Hitler’s blitzkrieg faces supply strain and Russian resistance
The article argues Hitler’s advances strain Germany's transport and troops, risking a Russian counteroffensive as Soviet defenses hold firm. It notes Hitler's supply lines lag behind advances, rail gauges and long transport routes complicate logistics, while Stalin’s forces plan a strong counterattack and urge a Western second front to divert German strength.
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Hitler
Caucasus
Hit-ler
Stalingrad
Astrakhan
Fuehrer
Louis Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Flitter
Russia
Timoshenko
Europe
Demonstration at Ortiz Funeral in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires today police guards repelled about 500 citizens who tried to join the funeral procession for former President Roberto M. Ortiz in front of the cathedral. Despite a rainstorm the crowd turned the event into a pro democratic demonstration shouting Ortiz Viva la Democracia and We saved him They killed him as the casket was placed on a gun carriage and the procession began. Ortiz had died yesterday after resigning the presidency due to ill health.
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Buenos Aires
Roberto M. Ortiz
Ortiz
Viva la Democracia
Argentina
Demeocracy
Vichy Government Protests Military Aid To De Gaulle
Washington July 16 The Office of Price Administration announced a planned gasoline and oil price reduction on the east coast once subsidy provisions are finalized. An earlier 2 cent rise per gallon to offset higher shipping by tank car was linked to submarine threats and may be subsidized by the defense supplies corporation. Senator Russell noted the plan could subsidize east coast transport costs, but details remain pending and the price impact undetermined.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Secre
Tary
Jesse Jones
Defense Supplies Corporation
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Vichy Protests U S Assignment To Fighting French
July 16 Vichy government protests to Washington against appointing American military representatives to Gen Charles de Gaulle. An authorized source calls the move inadmissible, saying the US cannot aid a rebel force while maintaining ties with the French government. State Dept said Stark Bolte were sent to consult with de Gaulle’s National Committee to bolster aid, not affect recognition policy. The protest ties to debates over French warships interned at Alexandria and Vichy’s rejection of ship removals.
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Vichy
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States Department of State
Harold R. Stark
Charles L. Bolte
London
National Committee of Fighting French
de Gaulle
United States
Alexandria
State Department
Roosevelt
Senate OKs supplemental OPA bill for 125 million
The Senate passed a 41 857 000 000 supplemental appropriation bill with 125 million for the Office of Price Administration. The OPA total exceeds the House figure by 50 million but falls 15 million short of Henderson's rock bottom need. The measure limits subsidy payments and includes compromises on OPA employee confirmations and price ceiling rules.
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Washington
Senate
House
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Leon Henderson
Clark
D-Mo
War Bond Rally Becomes Bingo Night Triumph
Cumberland residents hear screen star Loretta Young and 5 000 others as Virginia Lee Flatterman, ten, explains she won an $18.75 bond at bingo. The crowd listens intently to the young winner and the star’s presence underscores wartime savings efforts.
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Cumberland, Titl
Loretta Young
Virginia Lee Flatterman
Outshouts on American weapons praised by observers
Reports from foreign officers and U S observers claim our equipment is excellent despite criticism of British use of M-3 tanks in Libya. The M-3 and new M-4 outperform German Mark IVs and Rommel’s tanks, with Russian sources noting superior shipments. A page 2 continuation promises details on the land battleship’s fire limits.
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Grant
Envin
Russia
Chinese Recapture Chekiang Garrison
Chinese high command announced re occupation of Tsingtien in Chekiang with 500 to 600 Japanese killed or wounded and the remainder retreating toward Wenchow. The port was captured the previous day as Chinese forces pushed from behind the Japanese garrison. A separate report said Chinese forces penetrated Japanese barracks at Sin yang in Henan, killing or wounding many and slaughtering 100 horses. More than 2,000 Japanese casualties were reported east of Usiaoyi in Shansi as both sides traded artillery and reinforcements.
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Chungking
Tsingtien
Chekiang Province
Wenchow
Garriison
Rommel's Army Falls Back On Central Front
Cairo July 16 The United States Army Air Forces conducted a daylight attack on Bengasi and Weser bases as part of the Western Desert battle. Rommel's German Italian forces reportedly fell back on the central front west of El Alamein, while British HQ noted gains in the coastal zone and partial reestablishment at Tel el Fisa. British forces advanced in the central sector near a ridge south of El Alamein, taking prisoners as they pressed to widen the western end of the ridge to relieve pressure on Australian troops at Tel el Eisa.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
United States Army Air Forces
Bengasi
Libya
Wesser
Western Desert
RAF
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
el Alamein
Tel el Fisa
PCSH
Tel el Eisa
Jesus
Two More Ship Victims Added
The Axis U-boat campaign added two more Allied ship losses, with one merchant vessel sunk off South America and another in the Gulf of Mexico. 27 of 42 crewmen perished in the Gulf, 15 saved, while a Caribbean sinking added 48 survivors to an East Coast port, radio operator missing. The Atlantic ship went down after a strange whistle jam.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Navy
United States
South America
Gulf of Mexico
Pearl Harbor
Gulf
Gulf Coast
Caribbean
Gulf Coast Port
Peter
Young Coast Guardsman Hunts Nazi Saboteurs
A 21 year old coast guardsman, John C. Cullen, outwitted an approaching Nazi group on Long Island by feigning acceptance of a bribe and alerted authorities. His actions helped trigger the discovery of eight saboteurs and their hidden supplies as Nazi trial material surfaced in Washington. The case, tied to a long defense statement read to the military commission, involved speculation about one defendant's identity.
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Washington
Coast
Office of War Information
Military Commission
George John Dash
R. R
Tax Bill Goes To House For Debate
The wartime measure, the largest tax bill in U S history at 56.14 billion, moves to general debate in the House. Rep Knutson proposes recommitting to raise excess profits tax and lower other rates, but passage is likely. The bill sets 43 percent individual rates, 24 percent corporate tax, and excess profits tax at 87 percent.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Knutson
Rules Committee
Draft Younger Men Says Stimson Seeks 18 to 20 Drafts
Secretary of War Stimson said young married men and youths aged 18 to 20 would likely be drafted before victory over the Axis. He noted repeated calls to mobilize these classes in past wars and suggested the age may be lowered to 18, while urging restraint for those with immediate plans. He cautioned no new combat progress details were available and discussed naval plans for land planes.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Congress
War Secretary
Aleutians
Huge Rise In Infant Deaths In German-Occupied Europe
London July 16 UPI a 40 per cent rise in infant mortality over normal in German occupied Europe was reported by the British famine relief committee. It cites scurvy rickets anemia and eye infections and notes mortality rises in France Poland Finland the Netherlands Greece and other areas based on first hand reports. The committee warns several generations’ health may be irremediably impaired.
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London
UPI
Europe
British Famine Relief Committee
Finland
Karelia
John P. Thelen
American Red Cross
Netherlands
Greece
Tve
Reds Repulse Nazi Attacks At Voronezh
Soviet counterattacks near Voronezh and along the Don and Volga drove back German advances. Boguchar and Millerovo reportedly fell after heavy fighting. Prisoners and tanks were captured or destroyed in brief engagements as the Red Army stiffens its defense and mounts armored assaults.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Voronezh
Th City
Dan River
German-nea Boguchar
Mikleryovo
Kalitvia
Rostov
Bryansk
Atoseo
Don
Red Army
Pravda
Communist Party
Boguchar
Millerovo
Soviet
Wer
Appley Soundbite at Southern Industrial Conference
Asheville July 16. Lawrence A. Appley on leave as VP of Vic Chemical says wartime catastrophes Sunday school picnics by comparison with what lies ahead. He warns of a new world with new standards and concepts and a new social order. War is hell, affecting industrial relations beyond battle lines. The conference at Blue Ridge precedes the Southern Conference on Human Relations in Industry. Speakers include FE McMillan of Knoxville and Roy W. Moore of New York.
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Asheville
Lawrence A. Appley
Secretar of War
Appley
Vic Chemical Company
New York
Appiey
Wartim
Souther Conference
Blue Ridge
FE. J. McMillan
Knoxville
Presdent
Standa Knitting Company
National Labor Board
Roy W. Moore
Canada Dry
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U. S
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Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
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N.C
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Chamber
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Barkley
McKellar
D-Tenn
Norris
and-Neb
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Rommel
U.S
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FBI
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