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June 29, 1943

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Malta Planes Attack Sicily

By Unknown Author

Brit planes attack Naples; encounter heavy anti-aircraft fire; Malta planes attack Sicily

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Senate, 41 to 37, Continues NYA; 7-Hour Battle Delays Fund Bills; NYA CONTINUANCE VOTED BY SENATE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

recommend pay be continued to Nov 15 pending confirmation or rejection by Sen after its inquiry

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Army Plans Taking War to Japan With 'Violent, Destructive Impact'; WAR TO BE CARRIED DIRECTLY TO JAPAN

By the Associated Press

8 Jap ships, including destroyer, sunk by US submarines; 3 damaged; Allied planes bomb Jap submarine near New Caledonia; attack another, southern Coral Sea; Lt Gen J T McNarney states US intention of carrying war to Japan with violent destructive impact

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SPY HERE ADMITS HE SENT NAZIS DATA ON ARMS AND SHIPS; Naturalized Citizen Watched Harbor From Staten Island Home -- Listened in Bars

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E F Lehmitz, SI air warden, pleads guilty to sending data to Ger on ship movements and armament; rented rooms to servicemen and worked in H Cuff's waterfront restaurant to pick up information; wife and neighbors surprised; K F Ludwig case cited; Lehmitz por; house and Cuff restaurant illus

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SUBSIDIES AT ISSUE; Food Chief Says Flatly the Plan Will Not Avert National Inflation

By the Associated Press

Jones, (Judge) M, War Food Admr

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1943Little Eva, American singer (died 2003)^[†]

Eva Narcissus Boyd, known by her stage name Little Eva, was an American singer, well known for her 1962 hit "The Loco-Motion".

1943Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC (died 2017)^[†]

Louis Nicollin was a French entrepreneur and director of the Nicollin Company, which specializes in the collection and reprocessing of household and industrial waste. Nicollin notably served as chairman of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, a football team, from 1974 to his death in 2017.

Headlines from June 29, 1943

Malta Planes Attack Sicily

Senate, 41 to 37, Continues NYA; 7-Hour Battle Delays Fund Bills; NYA CONTINUANCE VOTED BY SENATE

Army Plans Taking War to Japan With 'Violent, Destructive Impact'; WAR TO BE CARRIED DIRECTLY TO JAPAN

SPY HERE ADMITS HE SENT NAZIS DATA ON ARMS AND SHIPS; Naturalized Citizen Watched Harbor From Staten Island Home -- Listened in Bars

SUBSIDIES AT ISSUE; Food Chief Says Flatly the Plan Will Not Avert National Inflation

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