Oriental Showdown and the Pacific Power Struggle
Japanese forces poised to occupy southern French Indo China under a pact with Vichy while Britain the United States and the Dutch Indies move to choke Japan economically. Nations clash over oil rubber and silk as Tokyo tightens rationing and American and British ships trade blows, amid warnings and apologies between Tokyo and Washington.
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Indo-China
Vichy
Thailand
Sian
Japan
Asia
United States
British Empire
Dutch East Indies
U. S
Britain
Dutch Indies
Russia
Germany
Nichi Nichi
FDR
Indies
America
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Commodity Exchange
U.S
Chungking
China
MacArthur to Head Far East Defense for U S
In the Far East President Roosevelt taps Douglas MacArthur to command U S Army forces guarding American interests from the Philippines to the South China Sea. He planned an invasion-proof defense with torpedo boats 250 planes and reserves, with current U S naval strength in the Pacific split among Atlantic, Pacific, and Asiatic fleets. Admiral Thomas Hart commands the Asiatic fleet from Cavite and Olongapo with about 40 ships in operations near the Philippines.
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United & States
South China Sea
Japan
East Asia
Pacific
Hawaii
U.S
America
Far East
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Cre
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
MacArthur
FDR
United States
Thomas Hart
Washington
Asiatic
Hart
Philippine
Cavite
Manila Bay
Olongapo
Nazis on defense in Latin America probe plot
The article details Nazi propaganda pressure in Latin America. It cites a 500-pound German portable radio transmitter seized by an Argentine committee, a diplomatic baggage dispute with Peru, and a German protest over alleged violations. It notes a Bolivian letter to Berlin about a coup plot, denials by Major Elias Belmonte, and US reactions. Sumner Welles rejects Clark’s call for US control of Latin America.
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Ermans
Argentina
Dies Committee
South America
Brazil
Lima
Peru
Buenos Aires
Berlin
Bolivia
Elias Belmonte
Germany
Belmonte
Lokal Anzeiger
Roosevelt
Farger
Welles
Clark
Sumner Welles
D. Worth Clark
U.S
Latin America
Canada
News Quiz July 1942: U S War Production and Alliances
The questions ask if U S airplane output exceeded targets in July. The answer is false due to metal shortages. Iceland is the island within 650 miles of Europe occupied by U S troops. Warfare in Peru-Ecuador border area centers on a long standing dispute. Mexico signs a trade pact to halt selling air war materials to Axis nations and limit supplies within the hemisphere.
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U.S
Europe
America
U. S
Iceland
Peru
Ecuador
Mexico
Ickes Appeals Gas Cut Failures Amid Surging East Coast Sales
Harold Ickes lamented the week ending July 26 as gasoline consumption rose by 1.5 million gallons despite his plea for a 33 1/3 cent cut. He urged motorists to conserve and to close 100,000 service stations in the East for two hours daily starting August 3. Also noted is a recollection of Enoch Johnson and Al Capone, and Capone’s death sentence affects on tax evasion while a federal jury convicts Johnson for evading income taxes on 124,800 dollars.
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Harold Ickes
Enoch “Nucky” Johnson
Atlantic City
al Capone
Atlantic City Boardwalk
Capone
House
Coughton
D-N-C
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Fdr
War voices warn of futility from both sides
General K Nibiro, the Japanese consul in the Philippines, says Japan desires peace and notes that fighting yields no true victory. German Propaganda Minister Goebbels remarks that what is doomed will fall and that their role is to hasten that fall.
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Genersl K. Nibiro
Philippines
Japan
Goebbels
Washington battles over postwar draft and tax plans
Congress moved toward extending the 12 month Army service with House and Senate committees approving similar bills to keep selectees and guardsmen beyond a year. Senator Wheeler attacked the plan proposing a professional army with morale and pay in U S bonds. Stimson claimed Wheeler’s postcard campaign bordered subversive activity. Tax legislation faced sharp opposition as a $3.529 billion measure loomed, with inflation fears and price rent controls discussed alongside.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Wheeler
D-Mont
Abroad Somersaults Among War Alliances and Policy Shifts
The week’s war scramble yielded dramatic moves: Poland freed prisoners in Russia and a Polish army formed. Finland cuts Britain ties as Britain bombed Petsamo. two Red Army generals visit Washington to line up aid, while Hopkins and Stalin exchange letters. Churchill urges British forces to be ready by Sept. 1, warning US entry remains likely. In Asia, Chungking and Chinese Communists reportedly agree to unite against Japan with subsidies. Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek reportedly plan to field large joint forces if Japan attacks. Rexford Tugwell named Puerto Rico governor. Senator George shifts from Foreign Relations to Finance, Connally new Foreign Relations head. RCA unveils radio alarm clock device for nationwide warnings.
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Russia
Germany
London
Poland
Finland
England
Britain
Petsamo
Red Army
Washington
Welles
Harry Hopkins
Joseph Stalin
FDR
China
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Japan
Rexford Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Guy Swope
Interior Department
Senator George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
George
Connally
D-Tex
Radio Corporation of America
Germany stumbles as USSR fight stretches supply lines
In Berlin 3000 German experts waited for orders to seize Russian plants and farms, but slow advances stalled major drives toward Kiev Moscow and Leningrad. Reports say Red Army holds the line as Britain and America note heavy German losses and partisan Allied hopes grow.
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Russia
Kiev
Moscow
Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
America
Germany
DeWitt Mackenzie
Britain
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Cripps
Joseph Stalin
Turkey
Inonu
Dardanelles
Bosporus
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Philippine Army
Hoover
Quezon
Gaul
Atlantic
Knox
Ickes
Churchill
Alfred Rosenberg
Rosensberg
Rosenberg Watling
Eemol Pate
Her Baars
Johnson
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