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July 30, 1942

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GREW SPURNS BID TO NOMURA PARLEY; U.S. Ex-Envoy to Tokyo Curtly Refuses to Talk With Former Ambassador to Washington GREW SPURNS BID TO NOMURA PARLEY

By the United Press

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PRESIDENT ORDERS STEPS TO MOBILIZE ALL FOR WAR WORK; Directs That Bill Be Drafted to Assign 60,000,000 to Jobs Geared to Country's Needs MAY REGISTER ALL WOMEN Aim Is to Coordinate Effort Here as Britain Did It by Essential Work Order MOVE TO MOBILIZE ALL FOR WAR WORK

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

Roosevelt orders Natl War Service Bill drafted to provide for total manpower mobilization for assignment to essential services; registration of men and women ??? 65 age group seen; several drafts being considered

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Nazi Troops March 'Westward' Through Paris, Berlin Radio Says; Germans Declare Men Were Shifted From Russian Front and Have 'New Arms' -- Goebbels Warns Allies on Invasion NAZI MARCH 'WEST' IN PARIS REPORTED

By the United Press

Berlin radio repts troop movements westward from Paris and Paris rev by von Rundstedt; Min Goebbels belittles Allies 2d front plans, article in Reich (pub); workers delegation in London urges 2d front

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RED ARMY STIFFENS; Germans Reported Held in Thrust 80 Miles From Stalingrad CAUCASUS BATTLE GROWS Both Sides Get Fresh Forces -- Berlin Claims Progress in South and East RED ARMY FIRMER; NAZI GAINS SLOWED

By Ralph Parkerwireless To the New York Times

Gers slowed south of Don as USSR uses reserves; Gers held in thrust 80 mi from Stalingrad; Caucasus battle grows; both sides get reinforcements; Gers claim gains, eastern and southern sectors; huge Ger losses reptd, Bataisk area; Voronezh battle grows; USSR repts little Ger progress; Tsimlyansk battle fluctuates; Gers rept Don tributaries crossed in north Caucasus drive

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Notable Births

1942Pollyanna Pickering, English environmentalist and painter (died 2018)^[†]

Pollyanna Pickering was an English wildlife artist and environmentalist.