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...Germans, echoing a story in the New York Daily News, claimed they had effectively "closed" the port of London, had stopped virtually all traffic in & out of Hull, Newcastle, Southampton. Great Britain replied that none of these ports was closed except momentarily, to sweep up mines. Minister of Shipping Ronald Cross admitted, however, that traffic at any port might be dislocated at any time by "war conditions," for which...
...Oklahoma's solemn Don McNeill, U. S. Intercollegiate champion: the Meadow Club tennis tournament, major tuneup for the National Singles championship; defeating (6-4, 6-3, 6-3) California's frivolous Frank Kovacs, who had drubbed U. S. Champion Bobby Riggs in the semifinals; at Southampton, L. I. After the conventional handshake, Clown Kovacs got McNeill to join him in a characteristically irreverent Kovacs pose...
...Southampton one night last week steamed the 6,127-ton French liner Meknès. She flew the tricolor and had it painted large upon her sides, for she was carrying back to France 1,300 French naval officers & men who had decided not to fight further with Britain against Germany...
...this week, east-coast sea traffic survived, but repeated poundings set afire a cluster of grain elevators at Southampton, and King George and Prime Minister Winston Churchill had narrow escapes while visiting troops in the southeast defense zone. An inn near the dugout into which Mr. Churchill ducked was cut in two. The proprietor simply moved his public dartboard to an outer wall and served ale to patrons outside through a hole in the masonry...
Married. Anne McDonnell, 22, second daughter of James Francis McDonnell, granddaughter of the late Inventor and Utilitycoon Thomas Edward Murray; and Henry Ford II, 22, eldest son of Edsel Bryant Ford, grandson and namesake of Motor Manufacturer Henry Ford; in Southampton, L. I. Born a Protestant, the groom was tutored in the Catholic faith and married by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Fulton John Sheen, who at the conclusion of the ceremony announced: "Pope Pius XII sends his apostolic blessing to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II." Among the 600 guests: the Harvey Firestone Jr.'s, William S. Knudsens, John...