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RAF bombs 15 German air bases in France and Low Countries; map; Germany repts absence of raids; French Amb to Spain gets Brit reply on Marseilles bombing
RAF bombs Valona
lighting system discussed
Named Dodecanese Islands Gov; por; conf with Mussolini; Athens radio comment
Knox asks funds for improving ships' anti-aircraft defenses; Stark comments
1940Brant Alyea, American baseball player (died 2024)[†]
Garrabrant Ryerson Alyea was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals. In 1965, he became the ninth player to hit a home run on his first MLB pitch.
1940George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (born 1861)[†]
George Exton Lloyd was an Anglican bishop and theologian who helped found Lloydminster, a city on the border of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada. He served as Bishop of Saskatchewan from 1922 to 1931.