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SIXTH ARMY SPLITS JAPANESE ON LUZON; Overruns 37-Mile Stretch of Vital North-South Highway, Smashes Enemy in North

By Lindesay Parrott By Wireless To the New York Times

US troops occupy 37-mi stretch of Highway 3 from Sison to Paniqui; split Japanese, isolating forces in western mts, Baguio dist and northern Luzon; repel Jap attacks between Rosario and Urdaneta; take San Felipe and Asingan; drive into foothills north of Pozorrubio; seize Carmen and San Manuel; move south from Santa Ignacia toward Tarlac; MacArthur repts 1/2 of Jap rolling stock destroyed; US planes bomb former US naval base, Olongapo; raid Laoag, Lipa, Legaspi and San Marcelino airfields; US troops land unopposed on Ponson and Poro, Camotes Islands; US planes hit Negros; UP dispatch indicates US troops within 7 mi of Tarlac, Luzon; Tokyo radio hints at possible new US landings, reptg US planes scouting southern Luzon; Binalonan battle noted; US forces seize rail supplies, Paniqui; map

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Notable Births

Arthur Beetson

1945Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)[†]

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Pete Kircher

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Martin Shaw

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Notable Deaths

Rash Behari Bose

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