Angl o American air fleet to scourge Reich signals major war shift
Harris warns of a large Allied bombing campaign against German cities but cautions it is not a quick fix. The impact on the Russian front depends on how the war unfolds. heavy bombing could curb Nazi industry or fail to alter the Moscow front, while outcomes hinge on Soviet resistance and German responses.
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Harris
Reich
Giulio Douhcet
Italy
Hitler
Witler
Caucasus
Czecho-Slovakia
Europe
Ambassador Grew snubs Japanese envoys at East African port
Joseph Grew, returning from his mission as U S ambassador to Japan, refused to speak to Japanese Ambassador Admiral Kichisaburo Wamoto or Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu in a Portuguese East Africa port. The three had a brief, wordless dock encounter as Americans moved from the Asama Maru to the Gripsholm for exchange and repatriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Joseph Clerk Grew
United States
Japan
Kichisaburo Wnomura
Saburo Kurusu
Gripsholm
Saarbruecken Bombed By RAF in Seventh Night Raid
London reports a large RAF force struck Saarbruecken in western Germany, a key steel center and railway hub, causing damage and taking seven German planes down. British bombers also hit Birmingham and the French coast while raids continued over England and Hamburg.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Saarbruecken
Air Ministry
Saarbrucken
England
Britain
Greater London
Midlands
East Anglia
Birmingham
Ministries of Air and Home Security
Boulogne
Calais
Channel
Dover Strait
Saar Valley
Berlin
Hamburg
No Dependents Pay Until Now
Washington July 30 Senator Vandenberg Michigan announced in the Senate a plan to repeal a provision of the soldiers family allowance bill delaying payments to dependents of service members until after November 1 1942. He said the clause was surprising and likely unnoticed when the bill passed and noted it falls two days before the general election.
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Washington
Vandenburg
R-Mich
Senate
Vandenberg
Congress
Pelleys Disciples Testify at Ex Leader Sedition Trial
Three former Silver Shirts members testified for the government against William Dudley Pelley in Indianapolis. Pelleys defense subpoenaed Lindbergh and sought a subpeona for Marriner S Beckles and statements on US net worth in 1941 and early 1942. Martin Gall and his brother Michael identified themselves as former Silver Shirts and said Gall distributed Pelleys publications The Galilean and We Fight For This Republic Only.
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Pelley
Indianapolis
Silver Shirts of America
William Dudley Pelley
Charles A. Lindbergh
America First Movement
Marriner S. Beckles
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Uary
Martin Gall
Cleveland
Michael
Pelley Publications
the Galilean
Republic
Ickes Boosts Synthetic Rubber via New Butadiene System
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced that the oil industry has found capacity to produce 200000 tons annually of butadiene, enabling 240000 to 250000 tons of synthetic rubber yearly beyond planned outputs. The program could begin by year end through refiner conversions using gasoline as feedstock, with government aid considered for some independent firms.
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Washington
Ickes
Wright W. Gary
Office of Petroleum Coordination
George's Idea Deserves Study
Washington July 30 Secretary Morgenthau said a plan of induced savings by Senator George of Georgia deserves study. The plan would tax high earners more and invest the proceeds in government securities to be refunded with interest after the war. Morgenthau stressed he did not endorse the scheme though noting George chairs the Senate Finance Committee.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Death by own action shocks Rowan farmer at home
The throat-slashed body of wheel er Carrier, 82, a prominent Rowan County farmer, was found yesterday at his Scotch-Irish Township home. A coroner's jury ruled he killed himself.
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Statesville
Wheeler Carrier
Rowan County
Supreme Court resumes Saboteur Hearing in Navy Plant Case
Washington July 30 Nazis held by submarine plan to blast U S war plants seek civil court trials eight of nine justices attend Justice Douglas returns while Murphy sits out as he serves in the army. Attorney General Biddle argues against writ of habeas corpus and Dasch’s status remains debated amid questions of special treatment and military custody.
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Washington
America
Supreme Court
Justice Douglas
Oregon
Reed
Byrnes
Justice Murphy
Kenneth Royall
Defense Staff
George John Dash
Carl Ristine
Dasch
Military Commission
Berlin
Sour
Kaiser says shipbuilders ready to mass produce cargo planes
Washington July 30 Henry J Kaiser told a Senate defense committee that a government order would trigger immediate conversion of shipyards for giant cargo plane production. He said Oakland based facilities could shift to warplane work and steel companies would rise to the occasion if asked to similar conversions.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Congress
Oakland
Calif
Senate Defense Investigating
State Employment Service reports June placements
Raleigh July 30. The State Employment Service announced today it placed 39,000 persons during June. At least half were agricultural placements.
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Raleigh
State Employment Service
Transformation delays in peacetime plants for war work
Government statisticians report conversion to war production is slow. The auto industry shows many plants racing to retool with fifty five percent of output from new facilities while five of eight top firms build aircraft. Most units struggle to adapt civilian lines and secure materials amid a heavy shift to flying machines and munitions. Continued on Page 3 Sec A.
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Washington
Axis Raiders Bomb Nile Delta In Pre-dawn Attacks
Cairo reports Axis bomber raids on British American airfields in the Nile delta before dawn. Bombs hit Cairo provoking a major anti-aircraft barrage as sirens sound in Suez and other areas. British fighter bombers strike west of El Alamein. land actions limited by dust and minor skirmishes.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Nile Delta
sSuez Zone
Egypt
el Alamein Front
Alexandria
Middle East
el Alamein
Claude Auchinleck
Ickes Says Nationwide Gas Rationing Unneeded
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced at a Washington press conference that nationwide gasoline rationing is not needed now to improve deliveries to the eastern states. He noted possible winter thermostat cuts to 63.5 degrees or lower and heat removal from several rooms for about 1,230,000 eastern homes and other fuel oil users.
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Washington
Ickes
Joel Dean
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Wwe
Million Japs Now In China
A Chinese army spokesman released figures showing Japan has about 1,132,500 troops deployed across China Manchukuo Korea and southwest Pacific. He listed allocations as 31 divisions in China 22 in Manchukuo 2 in Korea and 20 in the southwest Pacific noting prior large deployments and losses.
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Chungrking
China
Manchukuo
Korea
Southwest Pacific Islands
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Brazil torpedo attack sinks Brazilian ship Tamandare
In a brief report from Rio de Janeiro on July 30, the government announced the torpedoing and sinking of the Brazilian ship Tamandare. Trade notes from Chicago show butter receipts at 943,155 and unchanged prices, while eggs receipts reach 2,399 with prices steady.
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Chicago
SUNE
Rio DE
Janeiro
Tamandare
Kerch Strait Crossed By Vichy Radio Claims
German forces reportedly crossed the Kerch Strait and landed on the Tama peninsula in the Caucasus, threatening Soviet lines near Stalingrad as Marshal von Bock’s southern front pressed toward Rostov. Stalin urges resilience while Pravda and Red Star report heavy fighting and renewed German offensives.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Caspian Sea
Caucasus
Stalingrad
London
Crimea
Kerch
Tama
Rostov
Finland
France
Feder von Bock
Red Army
Don Bend
Gen Marshall Named as Second Front Head
London dispatch reports Daily Telegraph praising the idea of selecting Gen George C. Marshall as the American commander for a second front in Europe. The column notes Marshall led the Meuse Argonne offensive in 1918 and was acclaimed for tactical genius, countering Mirror’s opposition.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Daily Mirror
Europe
United States
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Post
Kkround
Marshall
Meuse-Argonne
Rubber Loans Blocked in House Probe
A House committee investigating the synthetic rubber and fuel oil situation in the Atlantic coast region held executive session after hearing testimony from government officials and private individuals. Rep Butler alleged a “monster” controls the rubber industry and said six visits to agencies sought a $250000 loan for J and J Chemical Co of Buffalo to produce synthetic rubber at 15 cents a pound.
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Washington
House
Atlantic
Butler
R-Ny
Buffalo
J & J Chemical Company
Track salvage to begin in Concord on July 30
Work is set to start Monday in Concord to salvage 124 tons of street car tracks buried beneath city streets. The operation aims to recover iron rails to reduce hazards and make way for future improvements and projects.
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Concord
Concord Streets
Eleven Airlines crash kills Northwest workers at field
In Minneapolis at Wold-Chamberlain Field a U.S. Army cargo plane crashed during takeoff. Seven Northwest Airlines employees died including co pilots Kenneth Olson and John Fisher, mechanics Leonard Larson Wilhelm Rose Partin Luchau, all aboard as the ship burned after loading 270 gallons of gasoline. The plane, a Boeing 10 passenger craft, formerly United Airlines, served as a government cargo ship on the northern division.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Kenneth S. Olson
John F. Fisher
Freemont
Leonard O Larson
Leo D. Hinseley
Wilbur C. Rose
Paul F. Partin
Winston A. Luchau
West Airlines
United Airlines
Olson
Fisher
Fie
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U. S
John F. Walsh
Sohn D. Rogers
Senator Vanderberg
Distributor
Douglas
Murphy
By Ray Tucker
Axis
Vich Radio
Cripps
Stafford Cripps
Stafford
Churchills
House of Commons
Stalin
Joseph Stallin
Russia
Alexander Wevsky
Mikhail Kutuzov
Napoleon
Communist Party
Pravda
Don River
Red Star
Don
Semen Timoshenko
Gen. Marshall
Rep. Butler
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