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Gen M Weygand repts to Petain on French African empire
expedition sinks 11 ships destroys oil plants and takes 215 prisoners; many Norwegians join return to Brit
U S asks closing of Newark and Detroit Ital consulates in retaliation for Feb closing of U S Palermo and Naples consulates
opposed; substitutes offered by Ellender, O'Mahoney and B C Clark, Sen; texts
Schappes and W M Canning, CCNY teacher, testify; pors; Canning names 34 CCNY faculty members as Communists; list; Acting Pres H N Wright and others comment; C H Tuttle urges ouster action against 34 named
1941Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.[†]
Günther Prien was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was the first U-boat commander to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the first member of the Kriegsmarine to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. It was Germany's highest military decoration at the time of its presentation to Prien.