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January 28, 1944

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HORROR TALE BARED; 3 Survivors Say Thirst Sent Men Crazy on 'March of Death' AMERICANS BURIED ALIVE Men Worked to Death -- All 'Boiled' in Sun -- 12,000 Kept Without Food 7 Days HORROR TALE BARED BY THREE OFFICERS

By Lewis Woodspecial To the New York Times

US Army and Navy issue rept on Jap atrocities toward US and Filipino armed forces captured at Bataan and Corregidor; data based on eyewitness accts submitted by Comdr M H McCoy, Lt Col S M Mellnick and Lt Col W E Dyess; more than 5,200 US prisoners and more Filipinos dead as mistreatment result

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REPUBLICANS BACK VOTE BILL CHANGES AMID WARM DEBATE; Ball Measure Offered Senate Would Allow State Control Where Laws Conform PARTISANSHIP BOILS OVER Holman Call for Amendment to Bar Roosevelt From Race Assailed by Democrats Soldier Vote Bill Modifications Offered in Senate by Republican

By C.p. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

Sen Ball offers proposal providing for Fed ballot in those States which fail to pass suitable voting laws by July; measure backed by some Sens; Sen Holman offers amendment to bar Roosevelt 4th term; amendment stirs debate on 4th term issue; Taft and other Repubs attacked

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Red Army Expands Front Plunging Toward Estonia; Russians Sweep Westward on 23-Mile-Wide Front -- Tosno and Volosovo Taken -- 324 Guns Boom Record Salute RUSSIAN PUSH GAINS TOWARD THE BALTIC RUSSIANS SLASH ENEMY COMMUNICATIONS

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

USSR order of day and salvos announce Leningrad complete liberation through Tosno and Volosovo capture; other forces take Kositskoye near Leningrad-Vitebsk ry, and Verkhni Prikhon; Vichy radio repts new USSR offensive in Ukraine; Spanish Legion defeat reptd; map

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Notable Births

Susan Howard

1944Susan Howard, American actress and writer[†]

Jeri Lynn Mooney, better known as Susan Howard, is an American actress, writer, and political activist. She portrayed Donna Culver Krebbs on Dallas (1979–1987) and co-starred on Petrocelli (1974–1976). She is also a screenwriter and member of the Writers Guild of America.

RosalĂ­a Mera

1944Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (died 2013)[†]

RosalĂ­a Mera Goyenechea was a Spanish businesswoman and entrepreneur. At the time of her death, she was the richest woman in Spain and the world's richest self-made woman according to Forbes. In 1975, she co-founded the Zara retail chain with her then-husband Amancio Ortega Gaona. The company grew to become the world's largest fashion retailer.

John Tavener

1944John Tavener, English composer (died 2013)[†]

Sir John Kenneth Tavener was an English composer of choral religious works. Among his works are The Lamb (1982), The Protecting Veil (1988), and Song for Athene (1993).