Brazil Nazi risk centers in South America report
General George C. Marshall testified to the House Military Committee that three South American nations face possible Nazi uprisings. Brazil is the focal point with Bolivia and Colombia also cited amid Bolivian arrests over an alleged Nazi conspiracy.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
United States Army
House Military Committee
Marshall
South America
Brazil
Bolivia
Colombia
May
D.-Ky
House Group Approves Biggest Tax Bill Ever
Moscow Beats Off Nazi Raid. German planes attacked Moscow in a dusk to dawn raid but only a handful penetrated defenses. The German report claimed heavy bombs and incendiaries caused serious destruction while Soviet sources called the raid a fizzle with most Luftwaffe fighter aircraft repelled.
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House Group
London
Reuters
Moscow
Reds Press Guam Into Action Against Nazi Forces
The Associated Press reports heavy Japanese movements toward southern French Indo China threatening Singapore and the Dutch East Indies. U.S. tax plan advances with a record 3.53 billion bill targeting incomes, corporations, radio, and billboards.
Nazi gamble in Russia delays hitler as Moscow resists
Reports from Moscow describe heavy raids on the capital while the Red Army slows the German invasion. Hitler faces a winter deadline as Bolshevik resistance lengths the campaign and risks a two-front attritional war with Britain allied to the Soviets.
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United States
Britain
Pacific
Russia
Berlin
London
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Red Army
Herr Hitler
Hitler
Axis gamble on Russia shifts focus as Britain gains time
The article argues Hitler risks a quick victory by concentrating on Russia while Britain and Allied shipping face reduced Nazi bombing. It notes Britain uses the breathing space to repair, increase production, and intensify bombing of German targets. Meanwhile the Mediterranean is stripped of Nazi forces, allowing Allied strength to grow.
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England
Mediterranean
British Isles
Hitler
Russia
County Lands Lose Fertility
Washington reports Pontotoc county Oklahoma soils have lost much natural fertility due to improper management and erosion. Most land is pasture or forest now with strip cropping and terracing improving conditions on some fields. Phosphorus and nitrogen fertilizers show value when crop prices are favorable. dominant soil is Hanceville sandy loam.
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Washington
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
Department
Bureau of Plant Industry
Eros
Durant
Hanceville
Nadine Griffith Returns from Varied Vacation Tour
Nadine Griffith has returned from a vacation trip spanning Chicago New York Washington and Houston detailing a broad urban itinerary and travel experiences across multiple major cities.
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Nadine Griffith
Chicago
New York
Washington
Houston
Work Out Details Of Agreement On Cheese Plant Here
An official of Cudahy Packing company met with Ada civic leaders to finalize a formal agreement for the construction and operation of a poultry processing and cheese plant in Ada. W B Height of Chicago represented the packing company and the Ada Chamber of Commerce reported the talks were progressing toward signing that afternoon.
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Cudahy Packing Company
Ada
W. B. Height
Chicago
Milton Keating
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Japan seeks footholds in southern Indochina report
London dispatch confirms Japan's ambassador to France demanding use of facilities in southern Indo China. Satomatsu Kato connected with Vice Premier Admiral Darlan while Japan already holds bases in the north and garrisons Hanoi and Haiphong. Reports say Saigon may be targeted next.
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London
Reuters
Hanoi
Indo-China
France
Satomatsu Kato
Japan
Vichy
Jean Darlan
Haiphong
Saigon
Workers Near Hospital Goal in Valley View Drive
Fund drive for Valley View hospital nears $12,000 as leaders push final surge. By noon Wednesday total reached $10,455.75 with donations from Foster McSwain Elks Club Thomas Concrete Pipe Ned Holman and others.
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Foster McSwain
The
Elks Club
Thomas Concrete Pipe Company
Ned Holman
Oklahomaity
Part of Rodeo Bleachers To Be Shaded
Ada firemen plan shaded seating for the annual rodeo at the fairgrounds. A 300 foot cover over the bleachers will shelter about 2,000 fans across three afternoon performances.
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Rodeo
Fairgtounds
Ada
British patrol raids reach deep into Axis lines near Tobruk
British patrols from Tobruk penetrated far into the German Italian positions Monday night, encircling the lines with limited opposition and suffering some casualties, the British Middle East command reported.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Libya
Middle East
Marshall calls anti-extension petitions sabotage by draftees
General George C. Marshall denounced organized petitions by first army draftees against extending service as sabotage. He told the House Military Committee that outside forces were pressuring for signatures, warning the men must be treated as soldiers. He cited Trinidad base plans and legislative limits on extendable service as complicating factors.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
House Military Committee
First Army
Marshall
Hugh Drum
Trinidad
Britain
Senator Connally
D.-Tex
Texas
House
Man Who Pays Two Divorces Faces Dual Settlements
Earl Wayne Whitney of Wewoka Oklahoma, an oil man and attorney, is ordered to divide property with two former wives. Seminole county court requires half his property to Mrs Edythe Whitney and District Judge Clarence Mills orders payments to Mrs Mary Whitney including 14400, 50 monthly per child for five children, 8000 in fees, one fourth of property and home, plus court costs.
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Oklahoma City
Earl Wayne Whitney
Wewoka
Oklahoma
Seminole
Edythe Whitney
Clarence Mills
Mary P. Whitney
Whitney
Mills
Mary Whitney
Marland III But Is Now Improving
Former Governor E. W. Marland is steadily improving at a Ponca City hospital. Doctors say his illness stems from stomach trouble. Mrs. Marland, his second wife, stays by his bedside per family friend Mrs. Blendie Lucas, postmistress and longtime Marland family confidante.
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Ponca City
E. W. Marland
Thomas McElroy
Marland
Blendie Lucas
German Consular Officers Held on U S Transport
In Lisbon on July 23 a German consular group ousted from the United States was kept aboard the U S naval transport West Point after arrival, while a similar American group expelled from Reich territory waited to cross the Portuguese frontier. The Italians with the Germans stayed aboard six hours but were released as the American party reached Marvao. Reports said two trains carrying Americans crossed into Spain that evening, along with rescued ambulance drivers from the Zamzam.
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Lisbon
Portugal
United States
U. S
West Point
Reich
Portuuese
Italy
Marvao
Madrid
Spain
Zamzam
Woman Killed in Traffic Accident at Hugo
Mrs. Harvey Tankersley, 32, a farm wife, died last night in a Boswell physician's office from injuries suffered in a traffic accident.
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Hugo
Harvey Tankersley
Boswell
Cooker Check Up Slated Saturday
Mrs. Jessie Morgan announced a Saturday morning pressure cooker and gauge check-up in the farm office at the courthouse. Special testing machinery will be on hand and the service is available to all farm women who want it.
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Jessie Morgan
Professor John Davis Suffering Possible Light Stroke
Professor John Davis a part time instructor at East Central State College is in Valley View Hospital for observation after doctors say he may have had a light stroke.
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John Davis
East Central State College
Valley View Hospital
Washington watches Japanese moves amid censorship warn
Secretary Knox said no question but new Far East moves are likely as Japan imposes radio and cable censorship. President Roosevelt and Sumner Welles prepared for a government response while Nomura visits to clarify intentions and US Pacific peace interest.
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Washington
Frank Knox
Far East
Knox
Navy Department
Roosevelt
State Department
Orient
Sumner Welles
United States
Japan
Navy
Welles
Indo-China
Kichisa Buro Normura
Nomura
Pacific
Japan seeks dominance in Indo China claims
Far Eastern experts interpret Tokyo's reported new demands on Indo China as a move to place Japanese forces within striking distance of the Dutch East Indies and Britain's Singapore base. They say the demands imply virtual domination of France's Far Eastern possession.
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Far East
Japan
Singapore
Washington
Tokyo
Dutch East Indies
Britain
France
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