Jap Cabinet Quits as Konoye Resigns in Tokyo
Tokyo July 16 AP The cabinet of Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye resigns suddenly to strengthen domestic policy and handle abroad challenges. Konoye presented the government’s resignation to Emperor Hirohito at the summer palace and was told to remain in office until a new government is organized. Foreign Minister Motoda and other key figures are involved in the reshuffle and axis alignment policy. The resignation follows the formation of a government on July 18, 1940, amid European war developments and Japan’s neutrality stance with the Soviet Union.
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Fumimaro Konoye
Russia
Konoye
Ayama
Eaders
Yosuke Motota
Japan
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Matsuoka
Ronoye
Prince Koneye
Europe
France
Koneye
Hasania
Hirotto
Secretary Knox Tours New Bern NC in July Visit
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox arrived at New Bern Airport amid cordial welcomes and a brief tour. He left for Jacksonville Marine Base at 10 o clock, planning no Cherry Point visit. Major General Holcomb accompanied him as Congressman Barden noted regional interest in the area. The landing field inspection was conducted from the same two motorcade plane used in a prior Washington to New Bern trip.
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Jacksonville
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Cherry Point Marine Air Base
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Cherry Point
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Knox
Thomas Holcomb
Eason
United States Navy
Warden
Ty Boty
Holcomb
Cuban Cabinet Resigns for Reorganization
In WAVANA Cuba on July 16 Premier Carlos Salas ikas announced the Cuban cabinet had resigned to enable a government reorganization under President Fulgencio Batista. All cabinet members submitted their resignations for formal submission that afternoon. No immediate explanation was provided beyond the move toward restructuring.
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Carlos Salaslikas
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Nazis Move Planes Back as British Bombers Attack Ruhr
London reports German forces withdraw fighters from the Russian front to bolster homeland defenses. British night bombers again strike industrial targets in Duisburg and the Ruhr, with one Nazi plane claimed down. A coastal command ship hit an axis supply vessel off the French coast. RAF losses include three planes in raids over Northern France and minor damage from a lone raider on England’s southeast coast.
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Germany
Air Ministry
Duisburg
Ruhr
Coastal Command
France
RAF
England
Alabama to observe daylight saving time statewide
Governor Frank M. Dixon proclaimed daylight saving time for all state agencies effective Sunday midnight and urged city and county governments to install it within their jurisdictions across Alabama.
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Aiontgomery
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Frank M. Dixon
Senators Join Administration For Expansion
Washington July 16 AP extended military service for selectees national guardsmen and army reserve members was reported to be gaining substantial Senate support after Roosevelt gave formal backing. Patterson told Congress authority to remove the one year service limit and demobilizing two thirds of the army would invite disaster. Roosevelt said the decision rests with Congress and hoped the army not be disintegrated. Senate support appeared strong though some House members remained doubtful as Rep Kilday noted.
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Senate
Roosevelt
War Department
Congress
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Rayburn
Patterson
House Military Committee
Kilday
German Ace Werner Modders Credited With 101 Downed Planes
Berlin July 16. Lieutenant Colonel Werner Modders, leader of Germanys Flying Circus on the eastern front, was awarded the oak leaves with swords on the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross by Adolf Hitler. A Reich communique credits him with 101 aerial victories since the war began, surpassing Baron Manfred von Richthofen by twenty-one.
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Werner Modders
Manfred von Richthofen
Adolf Hitler
von Richthofen
von Richthofern
Somme
Impregnable Army Plan Would Create 1 Million Man Force
Washington reports Chief of Staff Marshall quietly drafted a program for a permanent professional army of about 1,000,000 with 800,000 in detailed training for modern warfare and 200,000 to train newcomers. The plan envisions a reserve and annual calls of 300,000 to fill vacancies, with a stiff summer refresher for veterans to sustain readiness and mobility.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Marshall
United States
Russian Airmen Matching Best Hitler Offers
London reports the British mission in Moscow says Soviet air force morale is high and fliers are holding their own against the Luftwaffe. Soviet pilots attack fiercely and successfully, with requests for more fighter planes to bolster their powerful force.
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Italy Ready With Axis Forces Against U S Aggression
Rome dispatch reports Fascist editor Virginio Gayda in Il Giornale d Italia says Germany and Italy are prepared with necessary forces to counter what he calls U S aggression. He accuses President Roosevelt of planning intervention to exploit Axis war against Soviet Russia and vows Italy will hold its place with its forces and allied units ready to defend national interests.
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Italy
United States
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Il Giornale D'Italia
Japan
New York Democrats Pick O Dwyer to Run for Mayor
William O Dwyer 51 Irish born Brooklyn district attorney and former laborer and policeman was designated the Democratic mayoral candidate today by five Democratic county leaders in New York City. Mayor La Guardia who may seek a third term has twice defeated Tammany Hall with Republican American Labor Party and fusion supporters.
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William O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
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F. H. la Guardia
Tammany Fall
American Labor Party
Fusion
Three Negroes Escape Mc Dowell Prison Camp Raid
Three prisoners escaped from the Mc Dowell prison camp at Marion after overpowering a steward, seizing pistols and a rifle, and fleeing in a pickup cage truck. The fugitives Latta Smith James May and Norwood Dunn Jr. are heavily armed and authorities warned to arrest them.
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McDowell
Marion
Oscar Pitts
Pitts
Latta Smith
Durham
James May
Nash
Norwood Thoms Dunn, Jr
Edgecombe
Senate Seizure Bill Expands National Defense Powers
Washington July 16 The White House sent a new defense property seizure bill to the Senate Military Committee. Wayne Coy presented a measure allowing the President to requisition any property needed for national defense, broader than the War Department version. Senator Lodge warned the proposal could be wider than Patterson’s plan, while Senator Chandler said a compromise draft adds a proviso to exhaust all other fair terms before requisition.
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White House
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Wayne Coy
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Robert P. Patterson
Senator Chandler
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Lodge
Red Artillery Unit Claimed Knocked Out
In Moscow reports the German offensive stalls with gains slowing while Soviet counter assaults push west of the Dnepr. Trevestia notes Rozgachev recapture and Koranchev actions as rationing and food card measures begin in Moscow. Berlin dispatches claim Russian artillery losses south of Vitebsk and the Kiev drive opening, with house by house fighting described.
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Dnepr
Red Army
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Rogachey-Zhiobin
Bobruisk
Trevestia
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Korachev
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Vitebsk
Stalin Line
Commununique
Kivy
Ukraine
Kiev
Eard
New York
Soviet Industry Prepared to Supply Army If Moscow Falls
London dispatch reports Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky stating that dispersed heavy and light industries would keep the Red Army supplied for years even if Moscow falls. He cites factories hidden in the Urals and warns Leningrad is not vital to war production.
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Ivan Mais
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Soviet Union
Red Army
Maisky
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Leningrad
Narva
Pskov
Maisky Clarrved
RAF Attacks Off Libyan Coast and Aerial Bombardments
Cairo reports British bombers destroyed at least one axis ship in an early morning convoy attack off the Libyan coast. Repeated RAF raids targeted Greek mainland airfields and Crete, plus Messina in Sicily. Additional hits were claimed on Suez Canal targets and Allied air superiority over the Libyan coastal waters protected merchant shipping.
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