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March 3, 1941

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1941Mike Pender, English singer-songwriter and guitarist^[†]

Michael John Prendergast, known professionally by the stage name Mike Pender, is an English musician. He was an original founding member of Merseybeat group the Searchers. He is best known as the lead vocalist on many hit singles by the Searchers, including the song "Needles and Pins" and "What Have They Done to the Rain?".

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4 KEY TOWNS HELD; Bases on Greek Border -- Push Toward Turkey Also Under Way BRITISH ENVOY SEES KING Break Expected Tomorrow -- Sofia Sets Up Air Defenses -- Parliament Hails Pact

By the Associated Press

4 key towns held

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COLOGNE HIT AGAIN IN R.A.F. OFFENSIVE; Long Raid Fires Rhine Plants -- Ruhr and Coast Bombed -- Nazis' Attacks Light COLOGNE HIT AGAIN IN R.A.F. OFFENSIVE

By James MacDonaldspecial Cable To the New York Times

RAF bombs Cologne, Ruhr Valley, Borkum island and Hamstede, Netherlands; loses 3 planes; Germans raid Scotland, East Anglia and southwest Eng communities; lose 2 planes; London has brief alarm; Germans claim 8 Brit ships sunk, 7 damaged

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AID BILL FILIBUSTER CHARGED AS ANGER OF SENATORS RISES; Connally Points to Delaying Tactics and Murray Says Isolationists Play on 'Hate' DANGER TO NATION IS SEEN Leaders 'Hope' for Vote This Week, but Wheeler Talks of Reversing Public Opinion AID BILL FILIBUSTER CHARGED TO FOES

By Frederick R. Barkleyspecial To the New York Times

Lr on Sen Wheeler's ignorance of govt form

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PRINCE PAUL TALKS WITH REICH ENVOY; Said to Have Pledged Belgrade to 'Favorable' Consideration of Pact in Near Future PRINCE PAUL TALKS WITH REICH ENVOY

By the Associated Press

Conf with Yugoslav Prince Paul

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VICHY SURRENDERS TO TOKYO DEMANDS OVER THAI BORDER; Reply to 'Final' Terms Called 'Acceptance' -- Rich Areas of Cambodia to Be Lost JAPAN'S PRESSURE NOTED Military Supplies Landed in Thailand -- Angkor Ruins Will Be at Frontier

By Hugh Byaswireless To the New York Times

Konoye, Cabinet and mil chiefs conf

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Described as "Acceptance"; VICHY SURRENDERS TO TOKYO DEMANDS

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German Demands Cited; NAZIS HOLD TOWNS ON GREEK BORDER NAZI TROOPS STREAM THROUGH BULGARIA

By Telephone To the New York Times

Filoff cites German demands, Parliament meeting

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RELIEF AIDES FACE SWEEPING INQUIRY; Election Records Studied as Herlands Presses Hunt for Reds in Key Welfare Jobs RELIEF AIDES FACE SWEEPING INQUIRY

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Communist investigation: Comr Herlands discloses progress and extent of inquiry; Stahl case cited; Devany Act to be invoked; Comr Hodson reaffirms absence of Communist control, s at Soc of St Vincent de Paul

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