Reds Add Four Vice Commissars In Defence
OSCOW July 21 A P four new vice commissars of defence were named to aid Joseph Stalin who now holds premier secretary general of the Communist party chief of the state defence committee and commissar of defence The new vice commissars are E A Shedenko army commissar of the first rank I N Fedorenko a lieutenant general and tank expert Tp A Jigarev air force lieutenant general A V Krulev lieutenant general for supplies
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A.P
defence
Joseph Stalin
Communist party
state committee of defence
E. A. Shedenko
I. N. Fedorenko
Tp. A. Jigarev
A. V. Krulev
Unceasing Pressure On All Fronts
Berlin reports persistent German pressure on the eastern front with encircled Soviet units destroyed. Nazi spokesmen claim the annihilation of a Soviet division near Mogilev and mention 4,000 dead, with several thousand captured. Weather conditions cited as hindering but defenses said broken near Morilov east of Minsk.
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Hitler
Mogilev
Moscow
Morilov
Minsk
Vy Army of Millions in Europe Mobilizes for Nazi Nerves
London reports a “Vy” army of millions mobilized in German-occupied Europe to pressure Nazi authorities. Colonel Britton, behind a BBC mil broadcast in 17 languages, urged more V sounds and signs as Britain awaits the signal to strike, with a Friday broadcast planned.
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B.B.C. mil
Britain
The
Daily Herald
DASH
U.S. Representation Urged in British War Cabinet
In the House of Lords Baron Elibank urged Britain widen its Churchill cabinet to include the United States and India. He argued the dominions and U.S. would be central to wartime planning as cabinet changes were announced following his speech.
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House of Lords
Baron Eilibank
Churchill
Lord Elibank
dominions
India
U.S
Britain
Aide-de-Ccamp Named for Governor-General in Ottawa
Fit.-Lt. Joseph Armand Jacques Chevrier of the Royal Canadian Air Force has been appointed aide-de-camp to the governor-general. The announcement from Government House notes he returned from overseas in January and is currently attached to RCA P headquarters. He is the son of Dr. A Chevrier of Montreal.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Government House
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A. Chevrier
Montreal
Left Hand Corner tale ties to Lady Middleton and war hero
In W Orton Tewson’s Ottawa Journal column, a delightful anecdote from Patches of Sunlight recounts Lady Middleton, a stately hostess with a twinkling humor, inviting her niece to Buckingham Palace as a footman earned a Military Cross and was granted an audience with the King. The tale continues in LDunsany notes on the back page.
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Beatrice Villiers
W. Orton Tewson
Ottawa Journal
Lord Dunsany
Buckingham Palace
Eliza
Buckingnam Palace
L DUNSANY
Canadians Pledge 50 Percent Gasoline Cut Amid War Measures
Toronto reports Deputy Oil Controller J L Stewart announces next fortnight a nationwide pledge program for motorists to cut gasoline use by 50 percent. Drivers will sign a pledge card and receive a 50 50 Save Gasoline sticker. Private dealer credit arrangements remain allowed between customer and dealer, not involving distributors.
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J. L. Stewart
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Mr. Stewart
Bolivia Foils Nazi Plot Arrests Prominent Officials
In La Paz on July 21 the Penaranda government announced high ranking officers from Cochabamba province among those arrested in a crackdown on an alleged Nazi putsch. Finance Minister Victor Paz Estenssoro was jailed, Wendler the German minister expelled for meddling. The plan aimed to seize power on July 28 to advance German aims. Four papers were suspended and several journalists arrested as the siege continued.
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Bolivia
Enrique Penaranda
Cochabamba
Penaranda
United States
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Ernest Wendler
Estenssoro
chamber of deputies
nationalist revolutionary movement
Washington
Axis
Wendler
Germany
Big Aircraft Factory Is Wiped Out
British air leaders vow the heaviest raids in history on German industry over three months. RAF daylight and night sorties strike Lille Rijne land and Rotterdam as US built bombers spearhead a campaign to eclipse Cologne Bremen's July bombardment. Seven German planes were destroyed and a Focke-Wulf plant is said wiped out.
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Royal Air Force
Germany
channel
Lille
France
Rijneland
Rotterdam
Cologne
Bremen
R.A.F
Focke-Wulf
Wilson Named U S Commissioner to India by President
Washington July 21 Thomas M Wilson of Tennessee was nominated by President Roosevelt Day to be commissioner to India with the rank of minister.
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WASHINGTON
Thomas M. Wilson
Tennessee
Roosevelt Kday
India
Paper Shortage Foreseen By Officials In Washington
Washington officials from the Office of Production Management forecast a U S shortage of book and writing paper and other types. They warned readers may notice a yellowish hue in magazines and books for many months.
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WASHINGTON
United States
office of production management
Bogus Berlin Built To Lure RaF Fliers Away From Real City
London reports claim a fake Berlin, built by Germany outside Berlin, aimed at drawing Royal Air Force bombers away from the real target. A wood and card outline of a mock city with landmarks and rail lines is described, though RAF officers have not confirmed the existence.
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BERLIN
R.A F
REAL CITY
LONDON
C.P
R.AF
Linden
Kurfeurstendaam
Potsdamer Bahnhof
Roosevelt asks Congress to extend army service for selectees
President Roosevelt told Congress the United States faces greater danger now than a year ago and urged extending the one year active service period for selectees guardsmen and reservists. He spoke in a recorded radio style message stressing keeping the army at full strength to prevent disintegration within two months. He did not request specific bill language, asking only for acknowledgment of the grave international situation.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Roosevelt
congress
All Lady Somers Crew Saved After Vessel Loss
The admiralty reported the entire crew of 175 officers and men of the auxiliary vessel Lady Somers had been saved. The 8,194 ton ship was lost, with 138 survivors previously picked up by Spanish ships for transfer to a neutral port, announced July 17.
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LONDON
admiralty
Lady Somers
Three "V's" For Goebbels Three "V's" For Goebbels
London dispatch reports BBC announcer Col. Britton mocks Nazi Germany by promising three Vs for Goebbels. He notes Germans praise the V for victory, then cites a biblical verse as a dig at the regime. The remark references Acts and emphasizes fear among listeners.
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C.P
Col. Britton
BBC
Europe
Ananias
Naples Is Again Raided
Royal Air Force planes raided Naples early today in the Italian port, killing 15 and wounding 25, the Italian high command reported. British and Indian patrols from Tobruk conducted new raids with remarkable success, attacking several enemy strong points and inflicting heavy casualties before withdrawal.
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Royal Air Force
Naples
CAIRO
Middle East
Tobruk
Bennett to Aid Lord Beaverbrook in Tank Production
London July 21 Viscount Bennett the former Canadian prime minister moves to the ministry of supply to assist Lord Beaverbrook in expanding Britain's tank output. Bennett, 72, resident in Britain, awaits his seat in the Lords and previously worked with Beaverbrook in aircraft production. He will not specify duties but said he is ready to do whatever is required.
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C.P. Cable
Viscount Bennett
ministry of supply
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
house of lords
ministry of aircraft production
New Brunswick
Calgary
Lord Bennett
Red Army Holds Smolensk Front Near Moscow
Moscow reports the Red Army clinging to defenses at Smolensk and on its northern flank as German forces press toward Moscow. Soviet advices claim Smolensk remains in Russian hands while 31 German planes were shot down. Stalin CENTRAL command shifted to defence, with Timoshenko placed to lead troops guarding the road to Moscow. No important change noted in the war bulletin.
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Red army
Germany
Smolensk
Polotsk-Neves
Novograd Volynzki
Ukraine
Kiev
Polotsk Nevel
Novograd Volynski
Joseph Stalin
Semeon Timoshensky
Churchill revises British Cabinet names Cooper and Bracken
London July 3 British Prime Minister Churchill reshapes his cabinet for the third time since May 2 naming Alfred Cooper as special war coordinator in the Far East and Brendan Bracken as minister of information replacing Cooper in that post Bracken described as a large red haired figure and the fourth minister of information to hold the post since the war began Cooper 51 a Conservative formerly first lord of the admiralty resigned over appeasement and was deemed likely to head off potential Singapore trouble. exact duties of Cooper not disclosed
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LONDON
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Alfred Dut Cooper
Far East
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Cooper
Bracken
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Oliver Lyttleton
Middle East
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Japan
Child dies after accidental shooting in Coleman
July 21 report from our correspondent details eight year old Barbara Koury, daughter of James Koury, being accidentally shot with a .22 by a sibling while playing Sunday. She died in hospital Monday. No inquest to be held. Other brief items note Senate passes property seizure bill, King of Greece visits Capetown, Canada names first minister to Brazil, Fernie labor nomination, airline exit from Colombia, aluminum drive, Eden appeals to Belgians, a bridge span collapse at Beauharnois, and Bulgarian premier meets Mussolini.
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Jean Desy
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