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July 2, 1942

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NAZIS CLAIM PORT; Crimean Base Captured After 25-Day Assault, Berlin Asserts RUSSIANS CONTINUE FIGHT Stem New German Offensive in Gzhatsk Area and Hold Kursk Tank Thrusts

By Daniel T. Brighamby Telephone To the New York Times

Gers rept Sevastopol capture; USSR admits break in city's lines and hand-to-hand fighting; USSR forces stem new Ger offensive, Gzhatsk; hold tank thrusts, Kursk; Hitler promotes Crimean comdr Col Gen von Mannstein to gen field marshal for role in Sevastopol fall; Rumanian troops take Balaclava; Ger-Hungarian activity reptd, central front; maps

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$54,127,419 SURPLUS FOR STATE SHOWN IN LEHMAN REPORT; Governor Reveals Balance at Start of New Fiscal Year Is the Largest Since 1931 RECEIPTS ABOVE ESTIMATE Revenue $421,265,940 in Year Just Closed -- Warning Given on Possible War Costs $54,127,419 SURPLUS FOR STATE SHOWN

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

L A Block develops new motor fuel, US

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Lehman Ends Tennis; Shoes to Rubber Pile

By the Associated Press

Lehman home contributes

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Hitler Rewards von Mannstein; NAZIS CLAIM PORT IN CRIMEAN SIEGE ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT

By Unknown Author

Jap attack on USSR hinted

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U.S. Constructs Large Naval Base In Ireland for Battle of Atlantic; U.S. NAVAL BASE BUILT IN IRELAND

By James MacDonaldwireless To the New York Times

Feb commissioning of one US base in Northern Ireland for naval use disclosed

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Notable Births

1942John Eekelaar, South African-English lawyer and scholar^[†]

John Eekelaar FBA is a South African former academic specialising in family law. In 2005 he retired from teaching after a forty-year career at Oxford University. He was the academic director of Pembroke College from 2005 to 2009 and is currently the co-director of the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy (OXFLAP).

1942Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and politician, 35th President of Mexico^[†]

Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the National Action Party (PAN) ticket in the 2000 election. He became the first president not from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929, and the first elected from an opposition party since Francisco I. Madero in 1911. Fox won the election with 43 percent of the vote. Considered a social-welfare promoter, along with Julio Frenk Mora formulated, signed and implemented the Seguro Popular who helped circa 55 million independent workers.