British Raid St Nazaire U Boat Base
King George visits New York and Greece while British forces attack the St Nazaire U boat base on the French coast. Allied air strikes target northern France Belgium as the royal party attends Columbia University and a city dinner.
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New York
New London
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Belgium
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Carnegie Foundations
Honorea
Britain
Columbia
University
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King George
Nicholas Mur
Air Ministry
Kay Butler
British Fight Axis Drive to Take Tobruk
British forces report defense of Tobruk as Axis ground and air assault intensifies. Sources say the perimeter remains under threat while reinforcements and air cover are sought to blunt the onslaught.
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Tobruk
Hommel
Leste
James Morshead
Axis forces threaten Tobruk amid Libyan siege risk
News dispatch notes Tobruk under threat as German units push toward the Libyan port, while Britain withdraws forces from Etadem and Sidi Rezegh. Gains reported in Ain el Gazala and Acroma as Axis assault signals a possible Egyptian invasion toward the Suez. Egyptian forces respond with counteroffensive preparations from Egypt.
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Sidi Rezegh
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Ain E] Gazala
Acroma
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Egypt
Archibald P. Wavell
Libya
Mussolini
Lady in Copper Found to Be Just A Furriner
A weathered copperly figure atop Georgia’s State Capitol, erected in the 1890s, is revealed as cast by a Salem Ohio firm. Gov. Eugene Talmdage defends the statue against deportation jokes, calling her a good Georgian and promising to keep her where she stands.
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Capitol
William W. Brewton
Salem
Ohio
Eugene Talmadge
Ceorgane
Talmadge
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