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U S bombers hit Jap battleship, sink destroyer and damage other ships off Davao
The city's evening traffic flowed more freely last night, particularly in the rush hours, after 600 policemen carrying 100,000 summonses had grimly worked side streets and avenues all day to enforce wartime parking restrictions.
Vichy Interior Ministry chief of staff Y Paringaux found slain on rr tracks near Melun; was in Paris to sift outbreaks against Germans
St Pierre archives disclose confidential telegrams by de Bournat to Vichy Colonies Min, 1940; Min Henry-Haye conf with Hull; denies knowledge of German rumor U S forced Free French to leave islands
1942Emma CalvĂ©, French soprano and actress (born 1858)[â ]
Emma Calvé, born Rosa Emma Calvet was a French operatic dramatic soprano.
1942Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1876)[â ]
Henri de Baillet-Latour, Count of Baillet-Latour was a Belgian aristocrat and the third president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).