Japan apologizes for Tutuila bombing but demands fuller reply
Washington reports that Japan expressed regret over the Tutuila gunboat bombing in Chungking and took the initiative to apologize. Sumner Welles says Tokyo must send a more complete response. Grew and Nomura discussed the incident as further protests continue over censorship and assurances to protect American property.
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Sumner Welles
U. S
Tutuila
China
Japan
Tokyo
Welles
Chungking
Joseph C. Grew
Kichisaburo Nomura
United States
Grew
Kumaichi Yamamoto
Teijiro Toyoda
Foreign Office
Navy
Henri Smith-Hutton
Bombs in Chungking injure none and damage boats
During the third Japanese air raid on the provisional Chinese capital in three days a bomb near the 370 ton Tutuila wrecked the gun boat's speedboat and damaged another small boat. No crew members were hurt. A second bomb struck about 400 yards east of the U S embassy in Chungking. Both the embassy and the gunboat lie within the safety zone.
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United States
Tutuila
Chungking
Yangtze River
U. S
Ickes calls for 7pm to 7am gas station curbs
Secretary Ickes urges the oil industry to close 100,000 service stations in the Eastern Seaboard from Aug 3 for eight hours nightly seven days a week to curb gasoline use. He warns voluntary rationing has failed and further steps may follow in major states and districts east of the Appalachians.
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Maine
Florida
Ickes
Defense Pe
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Maryland
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South Carolina
Georgia
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District of Columbia
Appalachian Mountains
New York
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Virginia
Impeachment Requested for Limestone County Revenue Board Member
A Limestone County grand jury set eight counts against Claude Marks of the board of revenue charging corruption in office, private contracts, unreported private work, and willful neglect. The jury presented four true bills to Circuit Judge Seybourn H. Lynne in Athens after a special session.
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Claude Marks
Board of Revenue
Limestone County
Seybourn H. Lynne
Athens
Marks
Grand Jury
Revenue Board
Melvin Hutson
Decatur
George Johnston
Reward Offered in Hale County Murder Case
Governor Dixon authorizes a $200 reward for the arrest and conviction of Frank Marks under a first degree murder indictment in Hale county for the slaying of his wife Elvira. The request came from Joseph J. James solicitor of the fourth judicial circuit.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Frank Marks
Hale County
Elvira
Joseph J. James
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Information on Troops Withheld by The Daily
At the request of military officials The Daily will publish no information regarding future movements of the 151st unit until such time as the information is released through military channels The paper complies with this patriotic request during the current emergency.
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151St Ent
Anti Nazi Raid in Argentina Reported by Police
Buenos Aires July 31 police announced the smashing of a subversive plot to overthrow authorities after raids in Parana province. Authorities seized propaganda documents and found houses decorated with swastikas. Nine people were arrested as the alleged plot stretched northward toward Uruguay and waterways into Paraguay Bolivia and Brazil.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Parana
Uruguay
Paraguay
Bolivia
Brazil
South America
Hosiery Market Still Booming in New York Stores
Market analysts in New York report a continued boom in department store hosiery sales. Shoppers surge to silk hosiery counters amid concerns over production cuts and raw silk shortages caused by the U S Japanese rift.
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New York
Leningrad’s Fall Hype Raises Allied Alarm
Berlin observes steady insistence that Leningrad may soon fall to the Axis. As Russia’s second city and major Baltic port with about 3.2 million residents, its loss would strike a severe blow to Bolshevik defenses and threaten Stalin’s strategic line. The article flags the potential industrial and defensive impact and urges cautious assessment amid Finnish Axis advances.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Berlin
Leningrad
Mitlerites
Baltic
Russia
Fall of Leningrad Would Be Hard Jolt
The capture of Leningrad would sever Soviet rail links to the Baltic and cut off its naval forces. Leningrad is a major industrial center producing munitions machinery chemicals and rubber. Its fall would threaten a German Finnish turning movement against the Stalin line and widen Nazi pressure on multiple fronts.
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Leningrad
Soviet Union
Baltic
Russia
Death Toll Rises Amid Record Southeast Heat Wave
Heat wave across the nation claims 346 lives with 178 prostrations and 168 drownings. Eastern regions cool slightly but remaining heat lingers as Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin brace for tomorrow. Fort Worth and Jacksonville report 101 and 100 degree highs while many Atlantic coast cities see upper 90s to low 100s.
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Iowa
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New Orleans
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Fila
Miami
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Tenn
Planned curb on silk use in civilian manufacture
Washington officials said an Office of Production Management plan is in preparation to curb silk flow to hosiery mills and civilian makers. The order aims for a deep initial cut followed by gradual allocations to conserve stocks for military use, protecting about 175,000 silk industry workers.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
OPM
Navy seeks salvage of scrap for defense needs
Washington July 31 The navy is pursuing salvage of scrap materials for defense industries and has even pondered using flue dust from oil burning vessels as a resource.
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Washington
Navy
Decatur Defers Soft Drinks Tax Date After Protest
Decatur city council votes to push the soft drinks tax back 60 days from August 1 to October 1 after a special meeting with protests from wholesale bottlers and retail dealers. The levy targets bottle drinks and fountain syrups, affecting over 200 dealers and aimed at funding school and public services. Represented interests include Coca-Cola bottling, Nehi, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi Cola, Orange Crush and Buffalo Rock.
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Decatur
Decatur Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Decatur Nehi Bottling Company
Man Charged in Car Death Indicted for Second Degree Murder
Clayton Patterson, 33, of near Anderson Limestone county, was indicted by a Limestone county grand jury on a second degree murder charge in the Tuesday night death of Mrs. Willie Ann Hardy hit by a car on the Lee Highway west of Athens. Patterson was arrested after a burned car, identified by his plates, was found near his home. State toxicologist found human blood stains on the car and clothing weave matching Mrs. Hardy. Patterson claimed a hitchhiker drove him, later saying he hit a wagon. bond set at 2000 dollars with R. B. Patton as counsel.
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Clayton Patterson
Anderson
Lauderdale County
Limestone County
Willie Ann Hardy
Lee Highway
Athens
Patterson
Martin Whitt
J. B. Ane Sereanes oNeese
Highway Patrol
C. J. Rehling
Rehling
Hardy
Nazi Losses Cited as Making U S Safer
Senator Nye argued against extending military service noting heavy German losses in the Russian campaign may reduce threat. He questioned German manpower and reserves, saying the current army might be smaller or less capable than before Russia battle.
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U. S
Washington
Nye
R-Nd
Senate
Rogersville Man Killed in Head-On Lee Highway Crash
A head-on collision on Lee Highway near Rogersville at 6 10 this morning killed Curtis Oliver McGee 28 of Rogersville driver of a pickup. He was fatally injured as the Shawnee Oklahoma party in a car suffered multiple injuries. The accident raised the Lee Highway fatalities to two in three days with Mrs Willie Ann Hardy killed Tuesday night a hit and run incident six miles from Athens. R A Troupe investigated.
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Rogersville
Curtis Oliver McGee
WPA
K Pat Murphy
Shawnee
Okla
Tom
Brinson
John Green
Washington
D.C
McGee
Spry Fanera
Athens
Athena
Willie Ann Hardy
Navy Yard Strike Eases as Workers Return to Posts
AFL workers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard end their walkout and resume tasks in production management offices in Washington. Citywide strike continues on other sites, with an immediate OPM probe into the Edison dispute. The action halts a 16 story warehouse, slows two super-drydocks, and threatens battleship work. A CIO steel strike at Timken plant in Columbus, Ohio also draws national attention amid NYC violence.
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Associated Press
Workec Aream
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Office of Production Management
Washington
OPM
Consolidated Edison Company
Navy Yard
Iowa
Missouri
CIO Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Columbus
Ohio
New York City
Massive Soviet Counterattack Feared In Two Week Leningrad Push
Soviet quarters in London predict a full scale Red Army offensive within two weeks as Stalin signals readiness for a major push. Berlin claims German success near Leningrad while Moscow reports fierce fighting along the front. British attacks on Kirkenes and Petsamo are acknowledged with losses, and confidence in a decisive battle near Moscow grows amid conflicting reports.
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Associated Press
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Leningrad
Rede
Red Army
Mile
Gulf of Finland
Estonia
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Enak
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Arctic Ocean
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Petsamo
Porkhov
Neversnenskolensk
Zhitom Indic
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