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July 31, 1942

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1942Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (born 1863)^[†]

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, was a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British expedition to Tibet, led by him, and for his writings on Asia and foreign policy. Younghusband held positions including British commissioner to Tibet and president of the Royal Geographical Society.

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Headlines from July 31, 1942

Litvinoff Confers With the President

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet Ambassador, conferred for a quarter of an hour with President Roosevelt today but refrained from indicating the nature of the conversation.

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PORT DARWIN RAID COSTS FOE 9 PLANES; MacArthur's Fliers Intercept 49 Japanese Craft -- Bomb Transport Off New Guinea PORT DARWIN RAID COSTS FOE 9 PLANES

By the United Press

Allies down 9 of 49 Jap raiders, Port Darwin; hit Jap transport off New Guinea; Japanese bomb Port Hedland, Australia, Port Moresby and Horn Is; Allies continue raids on Jap positions, Buna-Gona area

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Axis Airmen Bomb Cairo; British Shell Foe in Desert

By the Associated Press

Axis airmen bomb Cairo; Brit artillery shells Axis forces in Egypt; Malta downs 4 Axis planes; Itals rept Egypt fighting limited to patrol work

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SABOTEUR DECISION BY SUPREME COURT HELD LIKELY TODAY; Arguments Close, Opening Way for Ruling on Legality of Military Commission Trial JUSTICES CONFER ON CASE Biddle Says Court Lacks Right to Upset President's War Power -- Defense Differs Saboteur Ruling Held Likely Today

By Lewis Woodspecial To the New York Times

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TEST PROVES 'JET' BEST FOR A BOMB; Its Superiority Over 'Spray' in Dousing Fire Shown by the Army on Randalls Island TEST PROVES 'JET' BEST FOR A BOMB

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British Guns Hammer Foe; CAIRO IS BOMBED IN LIGHT AXIS RAID

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

CAIRO, Egypt, July 30 -- British artillery fired briskly at enemy gun emplacements and vehicle groups yesterday in the central sector of the Egyptian battlefront. The barrage did not presage anything important, but merely established more firmly the institution known as "shoots."

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