Donets Coal Field Left Ablaze as Russians Retreat
Russian forces push German armor and infantry southeast of Voroshilovgrad toward Rostov, leaving Donets Basin coal fields ablaze. Red Army battles along the Don River flanks to clear Nazis from bridgeheads, as Germans mass near the grain belt between the Donets and the Don to threaten Rostov and Stalingrad.
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Don River
Berlin
Rostov
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Voroshilovgrad
Donets Basin
The
Caucasus
Red Army
River
Voronezh
Donets
Don
Bogucharts
Millerovo
Stalingrad
Comunique
Lower Volga
Bryansk Front
Gandhi and Congress push for British withdrawal in India
The All-India Congress backed by Gandhi demands Britain withdraw from India amid fears of global Allied security impact. Gandhi warns of a wide non violent civil disobedience if Britain resists, while stressing no intent to harm the Allied cause.
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All-India Congress
Mohandas Kk
Gandhi
Britain
Hindustan
India
Congress
United Nations
Serious Buying Underway At Mart
Buyers gathered at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building for the second day of the High Point market with 350 registered by noon, bringing total first and second day registrations to about 660. Thomas R. Murtaugh of the New York Furniture Exchange attended, and exhibitors, while trimming some lifetimes per government guidance, continued to display standard merchandise with varied fabrics and colors.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
High Point
Thomas R. Murtaugh
New York Furniture Exchange
Allied Officers Begin London Talks On Second Front
Allied staff officers in London launch new discussions to aid Russia with a limited diversion on the continent. They seek measures to support Soviet armies if the southern front worsens, possibly with a small incursion to draw German forces away from Russia and protect northern supply routes.
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London
United States
Russia
South
Rusia
Strike ballot threatens Navy work in New York
In New York City a vote by 26 AFL affiliated crafts on the Bronx Board of Business Agents approves a strike that could halt all naval construction in the metropolitan area. The dispute centers on WPA labor used on the Fort Schuyler Naval Reserve Officers Training School project and union demands to place 1,100 WPA workers on site. Contending claims of federal regulation violations and patriotism fuel the walkout threat affecting sites in the Bronx Brooklyn and Staten Island.
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New York
Bronx Board of Business
Building and Construction Council Trades Council
AFL
Thomas A. Murray
Bronx
Lhe
WPA
Naval Reserve Officers Training School
Fort Schuyler
Howard McSpedon
McSpedon
Navy Yard
Floyd Bennett Field
Manhattan Beach
Brooklyn
Wavat Hospital
Staten Island
Greece faces famine as 1000 die daily Tsouderos says
Greek Premier Emmanouil Tsouderos said 1000 Greeks died daily from starvation last winter and are buried in common graves. He blamed four months of German and Italian inaction on distributing Canada wheat to Greece, with some relief arriving from Turkey and the Middle East. He noted Britain provided four destroyers, four corvettes, and two other ships to Greek use in the Mediterranean and other waters.
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London
Emmanue
Tsouderos
Canada
Greece
Turkey
Middle East
Britain
Mediterranean
Oil lines cut by Syrian insurgents reported
Dated dispatches from the Syrian frontier say Syrian insurgents have cut Mosul oil field pipelines to Tripoli and Haifa in two places, reported by French newspapers.
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Vichy
Mosul
Tripoli
Haifa
Fifty Enemy Planes Hit In Air Raids
Cairo dispatch reports that British forces destroyed more than 50 Axis aircraft on the ground in two raids on el Daba and Fuka behind German lines. The operations marked the second and third air attacks in as many days, with additional strikes east of Sidi Barrani and targets near El Alamein. One Italian plane was downed, while RAF bombers and fighters inflicted widespread damage and returned safely.
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Cairo
el Daba
Fuka
Sidi Barrani
Erwin Rommel
Alexandria
RAF
el Alamein
Malta
Matruh Heavily Pounded In Axis Port Offensive
Cairo reports the third and heaviest naval bombardment of Matruh over three nights along with two aerial assaults that destroyed more than 50 Axis planes on the ground in one day. Naval shells hit harbor buildings jetties schooners and craft 105 miles behind the front as explosions echoed for miles.
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Cairo
Matruh
Burke Sheriff Shot At In Burke County Incident
Sheriff Paul M. Dale was hospitalized with a bullet wound to the hand after an apparent ambush while driving on Highway 18 in south Burke County. He suspects the attack is linked to the fatal shooting of John P. Stilwell, a former deputy sheriff slated for a federal conspiracy hearing in Valdese. Dale, unarmed, reported four shots were fired from a passing car, wound fracturing his ring finger.
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Morganton
Paul M. Dale
Burke County
Dale
John P. Stilwell
Valdese
Senate Debates Large 6.271 Billion Tax Bill
The House passed a 6.271 billion revenue bill and sent it to the Senate amid plans to cut the unprecedented business taxes. Senator Vandenberg warned Republicans will dismantle the measure and suggested adding a national sales tax seen as likely within months.
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Washington
House
Senate
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Republicans
Stem
Gudgeon
Senate Finance Committee
Saboteur Takes Stand in Nazi Trial Defense Case
A defendant in the eight man Nazi saboteur case testified as the defense opened its case before a special military commission in Washington. The proceedings began with the defense presenting its arguments and calling witnesses to challenge the charges and potential penalties.
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Washington
National War Service Act proposal aims at total universal conscription
A New York group led by Grenville Clark proposes a National War Service Act that would compel men and women over twenty to serve in the armed forces or in industrial and agricultural labor. The plan envisions government shifts of workers, even export of labor abroad, and places citizens at the state’s disposal, with support from McNutt and War and Navy officials. Surplus transport planes for rapid front delivery are also reported as advancing toward mass production, with a West Coast company converting a peacetime cargo ship into a war carrier and plans for a larger model to carry tanks or trucks.
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Ray Tucker
New York
Grenville Clark
Wadsworth - Burke
Washington
Western Hemisphere
United States
Plane Losses Heavy In Fight For Aleutians
Keith Wheeler reports from the Aleutians as Japanese landings unfold. The fighting drains air and sea resources with heavy losses on both sides and ongoing efforts to repel the invasion.
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Aleutians
Catalinas Hold Line Against Japanese at Dutch Harbor
At sea with the Pacific Fleet reports heavy losses for Catalina flying boats as they defend Dutch Harbor and push at Kiska and Attu. The PBYs endure brutal anti aircraft and fighter fire, with crews showing stubborn courage amid dangerous landings and ongoing patrols.
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Pacific Fleet
Kiska
Aleutians
Catalina
Dutch Harbor
Attu
Navy
Tires For All Persons Now in New Proposal
Washington report outlines a plan by the rubber industry to supply usable tires for everyone for at least two years under a new rationing system. The program allows tires for essential needs and some for pleasure driving, backed by Thiokol based tires and penalties for rubber waste.
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Washington
Rubber Industry Today
War Production Board
Pilot Bails Out As Army Plane Crashes Near Shelby
An Army training plane from Shaw Field South Carolina crashed in a field five miles from Shelby at 2:35 this morning. The unnamed pilot bailed out just before impact and was taken to Shelby by nearby residents. He said the plane ran out of gas. The aircraft struck a tree 250 yards away, demolishing the land.
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Shelby
Shaw Field
S. C
Here
U S Bombers Sink Two Small Japanese Vessels
News from Chungking reports US bombers sank two Japanese ships at the Yangtze port of Winkiang along the waterway supply route into China. Comdr Stilwell said neither American plane was damaged. China weighs more planes and manpower to resist Japan as the war widens.
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Chungking
United States
Yangtze River
Winkiang
Japan
Hankow
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Laughlin Currie
Roosevelt
Currie
Chiang Kaishek
Cheng Tseh-Jen
Chekiang
Werhow
Wenchow
Julian
Linyang
Henan
Wiangsi
Chekiang-Mkiangsi
Hengfend
Lyang
Chicago Market Roundup July 21 Butter and Egg Prices Steady
Chicago July 21 butter receipts 987054, steady. prices unchanged as per Chicago price current. Egg receipts 14585, steady. prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Butler
Soldiers Held For Stealing Army Truck
In Columbia South Carolina two soldiers and three civilians including a woman are jailed over the theft of a gasoline laden Army truck near Fort Bragg and the sale of fuel in Columbia Detectives Sharpe and Wescott with military police recovered the truck and found gasoline in a barn five miles from Ridgeway One civilian bought 26 five gallon cans for 15 dollars and other suspects await preliminary hearings Federal court likely for civilians while soldiers face possible military or federal charges
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Columbia
S. C
North Carolina
Columbia City
T. S. Sharpe
C. K. Wescott
Sharpe
Fort Bragg
Ridgeway
Argentina’s foreign minister opposes war with Axis
Montevideo July 21 AP Argentina’s foreign minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu told the Chamber of Deputies that Argentina would not convoy its merchant ships or join the “herd” of American republics led by the United States toward war with the Axis. He criticized other republics for declaring war without Rio de Janeiro consultations and accused Washington of trying to dominate the hemisphere.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Argentina
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Chamber of Deputies
Washington
Ruiz Guinazu
Chamber
United States
Buenos Aires
Western Hemisphere
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Home Furniture Company
Red Springs
Howard Marsh
National Chair Manufacturing Company
Asheboro
Dewitt Mackinzie
Soviet Union
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N. Y
Egypt
Burke
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
White House
W.P.B
Big Catalina
Aleutian Islands
Keith Wheeler
Chicago Times
Chicago Times, Inc
U.S
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Cour
Inl
Nicolas Repetto
Foreign Ministers
Rio de Janeiro
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