East Coast Gas Ultimatum From Ickes on Consumption
Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes warned East Coast motorists that voluntary curtailment had failed as gasoline sales rose. Unless behavior changes, government action to enforce conservation could arrive. He also signaled possible immediate limits on heavy fuel oil use along the Eastern Seaboard amid tanker transfers to Britain and transport bottlenecks. A formal decision on involuntary rationing would come within two weeks.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Britain
Ickes
Inside Her Wing cast address on voluntary gasoline cuts
A speech urged consumers to decide if a proposed 33 1 3 percent gasoline use reduction could be achieved voluntarily. Last week seven large eastern oil firms sold more than 1.5 million gallons above the prior week’s total of 56,035,792 gallons, the speaker noted.
Taft voices cautious stance on good neighbor policy
Senator Taft says he opposes the good neighbor policy in principle but concedes it seems to work for now. He warns it will not continue indefinitely and notes he funds support to keep it going. He says he would not favor military action against Canada or Latin American nations.
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Istration
Taft
R-obin
Canada
Globe of plants greets visitors at Marion cemetery
A globe of the world crafted from twenty thousand plants stands at the Marion Ohio cemetery entrance. It links to local history and displays Scottish ancestry of presidents James Monroe and Rutherford B. Hayes. Ordinary soap struggles in hard water containing magnesium and lime.
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Marion, .O
James Alonroe
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
Russians Continue Offensive Or Uncertain Front Moves
The Moscow communique notes growing Russian offensives around Smolensk and Zhitomir while German High Command claims victory at Smolensk and predicts a direct assault on Moscow. The Red Air Fleet downed 109 German planes on Saturday with 36 Russian losses and Baltic coastal guns and vessels claimed a sinking of two patrol craft and a torpedo boat.
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Moscow
Kiev Stonved
Red Air Fleet
Baltic
Smolensk
Berlin
Red
Zhitomir
Japanese Move Seizes Saigon Area In Indo China Reach
Japanese forces press toward Saigon with troop ships and warships ready to disembark near Cap St. Jacques. Bases along the east coast from Tourane to Nhatrang and further south plan to host warplanes, with Cambodian towns and Saigon as key occupancy targets. French authorities note curbs on anti Japanese actions as occupiers requisition homes and a Saigon school for quarters. A separate protocol between France and Japan on Indo China defense was signed by Admiral Darlan and Ambassador Kato, outlining political and technical defense cooperation.
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Indo-China
Tourane
Nhatrang
Saigon
Annam
Cap St. Jacques
Cochin-China
Cambodia
Garrigans
Baria
Mytho
Pnom-Penh
Siemreap
Ha Tien
Gulf of Siam
Hanoi
Thailand
Camranh Bay
Bienhoa
Tansomhut
Sectrang
Kompongirach
Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Satomatsu Kato
Darlan
Hotel du Parc
FURY Battle Front Updates From Estonia to Smolensk
Soviet communique reports heavy fighting across three sectors near Moscow and in the Smolensk and Zhitomir fronts as German allied Romanian forces push toward the Kniester River region. Bessarabia is described as liberated while German claims say Nazis near victory in Smolensk.
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Estonia
Kniester
Bessarabia
Ukraine
Nevel
Smolensk
Moscow
Zhitomir
Churchill defends total war plan against production minister idea
Churchill rejected appointing a minister of production as a public ruse and a delay. He argued Britain is moving toward total war organization, not a totalitarian state, while noting Finland severed ties with Britain over aid to 1939 40 Soviet clash and denying US aircraft were delivered without spare parts. He urged confidence in the system and questioned opposition claims in Parliament.
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Finland
Britain
Soviet Russia
Churchill
Germany
Red Army
Mrs Bost to Continue as Commissioner of Charities and Welfare
Raleigh July 29 Governor Broughton announced Mrs W T Bost would continue to serve as Commissioner of Charities and Public Welfare. He endorsed the Board of Charities and Public Welfare recommendation for reappointment. Col W A Blair of Winston Salem was reap pointed chairman for six year terms and A W McAlister of Greensboro was reappointed a board member. Blair has served since 1891 and chaired since 1904. McAlister since 1916. E Hervey Evans of Laurinburg will act as chairman during Blair’s illness.
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Raleigh
Broughton
W. T. Bost
Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Bast
Col. W. A. Blair
Winston-Salem
A. W. McAlister
Greensboro
Col. Blair
McAlister
E. Hervey Evans
Laurinttre
Soviet Victories Reported Across Fronts As Moscow Delivers Raids
The bulletin claims victories by Soviet forces on land and at sea while the Baltic fleet sinks two patrol vessels and a torpedo boat with one torpedo boat loss. Russian air units downed 103 German planes for 36 losses. Moscow endured a sixth blackout air raid with fires and casualties reported. Russian figures say 140 to 150 raiders appeared with only a few breaching defenses and nine shot down.
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Baltic
Tioscow
Moscow
Russia
Erly
Ross linked to Communist activities in 1930s furniture unions
The report traces Lawrence Seton Ross of Hickory and Morganton to UFWA organizing efforts across North Carolina and lists past roles with the Communist party in Los Angeles and New York.Photographs from Los Angeles police files matched Ross, whose aliases and birth origins are noted, with a 1934 1936 congressional candidacy and West Coast to New York transfers.
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Hickory
Sandefur
Ross
UFWA
Ufwa Beuween
Kentucky
Stripling
Furniture Workers Press
Morganton
North Carolina
James H. Steelman
Los Angeles Police Department
California
Dies Committee
Steelman
West Coast
Robert E. Stripling
Special Committee On un-American Activities
Washington, D D. C
Lawrence Ross
Rosenfeld
Covington
Bronx
Communist Party
Los Angeles
Western Worker
New York
New Jersey
CIO
Furniture Workers
Lice Records
Congress
Tom Mooney
N. C
Morganton Furniture Factory
Drexel Furniture Company
Lawrence Seton Ross
Ft. Smith
Arkansas
Furniture ‘Orkers
CIG
Brother Ross
E. L. Sandefur
Carolinas
Sanderfur
Winston-Salem
The
Paul R. Christopher
Charlotte
South Gay Street
Knoxville
Tenn
House Defeats War Plant Takeover Plan
Washington July 29 The House refused to approve the compromise bill authorizing presidential takeover of key industrial plants to protect the defense program. The measure included draft deferment for men 28 and older and was sent back to a conference committee upon Rep Healey's motion.
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Washington
House
Rep. Healey
D-Mass
Paulette Goddard Starts Scrap Aluminum Drive
Bollywood July 29. Paulette Goddard began an individual campaign to collect old aluminum pots and pans for Uncle Sam. She offered a kiss to the male winner which she guaranteed will knock him back on his heels. The contest started yesterday and by sundown 220 pieces had been contributed, 138 by three young boys. The drive ends Saturday.
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Bollywood
Paulette Goddard
Uncle Sam
Fire Leaves Prince Frederick Townsman Area Heavily Damaged
A major blaze swept through the central business block of Prince Frederick Maryland destroying the Prince Frederick Department Store a chain grocery and an attorney s office. Firefighters from Annapolis North Beach Upper Marlboro Galesville La Plata Mechanicsville helped suppress the fire after it started in a trash pile near the grocery store. The town lacks a local fire department and telephone service was disrupted.
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Prince Frederick
Maryland
Annapolis
North Beach
Upper Marlboro
Galesville
la Plata
Mechanicsville
Londoners Spend Night in Shelters Amid Sparse Bombing
Londoners slept in subways shelters and basements after an air raid Monday. German bombs fell only at three points in East Anglia causing light injuries and minor damage. Air raid wardens estimated about 20,000 people slept on London subway platforms, with around 100,000 using the tubes during frequent raids.
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London
East Anglia
Daily Express
Stalin assures Turkey on Dardanelles and Bosporus
Ankara July 29 Stalin wrote to Ismet Inonu at British urging to reassure Turkey that the Soviet Union has no designs on the Dardanelles or Bosporus. British sources say Sir Stafford Cripps helped compel Stalin to dispatch the letter to counter Nazi claims of Soviet base ambitions on the strategic straits before the Black Sea entrance.
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Ankara
Turkey
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Ismet Inonu
Dardanelles
Bosporus
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Stalin
German Prisoners Reported on Egyptian Libyan Border
Cairo July 29 The British Middle East Command said patrol fighting along the Egyptian Libyan border produced captures of German prisoners as activity increased. Local weather reportedly curtailed Tobruk sector operations and the daily communique noted calmer conditions.
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Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Tobruk
communi+ que
No Peace Yet as Eden Sees Hitler’s Terms Contradicted
Foreign Secretary Eden argues peace with Hitler is impossible and warns a soon peace blitz would be a ruse to extend the war. He says nations must stay at war stations and that Hitler must be exposed before any lasting end to hostilities. He views current war developments as not wholly unfavorable.
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Russia
Hitler
Eden
German Press Attacks Roosevelt Over War Bases Plan
Berlin documents claim U S pressure would fuel anti Axis sentiment in South America as Germany accuses President Roosevelt of stirring up hostility. The Local Anzeiger blasts him as corrupt and in league with Chicago gangster circles.
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Dienst
Berlin
Deutsche Diplomatisch Politische Iorrespondenz
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Wendler
Belmonte Pabon
Anzeiger
Germany
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