Italy Poised For Blow At England In Africa Campaign
Reports from London and Cairo describe two Italian divisions near the Libyan frontier ready to advance toward Egypt as Mussolini aims at Suez. British circles note a mobile desert force conducting raids while Italian aims include Somaliland, Berbera, and Zeila as part of a broader Axis push in Africa.
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London
Mediterranean
Egypt
Mussolini
Suez
Cairo
Bardia Ares
Africa
Srntong
Baily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Somaliland
Afica
England
Berbera
Gulf of Aden
Uns
Gargara
Zeila
Hargeisa
I Odweima
Odweima
Bri
Agen
British Somaliland
Aden Protectorate
Ted Sea
Libya
Red Sea
Gibraltar
Germany
Weather improves harvest outlook across South Dakota
In South Dakota the past week yielded generally favorable conditions for harvesting and threshing as cooler temperatures and showers eased heat stress. Federal meteorologist B A Laskowski noted near completion of small grain harvest and steady threshing with mostly good to excellent yields and quality. Corn damage from heat and drought remains uncertain, with later sown corn faring best, while cane and sorghums held up well and benefited from recent rains.
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South Dakota
B. A. Laskowski
Britain Holds Firm On Food Policy In War Time
London reports Britain will keep food shipments out of German occupied areas and believes Europe can avoid famine this winter if harvests and reserves suffice. Ministry experts warn shipments through the blockade would aid the Germans, despite US urging for relief through a trusted organization.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Britain
Europe
United States
Belgium
John Cudahy
Cudahy
Nazi Aviator Nabbed by Lady Buckland in England
Aug 7 London reports Lady Buckland widow of Lord Buckland and sister-in-law of Lord Cambrose captured a Nazi aviator roaming England nine days. She questioned him on a road near Bristol and escorted him to authorities after noting his odd appearance. The impounded German flyer had bailed out of a disabled plane.
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London
Buckland
Lord Buckland
Lord Cambrose
London Daily Telegraph
England
Bristol
Bombing of Haifa and British Positions Reported by Italians
Rome reports Italian air force struck Haifa in Palestine for a third time in a broad raid on British positions in the near east and Red Sea area. Aden and Berbera naval bases bombarded. gasoline storage set ablaze and port facilities damaged. Casualties described as slight.
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Rome
High Command
Haifa
Palestine
Near East
Red Sea
Aden
Berbera
Gulf of Aden
Jerusalem
Egypt
Sollum
Mers Matruh
Alexandria
Tobuk
British Somaliland
Survivors Land After Greek Vessel Sunk Off Tory Island
Twenty nine survivors of a 432 crew Greek vessel torpedoed off Tory Island near the Donegal coast landed at Carrigart yesterday in iceboats. The vessel was identified as the Pindos carrying cargo from Argentina to Britain. Three of the crew were killed.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Tory Island
Donegal
Carrigart
Shakeup in German staffs forecast in the Americas
Washington sources forecast a shakeup of German diplomatic and consular staffs in the western hemisphere after Havana measures against fifth column activities. German officials worry over the attitude of American republics and Nazi officials abroad. Potential recalls and replacements with less active officials are discussed. Dr. Gerhard Westrick, the German embassy commercial counselor in New York, is named as a German agent listed for recall.
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Washington
Tura
Western Hemisphere
Havana
Interstate Commission On Crime
Federal Bureau of Investigation
House
Senate
FBI
United States
Berlin
Gerhard Westrick
New York
Italian Forces Move Into Zeila and Hargeisa
Cairo dispatch reports Italian troops entered Zeila in British Somaliland without opposition and captured Hargeisa after a 30 mile desert march. A third objective, Oadweina, was seized by about 2000 men with guns and armored vehicles. Western desert quiet amid mobilizations for a push toward Ue?
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Cairo
Zeila
Gulf of Aden
British Somaliland
Hargeisa
Oadweina
Willkie Refines Acceptance Speech At Colorado Springs
Willkie concentrates on conscription and farming as he finishes his address accepting the Republican nomination. He plans to outline his stance on major issues when he speaks next in Bisbee Elwood Indiana and other towns in August.
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Colorado Springs
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Bisbee
Elwood
Ind
Britain Must Align Defense Drive With U.S. Aid
London reports Arthur Greenwood says wartime economy must mobilize Commonwealth Allies and America. He chairs a committee with Neville Chamberlain and Kingsley Wood to direct economic war policy, warning of prolonged hardship unless resources are fully mobilized. He cites German famine risks and Allied bombing pressure on industrial targets.
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London
Britain
Arthur Greenwood
Laborite
House of Commons
North America
France
Greenwood
Neville Chamberlain
Kingsley Wood
Commonwealth
Germany
Hitler
Fascist Editor Scoffs At Italy Germany Attack Claim
Virginio Gayda in Tl Giornale d Italia rejects Hull warning of German Italian menace. He says Germany and Italy have no intention of expanding war to the western hemisphere and accuses Hull of creating a phantom threat for political purposes. He adds Italy and Germany joined the war to solve European problems and would not threaten other continents.
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OME
Virginio Gayda
United States
Hull
Germany
Italy
Gayda
Tl Giornale d'Italia
Department Appointments Made by 40 et 8 Leader
Rapid City dated August 7 reports Norbert Dekerschove, newly elected grand chef de gare of the 40 et 8, appointing two department officers. Stanley G. Williamson and Walter S. Travis, both of Rapid City, were named grand correspondant and grand publiciste respectively.
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Rapid City
Aue
Norbert Dekerchove
American Legion Fun Organization
Stanley G. Williamson
Walter S. Travis
Advocates Defense Munitions Plants On Permanent Basis
In Washington Aug for a defense program aim to bind most of the projected 60 ordnance plants to permanent status. Robert P. Patterson, new assistant secretary of war, called the plan an innovation and said these government funded facilities would form a ready arsenal capable of supplying an army of 2,000,000. The article notes a shift from transient arsenals to a stable, expandable munitions industry designed for rapid crisis response.
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Washington
Aug
Robert P. Patterson
United States
Patterson
Les Munitions
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Soldiers Gird For War Maneuvers At Camp Ripley
In Minnesota near Little Falls regular army troops and central state National Guards converge for a five day mock battle August 12 to 16. About 17 000 men including the 34th Division with units from Kansas Nebraska Arkansas and Missouri drill and move across Camp Ripley and surrounding areas. The 109th Observation Squadron and the 154th Arkansas National Guard Squadron fly recon while the Fifty Seventh Cavalry Brigade under General Ray Venter camps along Fish Lake. The 34th’s tank company from Brainerd drives ten ton tanks to a bivouac southeast of the reservation.
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Little Falls
Minn
Central States
Camp Ripley
Onarnia
Kansas
Nebraska
Arkansas
Missouri
Lincoln
Fourth Cavalry
South Dakota
109Th
National Guard
St. Paul
154Th Arkansas National Guard
Fifty-Seventh Cavalry
Ray Venter
Iowa
Fish Lake
Daota
Brainerd
Ripley Reservation
Nazis Drop More Bombs On Britain
Nazi fighters raided Britain sporadically after a night of diminished activity. High explosive bombs wrecked two farmhouses in southwest England and damaged several others, with a 64 year old woman killed by shock. Planes were seen over an inland southeastern town while incendiaries fell in two Scottish districts. Leaflets from Hitler’s speech drifted in the Bristol channel. A radio broadcast claimed the Luftwaffe is ready to strike densely populated London.
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London
Britain
England
Scotland
Adolf Hitler
Bristol Channel
Germany
Move To Organize Home Guard Gains Momentum
Congressional action on the Burke Wadsworth compulsory military training bill accelerates as the Senate contemplates a 20 day post enactment resignation window for reserves and guardsmen. A Home Guard movement, led by veterans, gains traction with plans to form state militia units to replace federalized guardsmen. Debates turn heated over conscription, with sharp exchanges in both chambers, as hearings wind down and votes approach.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Knox
Roosevelt
National Guard
Senate
May
Denacrat
Kentucky
John J. Pershing
Harry Woodring
Louis Johnson
Hugh Johnson
Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Sheppard
Texas
Senate Military Committee
Hyde Park
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Holt
West Virginia
Minton
Indiana
Rep. Faddis
Pennsylvania
House Committee
House
Fea Home Guard
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