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January 7, 1942

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1942Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach (died 2011)^[†]

Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev was a Soviet weightlifter. He set 80 world records and 81 Soviet national records in weightlifting and won Olympic gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 games.

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Headlines from January 7, 1942

Congress Moves Promptly To Consider War Measures; CONGRESS AT ONCE STARTS WAR BILLS

By C.p. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

Offers bill for limited service Marine Corps Reserve

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NEW WARSHIP LOSS BY JAPAN INDICATED; U.S. Bombers Believed to Have Sunk Second Destroyer -- Corregidor Hits 7 Planes NEW WARSHIP LOSS BY JAPAN INDICATED

By Charles Hurdspecial To the New York Times

U S bomber believed to have sunk Jap destroyer off Davao

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56 BILLION IN YEAR; Roosevelt in Message Puts Nation to Work on Mammoth Scale SEES LONG, HARD WAR We Will Send Troops to British Isles -- Foes to Be Encircled THE PRESIDENT REPORTS ON THE WARTIME AIMS OF THE NATION PRESIDENT TO TAKE WAR TO THE ENEMY

By Frank L. Kluckhohnspecial To the New York Times

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President, Near 60, Chaffs Rayburn, 60

By the Associated Press

Gets Roosevelt message on 60th birthday

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INDUSTRY RESPONDS; ' Will Be Done,' Say Arms Makers of Call -- Full Speed Is Pledged OUR SIGHTS' RAISED OPM Chiefs State Goal Will Be Won by a Free People Toiling as One INDUSTRY ACCEPTS PRESIDENT'S CALL

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

OPM, business and industry heads pledge aid

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Pacific Clipper, Racing War, Circles Globe, Lands Here; CLIPPER SAFE HERE IN RACE WITH WAR PACIFIC CLIPPER LANDS IN NEW YORK AFTER FLIGHT FROM FAR EAST WAR ZONE

By Byron Darnton

Commands Pacific Clipper on round-the-world trip; int; por

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U.S. AND BRITISH AIR CHIEFS MAP WAR PLANS

By Unknown Author

Air Chief Marshal Sir C Portal and Lt Gen Arnold Wash conf illus

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JAPANESE ADVANCE; Hold Kuantan Base, Less Than an Hour's Flight From Singapore BRITISH HITTING BACK Retire on Both Malayan Coasts, but Carry Out Local Offensives JAPANESE ADVANCE ON MALAYA COASTS

By the Associated Press

Japanese take airdrome, Bokpyin, Burma

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The President's Message; Text of President Roosevelt's Message to Reassembled Congress on the State of the Union

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REICH UNITS CUT UP; 2 New Soviet Landings Stab German Flanks Near Sevastopol SIEGE BONDS BROKEN Kerch Forces Trapped -Central and Leningrad Offensives Spread REICH UNITS CUT UP IN CRIMEAN DRIVES

By Daniel T. Brighamby Telephone To the New York Times

repts on U S ships sunk and damaged

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Nazis Insist Vichy Crush Terror; Paris Press Charges U.S. Intrigue; NAZIS INSIST VICHY STAMP OUT TERROR

By Telephone To the New York Times

Berlin may demand Vichy use more energetic measures in suppressing anti-German acts; Communists arrested, Toulouse, prosecuted in various cities

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