India's Nonviolent Campaign Threatens British Rule
Pandit Nehru forecasts a short, swift, and decisive movement toward independence led by the All-India Congress, possibly starting in a fortnight. Gandhi urges Indian princes to cede power or face the end of imperial rule, while Linlithgow warns rulers to secure their positions as monarchies fade and millions face a pivotal wartime crisis.
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India
United Nations
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Mahatma
Britain
Lord Linlithgow
Hunger strike continues at Maryland conscientious camp
Corbett Bishop, 36, who has not eaten since June 26, returned to ditch work at Avalon camp in Elridge Maryland after 38 days of fasting. Doctor says he remains in good condition and has only water. He resumed eight and a half hours of labor under orders from Selective Service while insisting he will endure the fast to the end.
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Elridge
Corbett Bishop
Avalon
Bishop
Gamble
Selective Service Headquarters
Washington
Patapsco State Park
New York
N. J
Sapru invites Gandhi to round-table on British rule
A Reuters dispatch from Bombay reports Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru has written to Mohandas K Gandhi inviting him to lead a round-table conference on settling the dispute over British rule. Gandhi reportedly expressed willingness to attend, first voiced when Sapru proposed it July 25.
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London
Reuters
Bombay
Tej Bahadur Sapru
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Saprtu
Lindbergh Testifies in Pelley Sedition Trial
Charles Lindbergh testified briefly in the William Dudley Pelley sedition case in Indianapolis. He said he learned nothing about public opinion on the war since the United States entered the conflict, insisting he has focused on aiding the war effort. The defense intends to call three major witnesses, including Lindbergh, Holt, and Thorkelson, with the trial adjourned to tomorrow.
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Indianapolis
Charles A. Lindbergh
William Dudley Pelley
United States
Floyd G. Christian
Lindbergh
America First
America
Silver Shirt
Pellex
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Jacob Thorkelson
Montana
Pearl Harbor
Detroit
Pelley
Fire destroys Ringling Brothers menagerie tent in Cleveland
Fire swept the Ringling Brothers tent during a Cleveland performance destroying at least 30 wild and trained animals. Ten camels and three elephants perished, along with giraffes, lions, tigers and leopards as the entire menagerie was burned. Police controlled the noon crowd while circus staff attempted to manage the devastation. The blaze, starting over a cage, caused tens of thousands of dollars in losses.
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Cleveland
Ringling Brothers Circus
Assault Victim Says Attackers Were Fascists
P Waldo Frank, U S writer and lecturer, said the beating he suffered Sunday in Buenos Aires was by a small Fascist element not representing Argentine sentiment. He remains in hospital with a bandaged head as police seek six attackers. one man was identified by a hat he lost. The attack followed Frank being declared persona non grata by the government.
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Buenos Aires
P.waldo Frank
United States
Stit
Frank
Bottleneck claim against Rubber Reserve in synthetic rubber push
Arthur E. Pew Jr., vice president of Houdry Process Corp and Sun Oil, told a House committee that the Rubber Reserve Company is the bottleneck in the United States synthetic rubber program. He said the agency has refused to change its program despite figures and facts, and that Rubber Reserve froze Houdry out, halting investigations.
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Washington
Arthur E. Pew, Jr
Houdry Process Corporation
Sun Oil Company
Congress
Rubber Reserve Company
Houdry
Pew
Rubber Reserve
Reports erroneous parachute landings warning issued
The Third Service Command warned residents that thus far every reported parachute landing in Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia has proved erroneous urging continued alertness but avoiding hysteria. Also reported: death of Russian Major General of Aviation I A Gorbatsevich in Moscow on August 4.
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Baltimore
aAug
Third Service Command
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Moscow
A. Gorbatsevich
Deduction For Insurance New Tax Bill Idea
Washington debate on a proposed tax credit allowing individuals to deduct a fixed percentage of taxable income for life insurance premiums and related payments. Senate leaders, including George of Georgia and Taft, weighed implications for debtors, nondebtors, real estate investors, and postwar rebates. Witherspoon urged a percentage credit akin to charity deductions to keep policies in force.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
John Witherspoon
Nashville, Tenn
National Association of Life Under- Writers
Witherspoon
Vandenberg
Mich
Taft
Ohio
Tafl
Bailey
D-Nc
British Air Attacks Calais Area In Daylight Foray
British Spitfires swarmed over the English Channel in a mid day attack on the Calais area while Nazi raiders damaged two English towns in scattered bombing forays. A third town on the south coast was saved by anti aircraft fire as observers reported skies dotted with returning planes.
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London
English Channel
Calais
Ant Folkestone
Channel
Air Ministry
Bay of Biscay
Reuters
Hamburg
Bremen
Luebeck
Rostock
Controversies Over New War Service Act Draft
A discussion of the National War Service Act proposing labor conscription for Americans aged 18 to 65. The article traces its drafting history from July to Washington and names Grenville Clark Elihu Root Jr Paul V McNutt and others as key figures. It notes legal edits aimed to ease passage and safeguard provisions.
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Ray Tucker
Congress
Washington
New York
Grenville Clark
Elihu Root Jr
Wall Street
F.D.R
Paul V. McNutt
Paul
U S Bombers Hit Japanese Headquarters in Linchwan
United States air raids struck the Kiangsi province center of Linchwan with a 330 pound bomb. American fighters also destroyed two Japanese transports on the Fu River and hit two docks as Chinese ground forces encircled Linchwan. Japanese raids on Hengyang were unsuccessful. Air action transformed the war in China as Japanese airfields and strongholds faced new pressure.
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Chungking
United States
Kiangsi
Linchwan
Fuchow
Joseph W. Stilwell
Fu River
China
Hengyang
Hunan
Japan
Nehru predicts swift three month march to Indian independence
Jabalpur, Aug 4. Jawaharlal Nehru stated that ratification of the proposed civil disobedience program will be voted this week by the All India Congress Party and a detailed plan will be drawn up. The campaign, expected to start in two weeks, will be short and decisive, lasting about three months to secure complete independence. The Indian Communist Party criticized the plan, arguing it would not achieve true freedom and would divide progressive forces.
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Britain
Pandit Nehru
Mohandas Gandhi
India
All-India Congress
Bombay
Jubbulpore
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress Party
Nehru
Congress
Indian Communist Party
Green Sees AFL CIO Labor Peace Possible
Chicago August 4 President William Green of the American Federation of Labor said he was confident negotiations for peace with the Congress of Industrial Organizations could reach a settlement fair to all. He stated the AFL standing peace committee was ready to meet a CIO committee appointed by President Philip Murray, who extended peace overtures yesterday. Green would arrange a time and place for the talks.
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Chicago
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
CIO
Green
El Alamein Front Slows to Patrol Actions and Air Skirmishes
Cairo reports patrol activity and occasional aerial clashes on the El Alamein front. Two German Messerschmitt 109 fighters were damaged in yesterday’s dogfights. RAF fighters over Malta repelled two enemy raid attempts. Dam blast alleged near Mansych River Valley as Russians respond to German armor advances.
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Cairo
el Alamein
RAF
General Headquarters
Malta
FDR Reviews Nazi Saboteur Trial Findings
President Roosevelt spent the day studying the findings and sentence of the military commission that tried eight Nazis on sabotage charges. No decision was expected today as he pored over documents. He planned a late press briefing and a medal ceremony for Lt. John B. Bulkeley.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
John B. Bulktey
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Tank cars shifted Washington fuel oil crisis Aug
The Office of Petroleum Coordinator seeks 35,000 more tank cars for the Atlantic Coast to ease a winter fuel oil shortage in the east. It has directed oil companies to make substantial and immediate increases in overland shipments.
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Washington
Office of Petroleum Coordinator
Atlantic Coast
Cossacks Lead Slow Fight Against German Breakthrough
In a Aug 4 dispatch from Moscow, German tanks and dive-bombers pressed the Soviet southern front, driving Red Army units back to new positions near Salsk 100 miles southeast of Rostov. Cossacks volunteered to stem the drive as German forces broke through near the Wietskan area, while Soviet aviation and troops countered. Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Hungarian, and Romanian units supported the Germans, and Soviet forces claimed to have repelled bridgehead attempts and isolated advancing columns.
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Moscow
Red Army
Salsk
Rostov
Voroshilovsk
Kuban
Caucas
Wietskan
Stalingrad
Sovie
Framine
Bie Bene
Don
Iz Vestia
Red Star
Bletskaya
Labor unions reach for unified future in peace talks
Chicago dispatch says William Green and Philip Murray agreed to arrange negotiating parties toward peace and merger between the AFL and CIO. Murray proposed organic unity, Green accepted negotiations and stated it means merging the two groups into one national labor movement with authority to speak for the nation’s organized workers.
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Chicago
William Green
Philip Murray
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Murray
CIO
Green
AFL
U S Army Granted Courts To Try Its Men In Britain
London delegates reported Parliament approved a bill allowing United States Army courts to try U S personnel in Britain. The bill, challenged by fears of dictation from Washington and potential omissions of jury trials, now awaits the king's assent. Debate noted across parties on sovereignty and future trials.
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London
House of Commons
Clement R. Attiee
House
United States Army
Britain
Washington
Stafford Cripps
Attlee
BBC
CBS
House of Lords
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