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August 5, 1940

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LOSS OF SUBMARINE CALLED ITALY'S 15TH; Rome Admits Another Is Gone --Italy and Britain Report Successes in Africa LOSS OF SUBMARINE CALLED ITALY'S 15TH Gibraltar Raid Reported Derna Raided by R.A.F. British Claim Italian Post Fleet Reported at Sea Sardinia Attacks Described Drop Bombs Near Athens

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Ital communique admits submarine loss; Brit sources list Ital naval losses since June 10; claims Haiya and other Sudan towns bombed; Kenya and Brit Somaliland points bombed; Stefani repts Gibraltar raid; Popolo di Roma repts Ital submarine is escorting neutral ships in Mediterranean; RAF claims 3 ships at Derna, Libya, hit; French airmen reptd cooperating with Brit; Brit claim Ital post on Ethiopia border taken; Madrid radio repts Brit Fleet headed by cruiser Hood has left Gibraltar; Brit communique describes Sardinia raids; Ital planes drop bombs on Greek Hare Islands; engine trouble believed reason

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The International Situation; From the American Viewpoint In Europe, Africa and Asia

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Arguments as to what the United States could and should do to keep the war from these shores were presented to the nation yesterday.

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INDO-CHINA FALLING UNDER TOKYO RULE; INDIES PLANS NEAR; Japan Demands Many Rights in French Area--Kwangchowan Already Under Control BRITAIN FIRM ON ARRESTS Two Seized in London Will Be Deported--More Held in Rangoon and Singapore Secret Demands Made INDO-CHINA FALLING UNDER TOKYO RULE Indies Policy Expected Soon German View of Moves France Receives Demands

By Hallett Abend Wireless To the New York Times

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POSTPONING DRAFT HELD FATAL ERROR; Knox, Patterson and Adler, in Radio Symposium, Warn of Delay in Our Defenses

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Knox, Asst Sec Patterson and Col Adler reply to Burke-Wadsworth bill critics and urge passage, in Mil Training Camps Assn radio forum; draft denounced at N Y Emergency Peace Mobilization rally

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WILLKIE ARRIVES IN IOWA CAPITAL FOR FARM PARLEY; Des Moines Crowd Welcomes Him After a 600-Mile Air Trip From Colorado CARR, STASSEN WITH HIM Candidate Will Confer With Leaders in Agriculture From Ten States

By James C. Hagerty Special To the New York Times

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Notable Births

1940Bobby Braddock, American country music songwriter, musician, and producer^[†]

Robert Valentine Braddock is an American country songwriter and record producer. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Braddock has contributed numerous hit songs during more than 40 years in the industry, including 13 number-one hit singles.

1940Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor (died 2024)^[†]

Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr. was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, twice earning first-team All-American honors. Gabriel was the second overall pick in the 1962 NFL draft and played for the Los Angeles Rams for 11 seasons then five years for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was notable for being the first NFL quarterback of Filipino-American descent, as well as winning the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in 1969.

1940Rick Huxley, English bass player (died 2013)^[†]

The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark was the group's leader, producer and co-songwriter. In January 1964, they had their first UK top-ten single, "Glad All Over", which knocked the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at No. 6 in the United States in April 1964. Although this was their only UK No. 1, they topped the US chart in December 1965, with their cover of Bobby Day's "Over and Over". Their other UK top-ten hits include "Bits and Pieces", "Can't You See That She's Mine", "Catch Us If You Can", "Everybody Knows", "The Red Balloon", "Good Old Rock 'n' Roll", and a version of Chet Powers' "Get Together".

Historical Events

1940World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.^[†]

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.