Highway Commission Reports Cash Balance At Year End
The North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission announced a June 30 cash balance of 13,354,004 dollars, with a federal credit balance of 5,436,583 dollars. Regular maintenance cost 3,678,113 dollars and county highway spending 7,207,803 dollars. Governor Broughton noted uncertainties in using federal funds and expected revenue declines in gasoline and license taxes for the coming year.
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Highway Commission
Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Commission
Broughton
Washington
Armored Trains Reinforce Red Line In Don Bend Fight
Armored trains move into the Don bend front to reinforce Soviet lines. Russians press limited gains south of Rostov as German forces push toward the lower Don and the Sea of Azov. Bashkir cavalry launch a night attack aiding Soviet defense in the Rostov region.
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Stalingrad
Rostov
Moscow
Don
Rostove
Lower
Rix
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Tslyansk
Betwe Bataisk
Rost
Sea of
Azov
Caucasus
D. T. Kozlov
Red Star
Ceva
Uralshed
Mingaly Shaimatov
Grmis Khan
Kletskay
Cmans
Voronezh
Red Marshal Timoshenko Tightens Don Front
The Red Army under Timoshenko defends along the crescent shaped front south of Rostov on the Don while evaluating if Soviet strength or German weakness dominates the campaign. Pravda and Moscow News commentators forecast counter blows and possible German strain as Hitler presses toward the Caucasus. Timoshenko moves reserves to hot spots as the crisis deepens.
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Timoshenko
Rostov
Don
Hitler
Bolshevists
Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow
Germany
Zhuravlev
Moscow News
Caucasus
Japs Ready To Attack Soviet
A British military source says Japanese forces near 100 000 strong concentrate in Manchukuo opposite a 1000 mile Soviet frontier from Lake Baikal to the Pacific and are poised to attack Vladivostok. They have built roads using Chinese prisoners and plan multiple drives in the north during August and September to seize Siberia.
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London
Manchukuo
Lake Baikal
Pacific
Vladivostok
North Pacific
Siberia
Jap Air Raids on Hengyang Repelled by U S Forces
In two separate Hengyang air raids, U S fighters repelled Japanese bombers and new Zero fighters. Capt. Albert J. Baumler and Maj. John E. Alison were credited with downing bombers, with American losses not fatal. The second attack saw three Zeros destroyed as the day marked the largest enemy toll in China to date.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Hengyang
U. S. Air Force
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Henzgyang
Hunan
Albert J. Baumler
John E. Alison
Gainesville
Fla
British Naval Forces Clash With Germans
British light naval forces fought three skirmishes with German boats planes and shore guns in the North Sea and English Channel. A British patrol near Ijmuiden set fire to a German trawler and scored hits in a ten minute engagement, later another patrol attacked the same force causing more damage. a third clash occurred off France against German torpedo boats or minesweepers. No British casualties reported.
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London
North Sea
English Channel
Ijmuiden
Netherlands
The
Admiralty
France
Editorial Reaction To Pelleys Claim On US Defense Apathy
The government presented a survey of American newspaper editorials at William Dudley Pelleys sedition trial to counter his claim of national apathy toward the war effort. Persis Richter testified she headed a four person unit analyzing editorials, noting they refuted Pelleys assertions. Pelleys defense planned big name witnesses including Lindbergh and Merriner Eccles to bolster his writings.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
Persis Richter
Office of War Information
Pelley
the Galilean
Japan
Hitler
Richter
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Ific Ws
Oscar R. Ewing
Agnes M. F Henderson
Lawrence A. Brown
Fellowship Press, Inc
Noblesville
Ind
Silver Shirts
BIG Names
Testif
Lindbergh
Merriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
War Production Shut Down Described as Disgraceful
DETROIT July 31 War Production chief C E Wilson of General Motors called the Pontiac division shutdown by a grocery clerks jurisdictional dispute a national disgrace. He warned to Knox Nelson and the War Labor Board that the plant’s closing halts armament production and threatens war victory and demanded action.
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Detroit
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corporation
Navy
Knox
War Labor Board
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Pontiac
Wilson
General Motors
Goats and Baby Move in Unusual Asheville Tale
An Asheville report describes a car from a neighboring state stopping downtown to question a family about a goat in a box tied to the car’s rear. The infant is fed goat milk while the family plans a vacation, ensuring a steady supply.
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Asheville
Washington Pansion Sparks Praise for Kaiser Ship Era
The cancelation of the contract for two hundred ships at Andrew Jackson Higgins New Orleans yard is seen as a credit to American industry. Kaiser interests on the West Coast set records in building time for Liberty freighters, slashing from over 200 days to 105. Edgar Kaiser and California plants also cut times, drawing praise from the Maritime Commission for superior leadership, despite initial misgivings.
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Pansion
Andrew Jackson Higgin
New Orleans
Kaiser
Washington
Edgar Kaiser
Oregon
Maritime
New Materiel Is Applauded by Rep Thomas
Rep Thomas of New Jersey says he inspected the army's most secret materiel at Aberdeen proving American arms superiority. He notes some weapons have never been hinted at publicly and will surprise the enemy.
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Washington
Thomas
Aberdeen
Maryland
House
Supreme Court backs military trial for saboteurs
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Roosevelt may close civil courts to seven alleged Nazi saboteurs and appoint a military commission to try them. The ruling affirmed the military tribunal's authority and denied habeas corpus petitions, with a verdict likely early next week.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
America
Biddle
Kenneth C. Royall
Army
Royall
Germany
Stone
British daylight raids resume toward Boulogne coast
London reports British fighters again swept across the channel toward Boulogne in daylight raids on the occupied French coast after a night of German bombing over Britain. Eight raiders were shot down and a ninth destroyed over France, while Midlands towns endured another night raid with a church damaged and a first real raid of the war on a midland town.
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Associated Press
London
Boulogne
French
Britain
Ninewio Owmlamanalan Wera Are Teen
Midlands
Midland
Berlin
Birmingham
France
Ship's Captain Taken By Sub
Survivors recount a German U-boat’s seizure of the American ship's captain as the vessel sank in the south Atlantic on July 9. The same day the Brazil ian freighter Tamandare was sunk in the western Atlantic, raising the AP tally of submarine sinkings to 404. A U-boat commander told the captain he would be aboard only about 11 days as torpedoes killed three crewmen.
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Associated Press
Navy
U. S
Atlantic
Tamandare
South Atlantic
Four U S Officers Arrive in London as Second Front Talks Grow
Four high ranking American officers arrive in London strengthening US air force leadership as discussion of a second front heats up. Debarkation of Canadian troops adds to invasion speculation while Sir Stafford Cripps signals government intentions. Soviet ambassador Maisky addresses MPs and comments on allied plans. Reuters notes German coastal fortifications may be overblown, Goebbels’ bluffing alleged.
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London
United States Army Air Force
Germany
Frank O.D. Hunter
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
Daily Telegraph
The
Sketch
Sir Stafford
Telegraph
Stafford
Ivan Maisky
Russia
News Chronicle
Maisky
Reuters
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Axis Bombers Raid Alexandria Killing Four in Night Attack
Axis bombers raided Alexandria last night killing four people and injuring 13 with property damage, the Egyptian interior ministry said. Air raid alarms sounded around Cairo and other points. no bombs reported in Cairo. Light British patrols harassed Axis forces on all sectors near El Alamein as air activity focused on enemy lines. British pilots claimed a German plane shot down during minor actions over Malta.
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Cairo
Egypt
Alexand
Egypil
Interior Ministry
Faiji
el Alamein Front
Claude Auchinlee
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Greensboro High F Point
High Point
NEA
N. C
Wide World Feature Service
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Red Lin
Harkov
Asnodar
Turkey
Sletskaya Salach
Caspian
Don River Valley
Proletarskaya
Krasnodar-Stalingrad
Kletskaya
Soviet
Charles A. Lindbergh
By Ray Tucker
William R. Spear
Alexandria
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