Sub-Parity Grain Sales Funded In July Stop-Gap
Congress approves a stop-gap bill providing about $58 million for July operations at the Agriculture Department and allows government grain to be sold at sub-parity prices this month. The measure follows debates over funding for payrolls of about 9,000 federal employees and aligns with a broader bill on farm-loan support.
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White House
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
A&a
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Right of Subpoena Granted to OPA Officials
Price Administrator Leon Henderson gains subpoena power for regional offices to require witnesses to produce books and records. Senate appropriations subcommittee had not decided funding. Henderson requested 210000, with budget bureau cutting to 161000 and a House panel recommending 75000. President Roosevelt reportedly weighing wage stabilization and subsidies to keep living costs near current levels.
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Washington
Price
Leon Henderson
Senate
Sen. McKellar
Henderson
Roosevelt
FBI Drives to Outlaw Nazi Bund and Dispatch Train Wreck Toll
Federal agents launch a nationwide campaign to dissolve the German American Bund targeting 54 officers including Fritz Kuhn and Wilhelm Kunze. In New Jersey and other states, indictments accuse Bund members of evading conscription and conspiring against the United States. Meanwhile a wreck near Natara with two dead, engineer John W. Baber and Allen Maynich, triggers mass casualties as cars burn and bystanders are injured.
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Fritz Kuhn
National Bund
Wilhelm Kunze
Mexico
United States
Aly
Fe PL
Foxworth
Mson
Natar
Persyes
Here
John W. Baber
Portemouth
Allen Maynich
Nealan
Baber
Maynard
William Sun Hospiayl
Otlie Ware
Nazis Face Death Charge in U Boat Sabotage Trial
Washington reports outline of a high profile case in which eight U boat saboteurs face death charges. Justice Department investigators targeted secrecy and procedure as Maj. General Metcalf’s military commission, led by General Metcalf, seeks a verdict with potential execution. President Roosevelt weighs in on procedural safeguards and the timing of the trial.
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Justice Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rae
War Department
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Weil
Militviry Sion
Maj
Ger
Metlog
Wil Derpresoe
Riveevelt
International Rule For Ruhr Suggested
The archbishop of Canterbury proposes after the war that Ruhr Germany be governed by an international mandate to repurpose its war output. He warns Germany has two burdens, war potential and German industry, urging control to prevent future aggression.
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London
Canterberry
Germany
Ruhr
Paneer
War to Take 20 Million From U S Civilian Work
Brig. Gen. Frank J. McSherry told the University of Virginia that nearly 20,000,000 persons must be inducted into U S war activities from 1942 to 1945. He cited estimates for adding 70,509,000 so called ver tional workers to war industries this year and withdraw 3,490,000 men for military service, totaling about 13,909,000 into war work in the current year.
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Charlottrsvili
Frank J. McSherry
U. S
University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs
Dircrtor
War Manpower Commission
Taboe
McSherry
Roosevelt Urges War Time Economy and Stock Ties
President Roosevelt urges stricter wartime controls and stock limits to save the nation. He notes shortages, calls for vigilance against profiteers, and emphasizes public sacrifice as he addresses officials and the press.
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Roosevelt
Desert Front Battles Press for Breakthroughs and Supplies
British and Axis forces clash along an L shaped Egyptian front as both sides seek a breakthrough while American and British air power pound Axis positions. Rommel withdraws from the bulge and Auchinleck reinforces, aiming to avert a decisive El Alamein attack as patrols and artillery fire continue.
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Armerican
Meckerston
Josellons
Rommel
Bulge
Charde Auchinleck
el Alamein
Trigh
Wavell Warries
London
Ste Avehiald
Berd
Thom
Alediig
Auchinieck
Geo. Aueherdeel
Munetay
Herita
Fire damages Goodyear air deck at Akron base
Reported fire at the Goodyear air deck near Akron damaged the base area housing dirigibles. Early indications point to origin near the air deck, with flames brought under control within an hour. details incomplete as investigation continues.
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Big Goodyear Air Deck
ARRON
Gotus 7
Goodyear Air Deck
Akron
Mace
Hous
Watt
Gandlyegg Alpecraft Warp
Piase Tura Loan Records and Privacy Document Mention
The fragment mentions a loan and a privacy document connected to China and Japan, with references to a hosted file and monetary figures. The readable items are fragmentary and unclear, but indicate a formal transaction and security considerations.
Army Surgeons Save Life of U S Airman
Maj Joseph R Dolce of Buffalo New York and Lt Mark Timken of Beaver Dam Wisconsin performed a delicate brain operation in a field hospital at Lae New Guinea to save Sgt Clarence Hoehn of Munster Texas. They removed a nose cap from a shell and a bone fragment pressing on the brain after Hoehn, an air gunner aboard a bomber, was attacked by 20 Japanese zeros for 40 minutes during Allied raids.
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U. S. Army
Joseph R. Dolce
Buffalo
N. Y
Mark Timken
Beaver Dam
Wis
Clarence Hoehn
Munster
Texas
Hoehn
Lae
New Guinea
Chinese Troops Counter Japanese in Eastern China Gains
Reported today Chinese forces launched counterattacks in Kiangsi and recaptured Yungkang while repelling Japanese advances. American air units reportedly gained control of skies over eastern China as U.S. and Chinese efforts push back Japanese drives in Hankow and Kwansfeng regions.
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China
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Japan
United States
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Nippon
Sun
Ameri Miers
Hankow
Lon
Kiangs
Yungkang
Banhi
American Air Command
Gsi
Hunan
Cher
Battle in the Air Over Alamein Front Shapes Egypt Struggle
Report from near Alamein describes intense air and ground activity as Allied bombers attack Axis formations and supply lines. British and American crews press the offensive while tank-led columns maneuver under heavy shelling along a 20 mile stretch, with reinforcements arriving amid cautious optimism from British commanders.
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George Lait
1 Alamein
Egypt
Americgan
United Nations
Ten Thousand Slain in Heydrich Death Aftermath
Report from Ankara indicates about 10 000 Czechs killed since the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. The dispatch cites German reprisals aided by widespread sabotage and secret operations affecting Slovakia and surrounding areas as authorities promise ongoing action.
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Ankara
Turkey
Reinhard Heydrich
Rig Sabotato
Slovakia
Ari
Mai Festelyn
Hero Will Lead Yankee Airmen
Major General Carl Spatz, famed World War I flying hero who piloted the Question Mark, is named commander in chief of the US Army Air Forces in the European theater. The Pennsylvania native, with 32 years in the service, has led since June and now assumes the top role.
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London
Carl i Toughie Spastz
Army Air Forces
Spasir
Pennsylvania
Skipper Admits Pulling String Too Soon
London reports a tramp steamer skipper describes using a wire tailed rocket device to entangle attacking planes. He says in the heat of attack he pulled the string too soon and the enemy dodged the wire, while a naval officer advises delaying the pull next time.
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London
Powerful New High Speed Engine Spurs Sub Chasers
The article reports a new lightweight high speed diesel engine for submarine chasers. It features four banks of four cylinders, a reversible propeller system, and claims as the lightest ocean duty engine with one third the space of prior diesels. Production is by General Motors Electro-Motive Division at LaGrange, Michigan.
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Angoy
Act
Electro-Molive
Gena Motors Corporation
Lacange
General Motors
Nazi Drive to Voronezh Struggles Amid Soviet Counterattacks
Soviet reports say they halted the German push toward the Voronezh rail hub on the Don river as counterattacks hit the northern flank of the advance. Soviet forces retreated 60 miles southwest of Voronezh to new positions while Wehrmacht engineers rush to bridge the Don.
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Voronezh
Don River
Staryi Oskol
Bielgorod
Fedor von Bock
Don
Moscow-Rostov
von Bock
Voroezh
Semyon Timoshenko
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Kharkov
Vichy
Krasnay River
Izyum-Kupyanek
Staryj Oskol
Paris
Povorine
Chlorine Gas Sicks Dozens In Midtown Incident
Chlorine gas escaped from a container at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons area. About 75 people along West Gath and Columbus Ave were overcome and 12 taken to hospital. Bus passengers and bystanders were affected as emergency squads responded and workmen evacuated containers.
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Columbia University College of Phies
Appea Td
West Gath Treat
Columbus Avenue
Columbus Avenuue
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