Detroit Raids Snare Aliens Guns Radios
FBI raids in Detroit and Benton Harbor confiscate guns radios cameras and ammunition held by German and Italian aliens. Owners detained questioned or released likely custodial detention during the war. One man found with blueprints aerials and a torpedo photo. Investigation continues to assess spy links and plant blueprints.
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Detroit
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Benton Harbor
Mich
John S Bugas
FBI
Bugas
al Detroit
John C Lehr
U. S
Eastern Michigan
Germany
FBI Seeks Watch for Three Nazi Saboteurs USA
The FBI issued a nationwide alert for three Nazis trained in sabotage who may be at large in the United States. Circulating wanted notices include photos and descriptions, though officials say they may still be in Europe. Names cited include Walter Kappe, Rheinhold Barth, and Joseph Schmidt, with details on their roles and past activities. The alert coincides with a secret military trial of eight alleged saboteurs abroad.
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Washington
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Europe
Lorient
France
FAI
Long Island
Florida
Hoover
Walter Kappe
Walter Kappel
Telligence
Berlin
General Maxwell's Egyptian Mission Impresses Casey in Cairo
Brig. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell leads the US military mission in Egypt. Casey, the British minister, calls the desert project a splendid example of American military housekeeping. The camp will bolster United Nations efforts in the region.
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Cairo
Egypt
Russell L. Maxwell
United States
R. G. Casey
United Nations
Casey
Yank Airmen Strike Axis Bases In North Africa
U S army pilots conducted seven daylight sweeps over Bengasi Tobruk Suda bay Crete El Daba Hept Eret destroy enemy planes burn docks and ships in Rommels supply network British Eighth Army holds El Alamein corridor. Bombers traveled long desert routes causing heavy damage to bases and merchant vessels as Crete attack details remained undisclosed.
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Cairo
INS
U_ 8
Bengasi
Tobruk
Libya
Suda Bay
Crete
Middle East
U. S. Army Air Corps
el Daba
el Alamein
Eighth Army
U. S
Erwin Rommel
Mediterranean
Jail Food Profit System Attacked in Beckley
Judge Ben Moore urged the Raleigh County Bar Association to test the legality of sheriff operated jails for profit saying no law supports profit making from inmate care. He noted 42 cents a day is the feeding allowance with no authority for sheriff profits. The remark followed orders to show cause why Sheriff Ash Mankin and Jailer H P Thomas were cited for contempt over jail conditions and inadequate food and bedding for fourteen federal prisoners.
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Beckley
Ben Moore
Raleigh County Bar Association
Moore
West Virginia
Ash Mankin
H. P. Thomas
Raleigh County
Mankin
Thomas
U S Submarines Sink Six Japanese Vessels Near Far East
Navy report says Pacific fleet submarines sank six more Japanese ships including a destroyer and two cargo vessels in Far Eastern waters. The claim notes American subs accounted for most of these successes during about 18 months of war, with operations near New Guinea and southward toward the Coral Sea region.
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Washington
INSI
Navy Department
U. Sg
Army
Hnd Navy
U.S
Australia
New Guinea
Japan
Cam
Ely
Coral Sea
Oumis
Bar East
Seit
Soldier Sentenced For Nazi Leanings
CHICAGO July 25 Gen George Grutiert said today an army private at Fort Sheridan who admired Hitler has been dishonorably discharged and sentenced to five years in the military disapary barracks at Fort Leavenworth. The general approved the finding of a general court martial which convicted PPC Hans Geisler born 1905 in Breslau. He entered the United States in 1928 as an immigrant. Evidence shows he felt Germany justified in its struggle, hoped for a German victory, admired Hitler and the Nazi regime, and refused to renounce.
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Chicago
George Grutiert
Fort Sheridan
Hitler
Winy
Breslau
Germany
United States
Geisler
Hiller
Senate Hints at New Tax Fields in Revenue Debate
Senate considers adding new tax fields to fund a House approved revenue bill. George says committee may oppose higher personal and corporate income rates, seeks revenue options beyond the bill, and weighs a salon tax or payroll deduction shift to direct tax. Unclear if committee will recommend any form of new levy.
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Senate
George
Noile
Une Atveregs
Saice
Hundreds of Rail Lines To Be Relocated by WPB
The War Production Board told Senator Wiley that it has taken over hundreds of railways for relocation to aid wartime effort. Since July 4, WPB has seized lines to supply steel for military and naval use, with many more on the draft list. The board says rail shortages hinder direct war projects and that necessary track can only be obtained by moving usable rail from existing trackage. Final decisions depend on whether materials are essential to the war effort. The WPB notes 363 miles of lines drafted so far include St. Louis and San Francisco routes, Illinois Central, and more, to support military and industrial sites.
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Washington
War Production Board
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
WPB
Sen. Wiles
Sys Smng
Minis
Nivitary
Naval
Wiley
Army
War and Maritime Commissem
St. Louis
San Francisco
Ft. Gibson
Fayettewillie
Oxla
Mites
Illinois Central Railway
Rod
Commercial Sugar Bonus Declared by OPA Kansawha Boards Update
The OPA declares a sugar bonus for industrial and institutional users. Kanawha war rationing boards were notified. Industrial bonus rises to 80 percent and institutional to 73 percent of last July and August consumption. Domestic Coupon No 5 expired. new two pound bonus sugar coupons valid until Aug 22. Boards remind the public to file books of deceased and of those called to military service.
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OPA
Kanawha
Lack of Ships Is Biggest Allied Obstacle to Second Front
Admiral Clark H. Woodward argues that scarce Allied shipping is the primary barrier to opening a western second front. He cautions that delaying action risks losing Russia, while Japanese maneuvers and German drives threaten Murmansk and Archangel supply routes and could force an earlier invasion of western Europe.
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Japan
Russia
Far East
Murmansk
Archangel
Europe
Volga
Caucasus
Iraq
Iran
Nelson says wartime output reaches record pace but warns against optimism
Washington July 25 In a Nation report War Production Board Chairman Donald M Nelson declared record breaking strides in turning out planes ships Brig and munitions since Pearl Harbor Yet he warned against premature boasting noting production battles far from won and raw material bottlenecks loom across the economy Industry labor and government are broadly praised but urgency must not wane as the war continues with more work ahead.
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Washington
INS
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
America
Pearl Harbor
Nelson
Allred Leads O'Daniel Narrowly in Texas Primary
In Dallas Texas former Governor James V Allred leads incumbent U S Senator W Lee O Daniel by a slim margin in the seven pm Texas Democratic primary returns tabulated by the election bureau Allred shows 10033 votes Moody 4291 and Moody with Coke Stevenson at 1744 votes while six other candidates trail far behind The Democratic nomination is effectively the contest with a runoff possible in the near future
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Dallas
Tex
INS
James V. Allred
U. S
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Allred
Dan Moody
O'Daniel
U. S. Senate
Coke Stevensen
Renmninetyng
Iit
Alhemcisa
Furious Blows Take Invaders To Rostov Edge
Moscow reports say German spearheads with 2080 tanks and many planes reached Rostov outskirts as fierce fighting raged house to house. Soviets fall back to the Dor river south shore while Stalingrad battles continue, with Voronezh and Novocherkassk fronts also seeing heavy action.
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Moscow
INSI
Rostov
Novozherkassk
Stockholm
Dor
Batajsk
Russia
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Tsimalyansk
Rantov
Don
Stalingrad North Caucasus
Voronezh
Tsimatyansk
Novocherkassk
Voronestet
Don River
Single Bombers Raid Nazi Cities
American-made Boston bombers of the RAF carried out new raids on major German industrial cities in the Rhine land and on occupied Holland and Belgium. Single bombers struck Mannheim and Frankfurt, with attacks on a chemical factory at Sluiskil and Nazi Kett railroad installations in Belgium. Nine locomotives were destroyed and four escort fighters did not return.
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London
Boston
RAF
Rhineland
Holland
Belgium
Manneheim
Frankfurt
Germany
Sluiskil
Bel- Blum
Royal Air Force
Once Over Lightly Moscow July 25 Nazi Gestapo deputy barber
The Moscow radio reported that Gustav Stumer deputy chief for the Gestapo in Yugoslavia sought a shave in a barber shop. The barber allegedly honed his razor and attacked Stumer’s neck in revenge for his brother’s execution by the Gestapo, according to the broadcast.
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Moscow
INS
Gustav Stumer
Gestapo
Yugoslavia
Stumer
Radio
Mosenw
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