Weather and death notices from Harlotte and Hickory
North and South Carolina and Georgia weather report shows temperatures and rainfall in the cotton belt with city readings including Charlotte 91 over 70 and nearby stations. Hickory reports the death of Rob L. Hart, 35, former Catawba County WPA superintendent, with funeral today after a several week illness.
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War analysis: Allied manpower grows as German fuel dries
Experts say Hitler’s strength dwindles as two extra years of war exhaust German resources. Germany struggles to replenish oil and materials after plundering conquered lands while Allied bombing intensifies. Harris warns Germans to abandon Nazi rule and seek peace as Yankee air power arrives.
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Russia
Hitler
Germany
Arthur Harris
Reich
England
Japanese Invasion Seals Western Offices in Shanghai
Japanese forces moved swiftly to occupy Chinese institutions. the Associated Press office in Shanghai was sealed as posters ordering behavior were posted nationwide. Notices bore the word December with the date blank, suggesting long preparation and precise execution by occupiers.
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China
Associated Press
Shanghai
Saboteurs Case Tests Wartime Court Powers
The habeas corpus petitioners, seven German saboteurs and Dasch, face denial of relief as U S Attorney General Biddle and Justice Morris weigh citizenship, loyalty, and wartime authority. Defense argues the case tests democracy and minority rights while prosecutors describe sabotage plots and recruitment by Germany.
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United States District Court For
District of Columbia
Berlin
United States
Dasch
Amagansett
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Ponte Vedra
Fla
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Heavy Calls Expected for Married Men This Fall
Raleigh July 29 state selective service officials expect October and November to bring first heavy calls upon married men. Instructions to local draft boards on dependency will weigh if pay allotment can supplement income to support dependents of married draftees. Local boards were advised to consider the compulsory pay allotment to a registrant's dependents before deferring him on grounds of dependency.
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Raleigh
Selective Service
Open Markets Boost Georgia Florida Tobacco Growers
Valdosta Georgia reports opening day averages of 30 to 35 cents a pound with high spots at Moultrie Pelham and Hahira. Live Oak Florida opens strong with 37 cent early sales and prices rising later. overall leaf volume higher than last year. Tobacco specialist Westbrook notes growers mostly satisfied and only one overvalued leaf ticket. Cigarette demand rising, aiding prices.
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Georgia
Moultrie
Pelham and Hahira
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Japanese Left Few Soldiers In Burma Area
British refugees report Japan withdrew 8000 regulars from the Chindwin river valley in Burma leaving few outposts in the malarial jungle near Assam. A 660 mile trek by seven White men and two Australians and three Englishmen ended with safe conduct passes after evading tanks and falling into a Japanese net. Survivors say the Japanese force, about 8000, was pulled back from upper Burma as monsoon rains and malaria hindered garrison plans. Leader H R Stafford was killed by bandits. others were hospitalized in India.
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Australia
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Stevedores Sample Nut Cargo Humanitarian Mixup
Three workers unloading Ecuador cargo ended in hospital after sampling substitutes for castor oil beans. Health department investigation identified the substance as an unknown substitute making the incident a food safety concern.
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Ecuador
Health Department
Elite Germans March Through Paris Today
German SS troops moving from the Russian front to western command in occupied countries will march through Paris today. They are reported equipped with new vehicles and weapons as fortifications along the Northern France channel coast are described as completed and occupied by German troops.
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English Channel
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Bern
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Mimic Warfare Reaches Peak in Carolinas Maneuvers
The Sixth Army Corps blue and red forces clash in air ground maneuvers near Wadesboro Monroe Marshville Wingate and Houston amid UN observers. Blues under Maj Gen Al van Cillem Jr concentrate actions as red forces led by Maj Gen Fred L Walker attempt a border defense in western 5000 maneuver area.
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Sixth Army Corps
Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
United Nations
Blues
Alvan C. Gillem, Jr
Monroe
Marshville
Wingate
Houston
Fred L. Walker
Reds
SBI to Probe Four Rapes in Monroe
Raleigh reports the State Bureau of Investigation will dispatch an agent to Monroe to investigate four alleged sexual assaults on women. SBI director Fred C. Handy notified Monroe Police Chief Emsley Armfield that the agent would arrive immediately. The assaults are attributed to soldiers. An agreement between the attorney general and the Army grants Army jurisdiction for soldier crimes, but allows state courts to prosecute violent cases with high public interest.
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State Bureau of Investigation
Monroe
Fred C. Handy
SBI
Emsley Armfield
Handy
Army
North Carolina
Peat muck soil fire destroys Blackland Test Farm in North Carolina
Agriculture Commissioner W Kerr Scott announced fires ruined hundreds of acres of peat muck soils at the Blackland Test Farm near Wenona Washington County forcing relocation. The 1912 established facility conducted feed and livestock research with North Carolina Experiment Station and the U S Department of Agriculture. An eight member committee led by Scott will tour sites near Plymouth August 11 and 12 to recommend relocation to the State Board of Agriculture.
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Raleigh
W. Kerr Scott
Blackland
Wenona
Washington County
North Carolina Experiment Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Scott
Plymouth
State Board of Agriculture
Navy unifies Aleutian air command structure
The Navy announced the creation of a unified command for all aircraft operations in the Aleutian Islands. Details on command relationships and headquarters location were withheld to avoid aiding the enemy.
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Aleutian
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Aleutian Islands
New York Stocks at 2 P.M. July 29 Update
AP reports New York stock market movement at 2 p.m. on July 29 with brief price shifts and notable activity across leading industrial and railroad shares. Details focus on intraday changes and trades amid market nerves and sector performance.
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New York
Axis Shipping Losses At Sea Stand At 7 Million Tons
London July 29 The admiralty estimated 7,184,760 tons of German and Italian shipping sunk captured damaged or interned since the war began. It noted Allied mining and ongoing actions have reduced enemy losses in the six months to end of 1941 and that Soviet naval losses are not included.
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Railway engineer held in fatal shooting of fireman
Spartanburg County detectives and Southern Railway officers investigated a fatal shooting of C. V. Jester of Greenville, a railway fireman, at Wellford near Spartanburg. Chief O L Brady said engineer C. H. Black, also of Greenville, is in custody. Black admitted an argument with Jester before the shooting. They had pulled a Southern Railway freight locomotive into a Wellford siding to pick up loaded peach cars.
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Haste Ordered in Russia to Harvest Volga Grain
Russia broadcasts a Kuibyshev district committee order calling for an 11 point plan to speed the Volga grain harvest. The move aims to secure bread for the war effort as part of the broader struggle against Germany.
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Seattle Ordinance Bans Aircraft Bomb Transport Citywide
City council long ago adopted Ordinance 59867 prohibiting any explosive from being transported over any part of Seattle in any aeroplane or other aircraft. The rule is cited as a protective measure against aerial blasts.
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Seattle
Relief for itchy pimples and skin irritation
An advertisement promises quick relief for itchy pimples and skin blemishes. It touts Peterson's Ointment available at druggists, claiming soothing, cooling, and moisturizing effects for inflamed skin and cracked feet.
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Run-Off Looms In Arkansas Senate Race
Arkansas primary results show John L. McClellan and Jack Holt leading the senatorial race with Holt at 47,891 and McClellan at 48,169 from 1,735 of 2,127 precincts. Clyde Elis and David D. Terry trails, while some Black voters were barred by rules restricting to qualified white electors.
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Little Rock
Ark
Associated Press
John L. McClellan
Camden
Jack Holt
Harrison
Holt
MacClellan
Clyde T. Elis
Bentonville
David D. Terry
Arkansas
South Carolina cafes get extra sugar for soldiers
Columbia July 29 The state Office of Price Administration ordered restaurants and others feeding troops in the army maneuver area to receive all the sugar they need in addition to their regular quotas. The measure, announced by Edward H. Talbert OPA sugar rationing specialist, applies to groups under officers command as well as soldiers not in organized messes.
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State Office of Price Administration
Edward H. Talbert
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Army
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