Rommel preparing new attack near Alexandria
British forces holding firm 10 miles west of El Alamein after repelling German attacks. Rommel reinforces by air and sea, aiming at Alexandria. Auchinleck boosts reserves as both sides prepare for future operations in the desert amid dust storms and aerial sorties.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Tel el Eisa
el Alamein
Rommel
Qattara
Malta
Lansing Blackout Declared A Success
In Lansing on July 13 state and local officials hailed a planned blackout in the capital city with over 20 000 residents. Police Chief John F. O'Brien said warrants would be sought for violators as most large plants kept lights on to protect war production.
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Lansing
Ingham County
John F. O'Brien
O'Brien
Association of Commerce
Royal Navy Bombards Matruh and RAF Attacks Tobruk
Bulletin from Alexandria reports heavy Royal Navy bombardment of Matruh the Axis supply base on the north African coast. British bombers strike Tobruk causing fires and explosions while naval aircraft hit an Axis ammunition ship off Matruh and a direct hit led to its destruction. In Washington attorney general Biddle announces 14 alleged Nazi associates arrested as part of a military commission case with Hoover noting arrests in Chicago and New York and ongoing investigations.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Royal Navy
Matruh
North African
RAF
Tobruk
Washington
Biddle
Long Island
Florida
Cassis
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
New York
O. Neuhauer
Edward John Kerling
D. C
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Werner Thiel
John Thomas
Office of War Information
Associated
Quirin
Herman
Adrian man Clyde Nichols dies by suicide in car
Despondent over ill health Clyde W. Nichols 57 of 204 West Church Street killed himself by carbon monoxide in a car two miles west of Adrian. Coroner says death by own action after body found at 11 30 yesterday morning in the auto parked near New York Central tracks. No inquest. Nichols was an early Adrian auto dealer, with a 1916 business started with his brother Floyd, later selling the agency and appliances. Survived by his mother Mrs Fannie Nichols, a son Robert a Pan American pilot, and Floyd. Funeral tomorrow at 2 30 in Everiss Funeral Home with Rev George D. Prentice officiating. burial Oakwood cemetery.
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Clyde W. Nichols
West Church Street
Ed DM. Braun
Nichols
Adrian
Mr. Nichols
Jack S. Sidier
City
New York Central
Sand Creek Road
Floyd
Church and
South Winter Streets
Auto Parts Company
Land
Fred W. Nichols
Palmyra Township
Palmyra
Mary E. Miller
Robert
Pan American Airlines
Miami
Fla
Rio de Janeiro
South America
Fannie Nichols
Everiss Funeral Home
George D. Prentice
Oakwood Cemetery
French face new German terror edict
In Vichy a German press notice outlines harsh penalties for relatives of alleged terrorists and saboteurs. Males 18 and older in qualifying kinship lines will be shot, women punished with hard labor, and children sent to reform schools. Aimed at deterring resistance in occupied France amid war.
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Vichy
Paris
Gestage
RAFs Long Arm Strikes at Danzig in Daylight Raid
London July 13 The RAF mounted a daylight raid on Danzig with Lancasters and other bombers on a 1,750 mile roundtrip aimed at pounding U boat yards and submarine facilities. The operation also hit Frensburg on the German Danish border as skies, weather and winds challenged crews. The raid showcased Britain's air campaign reach, threatening ports and industrial targets across Germany and occupied regions.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Germany
RAF
Danzig
Augsburg
Free City
Dan
Danaig
Frensburg
England
Bremen
Cologne
Essen
Poland
Warsaw
Italy
Rome
Slovakia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Union Bars Young Musicians From Air Broadcast in Interlochen
Interlochen Michigan July 13 union objections prompted cancellation of a symphony orchestra broadcast planned for 5 pm Saturday. James E. Maddy camp president and C M Tremaine warned the move harms wartime morale as AFL officials led by James Petrillo objected to NBC. Musicians from across the country had gathered for broadcasts for 12 years and hope for resumption later.
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Interlochen
Mich
Symphony Orchestra
C. M. Tremaine
New York
National Bureau For the Advancement of Music
Symphony
James E. Maddy
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Maddy
National Broadcasting Company
James C. Petrillo
Tremaine
Goot
Meuhlstein 4& Company, Inc
Schulman,Inc
Nat'e, Berzen, Inc
Jand
Loewenthel Company
Firms to Profit From Scrap Rubber Drive
Washington July 13 House sub committee counsel says Rubber Reserve Corporation allowed firms to profit greatly from scrap rubber. Designated agents receive 1.50 per ton in commissions for scrap collected, plus fees for sorting. After sorting, crepe soles worth 462 dollars per ton are separated from run-of-mill grades, amplifying profits.
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Washington
Elior E. Simpson
House
Rubber Reserve Corporation
Price Control Bill Before the Senate Faces Cuts
The Senate considers the price control appropriation of 1.856 billion dollars with a House approved increase of 345 million over prior votes but 20 million less than requested. Henderson criticizes a farm price parity limit. Wagner calls the OPA funding vital to home front issues. Debate covers subsidies to tame living costs, Senate confirmation for high paid OPA staff, and a 2.34 cent gas tax in 17 rationed states. If Senate redlines stand, the measure returns to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Office of Price
Henderson
Appropriations Committee
House
OPA
Wagner
Weener
Georgia
Caribbean Ship Sinkings Reported By Allied Losses
The sinking of a Dominican schooner Carmen near Puerto Bergartin and a Panamanian merchantman off Gaspar Hernandez is added to Allied and neutral losses totaling 362 since US entry. One Panamanian survivor was treated by a German doctor after the attack. one man died. Twenty-two survivors said their gun crew fired once before the sub dived.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Carmen
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Gaspar Hernandez
Puerto Bergartin
House Group Seeks To Prevent Modification Of Tax Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a $6.25 billion tax bill with safeguards to block amendments on the way to debate. The plan, approved by most members, would raise federal revenues to about $24 billion, with higher normal and surtax rates and a new 5 percent withholding from pay. War spending in June exceeded the bill’s revenue projections, underscoring policy tensions.
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House
Washington
Ways, and Means
Rules Committee
Dil
Morgenthau
War Production Board
Five Michig an drownings over the weekend report
Five persons drowned in Michigan during a heat wave weekend as thousands sought lake and stream refuge. Several deaths occurred across cities and lakes including Edison Lake Muskegon Lake Michigan and Blake Lake with victims from Wayne Muskegon Lansing Omens and Negaunee.
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Michigan
Ypsilanti Post
Coleen Wisch
Wayne
Edison Lake
Carl Wisch
Muskegon
Charles Rosel
Maude Mason
Kitty Mason
Dale Wible
Lansing
Lake Muskegon
Charles Courson
Frank Courset
Omens
Lake Michigan
Negaunee
George A. Pastore
Little Lake
Detroit
Delbert H. Spragg
Kalamazoo
John Bacon
William Cannon
Coast Guard
Detroit River
Harbormaster
Cheboygan
Frank Buchanan
Lima
Ohio
Nazis Hurl Tanks and Men at Russian Lines Near Don
German forces drive 170 miles into Soviet soil, reaching Boguchar as tanks, planes, and thousands of troops pour across the Don valley. Russian defenses under Marshal Timoshenko form new lines, with heavy losses on both sides as the offensive threatens Rostov, the Caucasus, and the Volga region toward Stalingrad.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Don Valley
Volga
Stalingrad
Boguchar
Don
Voronezh
Donets
Rostov
North Caucasus
Middle Volga
Lisithansk
Timoshenko
Red Army
Kantemirovka
Volga St. Stalingrad
Stalineral
Caucasus
Knudsen paints rosy war picture in Michigan tour
Lieutenant General William S. Knudsen assured 200 Michigan manufacturers in Grand Rapids that the United States faces no material shortage in war production. He cited ample steel copper aluminum and other materials though rubber remains a concern and predicted rubber will arrive soon. He warned the war would be long and hard but affirmed ultimate victory and praised American producers for surpassing quotas.
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Grand Rapids
William S. Knudsen
America
Michigan
Muskegon
Knudsen
Ico
Hitler
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Igrad
Soviet Russia
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Goret
Rrazan
Kharkov A
Usiha
Taganrog
Samsuny
Ankara
Kayseris
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Turkey
DNEZH
Ikantem
Saratov
Svka
Talingrad
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Ira C. Baker
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