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April 14, 1942

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Headlines from April 14, 1942

Refugee Ship Sunk, 290 Safe Here; U-Boats Get 5 Others, 4 Off Brazil; TODAY'S CHILDREN: EARLY THEY LEARN OF THE CRASH OF TORPEDOES, OF LIFEBOATS -- AND OF RESCUE AXIS GETS 6 SHIPS; 290 SAVED ON ONE

By Unknown Author

Allied ship survivors landed, Nassau; U S tankers T C McCobb and Eugene V R Thayer sunk; 50 rescued; Brit merchantman Empire Peregrine and Norwegian freighter Balkis sunk by Axis submarines off Brazil

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MOSCOW CAUTIONS JAPANESE ON PACT; 'Military and Fascist Cliques' Warned to Halt 'Prattle' on Siberian War MOSCOW CAUTIONS JAPANESE ON PACT

By the Associated Press

Moscow Pravda warns Japan to observe neutrality pact; text; cites Jap-Axis ties; Tatekawa confident of continued neutrality

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LEWIS UNION PLANS 'CLOSED SHOP' MILK FOR NEW YORK CITY; Would Require Union Label on Every Bottle and Bar All Farmers Outside Fold BATTLE SHIFTS TO CAPITAL Farm Leaders Will Appeal to House Group -- Map 'Fight to Finish' Against 'Racket' MEMBERSHIP BLANKS IN MILK UNION FIGHT AND OFFICERS OF FREE FARMERS, INC. LEWIS UNION PLANS 'CLOSED SHOP' MILK

By A.h. Raskinspecial To the New York Times

Jap claims on P I gains

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VICHY'S PROTEST REJECTED BY U.S.; Reply on Brazzaville Stresses Free French Rule, Says Our War Aids French People VICHY'S PROTEST REJECTED BY U.S.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sec Welles note pledges U S to respect French territorial integrity

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FORT'S GUNS ROAR; Ship and Small Boats Sunk, Motor Columns on Bataan Set Afire ISLAND RAIDED TEN TIMES Filipinos in Forays Burn Eight Warehouses on Mindanao -- Cebu Still Cut Off CORREGIDOR'S GUNS ROAR REPLY TO FOE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Cebu cut off

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1942Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper (died 2003)^[†]

Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel was a Soviet-Russian high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the high jump. His international career was ended by a motorcycle crash in 1965.

1942Valentin Lebedev, Russian engineer and astronaut^[†]

Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev is a former Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days, was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

1942Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Enterprise and Innovation^[†]

Björn Folke Rosengren is a Swedish politician and advisor to the Stenbeck family.

Headlines from April 14, 1942

Refugee Ship Sunk, 290 Safe Here; U-Boats Get 5 Others, 4 Off Brazil; TODAY'S CHILDREN: EARLY THEY LEARN OF THE CRASH OF TORPEDOES, OF LIFEBOATS -- AND OF RESCUE AXIS GETS 6 SHIPS; 290 SAVED ON ONE

MOSCOW CAUTIONS JAPANESE ON PACT; 'Military and Fascist Cliques' Warned to Halt 'Prattle' on Siberian War MOSCOW CAUTIONS JAPANESE ON PACT

VICHY'S PROTEST REJECTED BY U.S.; Reply on Brazzaville Stresses Free French Rule, Says Our War Aids French People VICHY'S PROTEST REJECTED BY U.S.

FORT'S GUNS ROAR; Ship and Small Boats Sunk, Motor Columns on Bataan Set Afire ISLAND RAIDED TEN TIMES Filipinos in Forays Burn Eight Warehouses on Mindanao -- Cebu Still Cut Off CORREGIDOR'S GUNS ROAR REPLY TO FOE

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