World War II Chronicle: July 1, 1942

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On page two we learn of the USS Wasp‘s two trips to Malta where the American flattop ferried British warplanes during Operations CALENDAR and BOWERY. Wasp is currently en route to the South Pacific… With Rommel’s Afrikakorps just 70 miles from the Nile, the British may have to destroy the Suez Canal (see page nine)…

Sports section begins on page 44, which discusses the military all-star baseball club. Boston Red Sox pitcher Mickey Harris is named as the only Major League player who has served overseas. Harris, who served in a coastal anti-aircraft artillery outfit, pitched a perfect game for the Panama Canal Department Army League’s Balboa Brewers in April.

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Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 1 July 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-07-01/ed-1/