Battle of Midway yields heavy Japanese losses and Yorktown damage
The Navy reports Japan lost 20 ships including four carriers and three battleships, with 275 planes destroyed and 4,800 men killed or drowned. American losses include the Yorktown and the Hammann. Navy highlights a daring torpedo squadron attack led by Lieut. Cmdr. Waldron, all 15 planes lost, survivor Ensign Gay. Page 3.
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Washington
Japan
Battle of
Midway
Hawaii
Yorktown
Hammann
Panama Canal
Churchill
John Charles Waldron
Fort Piere
S. D
G. H. Gay
Houston
Texas
Former President Ortiz of Argentina Dies at 55
Buenos Aires reports former Argentinian president Roberto M. Ortiz died today after resigning June 24 due to ill health and near blindness. He had diabetes, pneumonia, and kidney problems, and received last rites from Bishop Miguel de Andrea.
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Buenos Aires
Roberto M. Ortiz
Argentina
Miguel de Andrea
Tem- 05
Ortiz
North Caucasus Food Region Faces German Threat
Washington reports the German advance into the Don river north of the Caucasus threatens a major bread basket area vital to Soviet grain meat and food supplies for southern armies. Officials warn loss would boost American aid needs amid ship shortages while scorched earth risks loom if Germans reach the region.
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Washington
Don River
Caucasus Mountains
Russia
North Caucasus
Agriculture Department
Caucasian
Ukraine
Soviet Union
Caucasus
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Indian Resolution Demands British Withdrawal
Gandhi presses All-India Congress stand for British exit from India and warns violence could follow. He says resolution must be ratified by the committee and notes no historic overrule by wider party bodies. He remains hopeful humans can rise to change.
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Wardha
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Britain
Uttle School
Gandhi
All-India Congress Committee
Bombay
Dydia
Green Urged to Use AFL Influence on Interlochen Broadcast
Interlochen Michigan officials and Michigan youth groups press AFL President William Green to restore the canceled Interlochen symphony broadcast. Albert Carson and Wallace Colwell accuse James Petrillo of harming the labor movement’s image, saying future stars like Stokowski and Benny Goodman are training at Interlochen and deserve air time.
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Green
Interlochen
Mich
Iican Federation of Labor
Symphony
AFL
Musician Union
Stokowskis
Benny Goodman
Young Democrats
Young Republicans
Michigan
William Green
Albert Carson
Detroit
Wallace
Colwell
The
Young Reepublicans
Sicians' Union
Petrillo
Joseph E. Maddy
Carson
America
Interlothen
Lawmakers press independent rubber agency plan
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma backs a separate government rubber agency to produce synthetic rubber from grain alcohol, challenging Donald Nelson of the WPB. The subcommittee has approved a bill by Gillette, Dlown, and others to develop grain based rubber, arguing it could lower costs and speed production versus petroleum based methods.
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Washington
Thomas
D-Okla
Donald Nelson
Senate Agriculture
Gillette Dlown
WPB
Gillette
Nelson
Aperts
Exby Hospital Adds New X Ray Department
Emmia L. Bixby Hospital expands with a seven room third floor radiological department housing the latest X ray equipment. Drs. Goodrich Beck and Glaser of Toledo will supervise thrice weekly. Miss Mabel Hamlin resumes X ray work. Community contributions help finance the installation.
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Emmia L. Bixby Hospital
AW. Chase
Bixby Hospital
Mra. Chase
University Hospital
Mabel Hamlin
Chase
Toledo
L. 5. Stafford
German Gestapo Chief Killed in Zagreb Shootings
London reports the Gestapo chief of Zagreb was assassinated by a hand grenade while traveling on the city’s main street. Yugoslav spokesman says German guards went on a killing spree, firing on crowds and rounding up residents. More than 700 Croats were executed in reprisal.
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London
Gestapo
Zagreb
Secret Police
Zagréb
Ford Bomber Plans Found on Prisoner
New York July 13 A German born former American coast guardsman Washington Glendale Spiegelberg aged 35 was held in bail of 25000 on espionage charges. FBI said he carried 18 bomber plans and drawings for a Ford B24 four engine bomber while employed as a process engineer with Donelly. He had access to drawings and machinery at the Ford bomber plant and was known in Detroit. Also reported was an arrest of another American for secretly aiding the Vichy government.
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Associated Press
New York
FBI
P. Foxworth
Washington
Glendale Spiegelberg
Long Island
Detroit
Ford
Donelly
Alex Sobolaoski
Spiegelberg
Berlin
U. S
Hempstead
Foxworth
Alaska
Coast Guard
Thal
Los ‘Angeles
Egyptian Height Attacked by Axis Near Tel El Eisa
Cairo July 15 Axis forces attacked Tel El Eisa with tanks and infantry in the third successive assault on the British held height in Egypt's corridor battle zone. The RAF played a major role destroying Axis tanks and sending bombers back in force. The communique did not reveal battle outcomes but said the RAF continued to strike Axis armored equipment along the front between the Mediterranean and the Gatara gap near Alexandria.
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FRELS
Cairo
Tel-El Eisa
Egypt
RAF
Tobru
Mediterranean
Gattara
Alexandria
Asis
House panel backs revision of proposed corporate tax bill
Massachusetts Representative and Ways and Means member announce vote to send the revenue bill back to committee for revision. Knutson of Minnesota joins in criticizing the plan as short sighted taxing business out of existence and risking jobs and community support. The measure carries 67 votes.
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Washington
Daly
Massachusetts
House
Ways and ‘Means
Knutson
R-Minn
Mustlack
Eadway
In & Trinority
Agcam
New Guinea Base Bombed By Allied Planes
Allied bombers attacked the Salamsua airfield at Salamsua New Guinea targeting runways used by Japanese raiders on Port Moresby. A second flight sank a small Japanese vessel and set fires in Kalabahi port installations on Alor Island near Timor. Australian Air Minister Drakeford warned Australia’s crucial defense could be fought in the skies during a potential Japanese invasion.
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General MacArthur
Australia
Salamsua
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Kalabaht
Alor Island
Timor Island
Dutch East Indies
Toiny
Wrecked Ship To Aid War Effort Via Scrap Pile
A damaged salvage story from Detroit describes the 254 foot tanker J. Ogwald Boyd wrecked on Simmons Shoal off Beaver Island. The War Production Board plans salvage for scrap to aid the war effort, with the hull expected to yield about 1400 tons. The vessel, built in Paisley Scotland and once in Atlantic service, lies under Great Lakes salvage plans.
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Detroit
Lake Michigan
Detroit River
J. Ogwald Boyd
Paisley
Scotland
Atlantic
Great Lakes
War Production Board
Great
Reds Urge Allies Open Second Front Before Japs
London dispatch reports Soviet officials and London sources urging a prompt American British land front to divert German forces before Japan could strike Siberia. Sources warn Japan may attack Siberia if the Caucasus campaign falters, with August and September seen as prime months for such campaigning. Public meetings in Glasgow and Liverpool supported a new front and aid to Russia while experts note the Red army remains capable, though wary of German air reinforcements. Allies plan extensive training and invasion prep, including fighter escorts tank barges and thousands of assault troops for a permanent front.
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Voronezh
Moscow
Rzhev
Boguchar
Lishchansk
Stalingrad
Rostov
Associated Press
London
Russia
Caucasus
Japan
Siberia
Caucasian
Siberian
Manchukuo
Pacific
Ivan Maisky
Glasgow
Liverpool
Red
Isles
House Debates Farm Compromise Veto Risk
The House faced a showdown over the Agriculture Department appropriation as a Cannon plan proposes selling 125,000,000 bushels of surplus wheat at parity prices for livestock feed. It seeks a shift from Senate demands of 85 percent parity and no below-parity sales. Approval 81 to 34 followed a delayed vote amid quorum questions, with White House veto predictions and opposition from Senate leaders McNary and others.
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Agriculture Department
House
Cannon
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Vichy Decree Seizes Jewish Property and Businesses
The Vichy government issued a sweeping decree taking over management of Jewish owned property and enterprises in France and colonies. It follows a Gestapo ban on Jews at public gatherings and includes stricter measures than Berlin. The order, signed by the Gestapo chief, marks a further tightening of Nazi policy.
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Vichy
France
Berlin
Gestapo
Caribbean convoy system extended as escorts boost anti submarine war
United Nations merchant ships in the Caribbean now operate under convoy with naval escorts expanding into the Gulf of Mexico. Navy Secretary Knox announced increased patrol vessels and a larger submarine combat school as wartime Atlantic losses reach at least 371. Two more sinkings were reported, including a U.S. vessel sunk off South America and a Norwegian ship torpedoed near Mexico, with casualties among crew.
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TSE
Associated Press
United Nations
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Knox
Atlantic
New York
Seaboard
United States
South America
la Presna
Mexico City
Jeter
Yucatan
Progreso
Voronezh Offensive Fails as German Drive Is Halted
Russian dispatches claim German forces failed to encircle Voronezh after a heavy assault that crossed the Don River. Fresh troops and tanks supported a fierce offensive, but sustained Soviet resistance drove them back on both north and south fronts. German losses are reported as heavy, with up to 39,000 killed or wounded in ten days, and divisions from France and Belgium redeployed.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Voronezh
Don
Germany
Soviet Information Bureau
Europe
France
Belgium
Information Bureau
Red
Wen Chow Captured by Japanese Invaders
Chinese officials confirmed the capture of Wen Chow, a key port in southern Chekiang, by Japanese forces last Saturday. An army spokesman said the move was to prevent Allied air or naval use and noted Japan planned to convert 20 brigades into full divisions with offensive roles.
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Chungking
Wenchow
Chekiang Province
Japan
Wencow
Deep Bay
Fouchow
Fukien
United Nations
Futuo Island
Laneghi Island
China
Distiller claims capacity to produce 200 tons of synthetic rubber daily
Louisville report says Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Inc could process enough grain to yield 200 tons of synthetic rubber each day with a $7 million plant. H. F. Willkie announced a new continuous process that converts grain to butylene glycol, claiming eight pounds of rubber per bushel versus six by competing methods, with costs around 20 cents per pound.
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Louisville
H. FE. Willkie
Joseph E. Seagramp & Sons, Inc
Ie Willkie
War Production Board
Seagram
Willkie
Seagram Chemists |P
Willde
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