Germans Claim Smolensk On Moscow Road Taken
German reports claim the capture of Smolensk on the Moscow road as Nazi forces push toward the capital. Navies and air forces engage on multiple fronts with Russian dictums and Japanese moves signaling a widening war across Europe and Asia.
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Smolensk
Moscow
Chisinau
Kishenev
Bessarabia
Kiev
Leningrad
Pskov
Porkov
DNR
Polotsk
Vitebsk
Dnieper
Bobruisk
High Command
DNB
Novograd Volynsk
Red Army
Semyon Timoshenko
Far East
Russia
Shanghai
Japan
Siberia
Indo-China
Britain
Germany
Baltic States
Poland
Iron Cavalry Tries Itself Out in Desert
Fort Bliss Texas July 17 a partially mechanized cavalry division conducts desert exercises to test mixed horse and motorized forces in terrain where tanks and armored cars extend infantry reach. The exercise features 13 light tanks 40 armored scout cars and 25 bantam cars with mobile reconnaissance to locate and harry flanks. The war games involve two divisions and civilian pilots testing behind the front line courier role ahead of September Louisiana maneuvers.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
Texas
New Mexico
Mexican
Oet
Innis P. Swift
U. S
Fort Riley
Kan
First Cavalry Division
Auu Us
56Th Cavalry Brigade
Federalized
National Guard
Cavalry
Louisiana
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Amarillo and vicinity forecast fair tonight and Friday with little temperature change. West Texas remains fair this afternoon tonight and Friday with minimal temperature variation. New Mexico sees fair weather today and Friday except late afternoon and evening thunder showers over the continental divide and a slight warming. 24 hour extremes show a low of 64 and high of 89 with noon temperature at 87.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Hope Growing Hitler's Made Fatal Blunder
The article argues Britain sees Hitler erred by invading Russia, citing Red Army resistance and Luftwaffe losses. It notes Smolensk progress, uncertain Moscow reach, and boosted Allied air raids including Rotterdam. Churchill predicts intensified bombing and morale pressure on Germany.
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Hitler
Associated Press
Britain
Russia
Red Army
Wehrmacht
Tha Atharw
Ie Tha Annartin
Fair Weather Predicted With Warm Temps Across Region
Seattle reached a record 99 degrees yesterday as a brief shower window passed. The forecast calls for fair weather today tonight and tomorrow with highs near 92 and cooler lows around 65. Rural notes report light winds and scattered showers might have occurred in places like Claude Crosbyton and nearby farms reporting light rainfall.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Panhandle
Albert Hester
Albuquerque
Claude
Crosbyton
Lubbock
Rent Control May Be Used In Defense Areas
Leon Henderson, price administrator, told a House committee that rent control laws may be needed where voluntary measures fail to curb hikes in defense zones. He cited severe shortages and rent jumps up to 100 percent since October 1939 in shipbuilding, ordnance, and Army cantonment centers, and noted investigations into increases while local defense councils form fair rent committees relying on public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leon Henderson
Italian Girl Arrested for Wearing Shorts at Football Match
Caterina Pizzorni a 17 year old brunette was arrested at a Genoa football game for wearing shorts and fined 250 lire. This arrest marks the first under Mussolini's campaign to curb women wearing shorts in public.
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Genoa
U.P
Caterina Pizzorni
Benito Mussolini
War Department Backs General in Spanking Yoo Hoos
Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson announced the War Department supports Lieut Gen Ben Lear in the disciplinary action against 350 soldiers who lauded shorts clad girls at a Memphis golf course.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Ben Lear
Memphis
Tenn
CIO Plan Aims to Add One Billion Pounds Aluminum Output
President Roosevelt was briefed on a CIO proposed four point program to raise annual aluminum production by 1,000,000,000 pounds. The plan by CIO Aluminum Workers of America calls for a joint management labor council, new plants with 1 billion capacity, expanded Arkansas bauxite mining and stockpiles, union trained workers, and rationing non defense electric power with new steam plants.
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Washington
CIO
Roosevelt
Philip Murray
Aluminum Workers of America
Management-Labor Council
Arkansas
Non-War Work To Be Slashed
Secretary Morgenthau called for immediate sharp cuts in non defense manufacturing to ensure defense production reaches planned levels. He said non war work must be restricted as a priority to bolster war output.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Batista names new 18 man cabinet in Cuba
President Batista announced an 18 member cabinet after the old ministers resigned en masse. Senator Carlos Saladrigas was named premier along with 10 former ministers. Eight ministers are congressmen and observers expect stronger backing for Batista’s agricultural and economic policies.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Carlos Saladrigas
Traffic fines fall under $100 in corporation court
Yesterday 29 violators appeared in corporation court with fines totaling $61. All but two defendants had traffic tickets. Fines ranged from $1 to $5, showing a small sum across multiple cases.
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Corporation Court
Marshall Warns of Grave Emergency and Army Strain
General George C. Marshall warns Congress of a grave emergency facing the country amid aggressive powers. He urges extending service terms for selectees and National Guardsmen beyond one year, arguing current funding and red tape hinder readiness and air facilities, with Aug 1 as a critical deadline.
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Marshall
Congress
Brazil
Pan-American Airways
Sion
Senate
Warren R. Austin
Newfoundland
Trinidad
Victory Symbol Spreads Across Europe Amid War Propaganda
London July 17 The British campaign using the letter V and the number 5 to signal allied victory gains momentum. News reports say occupied Europe shows V markings on walls as German authorities crackdown. British planes fly in V formations over the Netherlands and Rotterdam oil depots are targeted. Beethoven’s Fifth is used as a victory cue and German radio signals claim progress while Britain counters with broadcasts. Dutch crowds greet RAF V formation flights with cheers at beaches and towns.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
Netherlands
Rotterdam
Prague
Germany
Russia
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Yokohama Specie Bank
Razuvaev
Hirohito
Konoye
Indo China
Camranh
John Maynard Lbr, Co
Rice Yahner
Royal Air Force
Way of
Sweden
Luftwaffe
von Richtofen
Eastern Front
Channel
Churchill
Commons
RAF
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Yoo-Hooers
United States
Maine
Vermont
Iceland
Hawaii
San Francisco
Russell Stationery Company
John Mansville
Newby’s
John Parris
Berlin Philharmonic
Leon Fuertwaengler
Radio
Brussels
Paris
Air Force Command
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