War in Europe on the home front and press control debate
The piece argues U S war strength is overstated while spending trails, with two million abroad or in training and only a fraction in frontline duty. It criticizes the Office of War Information chief Elmer Davis for trying to centralize war news, warning canned reports would reduce value. Public urgency is blamed on government inaction, partisanship, and delays before elections.
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West Point
Annapolis
Army
Navy
White [House
War Production Board
United States
United Nations
War Department
Democracy
Elmer Davis
War News
Washington
Office of War Information
Hull
Stimson
Knox
Mars
Hitler
Hirohita
Tweedledee
Tweediedum
White House
New Deal
Potomac
May Act Order Pleases Cops In 12 Counties
North Carolina law enforcement agencies welcomed the May Act for federal control of prostitution in military post areas. The order covers Bladen Cumberland Harnett Hoke Johnston Lee Moore Richmond Robeson Sampson Scotland and Wake counties with midnight July 31 implementation. Federal courts will handle offenses with penalties up to 1000 dollars fine and one year in prison. FBI Agent Edward Scheidt will outline procedures at a Raleigh conference on July 31.
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Lynn Nisbet
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Fort Bragg
North Carolin
Bladen
Cumberland
Harnett
Hoke
Johnston
Lee
Moore
Richmond
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
Wake
Secretary of War
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Broughton
Edward Scheidt
FBI
Single German plane in raid hits east coast town
A lone German bomber dropped bombs in daylight causing civilian deaths and mass destruction in an east coast town. A direct hit killed a family of six while another blast split a house in two, yet occupants survived. Hotels were damaged and more raids occurred over east England and the east Midlands. The RAF did not strike Germany last night due to poor weather.
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London
England
East Midlands
RAF
Germany
Continent
Attack on Stalingrad Opens With Massive German Push
London dispatch reports the Germans have begun a massive attack on Stalingrad with Red Army forces retreating to the Don's east bank to bolster defense and burn bridges behind them. A second item notes two Alabama highway patrolmen stopping a truck over a missing tail light and the driver joking about his trader.
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London
Vichy Radio
Stockholm
Stalingrad
Don
Vichy
Red Army
Birmingham
Ala
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Churchill
Marine Corps
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Saab
Peters Diamond Brand
Aince
Leeway
Big Table
Belk-Stevens Company
High Point
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