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USSR forces take initiative, Kalinin front; Izyum barrier holds; Gen Field Marshal von Leeb forces routed, Leningrad front; USSR repts 3 enemy ships sunk, Finland Gulf and Black Sea
LaGuardia on dimout plans
U S supply: Asst Atty Gen Arnold accuses N J Standard Oil Co of deception in its reply to his charges that co's cartel agreement with I G Farbenindustrie hampered synthetic rubber development; absolves co from unpatriotic motives
2 policemen slain and many persons injured in Paris food riot
Rommel forces hurled back by Allied forces aided by U S tanks; RAF activity; Axis forces reptd in trap, Knightsbridge area near Tobruk; Itals claim 2,000 Brit prisoners; map
1942Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic[†]
Dame Parveen June Kumar is a British- Indian doctor who is a Professor of Medicine and Education at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She worked in the NHS for over 40 years as a consultant gastroenterologist and physician at Barts and the London Hospitals and the Homerton University Hospital. She was the President of the British Medical Association in 2006, of the Royal Society of Medicine from 2010 to 2012, of the Medical Women's Federation from 2016 to 2018 and of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund from 2013 to 2020. She was also Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians from 2003 to 2005. In addition, she was a founding non-executive director of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence, chaired the Medicines Commission UK until 2005, and also chaired the BUPA Foundation Charity for Research until 2013.