Fara Stone in Army Service
New York July 24 The Spécial News Service reports Hara Stone known as Henry Aldrich of the radio program Aldrich Family has joined the Army. He is stationed at Camp Upton Long Island after responding to a selective service call. Plans consider Paul taking over the role during Army service with broadcasts on Thursdays. Tonight’s schedule includes NBC Red and MBS programs with talks on Free Masonry and oil, plus music and drama features from CBS and NBC networks.
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Spécial News Service
Hara ‘Stine
Henry
Aldrich
Caantp Upton Long Island
NBC Red
Ezra
Paul
Nbc-Red
CBS
Nbc-Blue
NBC
John Dempsey
NEC
Vallee and Barrymore Brothers
RAF Attacks Toll on Convoy With Torpedo Strike
RAF planes hit a convoy including a 7,000-ton tanker and a merchant vessel. Two torpedoes struck the tanker, sinking it, while the escorting destroyer was damaged. A follow up airstrike later in the day confirmed the losses as the tanker went down.
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Sir Arm
RAF
Factory Idle Continues Amid Wage Dispute at Plant
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee members have been off work since contract expiry at midnight. Union seeks pay raise from 60 to 1212 cents, vacations with pay, union shop, and check-off. A strike possibility looms as Huntington CIO organizer Robert Edwards notes long plant idle. The United Mine Workers chemical division also extends the current operating agreement with Standard Ultramarine pending new talks before midnight deadline.
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Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Ward
Huntington
Robert Edwards
Huntington Cio
United Mine Workers Chemical Division
Standard Ultramarine
Italy claims daring naval action with damaged ships and missing
An unclear wartime report states Italian forces fought unidentified enemy ships, possibly destroyer sized or carriers, with planes shot down. Three Italians reported missing, fascist planes wounded, one Italian unit claimed slight damage and mission to rescue crews from sunken ships is under way.
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Bat Se Recta
Divi
Statie
Ital
Grins
Srehimed
Weytin
Laat
Wheeler near coniined lines on active duty
Fragmentary report alleges Wheeler near activity about influence on legislation. Marshall cites Army rules, Gumson shows Senate Wheeler cards said to be forwarded to Marshall by a sergeant at Fort Benning. A lieutenant at Fort Blount provides a boxed address indicating opposition to entry into war.
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Gumson
Senate Wheeler
Marsha
Atutt
Fort Beniag
Gavande
Fert
Vaccine treatments for hay fever show better results
Dr. Logan Clendening outlines desensitization by pollen injections as a preventive hay fever vaccine. Preseasonal and perennial methods yield best outcomes, with 80 to 90 percent success in reducing sneezing and eye irritation though complete elimination is rare. The piece notes the ongoing rapid allergy advances and references Dr. Vaughn’s Strange Malady for mechanism, plus reader Q A on bad breath.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Clendening
North America
Warren T. Vaughn
Doubleday Doran
Speeches by Roosevelt Hoover Lindbergh On War Era Excerpts
The reverse side contains excerpts from speeches by Roosevelt Hoover Wheeler Nye R N D Joseph P. Kennedy and Charles A Lindbergh. Army rules prohibit influencing legislation affecting the Army without War Department authorization. One card was sent by Staff Sergeant William L White of Fort Benning and another by First Lieutenant Alfred T Hearne of Fort McIntosh.
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Hoover
Wheeler
Nye
R.N. D
Joseph P. Kennedy
Charles A. Lindbergh
War Department
William L. White
Company C
8Th Infantry
Fort Benning
Alfred T. Hearne
Fort McIntosh
Oath Taken By Notable Figures At Court Ceremony
The article lists attendees at a court oath ceremony including Supreme Court Judge H. H. Rose of Fairmont, H. N. Martin of Fairmont, WVU professors Julius Cohen and Curtis C. Williams, and state probation director H. Clare Hess. Also noted are J. C. Burchinal architect of Parkmont, Emma Annis and Virginia Thayer of Grafton, Marguerite Handley and William Strauss of Grafton, with Mrs. Hardesty as the sole relative present.
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Grafton
Supreme Court
H. H. Rose
Fairmont
H. N. Martin
Julius Cohen
Curtis C. Williams
West Virginia University
H. Clare Hess
Mannington
J.C. Burchinal
Pairmont
Emma Annis
Virginia Thayer
Marguerite Handley
William Strauss
Hardesty
Japs Imperil Move Toward Russia and Southeast Asia
Military experts warned that Japan would pressure Thailand for bases and push occupation into Indo China. Japanese advance was seen as placing bases near Malaya and Burma, with Australia and British interests in China at risk. Analysts argued these moves would not derail Tokyo’s plan to move north if Russia collapsed.
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Russia
Thailand
Malaya
Burma
China
Tokyo
Japan
Germans Drop In Smolensk Battle Report
The Red Army fronts in the central Smolensk sector resist fiercely a week after German advances. German radio claims Smolensk is Nazi possession since July 16 with order restored, while British radio says Smolensk likely remains in Russian hands as northern pressure eases on Petrozavodsk and Porkhov fronts.
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Red Army
Smolensk
Petrozavodsk
Porkhov Gones
Lenintad
Guerrilla Actions Reported Behind Front Lines Near Kiev
Dispatches describe heavy fighting in the southern zone near Zhitomir and along the Bessarabian border west and south of Kiev. About 150 planes took part in raids on the capital but few penetrated anti aircraft defenses with no clear military objectives hit. Guerrillas were said to suffer some casualties while bombs fell largely on outskirts. Ground batteries and night raiders claimed about ten percent enemy aircraft destroyed. The bulletin stressed Red Army and guerrilla behind German lines demoralizing the rear and causing panic.
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Zhitomir
Bessarabian
Kiev
Ukraine
Red Army
Lost boy Tommy found in Brookfield Zoo after search
Authorities in Chicago cooperated with newspapers and city agencies to locate Tommy Lost. The child was found abandoned at Brookfield Zoo, where his father is believed to have left him.
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Tommy
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Road Commission Adopts Regret Over Virginia Commissioner
Charleston July 23 The Advisory State Road commission adopted a resolution of regret in the death of Virginia Highway Commissioner Henry C Shirley The resolution noted the West Virginia commissioners debt to Shirley for his notable highway administration work Copies were sent to Virginia state officials and Shirley family.
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Charleston
Advisory
State Road Commission
Henry C. Shirley
Virginia
West Virginia
Shirley
China’s West Hemisphere emissary reports on Chungking council
B S Fong, the sole Western Hemisphere voice for China’s People’s Political Council, reports from New York to the Chinese community on decisions made at the Chungking meeting. He tours the U.S. to spread news of an imminent great counter-offensive for democracy.
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China
People’s Political Council
B. S
Fong
New York
Chungking
Lumpkin Sworn In as South Carolina's New Senator
Judge Alva M. Lumpkin takes the oath in Washington to serve as junior senator of South Carolina until a successor is elected. He succeeds James F. Byrnes, reassigned to the Supreme Court.
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Alva M. Lumpkin
Washington
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Child prodigy explains northern lights causes in Cleveland draft
A four-year-old Cleveland girl dazzles with scientific curiosity as she claims to explain the northern lights. The sports editor urges the Brooklyn Dodgers to clinch the National League pennant, while bank stocks rise on the New York Exchange. The navy plans to buy 150 million eggs this fiscal year, sparking jokes about their preparation.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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