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July 20, 1942

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R.A.F. DEALS BLOWS AT NAZIS IN FRANCE; Destroys Power Stations, Hits Enemy Warships -- Soviet Raid in East Prussia Reported R.A.F. DEALS BLOWS AT NAZIS IN FRANCE

By the Associated Press

RAF raids Ger installations, Lille and Bethune areas and Pas de Calais coastal dist; bombs Ger warships off Breton coast; Gers rept Brit raid on Duisburg and Ger raid on Brit convoy off Littlehampton; Gers bomb East Anglia

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' Banana Republics' to Grow Rubber, Hemp, Quinine in United Fruit Plan; PLAN NEW CROPS FOR LATIN AREAS

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United Fruit Co plans to develop production in Central Amer

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NAZIS' PACE IS CUT; Push Toward Stalingrad Checked -- Voronezh Defenders Gain ROADS BAD, FOE REPORTS Russians Said to Have Failed in Effort to Land on Coast to the West of Rostov RUSSIAN CITY LOST, BUT FOE IS SLOWED

By Ralph Parkerwireless To the New York Times

USSR gains in Voronezh fighting

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1942Pete Hamilton, American race car driver (died 2017)^[†]

Peter Goodwill Hamilton was an American professional stock car racing driver. He competed in NASCAR for six years, where he won four times in his career, three times driving for Petty Enterprises.

Headlines from July 20, 1942

R.A.F. DEALS BLOWS AT NAZIS IN FRANCE; Destroys Power Stations, Hits Enemy Warships -- Soviet Raid in East Prussia Reported R.A.F. DEALS BLOWS AT NAZIS IN FRANCE

' Banana Republics' to Grow Rubber, Hemp, Quinine in United Fruit Plan; PLAN NEW CROPS FOR LATIN AREAS

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NAZIS' PACE IS CUT; Push Toward Stalingrad Checked -- Voronezh Defenders Gain ROADS BAD, FOE REPORTS Russians Said to Have Failed in Effort to Land on Coast to the West of Rostov RUSSIAN CITY LOST, BUT FOE IS SLOWED

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