Soviet Leaders Weigh Counterattack as Don Front Holds
In a wartime analysis, Marshal Timoshenko strengthens defenses south of the Don as both sides endure heavy losses. Pravda and Moscow experts debate whether German gains signal weakness or Red resilience, while Major General Zhu-Fala predicts a Red counter-blow. The front’s extended line tests both sides as reserves are shifted for potential operations near Voronezh and along the Mammoth battle axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Timoshenko
Don
Communist Party
Vda'ef
Moscow
Imany
Pravda
Zhu- Fal
Moscow News
Red Army
Erman
Timoko
von Bock
Ich
Voronezh
Reinforcements in the Don Area Battle Continues
Amid a see-saw eight day clash along the Don front German columns push south of Rostov and seize Kushka rail junction. Soviet reports say heavy fighting persists near Bataisk and Kalach as resistance stiffens in the Caucasus region and along lower Don fronts.
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Don
Hal Fedor von Bock
Cauasus
Bataisk
Rostov
Erynan
Lower Don
Caucasus
Kushka
Lagi
Proletarska
Berlin
Kalach
Don Bend
Etalinie
Red Star
Ufjal Red Army
Vichy
Crimea
Kerch
Tower Don
Stalingrad
Tsimlyansk
Red Army
London
U. S. Army Air Force
British Isles
Europe
London Telegraph
East Anglia
Birmingham
Kingdom
RAF
The
Reich
Boulogne
Egypt
el Alamein
Alexandria
Desert Front
Spragins Talks to Rotarians at Hope Club Luncheon
Spraging addressed the Hope Rotary club at noon in the First Christian church. He discussed the American banking system under war stress, recalling dangers and postwar issues, contrasting them with the challenges faced by colonial America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Wray
George W. Robison
Jack Lowe
Gordon and Hope
Merle Doughridge
Garnett
Texas
Kent Brown
State Highway Department
Iron Lung Scare Ends as Abbott and Costello Device Is Dropped
Jay Oklahoma July 31. Mason Williams a 49 year old teacher unable to breathe due to a nerve disease was kept alive five months by artificial respiration using an iron lung donated by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The lung frightened him, so doctors abandoned it and replaced it with a small mechanical respirator over the abdomen. Williams can now sleep at 7 p.m. and his nostrils move normally. Recovery prediction remains uncertain.
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Williams
Civil Trial Is Continued From Page One
The article notes a civil trial continuation involving questioned liberty restraints of several pentioners. It discusses whether Herbert Hans Haupt, aged 22, is an American citizen versus his alleged German army service and automatic citizenship forfeiture. George John Dasch did not seek supreme court intercession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hans Haupt
George John Dasch
Supreme Court
Last Reports Place Holt in Senate Lead
County canvases show Holt leading in Arkansas senatorial race with 34,302 votes to McClellan 53,008, Eulin 43,520, and Terry 26,486 statewide. Ashley county tallies give Holt a 301 vote edge locally with Holt 1,204, McClellan 820, Serry 268, Bills 207.
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Cite Rock
Ashley County
Jack Holt
Lowrey Dunn
Ashley County Committee
Holt
John K. McClellan
David D. Serry
Clyde
Arkansas
McClellan
Eulin
Terry
Improvement Noted in Rubber Situation
The nation's rubber outlook is improving, Harold Ickes reports in a letter to Governor Adkins, citing developments and prospects of synthetic rubber aiding the shortage. He notes progress despite fuel rationing protests. In Alaska, archaeologists uncover remains of a 4000 inhabitant Arctic city 200 miles north of the Bering Strait, with sparse Esidmo village populations.
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Little Rock
Pye
Harold Ickes
Adkins
Ickes
Arctic
Alaska
Bering Straight
Esidmo
Oil and Gas Filings Lafayette July 29 1942
In Lafayette on July 29 1942 numerous O G and D filings were recorded including assignments of oil and gas leases in Sec 1 24 43 and other sections in Townships 15 S 25 W and 34 W. Fred E Guthrie and wife transfer rights to Tide Water Oil Co and others while L Prock and wife assign lease interests in NW and NE quarters and related royalty deeds reflect activity across multiple sections and townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalted
Fred E. Guthrie
Tide! Water Ass
West
L . Prock
Bert Keouns
FLA, Fuller
L. L. Prock
F. A. Fuller
Nevada County
Helen Hesterly
W. H. Oberthier
Barnsdall Oi] Co
J. C. Thompson
Fred W. Shield
Sedition Trial Uses Editorial Evidence and Big Names
The government offered a survey of American newspaper editorials to counter William Dudley Pelleys claims in his sedition trial. Persis Richter testified about a nationwide editorial survey linked to Pelleys Galilean article. Defense prepared to call notable observers including Lindbergh, while Oscar R. Ewing outlined remaining witnesses.
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Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
Persis Richter
Wue Information
Pelley
the Galilean
Jopat
Hitler
America First Movement
Detroit
Oscar R. Ewing
Agnes M. Henderson
Lawrence A. Brown
Fellowship Press, Inc
Noolesville
Ind
Hike in Oklahoma Oil and Gas Demand Rises in 1942 Half-Year
Oklahoma oil and gas demand, despite fuel shortages, rose 2.4 percent in the first half of 1942 per the Oil and Gas Journal. Total oil demand reached 776 million barrels, with shipments of major fuels up 0.9 percent from 1941. Residual oil demand climbed 3.6 percent, distillate fuel shipments up 1 percent, kerosene demand steady, lubrication oil 2 percent lower, and wax up A percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Oil and Gas Journal
Market Report from St. Louis and Grain Trends
Market data from National Stockyards covering cattle hogs sheep and grain futures. Prices show 180 lb hogs up to 270 lb range and cattle at steady to higher with varying classes. wheat corn and oats move on July futures in Chicago with declines from recent highs as Russia situation and domestic crop reports influence demand. New York stocks rise modestly on Bethlehem dividend news and steel sector optimism amidst lighter closing activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Livestock National Stockyards
Dept. Agni
Chicago
Russia
Canada
Suybears
New York Cotton Prices End Mixed in Tight Trading
Cotton prices moved irregularly with late afternoon values 10 to 30 cents lower for Oct, Dee, and Meh contracts. Futures rallied in the last half hour on short covering amid thin selling pressure, closing about 25 to 30 cents higher from earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dee
Del
Fan
N. Mch
N. May
N. Jiy
Norminal
Poultry and Produce Trade Data from Chicago Markets
Chicago July 3 update lists live poultry by type and weight, with steady demand for select weights and light supplies. Includes turkey prices, potato arrivals, U.S. shipment totals, butter and eggs receipts, and regional grade quotes for long whites, red varieties, and cobblers.
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Tocal U. S
California
Idaho
U.S
Nebraska
U. S
Chicago
Outstanding Soldier of First AEF Rejoins Army
Washington world feature profiles Major Woodfill of Replacement and School Command Headquarters Army Ground Forces Birmingham Alabama an 19 year absence returns to fight says the victor famed World War I Medal of Honor recipient noted by General Pershing as the greatest soldier in the AEF. Woodfill born 1890s earned the Croix de Guerre and Montenegrin Cross of Pines for valor during the Argonne engagement and Vuanel France.
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Wide World
Washington
Sam Woolfill
Aly
Woodfill
Army Ground Forces
Birmingham
Alabama
Sam
General Pershing
AEF
P Pines Danilo
Por
Thomas
Kentucky
Pershing
Alvin York
Whitnesey
Woodfil
EAF
Sam Woodfill
Alaska
PhUippines
Mexico
United States
Vunel
France
Argonne
Sixtieth Infantry
Take Choice Army or Navy Take Choice Army or Navy
Washington July 1. Secretary Knox and Roosevelt agreed Miss McAfee Wellesley college president to head the new Waves naval reserve. The plan creates 1,000 commissioned officers and about 10,000 enlisted. The force will be shorebound and not sent abroad. Miss McAfee is a noted educator with a long record at multiple colleges. An officers training unit will open in Northampton Mass in October for four months.
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Ruth Cowan
Washington
Mildred
McAfee
N.R
Aas
Fay
Sam
Labea
WAAC
Army
Naval Service
Misa Mac
Peingr
Parkville
Vassar
Columbia Univesity
University of Chicago
Aberlin
Willizeng College
Ktulyoke
Monticello Seminary
Godfrey
Francis Parker Schael
Chicago
Tusculum College
Greeneville
Lenn
Bryn Mawr
Centre Allege
Danville
Asheville, N.C. Normal School
Llarge
Advisory — Educational Council
Wave
Women’s Reserve Fnd
Northampton Mass
Herbert Davis
Smith Callere
Japs Lose Planes in China Raid Over Hengyang Airfield
In a two raid action at Hengyang Hunan province US Air Force reports heavy losses for Japan. Capt Albert J Brumley and Maj John I Allison credited with downing four bombers and three enemy fighters while one American plane was lost. Keros planes used for the first time in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Italy
Henpyang
U. S
Ching
Josep W. Stillwell
Hengyang
Hunan
Enery
Sayved
Albert J. Brumley
John I. Allison
Gainesville
Fla
Air Force
Volunter Group
China
Negro Pays Penalty for Helena Slaying
Tucker Pristin reports that A. T. Jones, a 25 year old Black man, was executed at dawn today in Helena for the murder of George Miller, a theater operator. A third sanity test confirmed he was sane after Governor Adkins had requested further evaluation.
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Tucker Pristin Fawn
A. T. Jones
George Miller
Helena
Lee Henshe
Adkins
Jones
Miller
State Supreme Court
Manage
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Spragins
Brown
Salisbury Plain
England
Stonehenge
Rhineland
Germany
Danzig
Senate
Lafayette
Eunice Triplett
Oklahoma
Market Report
NEW York Stocks
Bethlehem
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Roosters
Lesham Roosters
Ducks
Geesu
First Aef
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Southwest Pacific
Negro
Biongne Society of
Memphis, Tenn
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