RAF WIDE FORAYS BOMB BERLIN AND GERMAN CITIES
British air raids across Germany and occupied regions hit Berlin and major industrial targets including Magdeburg Hannover and Essen Krupp works with heavy fires reported. Other cities Stettin Kiel Bremen Osnabruck Duisburg and Cologne were attacked along with shipping harbors and airfields in Norway and the Netherlands and Le Havre in France. The Allies claimed 13 bombers lost while Germany launched daylight raids on northeast England killing three and wounding seven civilians.
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London
Norway
France
Berlin
Air Ministry
Krupp
Magdeburg
Hannover
Essen
Krupp Armaments
Stettin
Kiel
Bremen
Osnabruck
Duisburg
Cologne
Reich
Netherlands
le Havre
England
Senate votes over 18 month draft plan faces House changes
The battle over an eighteen month draft extension continues as the House and Senate debate minor changes to the bill. Senator Barkley urged sending the measure to the White House for swift action while Republicans pressed to curb training periods. The tally showed deep party lines with a large bloc of Democrats opposing, and an amendment to extend service for another year failed.
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House
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
White House
Baykley
Vichy
Luther A. John
D. Tex
Debates Over 18 Month Training Extension and Related Measures
The House military committee backed an 18 month extension on selectee training by voice vote after opposing a six month limit. Other actions included rejections of amendments seeking monthly selector declarations, and discussions about HREA line construction and rate increases. Petain commented on American press misjudgments of France and liberty.
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May
City
House Military Committee
Rep
Hinshaw
R.-Calif
Rip. Eliot
D-Mass
Petain Creates Broad Reforms to Suppress Opposition in France
France’s leader Petain unveiled a sweeping program aimed at stamping out opposition to the new order. He named Vice Admiral Darlan as minister of national defense with control of land sea and air forces and announced measures including ban on political groups, disciplinary action against officials, removal of high Masonic officials, pay suspensions for senators and deputies, expanded police powers, a group of public power commissars, and the creation of a high tribunal to try those responsible for the disaster with a report due by October 15.
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Adolf Hitler
Petain
New Order
Legion
Jean Darlan
Germany
Petain Darlan
France
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Reynaud
Germans claim new eastern front advances and losses
Daily News Bureau reports Russian troops near the Dnieper and east of the river, while German bombs damage two destroyers and a merchant ship off the Crimean peninsula. In the south of Lake Iman near Leningrad, the 103rd Russian infantry regiment is encircled and largely killed or captured. Berlin admits limited bomb damage from a third straight raid, with 15 RAF planes shot down. German strategists say the front now allows a sweep east and inland along the Dnieper amid Smolensk mop-up actions.
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Dnieper
DNB
Crimean
Lake Iman
Leningrad
Berlin
Germany
RAF
Black Sea
Smolensk
Moscow
Lake Peitus
Utility Wages Case Delays West Penn Line Construction
Ritchie challenges an order delaying a construction line started July 10 by West Penn. The dispute centers on wage and labor terms in the utility project, with the continuation of the case from page one noted amid ongoing proceedings.
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Ritchie
West Penn
France Faces Collaboration Dilemma in War Crisis
Wartime questions center on whether the French fleet will back Nazi aims and if Nazi penetration of French colonies in Africa or the Western Hemisphere is possible. Weygand's stance in North Africa remains pivotal as the United States aids colonies cut off from supply lines while U S lawmakers urge bold countermeasures to defend Martinique and related territories.
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France
Hitler
Great Britain
High Seas
Britain
Africa
Western Hemisphere
Weygand
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
United States
Darlan
State Department
Martinique
Hemisphere
Petain
Germany
Senate Foreign
Jungle Cavalcade at Dixie Theatre thrills with Buck exploits
Dixie Theatre hosts Frank Buck in Jungle Cavalcade, a feature showing in town this Thursday. The film follows Buck’s daring captures in Malay jungles and includes scenes of a tiger hunt and the rescue of a baby elephant, with encounters featuring a young bear and a cobra. George Houston stars, singing four songs by Joe Porter and Lew Porter, as the western theme blends with wildlife adventure and frontier nostalgia of Spring Valley.
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Dixie Theater
Frank Buck
Buck
Mr. Snake
Master Bear
Frank
George Houston
Old Spring Valley
Joe
Lew Porter
Spring Valley
Lone Rider Ghost Town at Opera House with new songs
The film features four new songs in Producers Releasing Corporation's Lone Rider Ghost Town, showing at Opera House. The article notes wartime diplomatic tensions between Vichy and Free French forces and cites French ambassador Haye downplaying American security threats amid public concern.
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Producers Releasing Corporation
Opera House
Bif
Vichy
Free Prince
Charles de Gaulle
Gaston Henry ‘Haye
Marshal
Rage in Heaven at Strand with Montgomery and Bergman
Strand theatre presents Robert Montgomery and Ingrid Bergman in Rage in Heaven directed by James Hilton. The film follows Philip Motirell a jealous husband driven toward crime as he misreads Etélla Bergman’s love for his friend Ward Andrews. Gerontology, suspense, and psychological study mark this dramatic adaptation with strong performances and a peak confrontation.
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Robert Montgomery
Ingrid Bergman
James Hilton
Strand Theater
Hilton
Chips
Montgomery
Philip Motirell
Marillés
Etélla Bergen
Miss Bergman
Ward Andrews
George Sanders
Philip
Stella
Ward
German Influence in France and Bread Prices Policy Meeting
Senators from multiple parties weighed wartime occupation tactics and collaboration risks while Meadows of the anti profiteering committee prepared a Charleston area bakery meeting to study bread prices and weights. The aim was to ensure continued staple supply at proper prices for consumers.
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France
Rmhew World
D.-Tex
George
D.-Ga
Pepper
D.-Fla
Nye
R.-N.d
Clark
D.-Mo
Gillette
D.-Iowa
Roosevelt-Hull
Meadows
State Anti-Profiteering Committee
Charleston
Copy Editor Recognizes Dad To Make Deadline
In an Atlanta Constitution rush, a photo of farm and home week proceedings showed Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard and Senator Richard B. Russell alongside a mystery man. A copy editor, realizing only seconds remained before deadline, identified the third figure as his father, saving the edition.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution News
Athens
Claude Wickard
Richard B. Russell
Unidentified Couple Dies in Auto Tragedy
Aug 13. In Welch an unidentified couple died when their car bearing Virginia plates 157 999 plunged over 150 feet onto railroad tracks near Yukon. State Trooper C A Maupin said they were dead on arrival at the hospital. No papers or letters were found.
Woman Mine Tragedy Injures Operator in Kentucky
Mrs. Virgie Young, 45, sole woman operator in Williamson coal field, crushed by a hillside slide at New Marietta Mine on Ball Fork of Pond Creek. Her neighbor Mrs. Laura May, 35, killed. Young graded as recovering from skull and back injuries. Funeral for Mrs. May planned in Stone, Kentucky.
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Virgie Young
Williamson
Laura May
Young
New Marietta Coal Co
Ball Fork
Pond Creek
Stone
May
New Maretts
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T. B. Cain
West Virginia
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