US Bombers Aid Soviet Caucasus Defense
United States bombers flew wing to wing with Soviet aircraft to hammer German tanks and columns as Nazi wedges probed Rostov and threatened Stalingrad. Red Army reports credit heavy casualties to German forces while fighting near Rostov and in the Don region, with air and ground actions across the Caucasus front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
United States
Caucasus
Rostov
Stalingrad
Middle Don
U. S
Donsteppes
Althoug
Don
Volga
Ail
Sea of Azov
Tsimlyansk
Red St
Redsia
Lenin
Red Star
Lower
Van
Tha
Bana Voronezh
Red Army
Soviet Information Bureau
Eastern Meat Markets Hit By Shortage
Eastern markets face acute shortages of beef pork and veal as retailers report empty packs and higher prices. Independent packers call the shortage grave while major firms see only a temporary lull with no immediate relief expected. Philadelphia notes ample chainstore stock but predicts uncertainty for next week. Washington also reports reduced supplies with days of tight meat ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cohn
The
Meat Trades Institute
Philadelphia
Washington
U-Boat Toll Near 400 as Atlantic Sinkings Continue
The Associated Press reports the western Atlantic toll nears 400 with a medium US merchant vessel sunk 800 miles off the coast on July 16. All 1223 aboard were rescued. The ship carried 66 passengers and 37 crew. A prior June 8 loss in the Caribbean killed four, including the skipper, with 37 survivors. Cuban authorities say 11 survivors from a Norwegian ship torpedoed in the Caribbean arrived in Cuba, status unsure.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Navy
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Caribbean
Cuba
U S Bombers Hit Axis Ports in Africa and Crete
U S Army bombers conducted seven daylight raids in a week, crippling Tobruk and Bengasi in Libya and Suda Bay in Crete. RAF losses included over 20 enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged on the ground, with El Daba and Fuka fields heavily hit. Allied strikes also set fire to a large Bengasi ship and damaged Axis docks and installations, while torpedo aircraft targeted an enemy merchant ship in the Ionian Sea.
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Cairo
United States Army
Tobruk
Bengasi
Libya
Suda Bay
Crete
U. S. Army Air Forces Headquarters
RAF
el] Daba
el Daba
Fuka
U.S. Army Air Force
Rommel
Mediterranean
Ionian Sea
London
Africa
Ankara
Yugoslavia
Greece
Crisis in the Cauca sus theater as Timoshenko faces decisive test
The column argues the battle for the Cauca sus has reached a critical point with Soviet Marshal Timoshenko conducting a strategic withdrawal south and east of the Don. Observers doubt whether the Russians can hold, noting two Nazi aims: to pierce the Caucasus and sever the Soviet lifeline to the region. Continued on Page I Col. 3.
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The
Caucasus
Timoshenko
Lower
Don
Stalingrad
Moscow
London
Hitler
Middle East
Joseph Stalin
Persian Gulf
U S In Egypt Draws Praise From British Official
Cairo July 25 General Russell L Maxwell head of the U S military mission in Egypt and his men drew praise from R G Casey British minister of state and former Australian minister to Washington after a visit to a United States project. Casey called the establishment a splendid example of American military housekeeping on a broad scale and said it would add punch to United Nations efforts in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Russell L. Maxwell
United States
Desert
R. G. Casey
Washington
United Nations
Casey
FDR To Tackle Inflation With Vested Powers
Washington July 25. Roosevelt reportedly plans to curb inflation without new legislation. By using powers as commander in chief and under price control and war powers acts he is seen as having sufficient authority if inflation worsens. House members prepare for informal vacations as calendars clear and no new proposals are anticipated.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Cruel Parent Is Given Three Year Sentence
In Decatur Georgia A R Burney of Scottsdale was convicted of cruelty for chaining three children Adolph eight Flourneys ten and Marguerite twelve under a broiling sun. City Court Judge Frank Guess sentenced him to three years three one year terms. Burney claimed he chained them to stop them from stealing from a store and not to hurt them.
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Decatur
A. R. Burney
Scottsdale
Frank Guess
Burney
Guess
Chhildren
Adolph
Flourneys
Marguerite
Influence Denied In Higgins Order By Land
Washington July 25 Chairman Emory S Land said there was absolutely no outside influence in the Maritime Commission decision to cancel a Higgins Shipbuilding contract for 200 liberty ships citing a steel shortage as the reason and noting present yards and allocations can absorb more. Detweller charged officials with industry connections influenced actions. Rep O'Brien said Powell runs the commission. Land denied Powell or any steel man or ship builder had any role.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Higgins Shipbuilding Company of
New Orleans
L. F E. Detweller
Higgins Firm
Detweiler
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Joe
Joseph W.) Powell
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Powell
Rep. O'Brien
RNY
Pelley Seeks Delay in Buncombe Jail Term Appeal
Raleigh July 25 William Dudley Pelley Fascist leader of the Silver Shirts seeks relief from a Buncombe county two to three year sentence for security law violations. His counsel asks the North Carolina Supreme Court to reconsider its June 24 ruling upholding conviction and sentence and to delay execution while the habeas appeal proceeds.
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Raleigh
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Pelley
Buncombe County
North Carolina Supreme Court
Suncombe
Buncombe Superior Court
Supreme Court
Felsey
Asheville
Navy reports sinking five Japanese ships in Western Pacific
The Navy said submarines in the Western Pacific have sunk five Japanese ships including a modern destroyer and damaged or possibly sunk a sixth vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Navy
United States
Western Pacific
Nation Warned To Look Out For Nazi Spies
FBI director Edgar Hoover urged Americans to watch for three German saboteurs trained at a sabotage school who may enter the United States to destroy vital war industries. He linked them to the eight saboteurs then on trial in a secret military commission, naming Walter Kappe Joseph Schmidt and Rheinhold Barth as the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edgar Hoover
FBI
United States
Hoover
Justice Department
Walter Kappe
Kappel
Berlin
Joseph Schmidt
Paul Schmidt
Jerry Swenson
Rheinhold Rudolph Barth
Germany
Taft predicts failure of tax deduction plan in new bill
Senator Taft foresees the Senate Finance Committee removing a House provision for collecting individual income taxes by 5 percent pay envelope deductions starting January 1 1943. The plan would affect about 30 million wage earners and apply to dividends and interest, with prepayment credited against future tax liability. Treasury officials say the advance collection would curb inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell Washington
Taft
IRO
Senate Finance Committee
Randolph Pauly
Treasury
Fascist Fliers Make Rome Tokyo Round Trip Flight
An Italian Savoia Marchetti plane completed a round trip from Rome to Tokyo with the crew hailed by Premier Mussolini on return. The direct one way distance exceeds 6,000 miles and would cross areas hostile to the Axis. Variants include the S.83A S.83T and the SM.75 capable of carrying a disassembled fighter.
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Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
Haly
Mussolini
South America
Army Finance School moved from Fort Harrison to Duke University
The War Department announced the transfer of the Army Finance School from Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, to Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, by August 1. The move expands the training complex using Crowell quadrangle and space in the law school, dormitory, grounds, and infirmary. Major General Howard K. Loughry cited Duke’s patriotic offer to participate more directly in the war program. Established in 1920 at Fort Washington, Md., the school has rotated between Washington and Baltimore before settling at Fort Harrison in January.
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Washington
War Department
Army Finance School
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Fort Harrison
Finance Officers School
Duke
Crowell
Law School
Howard K. Loughry
Services of Supply
Fort Washington
Holibird Quartermaster Depot
Baltimore
Arrested Alien Ingersoll Goes Had Vital Maps Into Service
New York July 25 Aerial photographs and bomber maps showing vital spots across New York and New Jersey were found in the possession of an enemy alien among 11 seized in a roundup. P E Foxworth FBI assistant director reported 100 such photographs and maps designed as guides to enemy bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Jersey
P. E. Foxworth
FBI
Foxworth
Germany
Benes Seeks Second Front and Predicts Fall Peace Offer
Exiled Czechoslovak president Benes urged a Western front in 1942 and said Germany would propose peace to Britain, the United States, and Russia by Oct 15 if no decisive victory is achieved. He warned terms would be unacceptable and that a future German retreat hinges on a European crossfront.
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Benes
Second Front
London
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Britain
United States
Russia
No 1
Downing Street
Hitler
Germany
Jack Tanner
Amalgamated Engineers Union
Blackpool
Tanner
International Metal Workers Federation
Chinese Admit Tokyo Advance In Eastern Chekiang
Chungking reports a new Japanese push in eastern Chekiang forcing Chinese troops to evacuate Sinchang after a 3,000 strong column from Fenghwhng moved toward Kinhwa along the Chekiang-Kiangsi line. Fierce fighting occurred near Shengshi on July 14, with Chinese forces ambushing Japanese ammo trucks northwest of Sinyang in southern Efonan Province, killing over one dozen enemy troops.
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Chungking
Chekiang Province
Sinchang
Efonan
Sinyang
Hoyt Elected NC Press Association President
Asheville July 25. K Hoyt general manager of the Winston Salem Journal-Sentinel was elected president of the North Carolina Press Association today.
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Asheville
K. Hoyt
Winston - Salem Journal
Soni Neil
North Carolina Press Association
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Stalingra
Inc Red Star
Don Steppes
Hans Diebel
Los Angeles
Diebel
Arey
Kerch
Taganrog
Micharinsk
Oguchar
Soviet
Saratov
Astalingrad
Astrakhan
Novocherkassk
Tsimivansk
the Associated Press
New York State
Dewitt MacKenzie
U.S
FDR
Scottdale, Ga
Buncombe
Bulletin
Finance
U. S. Army
Duke U
Ingersoll Goes
Ralph Ingersell
Marshall Field
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