USSR troops evacuate Novgorod; German spear head defeated, Lake Ilmen area; USSR Army encounters more resistance but Germans admit they are on defensive; Finns rept slight advances toward Leningrad; heavy rains hinder Germans; USSR Fleet continues to harass German transports, Baltic

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Race Against Nazi Threat; IRANIANS STRUGGLE AS INVASION BEGINS SOLDIERS OF IRAN: THEY STAND BEFORE TWO ARMIES

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1941Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter^[†]

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Headlines from August 26, 1941

BIDDLE IS NAMED TO CABINET POST; President Appoints Him as Attorney General, Succeeding Justice Jackson

IRANIANS STRUGGLE; Resist a British Landing Party at Head of Persian Gulf RUSSIANS IN TWIN DRIVE Gain 25 Miles in One of Two Thrusts Around Caspian Sea -- Two Pushes From Iraq

JERSEY HARD HIT IN COAST STORM; 2 DEAD, 100 HURT; Property Damage Estimated at $1,000,000 -- Roads Blocked, Communication Lines Down

NOVGOROD GIVEN UP; But Russians Yield Little Ground -- Defeat Nazi Spearhead Unit

Race Against Nazi Threat; IRANIANS STRUGGLE AS INVASION BEGINS SOLDIERS OF IRAN: THEY STAND BEFORE TWO ARMIES

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