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July 19, 1942

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U.S. FLIERS POUND SHIPPING IN LIBYA; British Pilots Fire Gasoline at Matruh -- Imperial Forces Hold Position in Egypt U.S. FLIERS POUND SHIPPING IN LIBYA

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

US Maj Gen Brereton apptd US Army Air Forces comdr in Middle East; forces role described, that area; US fliers pound Axis shipping, Libya; Brit fire gasoline, Matruh; hold positions, Egypt; Axis loses 25 tanks in battle with Brit; Malta battles raiders; Itals rept troops holding positions despite Brit attacks, Egypt

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French Loses, 7-4, for First Time, Then Dodgers Set Back Cards, 4-3; Macon Triples One Run Across but Is Rescued by Davis in Nightcap After Kurowski Gets Homer With One On LIPPY LEO IN AN UNACCUSTOMED ROLE French Loses, 7-4, for First Time, Then Dodgers Set Back Cards, 4-3

By Roscoe McGowenspecial To the New York Times

ST. LOUIS, July 18 -- The twin battle of the southpaws today ended in a draw as the Cardinals took the opener, 7 to 4, and the Dodgers won the nightcap, 4 to 3, to hold their eight-game margin over the second-place Redbirds.

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BUSINESS INDEX DECLINES

By Unknown Author

With four of the six components declining, THE NEW YORK TIMES index of business activity fell to 127.0 for the week ended July 11 from 129.3 in the preceding week. The figure was 128.6 in the week ended July 12, 1941.

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Historical Events

Second Happy Time

1942World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.[†]

The Second Happy Time was a phase in the Battle of the Atlantic during which Axis submarines attacked merchant shipping and Allied naval vessels along the east coast of North America. The First Happy Time was in 1940–41 in the North Atlantic and North Sea. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini declared war on the United States on 11 December 1941, and as a result their navies could begin the Second Happy Time.