Allied Bombers To Lead Major German Attack Drive
RAF and United States built heavy bombers to spearhead a heaviest air raid campaign on Germany expected in three months. British sources say attacks will target Ruhr to Prague and surpass earlier July bombings on Cologne Bremen and the Ruhr with 7 million pounds dropped.
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RAF
Germany
London
Channel
Lille
France
Rhineland
Rotterdam
Naples
Italy
Coventry
Ruhr
Prague
Cologne
Bremen
Adolf Hitler
Mogilev
Dneiper River
Moscow
Berlin
Red Army
Smolensk
Yoo Hoos greet troops in Port Matilda procession
In Port Matilda Pennsylvania the town’s girls greet 30 truckloads of soldiers with a chorus of Yoo-Hoos as they pass through, drawing only smiles in reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Matilda
Sam
Wheat Rule To Be Modified For 1942 Crop
The Agriculture Department announced that farmers with wheat above their 1941 quotas may seed below their 1942 AAA average allotments and obtain permission to sell excess grain without the 49 cent penalty. Local AAA committees will grant this after planting. Winter wheat seeding starts around Sept. 1, allowing fall marketing of excess wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
AAA
Three Women Riot Victims at Felber Biscuit Plant
Three women were injured when three men rushed a picket line at Felber Biscuit Company. The CIO union reported 231 workers stopped work to protest discrimination and criticized the National Labor Board for an inter union dispute. Injured named are Mrs Emma Scoles Miss Ida Sullivan and Mrs Mildren Mayfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Felber Biscuit Company
United Retail and Wholesale Employes of America
CIO
National Labor Board
A. F. of L
Tom Davis
Emma Scoles
Ida Sullivan
Mildren Mayfield
Calls for Defense Aid And Help to Britain
Steubenville report says Ralph H. Stone of Conneaut Ohio American Legion commander urged continued support of the defense program and aid to England to keep American soldiers from the battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Steubenville
Ralph H. Stone
Conneaut
Ohio
American Legion
10Th District Legion
England
Soldier Granted 30 Day Furlough to Thresh Grain
Private John V. Prochaska of the Sixth Corps area was borrowed by Azalia Michigan farmers for 30 days to run a threshing machine as grain ripens. Brig. Gen. John L. Homer announced a special order granting the furlough so he may work in the fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan
Azalia
Mich
John V. Prochaska
United States Army
Sixth Corps
Prochaska
John L. Homer
U S Officials Head to Lisbon After Expulsion
More than 300 American consular officials and their families expelled from Axis-occupied Europe gather in Frankfort Germany awaiting transfer to Lisbon for sailings to New York aboard the West Point. The largest unit of 234 left Germany for Hendaye and Lisbon by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
United States
Lisbon
Portugal
New York
West Point
Germany
Norway
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Frankfort
Spain
Hendaye
Berlin
Truck and Melon Load Stolen After He Halted at Light
In Indianapolis Charles McPertierd reports a gang of men and boys jumped his truck loaded with cantaloupes tomatoes and peaches at a traffic light. They carried off the cantaloupes and more than the rest of the load. The truck and its contents were gone after the pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles McPertierd
Fifty Million Allocated As Loan To Farmers
The Farm Security Administration tentatively allocated a $50,000,000 Congress appropriated loan program to tenants for the purchase of farms across states. The move targets tenant farmers seeking farm ownership and indicates broad distribution plans pending final approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Security Administration
Congress
Germans Aim to Crush Red Army, Not Just Cities
The German claim centers on destroying Soviet resistance rather than capturing Moscow or Leningrad, arguing a quick victory is essential. Both sides report fierce fighting with heavy material destruction, yet no decisive blow has ended the war in Russia after five weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuters
Moscow
Kremlin
Joseph Stalin
Leningrad
Kiev
Hitler
Soviet Ukraine
Polotsk- Nevel
Smolensk
Novgrad Volynski
Red Army
Commissariat of Defense
England
Scotland
Berlin
Russia
Reich
CIO Union Seeks Roosevelt Takeover Of N J Air Plant
CIO unionists at Air Associates Bendix New Jersey seek presidential takeover to end wage dispute. UAW Aircraft Division says plant pays lowest rates in the industry and refuses to bargain. company president insists recognition and talks occurred since July 1. Headlines also report two teen slayings in Massachusetts and New York wage and strike actions across gypsum and coal sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Union
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Salem
Mass
Frances M. Cochran
Lynn
Robert F. Bradford
Reading
Constance Shipp
CIO
Air Associates, Incorporated
Bendix
N. J
Aircraft Division
United Auto Workers of America
National Defense
British Seek Increase in Tanker Supply for War Needs
The Maritime Commission arranged a conference between Secretary Ickes and oil tanker owners to discuss transferring additional tanker tonnage to Britain while avoiding a petroleum shortage in the east. Ickes, defense petroleum coordinator, urged consumers to cut gasoline use by one third and asked major oil firms for weekly retail sales reports to gauge responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maritime Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Icries
Britain
Ickes
Defense Petroleum Co
Cooper Sent to Far East as Special War Coordinator
Prime Minister Churchill shuffled his war cabinet naming Alfred Duff Cooper to the Far East as a special war coordinator for the cabinet and Brendan Bracken as minister of information. Cooper heads to Singapore amid fears of a Japanese southward move as Britain reshapes leadership after Chamberlain's resignation.
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London
Churchill
Alfred Duff Cooper
Far East
Brendan Bracken
Cooper
Chamberlain
Admiralty
Singapore
Japan
More Tanks Ordered From Chrysler Plants
The War Department placed orders totaling over 88 million dollars for medium and light tanks. Chrysler Corporation of Detroit received two contracts valued at 63,785,816 and 10,781,945 dollars for tanks and parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Army
CIO Workers Return To Work at St. Marys
In St Marys an agreement, terms undisclosed, sends 30 CIO United Rubber Workers to return to their jobs at the St Marys Manufacturing Co affili ated with Goodyear. The plant employs 900 and officials promise to consider the workers grievances after a strike began last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Marys
CIO
United Rubber Workers of America
St. Marys Manufacturing Co
LD. Patterson
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Grand Jury Told to Probe Gambling in Franklin County
Common Pleas Judge Cecil J. Randall instructed the Franklin County Grand Jury to conduct a thorough investigation of gambling in the county and city. He cited evidence from recent trials of slot machines and numbers houses in operation as local ministers pressed for an anti gambling inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Common Pleas
Cecil J. Randall
Franklin County Grand Jury
Grab Bill Seen Passing Despite GOP Objections
Washington leaders push for quick Senate approval of a property seizure bill for national defense. Reynolds criticized broad powers including news outlets. Barkley Connally Bailey defend passage as necessary for defense while urging restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Military Committee
Barkley
D-Ky
Connally
Findlay Cigar Plant Closed by Picket Line
The Findlay cigar factory of the Deisel-Wem mer-Gilbert Company was closed indefinitely today because of picketing by the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America. Reopening will hinge on strike negotiations at the Lima plant. Local union members seek a wage increase of 10 cents per 1,000 cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay Cigar
Findlay
Deisel-Wemmer-Gilbert Company
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Lima
Bolivian Arrests Tie Nazi Plot to Local Figures
In La Paz authorities arrested several prominent Bolivians including ex Finance Minister Victor Paz Estenssoro over an alleged Nazi plot. German minister Ernst Wendler was expelled. President Penaranda claimed documentary proof of meddling. state of siege remains. Defense Chief Candia went to Cochabamba for further investigations. Four newspapers were suspended and three journalists detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Enrique Penaranda
United States
Ernst Wendler
Penaranda
Estenssoro
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
Miguel Candia
Cochabamba
Washington
Axis
U S Troops Arrive to Garrison Bases in British Guiana
The first detachment of United States troops arrived to garrison two bases in British Guiana under a destroyer deal with Britain. These are the first peacetime bases US troops have garrisoned on a foreign continent, with Marines and troops previously stationed in China for guard duty. The bases sit near the Atlantic coast about 1,500 air miles east of the Panama Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
British Guiana
United States
Britain
Marinesrand
China
Atlantic
Panama ‘Canal
Army of Millions V symbol campaign stirs Europe
London reports a British led V campaign across Nazi occupied Europe as a “v” army of millions mobilizes through whistling tapping and sign painting. Colonel Britton urges patience while sabotage reports and widespread V symbols appear in Czechoslovakia France Belgium and the Netherlands. British broadcasts in 17 languages spread the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Victory Legion
Britton
BBC
Britain
The
Daily Herald
V Army
Czechoslovakia
Paris
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Trafalgar Square
Graver Need for Trained Forces Seen
President Roosevelt told Congress America faces greater danger than a year ago and sought to extend the one year active service period for army selectees National Guardsmen and reservists. He warned the nation would risk grave danger and army disintegration within two months if the extension is not approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
New Nazi Drives Seen in Europe Amid Growing Tensions
Washington reports indicate Germany plans new aggression against remaining independent European states. President Roosevelt urges Congress to maintain full army strength and extend service, warning the danger to national safety is greater than a year ago and a national emergency exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Washington
Sumner Welles
United States
Germany
Spain
Portugal
Ex-convict Philip Criss Dies After Detroit Cleveland Run
Philip Criss aged 28 an ex convict wounded in a running gun battle at Hamtramck Michigan last month died today in a Cleveland city hospital. He reached Cleveland from Detroit about 180 miles despite a severe abdominal wound.
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Cleveland
Philip Criss
Hamtramck, Mich
City Hospital
Detroit
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U.S
By Dewitt MacKenzie
United States of America
F. Eroy Hill
Supreme Court
Olean
N. Y
U. S. Gypsum Company
Oakfield
Gypsum Organizing Committee
United Mine Workers Union
van Lear, Ky
Consolidated Coal Company
White Motor Co
United Automobile Workers
Department of Labor
Consciliation Service
Chrysler
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