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July 6, 1942

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Notable Births

1942Ian Leslie, Indonesian-Australian journalist and television host^[†]

Ian Craig Leslie OAM is an Indonesian-born Australian television journalist and corporate communicator.

Historical Events

1942Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.^[†]

Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish girl and diarist who perished in the Holocaust. She gained worldwide fame posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. In the diary, she regularly described her family's everyday life in their hiding place in an Amsterdam attic from 1942 until their arrest in 1944.

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Headlines from July 6, 1942

If in Doubt, Put It Out

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AT DON, FOE CLAIMS; Germans Say Vanguard Has Pushed to River 'On Broad Front' UNABLE TO SHUT PINCERS Russians Repel Strong Blows on Kursk Front, but Suffer Setback at Belgorod AT DON, FOE CLAIMS; SOVIET LINE BENT

By Balph Parker,Wireless To the New York Times

USSR admits Ger wedge, Belgorod area; Kursk front blows repulsed; Gers claim spearhead has reached Don River; Ger offensive on Kalinin front reptd choked off; USSR admits serious threat, 1 sector, Kursk front; Gers aiming at Staryi Oskol, Novo Oskol capture and march on Voronezh; USSR High Command claims 380 Ger planes destroyed, 1 week; map

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SCHOOL BOARD ASKS STATE TO 'PEG' AID; Opens Drive for Political Pledges to Fix the Sum at $118,500,000 Annually SCHOOL BOARD ASKS STATE TO 'PEG' AID

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Educ Bd asks State aid; J Marshall seeks Pub Educ Assn support

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Coney Plans a Dimout Curtain 18 Feet High and 14 Blocks Long

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Coney Is Commerce Chamber proposes boardwalk dimout curtain pending Pk Dept approval

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Front Page 2 -- No Title; NAZIS LOSE A RIDGE IN EGYPT TO BRITISH

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CAIRO, Egypt, July 5 (U.P.) A brilliant coup by New Zealand nfantry that resulted in the capture of twenty-two German tanks and forty cannon has helped to give British Empire troops an edge over General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's stalled and weary forces.

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SYNTHETIC RUBBER NOW COSTING LESS; Two Plants Are Producing It, but Output Will Not Reach Civilians for Long Time SYNTHETIC RUBBER NOW COSTING LESS

By the Associated Press

A B Newhall sees synthetic production costs less than anticipated; cites present plants costs; repts program using 3/4 petroleum and rest alcohol as source; larger program discussed

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