Milestones, Jan. 29, 1945

Born. To Audrey Madden Chickering and TIME'S late Correspondent William Henry Chickering: a son, their second, ten days after Correspondent Chickering was killed by enemy air action in Lingayen Gulf (TIME, Jan. 22); in San Francisco. Name: William Henry III. Weight: 6 lbs. 6 oz.

Born. To Corporal Billy Conn, 27, Pittsburgh's curly-haired ex-light heavyweight champ who survived 13 rounds with Joe Louis and one grade B Hollywood role, now putting on boxing shows for U.S. troops in Europe; and Mary Louise Smith Conn, 22; their second child, second son; in Pittsburgh. Weight: 9...

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