Japan Apologizes For Bombing Gunboat Incident
Japan urged to provide a fuller reply as Sumner Welles announced apologies for the Tutuila bombing are insufficient to close the incident. Washington awaits a complete response to American representations and questions about guarantees against recurrence as U S ships begin to enter American ports amid tension with Tokyo.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
U. S
Tutuila
China
Japan
Tokyo
Welles
Chungking
Joseph C. Grew
Kichisaburo Nomura
Grew
Yangtze River
San Francisco
Balboa
Canal Zone
Honolulu
Seattle
Shorter Hours For Service Stations In Gas Saving Move
Secretary Ickes calls for statewide closing of 109000 gasoline stations along the Atlantic coast from 7 p m to 1 am seven days a week starting August 3 as part of compulsory gasoline use restrictions amid ongoing rationing concerns and the potential for ration cards.
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Washingyun
Ickes
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Florida Woman Killed In Highway Mishap Near Platte
Florida woman Anna Thomson Spencer of St. Cloud was killed when her car overturned on Highway 16 north of Platte after a blowout. Leona Thomson of Platte was injured. Vince Poland and children of Platte had minor bruises. Spencer had been visiting family en route to a west coast vacation. Age and exact injuries not stated.
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Latte
S. D
Anna Thomson Spencer
St. Cloud
Fla
Highway 16
Here
Leona Thomson
Platte
Spencer
Mitchell Hospital
Vince Poland
Lars Thomson
West Coast
March Mothers of Democrasy and Pacific Rapture Medley
A compact program listing selections and performances with titles such as Moonlight on the Nile and Wings Over America. Vocal numbers feature Scott Dexter and others. Conductors and arrangers include M L Lake G Holmes L King and Dan Beller.
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America
Mothers of Democrasy
Rank Panella
M. L. Lake
L. King
G. ©. Holmes
Scott Dexter
A. Domingguez
South
John M. Klohr
Mayhew Lake
Scots Dexter
Friend-Tobias
Ed Chesmotte
Dan Beller
Wallace Heads Defense Group New Board In Economic Defense
President Roosevelt created a general staff led by Vice President Henry A. Wallace to direct economic defense activities. The cabinet committee will coordinate freezing of Japanese assets, manage frozen German and Italian assets, monitor Axis-linked firms in Latin America, and oversee export controls on defense materials. It will also supervise anti trust actions against Axis-influenced monopolies and early Purchases of strategic materials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Wallace
Germany
Italy
Latin America
Axis Tools
Western Hemisphere
British Empire
Milbank Sheriff Killed by Ex-Convict in Milbank
Milbank sheriff Melbourne Lewis was shot to death while questioning Clifford Hayes a former Lemmon inmate released from the state penitentiary. A 12 year old boy and a filling station attendant were wounded by the same rifle. Hayes, 30, faced first degree murder charges and was taken to Sioux Falls for safekeeping amid public fury. The shooting occurred as U S Deputy Marshal Ben FE Hughes and Grant County Commissioner Frank Miller assisted at the scene.
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Milbank
Grant County
Melbourne Lewis
Frank Tait
Sioux Falls
Lewis
Clifford Hayes
Lemmon
Buffalo
Hayes
U. S
Ben KE. Hughes
Aberdeen
Frank Miller
Grant
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Nye cites German losses to oppose extending draft service
Senator Nye argues against extending the term for draftees and national guardsmen, citing reported heavy German losses in Russia to question the need for a longer service. He contends German forces may be smaller or less efficient than before the Russian campaign and notes Germans are drawing on reserves.
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Washington
Nye
North Dakota
Republican
Senate
Leningrad Falls Threat Ignites German Soviet War Warning
Berlin signals insist Leningrad is about to fall as a key Baltic port and rail hub. Its loss would sever Soviet ties to naval forces, threaten the Stalin line, and enable German Finnish offensives with far reaching military and industrial impact.
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Leningrad
Berlin
Baltic
Baltic, It Is the Bridgetead
Soviet Union
Stalin Line
Leningen
Stalim
Poesia MacKenzie
Swiss To Fete Their Freedom
Swiss cantons Uri Schwyz and Unterwalden mark 650 years of independence with torches at Ruetli Glade at midnight local time. Runners will spread fires nationwide as radios link cities and a 21 gun salute welcomes dawn. Officials vow vigilance as a united Swiss people celebrate liberty.
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Schwyz
Switzerland
Uri
Unterwalden
House of Hapsburg
Switizerland
Germany
Italy
Burgundy
Ruetli Forest
Russians Declare Invaders Held to Standstill in Soviet Defense
Russian forces claim German assaults have ground to a halt as the war of attrition wears on. Three Luftwaffe daylight raids on Leningrad and an attack on Moscow were repulsed, while Soviet air power and anti aircraft guns said to have beaten back the tempests.
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Moscow
Red Army
Reichswehr
Russia
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Kiev
Joseph Stalin
Harry S. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Smolensk
485Th
Greater Germany
Hopkins
London
Stalin
Hopking
Erskine Caldwell
CBS Moscow
Soviet Counter Thrust Expected as Three Million Troops Ready
Soviet military quarters in London predicted a vast counter offensive by three million Red Army troops within two weeks. The source said Stalin would signal mobilization and that German forces had not yet halted their advance toward Moscow, setting the stage for intensified fighting on the European front.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Leadon Me Auton
Stalin
Moscow
RAF Strikes In Widespread Raids Across Europe
British air offensives extend from the French coast to northern Norway with raids on Kirkenes and Petsamo. Admiralty confirms 16 British planes lost, four ships hit, and Brenn damaged. Air ministry reports renewed attacks on Aachen Cologne Helgoland, Boulogne docks, and western Germany with several ships hit and planes missing. no casualties reported.
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London
Germany
Norway
Kirkenes
Arctic Circle
Finland
Arctic
Petsamo
Admiralty
Petfamo
Brenn
Gagliari
Italy
Air Ministry
Aachen
Cologne
Helgoland
Helgoland Bight
Boulogne
England
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Henri Smith-Huston
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J. W. Campbell
Mr. and
Mrs
Judy Garland
Dave Hose
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
New Board
Reda
Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Hexford
Guy Tugwell
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Storm Carter
U.S
United States Economic Defense Board
Jeoma
Fort Knox
Gite
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