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July 3, 1942

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Rommel Reported Encircled; 8TH ARMY ATTACKS AROUND AXIS FLANK

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CAIRO, Egypt, July 2 (U.P.) -- British Empire troops, heavily reinforced from the Middle East, have encircled General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's German Africa Corps on the Egyptian coast west of Alexandria and are hammering at it with all available weapons from front, flank and rear, it was learned tonight.

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PREMIER HITS OUT; Denounces Critics While Revealing the Loss of 50,000 Men in Desert. SAYS CRISIS MAY BE GREAT Churchill Declares Message of 'Grave Importance' May Come -- New Axis Move Looked For CHURCHILL HITS OUT AND WINS BIG VOTE

By Raymond Daniellwireless To the New York Times

Churchill on reverses, Commons; text

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Ex-Minister Knifed At Night in London

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Greenwood, A, attacked with knife by unidentified man, London

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ARMY OFFICER HERO; Work Leads to Arrest of Ship Line Head, Cabaret Girls, Canal Diggers FLIER SPOTS FUEL BOAT Navy Planes Months Later Catch Suspected Leader on One of His Ships at Sea 20 SEIZED IN PLOT TO SUPPLY U-BOATS

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Caribbean defense command, headed by Lt Gen F M Andrews, repts arrest of spy ring suspected of aiding enemy submarines; Canal employes, cabaret girls and G Gough, Brit Honduras merchant, involved

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Notable Births

1942Kevin Johnson, Australian singer-songwriter^[†]

Kevin Stephen Johnson is an Australian singer-songwriter. Popular in the 1970s, his biggest hit is "Rock and Roll ", which peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in 1973. He also had a top 20 hit with "Bonnie Please Don't Go" in 1971. "Rock and Roll" is one of the most covered songs written by an Australian with 27 different artists recording the song in 1975 alone. Covers of "Rock and Roll " came from fellow Australians, Col Joye and Dig Richards, and from international artists, Mac Davis, Terry Jacks, Gary Glitter, Joe Dassin, The Cats and Tom Jones. Davis' rendition became the highest charting version on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 15 in 1975.

1942Eddy Mitchell, French singer-songwriter^[†]

Claude Moine, known professionally as Eddy Mitchell, is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires. He took the name Eddy from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine, and chose Mitchell as his last name simply because it sounds American. The band performed at the Parisian nightclub Golf-Drouot before signing to Barclay Records and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records.