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June 9, 1942

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Headlines from June 9, 1942

Our Freedoms Ruled Limited; High Court Backs Curbs on Sect; FREEDOMS LIMITED, HIGH COURT RULES

By the Associated Press

Gobitis case cited in U S Sup Ct ruling on Jehovah's Witnesses case

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Sevastopol Bars Foe for 4th Day; Nazi Losses High, Attack Goes On; SEVASTOPOL BARS FOE FOR 4TH DAY

By the Associated Press

Germans repulsed, Sevastopol; German losses high; fighting continues

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BRITISH GUNS HALT NAZI PUSH IN LIBYA; R.A.F. Pounds Foe's Supplies in Desert -- Free French Repel German Attack BRITISH GUNS HALT NAZI PUSH IN LIBYA

By Joseph M. Levywireless To the New York Times

CAIRO, Egypt, June 8 -- With only comparative lulls and almost continuous fighting, positions around that junction of Cyrenaican desert tracks that is called Knightsbridge continued to change hands so rapidly yesterday that it was never certain where friend and foe were to be found.

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15 ALLIED HEROES ARE OVERWHELMED BY CITY'S WELCOME; Confetti and Streamers Rain on Fighting Men in Parade From Battery to Times Sq.

By Unknown Author

welcomes heroes; illus

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$50 BASE PAY WINS AS SENATE, 58-20, BACKS HOUSE VOTE; La Follette Motion Instructs Conferees to Abandon Their $46-$52 Compromise

By C.p. Trussell

Sen adopts motion

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Notable Births

1942Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager (died 2022)^[†]

Anton Burghardt was a German football player and manager.

1942Nicholas Lloyd, English journalist^[†]

Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd is a British former newspaper editor and broadcaster.

Notable Deaths

1942František Erben, Czech gymnast (born 1874)^[†]

František Erben was a gymnast, trainer, and educator from Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic. Erben made his international competitive debut at the 1900 Paris Summer Olympics where he finished in 32nd place.