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October 6, 1941

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HITLER IS DISPUTED; His Claims Cut in Half -- Russians Report Gain Near Leningrad

By C.l. Sulzberger

USSR counter-attacks in Ukraine and Leningrad areas continue; 20 mi progress in Ukraine reptd; attacks aimed to relieve Crimean Army; USSR estimates own and German losses

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SOVIET FLIERS AID YUGOSLAV REBELS; Moscow Says Russian Planes Are Taking Part in Growing Guerrilla Warfare

By Telephone To the New York Times

BERNE, Switzerland, Oct. 5 -- The Moscow radio announced today that "a certain number" of modern Russian bombers had arrived in Yugoslavia to aid the Insurgents. Heavy German aerial attacks against several important centers in Hercegovina Province were said to have failed to do more than slight material damage.

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NEUTRALITY MOVE MAY BE LIMITED TO ARMING SHIPS; Roosevelt's Legal Aides Are Said to Hold He Has Power to Void Combat Zones

By Frank L. Kluckhohn

proposal reptd held legal by Adm advisers

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Record 90 Heat Drives Throngs to Beaches and Parks Here -- Slow-Moving Cars Jam Roads --100,000 Visit Coney Island; RECORD 90 SENDS CROWDS TO BEACH

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Notable Births

1941Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (died 1987)^[†]

Paul Graham Popham was an American gay rights activist who was a founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis and served as its president from 1981 until 1985. He also helped found and was chairman of the AIDS Action Council, a lobbying organization in Washington. He was the basis for the character of Bruce Niles in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, which was one of the first plays to address the HIV/AIDS crisis.