Nazi Bund Smashed In Drive Against Its Leaders
Federal agents began indictments charging conspiracy to evade the Selective Service Act and to counsel Bund members to resist U S forces. Leads include Fritz Kuhn and Gerhard Kunze. denaturalization proceedings planned to remove Bund leaders across multiple states.
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Stores Close Kingsport Merchants Observe Half Holiday
Kingsport merchants plan a first mid week half holiday closing Wednesday at noon and reopen Thursday morning. Directors of the Kingsport Merchants Association vote for Wednesday afternoon holidays in July and August to provide rest and recreation during hot summer days for workers.
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Kingsport Merchants Association
FDR Considers Plan to Prevent Further Price Shifts
President Roosevelt weighs wage stabilization and subsidies to hold price ceilings near current levels. Congressional aides say he urged early action on both wage and price issues, though specific legislation remains undecided. Price Administrator Toon Henderson noted possible fruit price ceilings under review.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Toon Henderson
British Propaganda Scheme Questioned in U S Debates
London reports say the British House of Commons criticized Minister Brendan Bracken over Britain’s publicity campaign in the United States. Bracken defended the effort, saying no more British lecturers would be sent and that a strict rule would halt further propagandist tours.
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Senate approves farm measure amid July funding dispute
The House passed stopgap funding to operate the agriculture department through July as lawmakers abandoned earlier opposition to below parity sales. By a 185 to 19 roll call, they reversed pro prohibition positions to secure department funds for July, while Cannon accused farm price weakening and warned against setting a precedent for future funding. Roosevelt aides argued for using food resources for wartime needs and the bill would yield scarce funds under the farm security administration.
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Volunteers Fill Most 1-B Quotas For Next Month
Nashville Tennessee’s 1-B draft quotas for August will be filled mainly by volunteers. State Selective Service headquaters Manpower Chief Hilton Butler said Tuesday that several hundred 1-B men with minor physical defects will be inducted under limited service. He indicated a full volunteer quota from the 1-B group is likely, with many applications already received.
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Tennessee
Hilton Butler
State Selective Service
Major Butler
Man selling whiskey to society set charged
Raymond Reese of Newport described as bootlegger of Knoxville's society set faced a $50 fine and Grand Jury binding by City Judge Robert William. Testimony cited a parked car inventory list of customers including leading society set members found on Reese.
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Raymond Reese
Newport
Knoxville
Robert William
Reese
Budget Cut Marks Jonesboro County Meeting
Jonesboro-P-Washington county court adopted a $100000 general fund budget a $3000 reduction from last year and heard the auditor report showing county school property value rising over $500000 in six years the report noted a $70000 increase in county property value driven by the Johnson City flood project magistrates rejected a TVA regional library proposal and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad president Daniel Willard age 81 retires from the rail line after a long career
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Washington County Cour
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TVA
Solon Proposes Grain Alcohol Route for Rubber Plants
Sen Gillette urged shifting from petroleum to grain alcohol based synthetic rubber to save months in production. He cited lower material needs and faster build times for grain alcohol plants, aiming for civilian supplies within a year or two. WPB cited copper and material limits on new plants. grain process could reach 200,000 of 1,000,000 tons potential. Scrap rubber drive reported 174,293 tons collected to July 5.
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Corlenning
Gillette
D-Town
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Hove
WPB
Roosevelt
William R. Boyd, Jr
Petroleum Industry War Council
British siege at El Alamein tightens as air and ground clash
In Egypt Rommel's forces pull back on the southern flank near El Alamein while Allied air strikes hit Benghazi port and Libyan shipping. British artillery pound German tanks as Auchinleck strengthens the front. both sides report heavy activity after six weeks of desert warfare.
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Russians launch counteroffensive at Izyum and Kupyansk
Reuters reports Vichy news agency says Russian forces attacked the southern Ukraine front around Izyum and Kupyansk and pushed German troops back across the Krasnaya river. In Newton Massachusetts Robert T. Fisher, longtime Harvard football head coach after World War I, dies at Newton Hospital from a heart attack.
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Reuters
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Today
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Kupyansk
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Krasnaya River
Newton
Mass
Robert T
Bob" Fisher
Harvard University
Newton’ Hospital
AFL CIO differ on Soviet labor recognition
The AFL refuses to recognize the Russian labor movement as free labor, while the CIO says it is on equal terms. A British attempt to foster Anglo American Soviet labor cooperation for the war effort has yielded no success as the AFL rejects the proposal.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
CIO
AFL Executive Council
AFL
Freezing Gales Snow Hit Brazil Winter Toll
Freezing gales and snow have caused widespread suffering in Brazil's southern states as winter grips the region. A sea tempest on Tuesday reportedly sent the schooner Rosa to probable loss of eight lives.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Rosa
Bishop Ainsworth Dies Retired Methodist Leader
Bishop W N Ainsworth 70 longtime Methodist Episcopal Church South official died in Asheville North Carolina after a heart attack at the Van derbilt Hotel where he had arrived from Macon. Survived by wife son Malcolm and another son WW N Ainsworth Jr and three grandchildren. Funeral plans pending in Macon where he long served as a church leader and head of the church in Japan Korea and China. He urged U S and Britain to protest Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and warned of Chinese menace if not opposed. He was a friend of Mrs Chiang Kai-shek.
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W.N. Ainsworth
Bethodist Church
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N.C
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Macon
Malcolm Ainsworth
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China
Korea
Stat Hull
Bishop Ainsworth
Chiang Mai-shek
Chin
Sullivan County Rubber Drive Surpasses Quota
Sullivan County officials report the scrap rubber drive has exceeded its quota by 9,000 pounds with four days left. Since June 11, 355,000 pounds have been collected, while the set quota was 346,000 pounds. President Roosevelt extended the drive to July 10 as nationwide totals lagged behind.
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Arthur Digegsth
Sullivan County
Boy Scout
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Tennessee
Colec-Ion
Washington
William Boyd, Jr
Petroleum Industry War Council
WPB Changes To Be Revealed Late Wednesday
Washington details of the War Production Board reorganization were postponed from Tuesday and set for a late Wednesday press conference by Chairman Donald M. Watson. The intended changes aim to tighten civilian control over key war production sectors. In Vichy, Pierre Laval said his government finds it difficult to recruit volunteers for work in Germany to facilitate an exchange for war prisoners.
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War Production Board
Donald M. Watson
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WPS
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Germany
Spaatz Heads U. S. In Europe
Major General Carl Spaatz named commander of U S army air forces in the European theater for the war. He has earned the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross for WWI and 1925 Los Angeles record. The article notes China’s Chu Shih-Ming urging a Pacific second front and discusses Allied strategy against Japan and Germany.
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United States Army
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Los Angeles
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Hitler
Million Japs Reported Killed
Chungking reports enormous Japanese casualties over five years of war with estimates of 1,000,000 dead and 2,590,090 wounded. The spokesman says 29,023 prisoners were taken amid fourteen major and 90,275 minor engagements. About 500,000 Japanese troops on duty in China and up to 1,000 planes available.
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Spolkesmyut
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Hve
China
PM editor accuses draft board of prejudice in draft decision
New York editor Ralph Ingersoll of the PM newspaper accuses the local draft board of bias in its draft action. He claims prejudice against his paper and says he remains willing to serve, while criticizing the board's handling and decision. The front page highlights the letter and accompanying explanation by Ingersoll.
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Ralph MM. Ingers Aoll
Ingersoll
Sam
Meeting Postponed for Lynn Garden Red Cross Class
The Lynn Garden Red Cross first aid class at Lynn Garden School, initially set for Tuesday evening, has been postponed to Thursday at 7:30 p.m. London-JP Two enemy spies, one a British subject, were executed Tuesday in Wandsworth Prison.
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Tax Bill Moves to House Unchanged Amid Debate
Washington reports indicate the House Ways and Means Committee plans to send a $5.9 billion tax bill to the House largely unaltered after a last minute review. Chairman Doughton and others expect few changes. discussions focus on potential relief for freight and express taxes and postal rate adjustments to cover a large deficit. A tax credit shift may replace a proposed 10 percent at source deduction with a smaller 5 percent credit for 1942 taxes.
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Express
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Reds Admit Conditions Are Gloomy
Moscow reports indicate German mechanized divisions battled Soviet forces near Voronezh as Hitler’s command claimed the capture of the city. Russian dispatches describe hard conditions, continued heavy bombardment, and a major push toward the Don river region with large-scale Nazi reinforcements.
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Germans Report Den River Crossed and Voronezh Captured
German high command announced the capture of Voronezh on the Moscow Rostov rail line and claimed their forces crossed the Don River west of Voronezh. The communiqué said tank divisions destroyed Soviet tanks and that enemy counterattacks were deflated while prisoners and booty increased. Nazi air strikes disrupted Soviet supplies behind lines as Russians were driven from positions on a broad front near the Rahev area. Churchill said joint army and RAF action is underway on a considerable scale.
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