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January 16, 1944

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Notable Births

1944Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (died 2015)^[†]

Dieter Moebius was a Swiss-born German electronic musician and composer, best known as a member of the influential krautrock bands Cluster and Harmonia.

1944Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter and actor^[†]

James Wayne Stafford is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comedian. While prominent in the 1970s for his recordings "Spiders & Snakes", "Swamp Witch", "Under the Scotsman's Kilt", "My Girl Bill", and "Wildwood Weed", Stafford headlined at his own theater in Branson, Missouri, from 1990 to 2020. Stafford is self-taught on guitar, fiddle, piano, banjo, organ, and harmonica.

1944Jill Tarter, American astronomer and biologist^[†]

Jill Cornell Tarter is an American astronomer best known for her work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Tarter is the former director of the Center for SETI Research, holding the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute. In 2002, Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science.

1944Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (died 2014)^[†]

Judy Baar Topinka was an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the U.S. State of Illinois.

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Headlines from January 16, 1944

THE FRONTS

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The anniversary last Wednesday of the sixth month of the Russian offensive found the German General Staff faced with a crucial, eleventh-hour decision. Under the hammer blows of one of the most sustained drives in the annals of war -- begun July 12 in the ripening grain fields around Orel -- the Wehrmacht had suffered an unbroken series of defeats.

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Peru Charges a Revolt Plot By Germans and Japanese; PERU CHARGES PLOT FOR A NAZI REVOLT

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New Yr's revolt plot by Gers and Japanese reptd; action taken against plotters

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NELSON SETS PACE IN GOLF ON COAST; Cards a 69 and Holds Lead in San Francisco Open With 137 -- McSpaden Has 140 NELSON SETS PACE IN GOLF ON COAST

By the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15 -- Cracking par again with another superior round, Byron Nelson, the favorite, strengthened his lead in the $10,000 San Francisco Victory open golf tournament today as he passed the halfway point of the 72-hole event with a total of 137.

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St. John's Trips Temple, 36 to 32, For Eighth Triumph in Nine Starts; Brooklyn Five Wins at Philadelphia Despite Ingerman's Great Play for Owls -- St. Joseph's Beats Penn, 48-39 ST. JOHN''S SUBDUES TEMPLE FIVE, 36 -- 82

By Louis Effratspecial To the New York Times

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15 -- St. John's University, generally conceded to be the best basketball team in New York's metropolitan area, notched its eighth victory in nine starts this season at Convention Hall tonight, overcoming smartly drilled Temple University, 36 -- 32.

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Senate Puts 'Field Amendment' In Tax Bill, Cutting Loss-Taking; SENATE APPROVES 'FIELD AMENDMENT'

By Samuel B. Bledsoespecial To the New York Times

Sen approves armed forces cabaret tax amendment

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AUSTRALIANS DRIVE TO SIO'S OUTSKIRTS; Seize Much Booty in Push to Last Japanese Base on Huon Coast in New Guinea AUSTRALIANS DRIVE TO SIO'S OUTSKIRTS

By Frank L. Kluckhohnby Wireless To the New York Times

Australian troops take Nambariwa barge center; near Sio outskirts; US planes raid Bogadjim area and air bases, Rabaul; US marines continue attacks, Hill 660; battle described; US forces consol positions, Cape Gloucester airdrome area

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HULSE SHOWS WAY TO ONE-MILE RIVALS IN CLEVELAND MEET; Wins Handicap Race as Indoor Campaign Opens -- Daily, Off 55 Yards, Home Second HUNTER TRIUMPHS EASILY Ensign Runs Through Big Field in 2-Mile Event -- Thomas, Soldier, Scores Upset HULSE SHOWS WAY IN CLEVELAND MILE

By Robert F. Kelley

A new indoor track season opened in New York last night with the Grover Cleveland Democratic Club games at the Seventh Regiment Armory and Bill Hulse of the New York Athletic Club stepped at once into the headline role he has apparently inherited as the miler of the year.

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Unseasonal Thunder Causes 'Blast' Alarm

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mystery blasts explained by Weather Bur as unseasonal thunder

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MORE COAL COMING TO THE NORTHEAST; Ickes Also Requests West Virginia Producers to Hold Remainder for Emergencies Ickes Diverts Coal From West Virginia In Move to Ease Emergency in Northeast

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Ickes directs northern W Va high volatile coal producers to fill major northeastern States retailers orders and hold rest for him for emergency distribution; Disque in radio s repts dealers favor distribution only where immediately needed; urges consumers notify dealers 5 days before stock is gone; Health Dept rept

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WALLACE TELLS CIO VICTORY AIM ALONE GUIDES PRESIDENT; Statement at Parley Here Is Construed as Apology for Labor-Draft Proposal STIRRING DISCORD SCORED Vice President Attacks 'Some' Business Men, Lauds Others -- Farm Lobby Disowned WALLACE EXPLAINS LABOR DRAFT TO CIO

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P Murray scores States rights obstruction of vote

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