ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS, on Leyte, Nov. 8 -- The Japanese appear ready to take the initiative from their pivot on the Ormoc Plateau, on the west coast of Leyte just south of the north coast, where their last organized stand may be made on this island.

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1944Chitresh Das, Indian dancer and choreographer (died 2015)^[†]

Chitresh Das was a classical dancer of the North Indian style of Kathak. Born in Calcutta, Das was a performer, choreographer, composer and educator. He was instrumental in bringing Kathak to the US and is credited with having established Kathak amongst the Indian diaspora in America. In 1979, Das established the Chhandam School of Kathak and the Chitresh Das Dance Company in California. In 2002, he founded Chhandam Nritya Bharati in India. There were ten branches of Chhandam worldwide. Until his death in 2015, Das taught dance as a way of life, a path for attaining self-knowledge and as a service to society.

1944Phil May, English singer-songwriter (died 2020)^[†]

Philip Dennis Arthur May was an English vocalist. He gained fame in the 1960s as the lead singer of Pretty Things, of which he was a founding member. May remained a member throughout the band's changing line-up over the years, and was one of the band's main lyricists. He was the primary lyricist for the album S.F. Sorrow.

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1944Frank Marshall, American chess player and theoretician (born 1877)^[†]

Frank James Marshall was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.

Headlines from November 9, 1944

THIRD ARMY TAKES 12 TOWNS IN DRIVE TO SOUTH OF METZ; Record Barrage Opens Blow -- Our Men Plough Knee-Deep Through Mud to Objectives

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President Says That Election Shows 'Reviving Democracy'; PRESIDENT HAILS ELECTION VICTORY

War Vote Here 72% for Roosevelt, 12% Higher Than Among Civilians; WAR BALLOTS HERE 72% FOR ROOSEVELT

PHILIPPINES ENEMY POISED FOR ATTACK; Heavy Rains and Hurricane Delay Battle for Foe's Last Line on Leyte

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