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July 15, 1941

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PRESIDENT IN TALKS; Congress Chiefs Agree to Push Bills to Hold All Men in Army THROUGHOUT EMERGENCY Lawmakers Report Marshall Gave 'Convincing Reasons' for Taking This Step MOVE TO LIFT BAN ON A.E.F. SHELVED

By Turner Catledgespecial To the New York Times

Roosevelt, Cong leaders and Marshall conf; resolution on service outside Western Hemisphere shelved to avoid trouble; time extension to be pressed; no agreement reached on legis form; resolution, natl emergency declaration and volunteer legis methods cited; Marshall offers convincing evidence of legis need; Reynolds, Barkley and Repr Wadsworth comment

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CONVOY ATTACKED; Russians Report Sinking Two Nazi Destroyers and Tank Barge 14 OTHER VESSELS 'FIRED' Soviet Army Counter-Actions Announced -- Germany Says Advance Is Continuing 13 NAZI SHIPS SUNK, RUSSIANS REPORT

By the United Press

Moscow repts 13 German troopships, 2 destroyers and barge sunk in naval and plane attack on Baltic convoy; USSR Army resists offensive on Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev fronts; USSR planes bomb German airdromes, troops and tanks; Germans claim advance continues according to plan; USSR guerrillas active

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Notable Births

Livia Gouverneur

1941Livia Gouverneur, Venezuelan activist (died 1961)[†]

Livia Margarita Gouverneur Camero was a Venezuelan student who was killed during a protest in support of the Cuban Revolution and against the presence in Venezuela of allies of Fulgencio Batista. Her death has become a symbol of social justice in Venezuela.