspecial To the New York Times

US planes balk Jap efforts to supply troops, Guadalcanal, by bombing and strafing 30 cargo-laden parachutes, Tassafaronga beach; Jap and US lines stabilization indicated; US planes raid Jap bivouac area northwest of Kokumbona; bomb Munda airfield; revised rept on US attack on Jap ships off Wickham Is; Jap rept on Dec 26 Munda raid; map

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SOVIET TIDE SURGES ABOUT KOTELNIKOV; 12-MILE ADVANCE NETS SCORE OF TOWNS; JAPANESE CRUISER SMASHED AT RABAUL; MUCH BOOTY TAKEN Russians Say 17,000 Nazis Have Been Slain Since Dec. 12 SECOND PINCERS CLOSING Soviet Forces Are Expected to Meet Soon 100 Miles West of First Line SOVIET TIDE SURGES ABOUT KOTELNIKOV

By the United Press

Kotelnikov drive, since Dec 12

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Navy Bars Requests To Free Older Men

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

no requests for release of men 38 and over to be granted

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Philharmonic Appoints Rodzinski As Musical Director for 1943-44; RODZINSKI NAMED BY PHILHARMONIC IN PHILHARMONIC POST

By Unknown Author

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M'NUTT PLANS CURB BY ARMY AND NAVY ON HIRING OF LABOR; WPB, Maritime Board Would Also Aid in Enforcing the Manpower Body's Policies SHIFT OF WORKERS AN AIM Labor-Management Group to Get Proposal Today -- Ending of Discrimination is Sought M'NUTT PLANS CURB ON HIRING OF LABOR

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

WMC policy com to get McNutt proposal that WPB or any govt procurement agency handling contracts be called in to help enforce standards set for critical areas; employer refusing to meet standards would lose contract; power lacking to force non-essential workers to take essential jobs

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Notable Births

1942Dinah Christie, English-Canadian actress and singer^[†]

Dinah Barbara Christie is a retired Canadian actress and singer.

1942Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (died 2012)^[†]

Rajesh Khanna was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema, he is considered the first Superstar of Hindi cinema. His accolades include five Filmfare Awards, and in 2013, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour.

1942Dorothy Morkis, American equestrian^[†]

Dorothy Sarkis Morkis is an American equestrian who won a bronze medal for America in team dressage aboard her white gelding Monaco in the 1976 Montreal Olympics where she had the highest individual dressage score of any American Dressage Team competitor. In one of her mount Monaco's best showings, she won a gold medal in team and a bronze medal in individual dressage in the 1975 Mexico City Pan Am games. She continued to compete in high level dressage intermittently through the 1980s and 1990s and later taught dressage to students.

1942Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal^[†]

Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. is a Honduran prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Tegucigalpa from 1993 to 2023. He was president of Caritas Internationalis and served as president of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) from 1995 to 1999.