War chat with Lord Vansittart fuels Hull reply
In a United States debate over allied policy Secretary Hull counters a British broadcast by Lord Vansittart arguing that aims should focus on victory rather than sweeping revolutions. Hull notes Britain’s own history of aligning with ruling classes and urges restraint until victory is secured. The column blends wartime commentary with local anecdotes from Jim Wilson of Columbus and a lighthearted tale from a watermelon party.
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United States
Emmanuel
Badoglio
Hull
Lord Vansittart
Foreign Office
Italy
France
Germany
Europe
Reds Threaten to Isolate Nazi Forces at Orel
Soviet forces report capture of two main roads from Bolkhov toward Orel and Karachev, threatening German communications with Bryansk and risking isolation of Orel. German claims say Russian troops were repelled but lost ground was recaptured as Russians advance near Karachev.
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Orel
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
The
Red Star
Bolkhov
Karachev
Bryansk
Dmitrovsk
Red Army
KarjJachev
Order Restored in Harlem After Riot Toll
New York Harlem calm returned after yesterday’s riots left five dead, 545 injured, 509 arrests and $5 million in property damage. Police and patrols kept streets quiet with a 10:30 p.m. curfew, bars closed, theaters dark, and repairs underway on damaged stores as 6,000 officers patrolled and 1,500 patrolmen aided the effort.
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New York
cPi— Oder
Harlem
Ration Book Updates and Stamp Validity Through Summer
Ration calendar notes expiry dates for red stamps J L M N ending June 30. P valid through July, Q valid July 4. Blue stamps N P Q valid July 1 to August 7. Shoes Book 1 stamp 18 valid through October 31. Sugar Book 1 stamps 13 15 16 cover 5 pounds each for home canning through August 15. Gasoline No 6 A coupons four gallons valid through July 21. Renewal forms available at filling stations. new books issued starting July 22 for both cars and motorcycles.
All Boards Affected by New Draft Order
Little Rock August 3 Inductions of fathers will start October 1 across Arkansas 94 local boards will receive orders from Washington this week reclassification begins immediately lowest order numbers first Call.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
E.L. Compere
Selective Service
Compere
Washington
Accident Causes Show Stall Loss of Flying Speed
A study of accident causes over past years finds stalls mainly cause accidents, arising from loss of necessary flying speed during too steep a climb.
Yanks Advance at Munda Near Edge of New Georgia Airfield
Allied forces in the southwest Pacific push toward the New Georgia air field as Munda nears climax. U S troops break Japanese defenses with tanks flame throwers and artillery. gains reach 700 to 1900 yards. Simultaneously Salamaua is bombarded and a destroyer is reported sunk.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
Munda
United States
New Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Bible Hill
New Guinea
Salamaua
Buin-Faisi
Kahili
Solomons
Nazi Airman Krug Escapes Prison Again
Lt. Peter Krug a German airman who previously escaped a Canadian prison camp and spurred treason charges against Max Stephan Detroit restaurateur has vanished again. Police on both sides of the border investigate a possible Detroit river swim by Krug after a guard at the Ambassador Bridge fired a warning shot and he fled in swimming trunks and a white shirt toward Detroit.
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Windsor
Ont
Peter Krug
Max Stephan
Detroit
Detroit River
Krug
Gravenhurst
T. Cody
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ambassador Bridge
Congress weighs sales tax plan for war fund
Chairman Doughton returned from vacation to join renewed debate over a sales tax as a source of extra war funding. Treasury ideas for higher taxes meet opposition with Byrd pressing for a sales levy to raise beyond the $4 billion estimate, while Morgenthau may confer with Doughton on next steps.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
Tax Framing House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
North Carolina
Treasury
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Colin Stamm
Byrd
D-Va
Huge fires burn in Romanian oil fields near Ploesti
Eyewitness reports from Istanbul describe a massive inferno in the Ploesti oil pumping and refinery district after an air raid by American Liberators. Romanian and German fighters engaged the raid. several bombers were downed, with crews interned in Turkey. The attack severely damaged the area’s oil production and refining capacity.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Ploesti
Izmir
United States
Cairo
McFaddin Hails Arkansas Resources in Hope Talk
Ed F. McFaddin Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court told Hope Kiwanis members that Arkansas holds abundant resources and growing days. He cited outputs in 1941 including coal, hay, peaches, strawberries, corn, cotton, and oil, and urged state pride and booster cooperation.
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Arkansas
Ed F. Mcaddin
Kansas Supreme Court
Hope Kiwanis Club
Union
Idaho
McFadain
McFaddin
California
Don Hilton
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Talbot Feild, Jr
Naval Air Station
Dallas
Crit Stewart
Frank Hill
G. T. Cross
Little Rock Marine Among New War Casualties
The Navy announced 71 war casualties including 3 dead 16 wounded and 52 missing in a report to next of kin since December 7 1941. The grand totals now reach 8831 dead 4865 wounded 9842 missing and 4166 prisoners of war with the latest list naming Marine Carroll B Wall wounded and his wife Mrs Carroll B Wall of Little Rock Arkansas.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Wall
Carroll
Carroll B. Wall
South
Valnar St
Little Rock
Aircraft Officials Assert Driving Skill Suits Plane Piloting
Officials contend that anyone with safe auto driving ability and steady temperament can learn to pilot a light aircraft. The stance emphasizes broad eligibility for flight training without specialized prerequisites.
DNB Outlines Drastic Peace Points of FDR
A Geneva dispatch reported by DNB claims President Roosevelt proposed a seven point armistice plan to Italy. The list includes ceasefire of Italian forces, halt of collaboration with Germany, withdrawal from Greece Albania France and former Yugoslavia, handover of war materials, an Anglo American military government, arrest of war criminals, and release of Allied POWs.
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London
DNB
Geneva
Il Popolo di Roma
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Italy
Germany
Greece
Albania
France
Yugoslavia
Pietro Badoglio
Drafts to Call Fathers as War Needs Rise in 1942
An Associated Press report from Washington notes that October quotas force many states to draft fathers with children born before Sept 15 1942. About 300000 family men may be inducted this year, with an estimated 450000 inducted to meet the need. boards will call only as required to meet quotas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Selective Service
Paul V. McNutt
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Nebraska
Idaho
New York
McNutt
Allied Forces Break Sicilian Line as Troina Post Falls
Canadian troops capture Regalbuto and Centuripe as American forces push from Capizzi and Cerami toward Troina. British and American air power hammer Naples and Messina rail links while British and Canadian units establish a bridgehead north of the Dittaino river near Regalbuto, with Montgomery’s Eighth Army pushing along the western Catania plain.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Regalbuto
Mount Etna
Capizzi
Cerami
Sicily
Cap Bond
Seventh Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Dittaino
Catania
George S. Patton, Jr
Eighth Army
Centraipe
Churchill
House of Commons
Centuripe
Troina
Naples
Messina
Ramacea
Capzzzi
Mistretta
San Stefano
Nicosia
Mistrella
RAF Bombard Hamburg Again in Record 2,300-Ton Raid
The RAF sent its largest bombers to Hamburg last night for a ninth 2,300-ton raid in 10 days, adding to the fires from prior assaults. Thirty bombers were lost, with Beaufighters and Mosquitos sweeping into Holland and Northwest Germany, while the German high command reported civilian casualties and heavy destruction.
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London
RAF
Hamburg
Thrivng
Germany
High Command
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Holland
Sylt
Cuxhaven
Trondheim
Norway
U. S
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