US considers buying Russian strategic materials for war needs
Federal loan administrator Jesse H. Jones said the United States may buy strategic materials Russia wants to sell to aid war supplies. He spoke with Soviet ambassador Konstantin Omansky about the plan, noting payment and transport hurdles to move manganese chromium through Western Russia to Vilnius and then to U S ports. The deal would balance purchases of materials with equivalent U S war materiel orders, funded by Russia’s cash reserves estimated at 80 to 100 million dollars.
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United States
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Armisador
Rus
Viladitek
Unitedates
Russia
Soviet Union
Federal Loan Agency
Great Britain
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Dollar Exchange
RFC
British RAF raids hit German held coast and western Europe
British air units pressed raids across western Germany the Netherlands Belgium and France with strikes concentrating on the coast between Le Treport and Boulogne. Anti aircraft fire roared along the French cliffs as explosions rattled the English coast and several German targets including airfields and coastal positions were damaged.
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Boe Ondon
Belgium
Theherlands
England
Frankfurt
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Ber
Cherbourg
Ostend
Huge British loan and New Jersey political clash headline
In Trenton and Washington, a 20 hour New Jersey legislative battle ends with compromise measures on 52 million dollars in delinquent railroad taxes. Edison and Hague clash over the process while a separate RFC loan to Great Britain totals 425 million dollars to be paid over 15 years with 3 percent interest.
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Upy
Charles Edison
Frank Hague
Jersey City
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Edison
New Jersey
Sea Girt
Setback on Hitler plans exposed by returning U S officers
American intelligence officers returning from Europe debunk rumors about Hitler’s strategy. The analysis shows Hitler aimed to conquer Moscow in April to seize the Balkans and fuel a Central European empire. Mussolini’s Greece invasion altered timing, risking a two-front war and raising the chance of a fatal setback.
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England
France
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Balkans
Duce
Stalin
Revision Rejected Plan For Excess Profits Tax
The House Ways and Means committee rejected Roosevelt’s request to alter the excess profits tax plan and endorsed methods for calculating excess profits by invested capital or average earnings. It backed higher individual surtaxes and corporation rates, and debated joint returns for married couples with no extra tax for those under 4000 yearly income.
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World Radio Silence and Global Tensions Bulletin
News briefs from London Madrid and Washington report Moscow shortwave broadcasts off air at 3 31 PM amid fears of renewed German air raids on Moscow. Bolivia quells Indian revolt amid Nazi plot allegations in Cochabamba and Penaranda government concerns. TVA Cumberland basin included in TVA plan after Senate panel approval. Suez Canal raid blamed on minor damage with no casualties. German bomber and RAF plane collide over Britain. both crews killed. FCC postpones chain broadcasting regulations to September 16. Fines totaling 76500 imposed on four corporations and seven individuals for magnesite law violations. German dive-bombers sink three Soviet supply ships on the Dnieper River.
General Palmer Warns Hitler Seeks Conquest of U S
General John McAuley Palmer testified before the Senate Military Committee that Adolf Hitler must conquer or encircle the United States to achieve his aims. He urged extended service for selectees reserves and national guardsmen warning the army would disintegrate at a critical time if not.
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Senate Military Committee
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United States
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Hitler
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Taft proposes 16 month reserve service limit
Washington July 22 Senator Taft proposes Congress set the service limit for selectees reserves and national guardsmen at 16 months instead of 12. He spoke to the senate military affairs committee after witnesses, many against extending service, testified on the impact of longer citizen soldier service.
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Taft
Ohio
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Senate Military Affairs Committee
Sailors Union Votes on West Coast Strike Action
San Francisco July 92 AP report orders a coastwide strike vote by the Sailors Union of the Pacific 6000 members to protest Allied use of foreign crews of seized Danish ships under Panamanian registry. Harry Lundeberg says four meetings will conduct a secret referendum delaying completion for about a month. He notes crew changes and undercuts to American wages and flag registry despite union intent to operate as American flag sailors.
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Sailors Union of the Pacific
AFL
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Japs See Invasion of French Indo China
Japanese press reports claim Chinese British and Free French forces were ready to invade French Indo China. Datelines from Hongkong Hanoi and Saigon appear as Tokyo notes discuss a secret British De Gaulle Chungking accord and warn of immediate measures if侵侵 occurred.
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Indo- China
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Berlin
Aluminum drive boosts pledge to 40 million pounds
Aluminum collection began with lighthearted energy across cities and towns as residents tossed items into pens. Items included slot machines and a governor Lehman ice cream mold, while utensils from kitchens supplied most scrap. Defense officials raised targets from 20 million to 36 or 40 million pounds, with Tacoma reporting seven sacks of pots and pans from a house to house canvass. Philadelphia sorted contributions, including a silver plated loving cup inscribed with a donor note.
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Wash
Chicago
Philadelphia
Russians Thwart Nazi Efforts To Burn City
Moscow reporters describe a nighttime Luftwaffe raid on Moscow thwarted by Russian home guards. Incendiary bombs fell on a quiet residential street, one house burned, yet mostly fires were contained. Fire watchers relayed throughout the night as dawn revealed a relatively harmless raid compared to London.
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House Committee
Germans Claim Big Fires Left Raging In City
German sources report Luftwaffe raids on Moscow with widespread fires and 12 big explosions in the Kremlin district. Soviet dispatches call the attack comparatively harmless while Nazi high command claims Moscow was heavily hit and Russian defenses show strain on the eastern front.
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Nazis Angry At Latest Pact
Ankara July 21 Informed sources say German Ambassador von Papen angered by the Russian British pact delaying peace terms. He told a Turkish official Britain should have known Germany ready to propose a peace once Russia is crushed. He warned Germany’s progress against Russia was not alarmed but slowed. He mocked neutral leaders being pressed by von Papen to intercede for a peace between Germany and England. Turkish papers note Russian gains and a growing harvest in the Caucasus amid delayed German advances.
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