British Bombing Raids Hit Hamburg Bremen and Ruhr
London reports the vast RAF air offensive against Germany as Hamburg is said to be practically in ruins and Bremen docks shipyards and Focke Wulf plant heavily bombed. Cologne and Ruhr targets endure thousands of bombs as Britain strikes over 1000 military objectives.
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London
Hamburg
Bremen
Focke-Wulf Aircraft
Cologne
Europe
Ruhr
RAF
Pittsburgh
United States
Duiseberg
Dusseldorf
Hien
Wesel
Dortmund
Leipsig
German Wireless Station Bombed By British Fliers
The admiralty reported a wireless station had been successfully bombed and an enemy supply ship of about 4,000 tons attacked yesterday over the Norwegian coast. The ship was listing badly and was abandoned by its own crew as RAF fliers returned to safety.
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London
Admiralty
RAF
Nazis use leaflet raid in English coast wartime actions
London reports a first wartime leaflet raid by German planes over the south coast and a Welsh village. The four page tabloid pamphlets quote Hitler's July Reichstag speech and offer Britain a last peace chance or destruction. British leaders brace for either outcome as depictions of peace or ruin spread.
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London
Britain
Adolf Hitler
England
Hitler
Wales
Flynn to Lead Roosevelt Campaign as Farley Set to Retire
Washington Aug 2 Edward J Flynn New York national committeeman and Bronx Democratic leader was chosen to chair the Democratic national committee and direct the third term campaign for President Roosevelt. Flynn will assume August 17 and begin talks with James A Farley, retiring national chairman, about campaign strategy with focus on pivotal New York state. Central headquarters will be in New York City.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Edward J. Flynn
Flynn
New
New York State
New York City
Labor group opposes Neely for West Virginia governor
Charleston Aug 2 The West Virginia Good Government League led by a Charleston AFL business agent opposed U S Senator M M Neely saying he is controlled by John L Lewis The Fairmont Democrat was endorsed by the West Virginia Industrial Union Council at its Morgantown convention The league advertised in the Laver Union stating West Virginians must defeat Neely and that the league is strictly non partisan
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Charleston
West Virginia
the Laver Union
M. M. Neely
Mine Sealing Work To Resume In August
Fairmont August 2 mine sealing projects will resume with Frank Sanderbeck as supervisor. Work had paused due to sponsor financing but about 250000 dollars in WPA funds remain available. The state Health department also backs the project as sponsor and execution will continue in 19 counties, mainly in northern West Virginia.
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PI Fairmont
Fairmont
Frank Sanderbeck
West Virginia
Sanderbeck
State Health Department
Six Die As Truck Hits Rail Train Crossing
Six men were killed when a truck owned by Melvin F Burgess Contracting of Baltimore collided with a Boston and Maine train at a grade crossing in West Canaan New Hampshire. The incident occurred today and authorities investigated the crash as rescue and inquiry teams arrived at the scene.
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Canaan, N. H
Melvin F. Burgess Contracting Company
Baltimore, Md
Boston and Maine
West Canaan
Swiss French border closed by German army
The German army occupying France ordered the Swiss French border from Geneva to Basel closed effective Aug. 4. Observers saw the move as signaling Germans sealing channels for news of preparations for an invasion of Britain reaching the outside world.
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Geneva
France
Basel
Britain
Delay Probe Of R R Wreck In Akron Ohio
Ohio railroad officials delay releasing the cause of a Wednesday night crash that killed 43 aboard a Pennsylvania motor coach and injured two crew members. Engineman Thomas Murtaugh and conductor Harry Shafer remained unconscious as investigators seek reasons for not sidetracking to allow a freight train to pass. The Hudson Akron single track collision raised questions about command orders and crew actions.
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Akron, O
Thomas L. Murtaugh
Orrville
Harry Shafer
ofAkron
Murtaugh
Shafer
Best Time to Launch Drive Next Week in Britain
London observers cite almanac guidance on Hitler’s invasion timing. Next Monday to Friday mornings offer ideal tides for a cross‑Channel assault, with September 2–7 and October 1–6 as secondary windows. Neutral analysts note six weeks needed for campaign planning and better weather after mid‑September.
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Edwin Stout
London
Adolf Hitler
England
Fuehrer
Hitler
Britain
North Sea
Huntington Suspends Playgrounds And Sunday Schools
Huntington officials report quick compliance with a health department request to suspend playgrounds and Sunday schools as a precaution against infantile paralysis. Health Officer W W Strange notes 11 active cases but says no epidemic. WPA and park commission close city recreation areas. churches consider halting Sunday school per Ministerial Association president Dr P B Taylor.
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Huntington
W. W. Strange
WPA
Clara Fizer
City ‘Park ‘Commission
P. B. Taylor
Huntington Ministerial Association
Foreign Writers Warned by Hungary Over Axis News
Budapest officials warn foreign newspaper correspondents against reporting news against Germany or Italy or contrary to axis political principles. Diplomatic sources say the move aligns Hungarian censorship with Rome Berlin partners.
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Budapest
Foreign Office
Germany
Italy
Daylight Raid On Cherbourg Airdrome Reported
The air ministry said a strong coastal command force carried out a successful daylight raid yesterday on the German-occupied Cherbourg airdrome. The communique noted the loss of three attacking bombers, while the German high command claimed eight British Blenheims shot down and two more elsewhere, against two German losses.
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London
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Cherbourg
High Command
Tidal Wave Fatal After Jap Earthquake Devastates Boats
A strong earthquake near Hokkaido at 12 08 a m triggered a four foot tidal wave along the western coast. Ten persons drowned and 1300 fishing boats were washed away. Two small shipyards were destroyed as the sea surged inland following the quake. The tremor's center was offshore west of Hokkaido.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido
Japan
Sapporo
Berlin Press Meeting Interrupted by Gun Battle
Berlin July 2 German press conference for foreign journalists was interrupted by anti aircraft fire overhead from the foreign office roof. The brief firing forced janitors and officials to take cover as Wilhelmstrasse was cleared. The aircraft was a small biplane likely German, straying off its flight path.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Wilhelmstrasse
Panama Canal Zone Aliens Await Deportation
Washington August 2 eighty one persons described by Secretary Stimson as foreign agents awaited deportation from the Panama Canal Zone after a cleanup of aliens in defense areas. The War Secretary said all aliens other than Panamanians had been discharged from US government or military positions in the Canal Zone. American soldiers and engineers remain on fire control equipment duties.
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Washington
Stimson
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Canal Zone
Leopoldo Arosemna
Panama
Spark From Wrench Blamed for Camden Fire Tragedy
Camden New Jersey fire official traced the deadly blaze to a repairman's wrench spark. The ignition, from a naptha tank at the R M Hollingshead paint plant, sparked explosions that killed at least four people and destroyed a four block area in mid-town Camden.
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National
Camden
N. J
John H. Lennox
R. M. Hollingshead Paint Company
Issues Will Decide Race Says Willkie and White
In Colorado Springs on August 2, Wendell L. Willkie and William Allen White urged that the upcoming election will be decided by issues not party ties. Willkie said about half the voters are independent and cross party lines easily, while White added independent voters could help him in November.
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William B. Ardery
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
William Allen White
Emporia
Kas
Willkie
White
Trials of Ex Leaders of France Start Soon
Vichy France Aug 2 French Justice Minister Alibert announced the new supreme court of justice will meet at Riom Aug 8 to begin trials of men charged with crimes against the French nation. The court headed by President Sha purs includes Lagarde Herr Tanon Watteau Ripert Benoist. Riom lies 25 miles southwest of Vichy. Former Premier Edouard Daladier and three former cabinet ministers face charges for France's defeat.
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Vichy
France
Raphael Alibert
Supreme Court of Justice
Riom
Shapurs
Lagarde
Court of Cassation
Supreme Court
Admiral Herr
Louis-Jacques Tanon
General Watteau
Eee Ripert
Jean Benoist
Edouard Dalardier
Italian High Command Says Bombardment Hits British Fleet
Rome reports Italian air attack south of Formentera in the Baleares Islands set afire a battleship and scored hits on other warships. The communique says two battleships two aircraft carriers and smaller vessels took part from Gibraltar. Submarine Oswald torpedoed and sunk. 52 of 55 crew rescued including Capt David Fraser. Da Dalb is occupied. Continued on page 2.
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Rome
High Command
Formentera
Baleares Islands
Baleares Group
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Oswald
Tonfan Sea
Ugolino Vivaldi
David Fraser
Dabel
Tightrope Walker Fatal Fall at Cumberland
Edith Dobbell aged 37 of Danville Indiana died after a 50 foot fall during a tightrope act in Cumberland. Wife of Fred Dobbell and member of the Four Dobbell's act she collapsed after slipping in front of about 2000 spectators. A six year old daughter travels with the show.
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Cumberland
Edith Dobbell
Danville
Til
Fred Dobbell
Three Royal Belgian Children Reunited With King Leopold
Berlin reports that three Belgian royal children Crown Prince Baudouin 9 Princess Josephine Charlotte 12 and Prince Alberto have been returned by German plane from Portugal where they were taken when Belgium entered the war. They were flown to Brussels then moved to the king in a military car as the enemy prisoner.
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Berlin
Leopold
Belgium
Baudouin
Josephine Charlotte
Alberto
Portugal
Dienst, Aus Deutschland
Brussels
Corwell
President Roosevelt backs selective service bill in press conference
President Roosevelt said he was distinctly in favor of a selective service training bill essential to national defense. He noted opinions vary by paper, urged passage of an excess profits tax, and said manufacturers expect final action on amortization as part of defense legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Ina
Delaying Conscription Move Draws Senate Support
Washington August 2 Proposals to delay action on conscription and pursue voluntary one year enlistments in the Army gained adherents in the Senate as the military considered an amendment to raise the draft pool to 1,000,000. Burke-Wadsworth bill discussed while editors prepared one year enlistment amendments empowering the president to call National Guard and reserve officers into training.
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Washington
Senate
Burke - Wadsworth
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William Boyd
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Strand Theatre
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