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July 30, 1940

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Headlines from July 30, 1940

BRITISH REPEL MASS AIR RAIDS OVER DOVER, DOWN 20 PLANES; BOMB CHERBOURG OIL TANKS; NAZIS BEATEN OFF 80 Craft Attack Port in Fiercest Assault of the War GERMAN BASES POUNDED Berlin Claims 200,000 Tons of British Shipping Lost in Three-Day Period

By James B. Reston Special Cable To the New York Times

German planes attack Dover port; beaten off with loss of 17 planes; Northeast and Southwest Eng bombed; 1 German plane downed; Brit destroyer Wren sunk by German planes in convoy attack

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New U.S. Queen of Seas Receives Tumultuous Welcome in Harbor; Liner America Greeted From Sky, Land and Water--300 Join Mayor and Other Officials in Reception at Pier NEW QUEEN OF SEAS IS WELCOMED HERE Liner America Greeted From Land, Sky and Water as She Enters Port LA GUARDIA AT CEREMONY Serves Notice on World That Many More Can Be Built to Aid the Navy Larger, Improved Funnels Naval Fighters Circle Ship Ticker Tape Showered Down The America Moving Up New York Harbor on Her Maiden Voyage

By John H. Crider

arrives, N Y; LaGuardia heads welcoming com; illus; Capt Stedman's por

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ROOSEVELT ASKS A YEAR'S TRAINING OF NATIONAL GUARD; Requests Congress to Enact Law Authorizing Him to Call Troops to Colors QUICK ACTION IS URGED Grenville Clark, on Radio, Says Selective Service Will Give Inventory of Our Skills

By Frank L. Kluckhohn Special To the New York Times

Roosevelt urges prompt action on legis; offers joint resolution for Cong adoption, lr to Sen; lr text; Sen reaction

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ROOSEVELT VIEWS OUR NEW DEFENSES; Inspecting Speeding of Work at Norfolk, He Says We Will Feel Safer in a Year

By Charles W. Hurd Special To the New York Times

Roosevelt inspects new defenses at Norfolk, Va; illus

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WILLKIE COUNTS ON WILSON DEMOCRATS AND THOSE OF 1932; Says He Sees No Reason Why They Should Not Back Him Instead of Roosevelt NEW DEAL CALLED ISSUE Nominee Asserts Party Lines Will Be Broken--Predicts Cracking of the South

By James C. Hagerty Special To the New York Times

Conf with Willkie on campaign plans

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1940Patricia Schroeder, American lawyer and politician (died 2023)^[†]

Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder was an American politician who represented Colorado's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Schroeder was the first female U.S. Representative elected from Colorado and ran for president in 1988.

1940Clive Sinclair, English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research (died 2021)^[†]

Sir Clive Marles Sinclair was an English entrepreneur and inventor, best known for being a pioneer in the computing industry and also as the founder of several companies that developed consumer electronics in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Headlines from July 30, 1940

BRITISH REPEL MASS AIR RAIDS OVER DOVER, DOWN 20 PLANES; BOMB CHERBOURG OIL TANKS; NAZIS BEATEN OFF 80 Craft Attack Port in Fiercest Assault of the War GERMAN BASES POUNDED Berlin Claims 200,000 Tons of British Shipping Lost in Three-Day Period

ROOSEVELT ASKS A YEAR'S TRAINING OF NATIONAL GUARD; Requests Congress to Enact Law Authorizing Him to Call Troops to Colors QUICK ACTION IS URGED Grenville Clark, on Radio, Says Selective Service Will Give Inventory of Our Skills

ROOSEVELT VIEWS OUR NEW DEFENSES; Inspecting Speeding of Work at Norfolk, He Says We Will Feel Safer in a Year

WILLKIE COUNTS ON WILSON DEMOCRATS AND THOSE OF 1932; Says He Sees No Reason Why They Should Not Back Him Instead of Roosevelt NEW DEAL CALLED ISSUE Nominee Asserts Party Lines Will Be Broken--Predicts Cracking of the South

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