Two-Ton Bombs Dropped On Duesseldorf In Major Raid
The RAF dropped 150 two ton bombs plus thousands of incendiaries on Duesseldorf for about 50 minutes in a major 1940s raid. Lancasters and other bombers attacked the Rhine city, with many fires left burning at 11 a.m. After the assault 31 aircraft failed to return. Weather aided aim as defenses were overwhelmed by the attack.
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Associated Press
London
RAF
Rhineland
Duesseldorf
Bomber Command
Britain
German wartime efficiency under Hitler in early Poland drive
The article argues Nazi efficiency rests on German racial traits and Prussian militarism, with dictatorial rule enabling single-command focus. It cites prewar buildup, extensive food reserves in Berlin, full gasoline stocks, and storage in Germany as proof of preparedness, but warns that such methods cannot sustain ongoing war as resistance grows.
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Russia
Republic
Wark
Poland
Alvin Steinkopf
Germany
Europe
Associated Press
Wide World
Berlin
Reich
Steinkopf
Hitler
Tokyo Extends Solomons Hold In New Action
General MacArthur reported Allied planes attacked Kukum on Guadalcanal and damaged a larger Japanese cargo ship offshore. Japanese forces began moving into Guadalcanal about six weeks earlier to establish air bases. Allied bombers raided Buna and areas near Port Moresby as fighting continued in the New Guinea area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General MacArthur
Australia
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
MacArthur
Kukum
Banda Sea
Amawjonia
Dutch East Indies
Thes
New Britain
Bougainville
Port Moresby
Buna In
E Gena
Zeroes Downed By U S Fliers Over Hengyang Airfield
United States Army pilots hit a formation of 29 Japanese Zero fighters over Hengyang airdrome, shooting down nine with one damaged, in the largest air battle since the Flying Tigers merged into the Army Air Force. Four bombers and four Zeros were downed earlier, and a night battle was notable as the first shootdown of Japanese planes over China at night. American losses included three pursuit planes, one damaged on the ground.
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Chungking
United States Army
Hengyang
Joseph W. Stillwell
Flying Tigers
American Volunteer Group
U. S. Army Air Force
Hunan Province
China
No Guarantee of Oil Heat for Eastern Users Next Winter
President Roosevelt warned that no user of heating oil in the East can count on meeting even minimum needs next winter. Ickes added fuel and heating oil could be scarce, with possible refusals to some converts from oil to coal. The pair backed a government industry campaign to convert burners and conserve fuel where possible.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
Afr
Georgia Leaf Prices Higher on State Tobacco Markets
Georgia tobacco markets close today and tomorrow after opening week with prices 5 to 10 cents higher than last year. Most markets averaged 30 to 38 cents per pound, with baskets reaching 30 to 65 cents. Statesboro sold over 1 million pounds in week one, $334,000 paid out. Douglas average 35.02 cents and $180,692 paid. Waycross 38 to 40 cents. Valdosta 35 cents after 33.58.
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Valdosta
Georgia
Statesboro
Douglas
Waycross
Pelley Planned to Extend Activities Beyond U S
Indianapolis, Aug 1. Evidence in William Dudley Pelley’s criminal sedition trial showed he planned to extend his operations beyond the United States. Prosecution read letters by Pelley and co defendant Brown suggesting work beyond America. Also present were Agnes Henderson and the Fellowship Press at Noblesville, Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts of America
United States
Pelley
Lawrence A. Brown
America
Agnes M. Henderson
Fellowship Press, Inc
Noblesville
Ind
Oscar R. Ewing
FBI
Brown
John R. Brinkley
del Rio
Texas
Japan
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Ninety-Eight Enemy Aliens Arrested in New York Campaign
FBI raids in the New York metropolitan area seized eighty seven enemy aliens including a Japanese leader of a covert group. The suspect held about two dozen maps with air and sea routes in the Pacific and navigation charts noting depths near the Aleutian Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
Pacific Ocean
Federal Bureau, of Investigation
Fukoku-Dan
Imperial Service Group
P. E. Foxworth
Aleutian Islands
Dust storms curb land activity at El Alamein
From Cairo on August 1 the dispatch reports dust storms reduced land activity on the El Alamein front to a minimum while British patrols remained active in all sectors. Occasional artillery duels occurred in some areas as aerial activity weakened. British fighter bombers attacked an enemy headquarters and transport vehicles. Three Axis planes were shot down during light raids on Alexandria and Cairo, with another downed over Malta.
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Cairo
el Alamein
Alexandria
Malta
Convicted For Rare Surgery In Fingerprint Change Case
Dr Leopold W Beangcauahe of Union City was found guilty by a federal jury of performing a rare operation to alter a wanted burglar’s fingerprints. He cut away skin from Robert Roscoe James Pitts in May 1941 and bound his hands to form new prints. Pitts testified. he has served at Alcatraz and Atlanta prisons. Sentencing date not set. maximum penalty three years and $300 fine.
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Newarn
N. J
Leopold W. Beangcauahe
Union City
Brandenburg
Robert
Roscoe) James Pitts
North Carolina
Pitts
Alcatraz
Atlanta
Nazis Rehearse Invasion Defenses on French Coast
Paris dispatch reports a dress rehearsal of invasion defenses by German land sea and air forces on the French coast. German circles said the coordination was excellent and that defenses of the European coast are completely in order.
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Vichy
French
Paris
New Landing On Chekiang Coast By Japs
Chungking dispatch says Japanese troops landed anew on the Chekiang coast about 30 miles south of Wenchow and began inland operations while other forces from Wenchow and Lishui recaptured Tsingtien, 22 miles inland from Wenchow.
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Chekiang Coast
Chungking
Chekiang Province
Wenchow
Eight Die as Philadelphia Lightning Strikes Area
A severe electrical storm in the Philadelphia region killed eight men and left a 6 year old boy drowned. Victims include four gardeners at Alfred J. du Pont’s Rockland estate and three workers from Sharp and BD home chemical laboratories in Glenolden. A lifeguard at Tully-Secane CC and a boy swept into flood waters were also affected. one body remains unrecovered.
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Philadelphia
Alfrayi J. du Pont
Rockland
Del
Edward O'Connell
Louis Durso
Frank Lepore
John Dougherty
James Gilmore, Jr
William Dilullo
Robert Kyle
Sharp
BD Home Chemical Laboratories
Glenolden
William M. Kempton
Tully - Secane Country Club
Thomas Neville
F. N. Neville
Quartermaster Corps
Nippon Cruiser Probably Sunk
Allied airmen attacked a Japanese cruiser in the Banda Sea south of Ambon and a large Japanese cargo ship, delivering a probable hit and bomb strikes. The raid occurred despite Japanese fighters over the north New Guinea coast and extended to the Guadalt Canal area in the Solomon Islands where Japanese air bases have been growing.
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MacArthur
Australia
Southwest
Pacific
New Guinea
Banda Sea
Ambijna
Netherlands Indies
Guadat Canal
Solomon Islands
U. S. Tank Crews Prepare for Action in Africa Area
American army tank crews from across the United States train a few miles behind the fighting front in Egypt, preparing to fight alongside British imperials. They will use American tanks found superior to German armor, Reuters reports from somewhere in Egypt.
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London
Egypt
Reuters
United States
Germans Strike Along Sea of Azov Front Near Bataisk
Allied reports say German forces push from Kerch Crimea toward the Sea of Azov, with red Soviet artillery smashing a crossing attempt. Saar reports note heavy fighting around Bataisk, Rostov and the Don as German pressure narrows on southern Caucasus targets.
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Red Army
Sea of Azov
Nerch Strait
Kerch
Crimea
Caucasus
Grand Duchess Maris Anne of Luxembourg Dies
Dowager Grand Duchess Maris Anne aged 81, who fled Luxembourg as Nazi forces swarmed across in May 1940, died at Doctors Hospital in New York last night.
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New York
Grand Duchess Maris Anne of
Luxembourg
Germany
France
Doctors Hospital
Filipino Seized for Recruiting Fifth Column to Aid Japan
FBI disclosed a U S band recruited by Japan s black dragon society to aid an invasion. Mimo de Guzman a Filipino of Washington DC arrested and charged with not returning his draft questionnaire. He claimed the Japanese would supply rifles and urged storing arms. He faced $10 000 bail and possible removal to Washington.
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FBI
Fifth Column
U. S
New York
United States
Japan
Black Dragon Society
Mimo de Guzman
Azvoa Filipino
Euclid Ave
Washington, D. C
America
PLFL
Peaworth
WRI
Pacific Movement
Foxworth
de Guzman
U. S. Navy
Coast Guard
Washington
Leonard
Robert O.) Jordan
Alien Registration Board
Jordan
U.S
J. Gerard Crean
U.S. Bombers Hit Axis Ports Across North Africa Crete
U S bombers damaged Axis supply ports in North Africa and Crete and hit enemy convoys moving across the Mediterranean to Rommel's army. In Egypt, dust storms limited fighting to patrols and occasional artillery, while Cairo and Alexandria faced air raids with casualties. The strikes included a daylight assault on a transport off southern Greece and fires at Tobruk docking areas and Suda Bay on Crete.
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Cairo
United States
North Africa
Crete
Mediterranean
Erwin Rommel
U.S
Alexandria
Winston Churchill
Rome
Iwo
Suez Canal
Upper
Egypt
RAF
Greece
Tobruk
Suda Bay
Atlantic Ship Losses at 406
The Associated Press reports 106 Allied and neutral cargo ship losses announced in the western Atlantic since December 7, with Brazil’s 11th loss noted and a Panama vessel sunk. July totals reach 79 amid continued U-boat attacks. Tacito rescued 17 survivors from the Brazilian freighter Barbacena off Brazil’s northern coast. a Panamanian ship was sunk July 18 with crewmen rescued by an American naval vessel.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Brazil
Argentin Naval Ministry
Tacito
South America
Army Travelogue to Be Distributed to Camps in Carolinas
Raleigh Aug 1 The War Department seeks to print the North Carolina travelogue Variet Vacationland for use at entertainment centers in Army camps across the region and other states. The Advertising Division holds prints, most inactive, and considers special prints for Josh Horne to reach eager young soldiers who may become visitors.
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Raleigh
North Carolin
North Carolina
War Department
Department of Conservation and Development
Dick Reynol
Winston-Salem
Army
Josh Horne
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Hengyang Airdrome
Sckies
Nippon
Africa
Kerch Strait
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Bataisk
Taman Peninsula
Red Fleet
Tsimiranskaya
Rostov
Stalingrad
Don
Kurgans
Don Elhow
Kalach
The
Caolina
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