Senators Urge Vital Changes In Army Bill
Senators Reynolds and George D-Ga urged changes to War Department drafted legislation to keep selectees in the Army longer than one year and allow postings outside the Western Hemisphere. They proposed hearings next Wednesday and discussed potential reenlistment incentives. Congress questioned administration details and wartime policy, with Danaher and Wheeler urging clearer justification and public disclosure.
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Associated Press
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Survey Of N C Shops Planned
Raleigh dispatch reports Governor Broughton announcing an immediate survey of small North Carolina machine shops to determine their capacity to secure defense work. The state defense council will conduct the canvass and file details in Washington. He plans to stay in Raleigh next week with possible few appointments, including revenue commissioner and director of the division of purchase and contract delayed until month’s end.
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Broughton
Canada
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State Defense Council
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Division of Purchase and Contract
Wing Walker Saves Plane In Mid Air Rescue Over North Sea
London reports a smoking Wellington night bomber, damaged by a German Me 110, saved by a wing walking pilot who fought flames on the wing over the North Sea. Fire spread from a ruptured wing fuel line as the crew battled to contain the blaze before a forced landing in Britain.
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Associated Press
London
Raf
North Sea
Wellington
Muenster
Messerschmitt
Netherlands
Lisselmeer
Zuider Zee
Defense tax bill faces revision amid mounting defense demands
Washington July 12 mounting defense expenditures and controversy over tentative levies push consideration of a revised 3.504 billion dollar tax bill. The Ways and Means Committee eyed major changes and a possible Aug 1 presentation as President Roosevelt seeks more than 8 billion for defense. A plan for a congressional super-budget panel was discussed, but is deemed too late to enact. Proposals to alter how joint returns are required may affect 304 million in revenue, with key votes expected when reconsidered.
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Associated Press
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Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Defense
Rep
Woodrum
D-Va
Ways and Means
Armistice Talks Begin as British, Vichy Clash in Syria
British troops halt operations in Syria and open armistice negotiations with Vichy General Dentz on terms set by Britain. The move follows the end of hostilities in the area as German raids threaten the Suez route. a French delegation crosses the front to meet British officials at Acre amid signs of Free French control. Beirut nears no man’s land as French forces push toward the capital. De Gaulle leaders labeled traitors by the Vichy government.
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Syria
Henri Dentz
Britain
Middle East
Suez Canal
Dentz
Trme
Acre
Galilee
Alestine
Levant
Marshal Petain
London
Beirut
Crete
Revised War Book Issued by Army on New Field Service Rules
Washington July 12 14 The Army released an official volume detailing revised war concepts for victory on battlefield. General Marshall warns against rigid rules stifling imagination and initiative, notes manual covers land sea and air and shifts emphasis toward air power and revised attack value.
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Washington
Poland
War Purchases Set New Mark in June Defense Spend
Washington reports the War Department obligated 1.986 billion in national defense funds in June, a record. Contracts averaged about 199 million per business day, with 2.297 billion for air corps orders and 1.500 billion for ordnance. Comparisons show 1924 and 1939 appropriations far smaller. Much funding awaited the April 3 fifth supplemental appropriation, while other contracts funded new facilities to expedite production.
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Washington
Robert P. Patiocon
War Department
Patterson
Air Corps
Army
Air Corps and Ordnance Department
Ecuador Accepts Offer To Settle Frontier Dispute
Ecuador accepted a tripartite offer of good offices from the United States Argentina and Brazil to peacefully settle the boundary dispute with Peru. The plan includes a 30 kilometer safety zone along the frontier and a ruling on military actions remains disputed.
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Quito
Peru
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Lima
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Pastaza
Zapotilio
Salina
Danish Ships Taken Over as U.S. Seizes Suspect Vessels
The Maritime Commission seized 16 idle Danish cargo ships and outlined repair costs exceeding 3 million dollars for saboteured Italian and German vessels targeted under the 1917 Espionage Act. Treasury proceedings also moved to confiscate 15 Italian and one German ship, with damage totaling 60,000 to 180,000 dollars per vessel.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Atlantic
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Carla
Treasury
Nazis Break Silence With New Conquest
Berlin reports the Stalin Line breached at decisive points as German forces push toward Moscow Leningrad and Kiev. Panzer units advance from Minsk to within 125 miles of Moscow while infantry clear the way for a large-scale assault. Russians retreat in disorder as Luftwaffe targets railways behind fronts to curb counter operations.
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Stalin Line
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Leningrad
Kiev
Ukraine
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Lake Pecipus
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Vitebsk
British Air Attacks Now Heavier Than German Bombing
London reports Britain’s air offensive against Germany has surpassed the heaviest German attacks on England in tonnage. June bomb drops on Germany exceeded April’s England total, with July expected to grow. RAF bombers and fighters struck Wilhelmshaven and targets near St Omer as heavy raids continued over northern France and southeast England. One German minesweeper was destroyed off Ouessant after a Hudson encounter. the ship listed and sank as the aircraft returned safely.
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London
Germany
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Wilhelmshaven
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France
St. Omer
Britain
Ouessant
Brittany
Coastal Command
Soviet Says All Drives Are Halted
Moscow claims German three-pronged offensives aimed at Leningrad Moscow and Kiev failed to dent the front. It cites renewed fighting at Pskov Vitbelsk and Novograd Volynski and notes Red air force strikes destroying German aircraft and rail targets. Guerrilla detachments behind lines disrupt supply and communications.
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Soviet Russia
Red Army
Pskov
Leningrad
Vitiebsk
White Russia
Novograd
Volynski
Ukraine
Kiev
Red Air Force
Tass
Streamliner Champion Derailed Near Walbhourville Ga
Atlantic Coast Line reports the streamliner Champion derailed after striking a cow at Walbhourville Ga. Two engines and eight coaches stayed upright. No serious injuries to passengers or crew. Main line expected to reopen within a couple hours. Three soldiers and a woman treated at post hospital.
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