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Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

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The biggest story since the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece is breaking in the Mediterranean, and our lead story today is about an incident that happened over a month ago (April 18). That tells you something about the flow of information 70 years ago as compared with today.

Capture Best Hope – 2-3
They Sailed Aboard the Egyption Liner Zamzam, Which is Reported Missing (photos) – 4-6
Zamzam Voyage ‘Bored’ Passenger – 6
The International Situation – 7
British Push Raids on Nazis in Syria – 8
Major Glubb, ‘Second Lawrence,’ is Casualty in Desert Fighting – 8
Smuggled Picture Shows Sweeping Devastation Wrought by Nazis in Rotterdam (photo) – 9
Desert Push Puts British Far Ahead – 10
Nazi-Soviet Deal on Iran Reported – 10-11
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 12