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July 22, 1940

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THIRD-TERMREVOLT VOICED IN CHICAGO; SOUTHERN FOES ACT; Party Members Not in Kelly Fold Protest and Garner's Illinois Group Is Called MRS. WEST FOR WILLKIE Also Mrs. Kellogg Fairbank-- Charleston Rebels Form as 'Jeffersonian Democrats'

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Jeffersonian Dem party formed to back Willkie, S C

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Heat of 89 Kills Two in the City; Nation Swelters, Little Relief Due; Beaches Draw Largest Crowds of Season and Some Set Records for Decade-- 7 Drowned in This Area 89 HEAT KILLS 2; LITTLE RELIEF DUE WHERE THEY WERE YESTERDAY AND WHERE THEY WERE NOT

By Times Wide World

Highways were jammed with automobiles yesterday as millions of persons fled to bathing places and other resorts in an effort to escape the oppressive heat wave that has hung over New York City for three days, and over other parts of the nation for nearly a week.

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PAN-AMERICAN BAN ON 'FOREIGN' STATES WEIGHED IN HAVANA; Issue Raised as Axis Disavows Aim for Sovereignty Over Western Colonies HULL'S 'KEYNOTE' AWAITED He Surveys Latin Sentiment --Laredo Bru Pleads for Defense Solidarity

By Harold B. Hinton Wireless To the New York Times

ban on foreign States weighed, Havana

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RAID IS BROKEN UP; Outnumbered Pilots of R.A.F. Surprise Enemy by Bold Assault ONE MINESWEEPER IS LOST British Bombers Continue the Pounding of Docks and Fuel Bases in West Germany

By James MacDonald Special To the New York Times

RAF bombs Wilhelmshaven and Emden bases; Brit planes damage German supply ship

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The International Situation; In Europe and Africa

By Unknown Author

Germans claim 22 Brit planes downed

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Notable Births

1940Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian and academic^[†]

Judith Walzer Leavitt is an American historian.

1940Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer (died 2020)^[†]

George Alexander Trebek was a Canadian and American game show host and television personality. He was best known for hosting the syndicated quiz show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from its revival in 1984 until his death in 2020. Trebek hosted a number of other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, High Rollers, Battlestars, Classic Concentration, and To Tell the Truth. He made appearances, usually as himself, in numerous films and television series.

Notable Deaths

1940George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (born 1861)^[†]

Sir George Warburton Fuller was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd Premier of New South Wales, in office from 1922 to 1925 and for one day in December 1921. He previously served in the federal House of Representatives from 1901 to 1913, representing the Division of Illawarra, and was Minister for Home Affairs under Alfred Deakin from 1909 to 1910.

1940Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (born 1877)^[†]

Albert Young was an American welterweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a gold medal in boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics.