V Campaign Spurs Resistance Across Occupied Europe
A British led nerve war uses the letter V as a symbol of defiance against Nazi rule. From Oslo to Prague and Amsterdam, posters, Morse code, and Beethovens Fifth motif propel a growing resistance movement. Colonels Britton and BBC backed broadcasts rally occupied nations to vow aid for independence. The campaign aims to undermine German morale and demonstrate unity among liberated and occupied peoples.
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Paganda
Hitler
Germany
Col. Britton
British Broadcasting Corporation
Britton
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Oslo
Tooreports
BBC
Evening News
London
Britain
Probable Pitchers In Major Leagues July 19
A stock of probable pitchers for July 20 games across the National and American Leagues is listed with team matchups and win loss records. Notable pairings include Pittsburgh at Brooklyn Sewell and Lanning facing Fiveshay and Wyatt, and New York at Detroit Broeuer vs Bridges, with several other city duels and pitcher pairings detailed.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Birmingham
Boston
Charlotte
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Detroit
Duluth
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Havre
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Key West
Limue Rock
Los Angeles
Lewisville Be
Iemphis
Miami
Alf -St. Paul
Mobile
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Risumond Na
Bt Louis San Antonio
San Francisco
Savannah
Tampa
Io Vicksburg
A Ta Wilmington
Pitraburgh
Brooklyn
Sewell
Lanning
Ve. Fiveshaytans
Wyatt
St. Louis
Lanter
Guimbert
Tobin
Hutenings
Philadelphia
Feckwan
Hadley
Lyons
Ross
Hughson
Dobson
Ninbeling
Muncrief
Sunden
Hudson
Bageby
Milnar
Willams
Red Sox
Maggio
Yankees
Trivis
Setuators
Retstr
Dodgers
Jib Mize
Cardinals
Cooney
Braves
Keller
oeBss
DiMaggio
Johnson
Ory Mel
Nicholson
DiMaggto
Ketler
Newark
York
Mize
St. Lauls
Ickes Urges 33 1 3 Percent Motor Fuel Curtailment
Secretary Ickes proposed an immediate voluntary cut of 33 1 3 percent in motor fuel use across several states including Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland Delaware Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida and the District of Columbia. Exemptions were for essential national defense health and safety work.
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Gulf Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Ickes
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Shade Island
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
District of Columbia
Montane Senator Attacks Hopkins On US Foreign Policy
A Montana senator challenged Harry Hopkins on U S foreign policy arguing that public opinion could decide whether democracy survives at home if anti American groups persist. He faulted Hopkins for assuming the United States will lead Britain and other democracies in every theater against Hitler.
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United States
Europe
Asia
Wheeler
Hopkins
London
Great Britain
Harry Mopkins
Duce Heads to Lisbon to Reunite with Americans
The Duce port left New York Wednesday with axis representatives en route to Lisbon to pick up Americans and sail homeward July 23. A special train departed San Remo at 6 36 p m Eastern time and was due at Mentone frontier post at 7 30 p m with 76 passengers hoping to board another train around midnight for the France crossing. The party expects to reach Lisbon on July 23.
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Port
New York
Lisbon
San Remo
Frontier
Mentone
France
Invasion losses force reform of units and Russian aim
The source notes that turning a Russian spearhead would require weeks of planning and execution. Germany aims to destroy the Red Army and occupy Western Russia by September along a line from Leningrad to Astrakhan via Moscow. Britons seek signals of relief moves as speculation about a two front war cools, while New Zealand plans linen production to aid farmers.
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Britain
Red Army
Russia
Leningrad
Astrakhan
Volga River
Caspian See
Moscow
Germany
RAF
The
London Times
Dream Match Golf Duel Set for Aug 23 at Mahoning Club
Two reigning golf kings, Craig Wood and Vic Ghezzi, will duel over 72 holes for a 2500 winner take all purse at Mahoning Country Club on August 23. The match is organized by Peter Wellman with PGA manager Fred Corcoran setting the date. Wood and Ghezzi are already competing in the Chicago Open and will join the St Paul Open July 24-27.
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Youngstown
Craig Wood
Vic Ghezzi
Mahoning Country Club
Mamaroneck
War era auto and appliance cuts target civilian outputs
The Office of Price Administration outlines a tentative plan to cut production in the automotive, refrigerator, and laundry machine industries by about 30 percent, offset by defense contracts. Officials say the goal is to conserve iron, steel, and other materials while reallocating capacity to defense needs, with industry conferences to decide allocations and specific product limits.
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Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Germans Reported in Bolivia Amid War Vibe
Costa Durci said many Germans have arrived in Bolivia. Travelers say Germans operate across the country including mining areas supplying tin and tungsten. Nazi influence appears in newspapers labor circles and Congress opposing U S loans. Troops patrolled La Paz streets after unrest tied to cooperation with the United States. E K Owens jailed on drunken driving charge after arrest on Linden Street. Kerry County Evie experts to produce peat this year.
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Costa Durci
Inquirer
Bolivia
National Congress
United States
Penaranda
la Paz
Walter Saunders News From Hawaii Soldier Keeps In Touch
In Hawaii at Schofield Barracks with Company D 27th Infantry Walter Saunders son of Mrs George W Saunders of 1109 East Russell Street High Point reads The Enterprise regularly sent by his mother He says Hawaii is beautiful and hopes to return in about a year to renew friendships here
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Hawaii
Walter Saunders
George W. Saunders
East Russell Street
High Point
27Th Infantry
Schofield Barracks
Enterprise
Bitter Battle Report From Eastern Front Air and Land Attacks
Soviet troops repel enemy air assaults as Kanev and Prokopenko earn praise for downing planes and saving crews. Guerrilla forces trap and destroy tanks near hill I while a Romanian crowd aids in defeating a German transport near Barlad. Finnish defectors describe war oppositions and Finland's starvation. Soviet railway workers rush repairs to keep Red Army movements rapid and efficient.
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Kanev
Messerschmittts
Prokopenko
Hill “I
Kuranov
P” al
Forss
Barlad
Oker Vijaine
Red Army
Mannerheim
Finland
Ainst Warkaruinen Aaris Arttri
Hitlerites
Finnish Schutz Corps
Fitter Antonov
Novokuzenetsk
Kanish
Chuash
Autonomous
Zolotukhin
Yefremov
Volkov
Abrassimov
Tomozov
Speransky
Mahygin and Prytov
Shakhunya Locomotive Depot
Preacher Defies Town Loud-Speaking Ban In Franklin
In Franklin on July 19 a Baptist evangelist Rev. M. D. Garrett from Athens Ga defied a new town ordinance banning street amplifiers. He was arrested outside the courthouse and jailed. A crowd of 500 to 1,000 attacked the jail area, fired at police, and water sprayed by a fire truck failed when hoses were cut. The preacher was released after dispersal and resumed preaching without amplification amid songs and cheers, including a flag-waving by Rev. Joe Bishop.
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Franklin
Sheriffs Department
M. D. Garrett
Athens
John Ditts
C.D. Baird
Dills
Gerald Ashe
W. T. Moore
Joe Bishop
Macon County
Baseball's Big Six by the Associated Press
The report highlights Soviet rail engineering feats with crews repairing a tender in 48 hours, cutting job time from six days for four men. It notes speed gains at Novosibirsk depot and Tomsk Railway, plus top engineers from Nadezhdinsk and Verkhoturye depots. A frontline freight run by Stepanyuk was hit by a Fascist plane. he was wounded but delivered the freight.
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Gorky
Novosibirsk
Tomsk
Nadezhdinsk
Verkhoturie
Kaganovich Railway
Verzilov
Rogozhnikov
Galushkin
Rychin
Lopatovn
Maklakov
Mind dulls after five hours driving say scientists
After five hours of driving the mind fogs and reactions slow, a team of eight scientists from the U S Public Health Service Harvard Yale Columbia and the Interstate Commerce Commission found in tests with 889 trained truck drivers. They suggest a three hour drive a siesta and not more than two hours extra driving as a highway rule, noting risks rise toward total fatigue and possible death if ignored. The study covered 1 200 tests measuring mental nervous and physical reactions before during and after long drives.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Washington
iThe Enterprise Special News Service
Kokomo
Omaha
Benjamin F. Jones
Robert H. Flinn
E. Cayter Hammond
U. S. Public Health Service
D. B. Dill
R. A. McFarland
Harvard University Fatigué Laboratory
Selig Hecht
Columbia University
Walter R. Miles
Yale University
C. 3. Morgan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seizure bill outline powers for wartime requisitioning
A committee report supports broad government authority to seize or requisition military equipment supplies and machinery for national defense. The bill allows the President to take over specified property on fair terms if no other sources meet immediate needs, with six month congressional reporting and potential owner recovery of seized items at fair value.
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Senate
Congress
Stalin s first talk on huge forces in reserve
The report notes 4,000,000 Soviet troops in reserve near Moscow ready for a short counter offensive. It highlights the Smolensk sector as under pressure while omitting claims of holding ground. Indications point to a major effort to cut off the Smolensk salient as German forces push toward dividing the front.
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Moscow
Themolensk
Smolens
Red Sta
Berlin
Hitler
Sm Lensk
Reichwehr
Land
Germany
Russia
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Astrakhan
Caspian Sea
Five Negroes jailed on whiskey charges in raid
Five Black men were arrested last night after a raid on 1321 East Washington Street netted one gallon of white whiskey. Each suspect was released on a 3100 bond. The individuals named are Sam Brevard Ruth Brevard Frank Baskin Abe Lawson and Hannah Pemberton.
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East
Washington Street
Sam_ Brevard
Ruth Brevard
Frank Baskin
Abe Lawson
Hannah Pemberton
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Therlanders
Christiansen
Zealand
Sunny South Cleaners
West Washington Street
BE. K. Owens
E. K. Owens
Linden Street
Iail
Kerry
Evie
Law
Associated Press
Goering
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Crete
Iron Cross
Santiago
Chile
Stalin Ted
Georgia Belles
Albertas
Denton Road
Thomasville
Cid
Tip Top Lodge
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