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August 6, 1942

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STALINGRAD IS MENACED FROM SOUTH AS GERMANS ADVANCE IN PINCER MOVE; GANDHI OFFERS A FREE INDIA AS ALLY; NAZIS MOVE ON CITY Fight Way to Kotelnikov to Outflank Barrier in Don Elbow ALSO GAIN AT BYELOGLINA Germans Claim Kropotkin and Push On Toward Armavir -Parachutists Aid Drive STALINGRAD PERIL GROWING IN SOUTH

By Ralph Parkerwireless To the New York Times

Mrs F D Roosevelt lauds USSR fight

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WPB FOR DOUBLING CARGO PLANE RATE; Nelson Puts Responsibility Up to Armed Services -- Air Command Sees Need WPB FOR DOUBLING CARGO PLANE RATE

By C.p. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

WPB com urges facilities for mfr and transportation of aviation gasoline increased

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ALL-INDIA CONGRESS TAKES NEW COURSE; But a Disobedience Campaign Still Is Threatened -- Cripps Cites Danger to Allies ALL-INDIA CONGRESS TAKES NEW COURSE

By the Associated Press

Cong party com pledges India's alliance with United Nations if granted immediate freedom; repeats disobedience threat; press pleads for confs to achieve pol unity before campaign starts; Berlin radio quotes R H Bose statement that unless India drives out Brit-US troops, Japan will; Cripps appeals to Gandhi to reconsider disobedience plan

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ATTACKS A.F.L. PACT WITH BRITISH LABOR; Murray, Still Pledging Peace Efforts, Declares 'Rules of Common Decency' Violated ATTACKS A.F.L. PACT WITH BRITISH LABOR

By Sidney M. Shalettspecial To the New York Times

P Murray scores reptd AFL pact with Brit Trades Union Cong and assumption of right to name reprs of all US trade unions in internatl collaboration; protests in cable to Citrine; reveals May talk with Citrine on AFL stand

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BRITISH REPUDIATE 1938 MUNICH PACT; Say Fixing of Czechoslovakia's Borders Won't 'Be Influenced by Changes Then or Since BRITISH REPUDIATE 1938 MUNICH PACT

By Raymond Daniellwireless To the New York Times

Brit Govt pub White Paper repudiating '38 Munich pact; agreement signed by Sec Eden and Benes; text; excerpts of notes exchd between Eden and Masaryk

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Notable Births

1942Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (died 2012)^[†]

Byard Lancaster was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and flutist.

Historical Events

1942Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.^[†]

Wilhelmina was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, as well as the longest-reigning female monarch outside the United Kingdom. Her reign encompassed World War I, the Dutch economic crisis of 1933 and World War II.