Warspite sighted in Gulf of Siam amid Far East tensions
British naval report, unconfirmed, says the 30,600 ton battleship Warspite may be in the Gulf of Siam signaling Britain's push to counter Japan near French Indo China. Japan halts US steamship departures, leaving about 600 Americans abroad as Tokyo contemplates economic mobilization.
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Associated Press
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Gulf of Siam
Japan
Indo-China
Britain
Singapore
Far East
United States
Asiatic
Royal Navy
Suez
Japan Times and Advertiser
Tokyo Foreign Office
San Francisco
Seattle
Honolulu
Tokyo
Three Slain By Jittery Gunman In Seattle Nightclub
A nervous gunman opened fire in a basement Seattle saloon before daybreak killing three men and wounding seven, including two police officers. The shooter, James Green, 28, from Tampa, claimed a holdup motive and was subdued after a bystander tackled him. Victims were Monte F. Brown, 1st vice president of the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, Gus Galavener, 48, bartender, and John Linder, bystander.
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Seattle
Harlan Callahan
C. H. Balls
James Green
Tampa
Florida
Monte F. Brown
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Gus Galavaner
John Linder
Axis Troops Falling Back From Around Tobruk
Axis forces withdraw from advanced siege positions around Tobruk but no siege lifting. British patrols failed to contact the besiegers, who aim to hold eastern Libya with fewer exposed posts. The communique notes ongoing aggressive patrols and mine field clearance as operations continue.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Libya
Line-Up is Now Complete Duce Tells Blackshirts of Battle of Giants
Mussolini announced the line up of allies and enemies in a public speech at Mantua, saying Rome Berlin Tokyo faced Lennon Washington Moscow in a clash of two worlds. He called the Blackshirts volunteers for a fifth act in Fascism against Bolshevism as they prepared to join the Russian front with German and other allies. The premier described a great honor and supreme privilege for the legionnaires awaiting them.
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Rome
Mussolini
Berlin
Tokyo
Lennon
Washington
Moscow
Mantua
Red Army
Duce
Italy
Ethiopia
Spain
France
Novel toy tanker could aid Britain and Atlantic oil flow
The Navy Department pursues a new small high speed tanker design to ease oil transport shortages. At about 325 feet and 3000 tons, it carries 20000 barrels and costs less, enabling rapid production and easier disassembly for reuse in Britain amid blitz conditions. The plan envisions turning out one per day once in production.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Navy Department
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Britain
Britain
England
Bombers pound Nazis in peak weekend RAF raids
British bombers intensified weekend operations against Germany and occupied France with a massive Saturday night raid on Berlin. Attacks extended to Hanover, Frankfort, Calais docks, Kiel, and Cherbourg as daylight strikes continued in France and coastal defenses faced air activity. Four British planes were missing amid extensive damage reports, while German raids over Britain caused some building damage in the northeast.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
France
Berlin
Western
Hanover
Frankfort
Calais
Channel
England
Britain
Boulogne
Cap Griz Nez
Cherbourg
Guam Struck by Large Typhoon Causes Wide Damage
A powerful typhoon swept Guam causing extensive damage to the U.S. Marine post and crop losses exceeding those from the previous November storm. No lives were reported lost. Wind at the center reached 120 miles per hour with a 28.64 barometer. Communications failed in Agana as waters rose two to six feet. Pan American Airways crews evacuated and ships moved to sea to avoid the storm. four aerological station men warned islanders for over 25 hours.
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Guam
United States Marine Post
Here
Pan American Airways Radio
San Francisco
Agana
Pan American Airways
Manila
Hull urges ever rising military prep for defense
Secretary Hull told reporters on his return from a two month absence that unity and maximum effort will help the remaining free peoples of the world win and that victims of barbarism will be liberated. He called for greater military preparation and full production wherever defense is most effective, insisting a successful resistance to the invasion movement can be achieved and will be achieved.
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Washington
Hull
Winston Salem Man Is Critically Injured
Richmond Virginia August 1 UP Frank Rainer 40 of Winston Salem North Carolina is in critical condition after being struck by an automobile while walking along the Petersburg Pike near Richmond Saturday He has skull and leg fractures a pelvic injury neck lacerations chest injuries and a fractured left arm He was admitted to the Medical College of Virginia Hospital.
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Richmond
Frank Rainer
Winston- Salem
N. C
Petersburg Pike
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Passage Of Big Tax Bill Seen
President Roosevelt urged three changes to the 3,529,200,000 tax bill but the House Ways and Means Committee rejected them. The move aimed to ease joint filing requirements, potentially boosting opposition to the provision. Forecasts say the President’s appeal may attract extra votes against the joint return rule as lawmakers head toward nightfall votes on the measure.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
British May Open Up New Front In Finland
Reports from London and Goteborg claim Britain plans a northern European front possibly in Finland as Germany clashed with the Soviet Union. The press notes a prepared amphibious shock force, though no confirmation yet from London authorities.
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Finland
London
Britain
Germany
Russia
Goteborg
Sweden
Arctic
Daily Express
Iran
Japs Suspend Regular U.S. Steamship Service
Tokyo reports that Japan has halted all direct steamship links with the United States as it prepares for broad national mobilization. Vessels like the Nitta Maru and Hikawa Maru were postponed, leaving about 600 Americans in Japan unable to return home by direct sailings.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Foreign Office
Japan Times and Advertiser
Nitta Mar
China Ports
San Francisco
Kobe
Western
Shanghai
Slaughter Mounts in War as German Push Near Kiev
German troops drive toward Kiev within 50 miles as Red Army reports suggest vast Soviet forces left east of Smolensk are destroyed. Berlin claims 2,300 Russians killed and thousands captured in northern moves with a second front near Lake Peipus. Russians report a tank counterattack near N town on the Northwest front reversing some German gains amid unconfirmed reports of Britain dispatching expeditionary forces to northern Europe. Moscow endures an 11th air raid of the war.
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Associated Press
Zhitomir
Kiev
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Smolensk
Red Army
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Leningrad
London
Britain
Finland
Ordnance Plant Help Returns After Holiday Dispute
AFL unionists at four midwest ordnance plants were ordered back to work after weekend holidays caused by misunderstandings. John Coyne said overtime would be time and half, and workers would return today under a 22 agreement with the War Department. Also: Gulf Coast Metal Trades Council ratified a two year wage pact worth about ten percent, Newark CIO union approved a Defense Mediation Board contract with Federal Shipbuilding, and Kearny shipyard agreed to a 12 percent raise amid vacation and shop adjustments.
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Associated Press
AFL
Midwest Ordnance
St. Louis
Kansas City
Plum Brook
Ravenna
Ohio
War Department
John Coyne
AFL Executive Council
Building Trades Department
Newark
N. J
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Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Defense Mediation Board
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
The
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Thhe
Sunion
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Fort Knox
Fort Knon
Carl B. McClellan
Bicknell
Ind
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Briscoe
McLellan
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Clarence McClellan
Drew Middleton
U.S
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