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January 10, 1944

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SOVIET GAINS ON 2 FRONTS MENACE FOE'S LAST RAIL LINES IN UKRAINE; ALLIES CUT INTO CASSINO DEFENSE; BIG TRAP IS CLOSING Vatutin and Koneff Are Reported to Be Only 38 Miles Apart WEATHER HELPS RUSSIANS One Ukraine Drive Opened on First Clear Day After Long Period of Storms SOVIET GAINS PERIL UKRAINE RAIL LINES

By W.h. Lawrenceby Cable To the New York Times

USSR press notes conditions during USSR drive on Kirovograd

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ALLIED FLIERS HELP NEW BRITAIN DRIVE; Drop 58 Tons of Bombs on Foe in Borgen Bay Area -- Rabaul Airdromes Are Pounded ALLIED FLIERS BACK NEW BRITAIN DRIVE

By the Associated Press

US marines aided by planes attack Japanese Borgen Bay area; patrols clash with foe south of Cape Gloucester airdrome; US planes fire Cape St George; down 10 Jap planes; raid Vunakanau, Lakunai and Tobera airdromes, Rabaul; US troops contact Japanese, Umlingolu and Didmop villages, Arawe; Australian drive continues, Huon Peninsula; US planes silence gun positions, Alexishafen airfield; raid Uligan Harbor; sink or damage 6 Jap barges in harbor; US PT boats sink 5 Jap troop barges, Pommern Bay; Jap radio tells pub of increased Allied raids on Rabaul; hints Allies may have airstrip in operation, Arawe area

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REPUBLICAN CHIEFS MASSED IN CHICAGO TO MAP '44 DRIVE; Supporters of Willkie, Bricker, Stassen Start Moves on Eve of National-State Parley DEWEY WIDELY DISCUSSED Willkie Foe Assail Speech by Gov. Wills -- Spangler Says New Deal Can't Drop Title REPUBLICAN CHIEFS MASSED IN CHICAGO

By James A. Hagertyspecial To the New York Times

party leaders debate Wills s, Chicago

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BOWLES 'FAILURES' LISTED BY MAYOR; OPA Head Is Accused of Not Keeping Promises to Protect Consumers, End Politics BOWLES 'FAILURES' LISTED BY MAYOR

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LaGuardia asks Admr Bowles for sales-by-weight order; city aides warn against tie-in sales

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1944Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American comics and fantasy artist (died 2011)^[†]

Jeffrey Catherine Jones was an American artist whose work is best known from the late 1960s through the 2000s. Jones created the cover art for more than 150 books through 1976, as well as venturing into fine art during and after this time. Fantasy artist Frank Frazetta supposedly described Jones as "the greatest living painter" and she included the quote on her website, but the source of the quote is unknown and Frazetta denied ever having said it when asked. Although Jones first achieved fame as simply Jeff Jones and later as Jeffrey Jones, she transitioned to female and added Catherine as a middle name in 1998.

1944William Sanderson, American actor^[†]

William Sanderson is an American retired actor. He played J. F. Sebastian in the feature film Blade Runner (1982), and had regular roles on several television series, playing Larry on Newhart (1982–1990), E. B. Farnum on Deadwood, and Sheriff Bud Dearborne on True Blood.

1944Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (died 2016)^[†]

Francis Wayne Sinatra, known professionally as Frank Sinatra Jr., was an American jazz and big band singer, songwriter, and conductor.

Headlines from January 10, 1944

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ALLIED FLIERS HELP NEW BRITAIN DRIVE; Drop 58 Tons of Bombs on Foe in Borgen Bay Area -- Rabaul Airdromes Are Pounded ALLIED FLIERS BACK NEW BRITAIN DRIVE

REPUBLICAN CHIEFS MASSED IN CHICAGO TO MAP '44 DRIVE; Supporters of Willkie, Bricker, Stassen Start Moves on Eve of National-State Parley DEWEY WIDELY DISCUSSED Willkie Foe Assail Speech by Gov. Wills -- Spangler Says New Deal Can't Drop Title REPUBLICAN CHIEFS MASSED IN CHICAGO

BOWLES 'FAILURES' LISTED BY MAYOR; OPA Head Is Accused of Not Keeping Promises to Protect Consumers, End Politics BOWLES 'FAILURES' LISTED BY MAYOR

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