Nazis deny order to sink ships in Red Sea war zone
United States rejected axis war zone declarations and warned of possible forceful action on high seas. The Steel Seafarer sank with 20 crew saved. instant reaction followed a prior destroyer clash. London reported British Norwegian force seized Spitsbergen coal mines to deny Nazi access, evacuating about 1000 Norwegian miners and families to England.
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Churchill Says Allies Have Help From American Navy
Parliament hears Churchill praise Allied aid and U.S. navy patrols guarding the Atlantic. He warns Hitler to block munitions flow and notes Britain’s improved shipping fortunes, while stressing the war remains unsettled and vigilance is needed.
Churchill lauds Russian resistance and allied unity in war remarks
The prime minister praised the Soviet army's resistance as Germans suffered greater losses in three months than in any single year of World War I. Ivan Maisky urged surrender of axis nationals in Iran to protect supply routes, while Britain prepared for American help to Moscow.
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Pleasants to receive distinguished service cross for 1900 Tientsin heroism
Kansas City AP report recalls Sgt. John H. Pleasants who retrieved 1300 rounds under fire during the 1900 Tientsin siege. Brig Gen Horace Fuller at Fort Leavenworth will pin the Distinguished Service Cross tomorrow during the national veterans convention. Pleasants, from Independence Missouri, had earlier earned the Silver Star for San Juan Hill and served with the 140th Infantry in 1918.
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Tientsin
China
John H. Pleasants
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Horace Fuller
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
United States
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Marble urges women to walk for health defense
AP reports Alice Marble, newly named assistant director of civilian defense, urges American women to walk from half mile to mile distances, then extend to longer hikes, and add cycling bowling and athletic games five days a week to stay physically fit during emergencies. London reports Nazis bombs reveal Roman wall fragments in Cripplegate and a Roman building in Queen Victoria Street.
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Cripplegate
Queen Victoria Street
Szeged Hairdressers Hold Speed Shaving Contest
In Szeged a shaving and haircutting contest produced a winner who set a 30 second speed record. The event showcased skilled barbers as onlookers watched the rapid royal style display.
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Budapest
Szeged
Operators Agree To Delay Union Electric Strike In St Louis
AFL union postponed a strike against Union Electric three hours before the walkout that would cut power to St. Louis military posts and many Missouri and Illinois towns. Mediation efforts led by labor conciliators and War Undersecretary Patterson persuaded the union to extend talks to midnight Wednesday. The dispute centers on hourly wage demands from 90 cents to 1.37 for welders, with 670 workers at Cahokia Venice plant, Bagnell Dam and St Louis County Gas involved. Ephraim Martin, 39, died when a dump truck bed collapsed on him in Joplin.
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Three American Eagle Squadron fliers missing
London reports three American Eagle Squadron pilots missing over German-occupied France after Sunday operations. The fliers are Eugene Tobin of Los Angeles HH. 5. Fenlow of Lewisville Texas and William Nichols of San Carlos California. An eagle squadron source notes heavy enemy opposition and swarms of Messerschmitts over France. Tobin is famed for a claimed early downing of a German plane over Britain.
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Lewisville
Tex
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