June business slump is less than usual in the district
Richmond federal reserve reports June activity higher across trade and industry thanks to forward orders and defense program. Department store and furniture sales rise, auto registrations surge, wholesale trade up, and bank debits climb. West Virginia payrolls edge up, coal output up, and state store sales rise. deer skins export data noted from Siam.
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Richmond
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charleston
Huntington
Parkersburg
West Virginia radio schedule and station lineups
Radio listings show WMMN Fairmont and WMNN stations with time blocks from 5 00 to 6 45 and beyond featuring Edwin Hill Three Suns Jack Armstrong Lowell Thomas and many orchestras across WEAF WABC WOR KDKA WLW WWVA and more detailing programs music news sports and dramas for the day with multiple performers and time slots across stations in the region
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WMMN
Brother Joe
Chief Blackhawk
WEAF
Brave
WABC
Mary Marlin
CBS
WBLK
Irene Wicker
Portia
Cbs—Wishart
Campbell
The
Goldbergs
Wiz
the Bartons
the Abbotts
the O'Neills
Jack Armstrong
Burl Eves
WOR
Duke Daly
Orc
Wings
Edwin C. Hill
WHAF
WWVA
Escorts
Betty
WJZ
KDKA
WLW
Bill Stern
Bob Edge
WHLK
Don Doddard
WTAM
Bob
Joe
Sam
Paul Sullivan
Don Lindley
Liberty
Lowell Thomas
Cbs—News
Weaf-Paul
Douglas
Colin
Motorists
Easy Aces
Fred Waring
Orch
Wabc—Amies
N’ Andy
Salon
WIR
Superman
Mr. Keen
News of the World
Lanny Ross
Wlw—News
Weaf—Cugat Rumba
Va—Intermezzo
Inside of Sports
H. V
Rhythm Caravan
Diane Courtney
CBL
Dance Dreft
Carl Hoff
WJR
Amos ‘N
Andy
Britain Speaks
WCAE
String
Jnr
Ben Cutler
Jimmy Dorsey
Bob Chester
Ray Hutton
Jack Coffey
Threaten Fall of Leningrad
Berlin presses the claim that Leningrad may fall, a blow to Stalin defenses and a potential turning movement against the Stalin line. Leningrad, Russia's Baltic port and major industrial hub, would sever naval access and menace Soviet war production if captured, prompting renewed strategic forecasting as the battle develops.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Berlin
Leningrad
Russia
Baltic
Leninsrad
Smolensk
Germany
Beningrad
Heat Victim Hurt In Ambulance Collision
In Pottstown Pennsylvania a 23 year old heat victim Ernest Leindenberger collapsed at a forging plant as temperatures neared 90 degrees. He was rushed in a police ambulance that collided with a car, leaving him cut and bruised before a passing motorist aided him and he reached medical care. Additional note mentions Sweden's plan to export machinery valued at 750000 dollars in December.
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Pottstown
Ernest Leindenberger
Miniature Twister Lifts Roof At Hosiery Mill
A miniature tornado lifted the roof six feet at the Myrna Lee hosiery mill in Wanda Pennsylvania and dropped it again, causing extensive damage and forcing the plant to close. A sprinkler system activated amid heavy rain, and several workers escaped serious injury as timbers fell.
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Wanda
Myrna Lee
Nazis Weaker Than Could Have Been Says Senate
Congress extended conscription and ordered release after a year of service. Senator Thomas noted Germany expanded crack divisions from 54 in 1939 to 260, while estimates say 800,000 German casualties in the Russian campaign. Austin cited seasoned troops. Also, half the cottongins in Bahia, Brazil, are average per the Department of Commerce.
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Congress
Thomas
Utah
Senate
Germany
Austin
Vermont
Amazing new pep with two steps to vitality and looks
Advert claims 8.8.8 Tonic restores stomach digestion and boosts red-blood cell vitality. It promises renewed energy, better appetite, and stronger health for those recovering from illness or stress, with fast action since the drink is in liquid form.
Album notes and new discs highlight morale boosting as war drums beat
A Salon of music reviews surveys Columbia and Victor records with a morale theme. The piece highlights Songs of the Red Army on Columbia set C-68, Latin rhythm records, Basie offerings, Barnet twin releases, and an organ Bach recording. Lily Pons signs exclusive with Columbia Masterworks for fall release. A Swedish gas furnace generator debuts for steelmaking.
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Berlin
Moscow
Red Gashouse Gang
Adolf
Columbia
Red Army
U.S.S.R
Volga
Count Basie
Columbia Okeh Records
Tommy Tucker
Larry
Mary
Okeh
Charlie Spivak
Victor
Charlie Barnet
Charlie
Barnet
Freddie Martin
Clyde Rogers
Victor Bluebird
Alfred Jacy
Victor Red Seal Records
Bach
Columbia Corporation
Lily Pons
Formal entry made quickly by Nipponese in Saigon
Saigon July 31 Japanese troops formally entered Saigon and were praised for discipline and efficiency. Troops moved in a detailed, methodical parade across a security-controlled route, bringing tents, trucks, fuel and other equipment. A civilian Japanese business group began buying cotton and negotiating for rubber and minerals. Thirty transports arrived at Cap St Jacques with a destroyer-led naval contingent entering the harbor. US State Department warned Tokyo that any apology would not satisfy, amid tensions over air raids on Chungking and the Yangtze.
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Saigon
Indo - China
Tokyo
Japan
Cap St. Jacques
Far East
State Department
Tutuila
Yangtz River
Chungking
Sumner Welles
United States
State CIO Convention Voices Aggressive Labor Demands
Bittner and Blizzard of United Mine Workers District 17 with Council President Easton vow strong contracts and year long planning. They back anti profiteering efforts to shield workers from rising food prices and defend the right to strike amid industrial changes. Resolutions oppose the St Lawrence waterway a pension age drop to 50 and new machine driven job losses.
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Bittner
United Mine Workers District 17
William Blizzard
John B. Easton
Weely
St. Lawrence Waterway
Japan Allows Some US Bound Vessels to Dock Amid Freezing Orders
Japanese shipping developments show the nation permitting at least some United States bound vessels to dock despite the freezing of assets. The Tatuta Maru arrived in San Francisco six days late, while others head for Honolulu and Seattle as diplomats note Japanese unease over rapid port calls and potential U.S. action.
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State Department
Japan
United States
Pira
San Francisco
Balboa
Canal Zone
Honolulu
Seattle
Los Angeles
Russians Predict Huge Counter Drive Soon
In London a Soviet military circle predicted a major Red Army counter offensive of more than 3 million soldiers along a front from Leningrad to Kiev. The attack, possibly starting within two weeks, would hinge on German conditions and readiness in the region.
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Ensk
Moscow
Red Army
London
Leningrad
Kiev
Emerald Oil Relief for Tender Feet
Tender feet pain and burning may be relieved quickly by Moone's Emerald Oil. In just minutes the soreness eases after two or three applications. Learn relief today, available at Malones Drug & Chemical Company and other druggists.
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Moone
Malones Drug & Chemical Company
Swiss mark 650th Swiss independence anniversary in Ruth
New York July 31 special news service reports Switzerland silencing the war news to observe Ruth in Schwyz mountains marking 650 years of independence. CBS and NBC-Blue schedule ceremonies and varied programs from 5 p.m. to late night with musical broadcasts, lectures, and a stadium concert.
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New York
America
Europe
Switzerland
Leree
Ruth
Schwyz Mountains
CBS
Nbc-Blue
Ernest O. Hauser
Nbc-Red
Clark M. Eichelberger
Committee To Defend
Stephen Day
Ill
Union Now
Wallace
Burlington
Town
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Siam
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Fairmont
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Tommy Dorsey
WMMM
Ted Steele
Glenn Miller
Montreal Symphony
Sealtest Bury Vaile
Les Concerts Symphoniquets
Toronto’ Symphony
Radio Tube
RCA
C. P
Peipus Lake
Sweden
Conuns
Bahia
Brazil
Ellers
Nippon
Talon
Justice Moe Hey
Monongahela System
Pel Oes
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