Allied Bombers Blast Newly Won Japanese Bases
Allied air forces pounded the Gona Mission Buna area near Papua to curb a new Japanese base, destroying transport vessels and igniting fires aboard several ships. Dive bombers and fighters supported land actions from Port Moresby to Salamaua, with damage to enemy gun nests and a small ship.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
al- Med Idrmen
Gona
Buna
Dev Stroyer
Salamaua
Iself
Papuan
Lae
Marth
Port Moresby
Neutrals pressured as war looms in a divided world
The piece argues that neutral rights in international law depend on peace, warning that Secretary Hull’s statements to Turkey India and Argentina push neutrality toward coercion. It cites Holland and Norway as examples of aggressive German moves and urges the United Nations to demand concrete action from remaining neutrals to defend democracy.
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Hull
Turkey
Germany
India
Japan
Argentina
Holland
Norway
Switzerland
United Nations
Rotary Hears Boy Revivalist
The Rev. Angel Martinez a 9 year old Baylor evangelist spoke at Hope Rotary club noon at First Christian church on Meeting Our Day. He and Rev. Kemp of Houston are conducting a meeting near Hempstead county courthouse focusing on Christian character as civilization’s primary factor amid peril from war. Martinez and Kemp were introduced by Terrell Cornelius with guests Hendrix Spraggins and Eugene Swearligen. Ted Jones led the club in group singing.
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Angel Martinez
Baylor University
Hope Rotary Club
First Christian Church
Puig
J. M. Kemp
Houston
Hempstead County
Martinez
Kemp
Terrell Cornelius
Hendrix Spraggins
Elty
Eugene Swearligen
Boy Scout
Texarkana
Ted Jones
Debate Over Shipping Shortages Probed by Officials
In a Galveston News report Captain C C Poole cites idle U S wharves and shipping space limits hindering Middle East battles. July remarks by W Averell Harriman and Admiral Vickery counter claims of adequate ships, sparking questions on who is right.
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C. C. Poole
M. P
Galveston
Tex
U. S
Middle East
Poole
National Maritime Commission
W. Averell Harriman
Way
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Admiral Vickery
Mariime Commission
United Nations
Har
Pork Shortage to Be Relieved by Subsidy Plan
Washington reports officials foresee relief from a pork shortage in the east and distant areas through a combined price adjustment and a subsidy program to be launched by the agriculture department next week. Subsidies involve contracts with packers to slaughter for the government and government resells about a quarter of the meat to packers at ceiling-friendly prices. The expected turnaround follows the 1940 hog crop when market supplies rise in two months.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Coun Lry
Effort Ordered to Identify Mob in Vinson Lynching
Attorney General directed the FBI to investigate the death of William Vinson a Black man in Texarkana Texas to determine if mob members can be identified and prosecuted under civil rights laws. Vinson was shot while being captured after allegedly attempting to rape a white woman at the Red River Ordnance Depot Trailer camp and later hanged by a mob.
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Washington
Biddie
FBI
William Vinson
Texarkana
Tex
Justice Department
Vinson
Red River
Texarkana Hospital
Vannsi
Texarkana Cotton Oil Corporation
Urge Laws to Curb Profits by War Contractors
Washington July 24 The House Naval committee urged laws to curb profiteering by war contractors after a year long inquiry. It found 15 percent honest, five percent profiteering up to 3708.22 percent on contracts, and suggested excess profits taxes or direct limits. The study covered 39 405 contracts worth 4 599 087 085 with profits averaging 1 percent of cost.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
House Naval Committee
Congress
Navy
United States
Australia’s Climate Draws War Dept Women to Australia
After wartime recruitment, Secretaries Rudy Cunningham of Berkeley Springs West Virginia and Ruth Anderson of Gibbon Nebraska arrived in Australia in early March. They are among the only War Department female employees sent there, finding the climate and people welcoming though Washington, D C, memories persist. Miss Cunningham says the people are kind and the climate is wonderful.
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Australia
Rudy Cunningham
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Ruth Anderson
Gibbon
Neb
Arthur R. Wilson
War Department
Miss Cun
British Try to Consolidate New Egypt Positions
British armored forces pressed west of El Alamein while consolidating gains in the northern and central sectors after two days of sharp fighting. The RAF and artillery bombarded Axis gun emplacements and supply lines as Australian forces held the Hill of Jesus and nearby ridges. Air battles saw several enemy planes downed. British losses were five aircraft. Axis claims Siwa oasis captured, with about 100 miles from the Mediterranean and 30 miles inside the Libyan border.
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Gaiva
el Alamein
Sir Claude Auchinleck
RAF
E Ruweisat
Hill of Jesus
Qattara
Messerechoitt
Als
Matta
RAI
Eighth Army
Siwa Oasis
Egypt
Mediterranean
Siwa
PTA Warns Against Endorsing Candidates
Little Reek July 24 The Arkansas Parent-Teacher Congress executive committee reaffirms it will not endorse political candidates or commercial products and urges members to act carefully in official roles to avoid rule infringements. Vacancies in officer roles filled. Mrs A V Hall names acting legislative committee chair Mrs J L Montgomery succeeding Mrs W P Millsins. other district leaders reshuffled and new members named to the committee include Mrs W I Bransford Ed McCuistion Mrs Scott Wood and Miss Willie A Lawson.
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Little Reek
Arkansas Parent - Teacher Congress Today
A. V
Hall of
Pine Bluff
J. B
W. I. Bransford
Lonoke
Ed McCuistion
Little Rock
Scott Wood
Hot Springs
Willie A. Lawson
Nazis Seek to Salvage Ships
London reports Germany is launching a drive to salvage sunken ships and standardize merchant vessels like Liberty ships. Allied sources say about 2.5 percent of prewar 9 million tons of merchant tonnage has gone down, with losses rising since December. The Axis struggles to sustain supply lines in Baltic and Mediterranean waters amid air raids and dock bombings at Stettin Luebeck Kiel Hamburg and Bremen. Overland transport strained as fuel moves by train, needing 400 cars per same oil cargo from Romania.
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Edwin Shanke
London
Germany
Teich
Mary
United States
Baltic
Mediterranean
Stettin
Luebeck
Kiel
Hambuug
Brenen
Atlantic
Hamburg
Bremen
Europe
Romania
Flashes of Life in Brief Snippets From AP Dispatches
Brief, quirky vignettes from the AP wire recount odd incidents across the country. A Camp Wheeler visitor demands ID with a tailed jab at a scar. an FBI agent in Albuquerque reports a car and horse theft. a Texas motorist crashes through a shop plate glass attempting brake checks. these clipped notices capture offbeat moments of daily life.
Hull Calls for Aid of People
Secretary of State Hull urged global support for freedom fighters in a shortwave address to all nations. He framed the war as a world fight against conquerors, urging Americans to back those defending liberty and to reject neutrality that aids the Axis. He stressed postwar relief, public order, and cooperation to prevent renewed warfare.
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Wade Werner
Washington
United States
Hull
India
United Nations
Wartorn
Governors Attack Outsiders Over Racial Segregation
Alabama Governor Frank M. Dixon and Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge condemned outsiders meddling with South racial segregation. Dixon accused federal agencies of plans to destroy segregation, while Talmadge urged Blacks to stay out of Georgia. The dispute coincides with Georgia politics and recent unrest over school and civil rights issues.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
South
Frank M. Dixon
Eugene Talmadge
Dixon
Defense Supplies Corporation
Talmadge
the Statesman
Roland ‘Ayes
Rome
British Chiefs Are Silent on 2nd Front
London reports minimal official comment on a possible second front as the British press largely stays silent. Only Evening Standard cartoonist David Low offers a stark visual, showing a soldier urged by civilians to endure, with captions referencing Dunkirk and the Nazi Prussian threat.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
David Low
Low
Dunkerque
Determined to Hold Caucasus at Any Price
News dispatch from Moscow reports the Soviet defense around the Caucasus as Axis forces push toward Rostov and Stalingrad. The Red Army vows to hold key rail links to prevent isolation while American two motor bombers bolster the front as Germany seeks to seize vital oil regions near Baku.
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Caucasus
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Donets
Mena Stalingrad
United States
Nicherkassk
Rostov
Don
Tsimlyansk
Ratov
Stalingrad
Roday
Red Army
Koretsk
Hnk
Taft Raps Tax Collection Plan In Senate Hearing
Washington July 24 Senate Finance Committee hearings focus on the 6 27 million revenue bill. Senator Taft argues against withholding 3 percent from wages for low income workers and singles earning as little as 11 weekly, claiming undue burden on low income individuals. Randolph Paul testifies that payroll at source would curb inflation, labeling it important to treasury anti inflation efforts. FBI reports parachute landings in six regional locations yield no substantiation of sightings.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Serate
Treasury
Randolph Paul
Secreary
Faft
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Novocherkassy
Rostove
Kmillerovo
Shakhity
Staisk
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Jvniki
Eavetnoe
NEA
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Associated Press
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Camp Wheeler
Emmett Crawford
Bob
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Weyele
FBI Mountie
Albuquerque, N. M
Charles Witstead
Texas
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