Isolationists Hear German Losses Rally Against Extended Army Service
Washington July 31 Senator Gerald Nye argues against a longer service term citing heavy German losses in the Russian campaign. Nye says unofficial reports claim German forces are smaller and more reliant on reserves, challenging the manpower threat cited by supporters of extending selectee, Guards, and reserve service beyond one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Gerald Nye
Rep
N.D
senate
United States
Milk relief letters from wartime mothers reach officer
Extracts quoted by the Manchester Guardian show mothers requesting milk forms and reduced prices for babies and young children in wartime Switzerland. Notes include delays due to illness and mistaken form submissions as Admiral Darlan visits Beauvais in London Listener coverage.
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Darlan
Switzerland
Manchester Guardian
Muk
kit
DARLAN J. Duchesne
London Listener
Vichy
Beauvais
Ger
Duke of Kent Visits Canadian Flying School Amid Busy Operations
The Duke of Kent arrived at No 1 Flying Training School in Uplands Ontario to inspect estates as operations continued without interruption. He was greeted by Air Vice Marshal Breadner, reviewed the guard, and spoke with officers before lunch, with plans to visit Rockliffe air station later in the day.
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UPLANDS
Ont
British Commonwealth Air Training plan
Duke of Kent
Canada
E.C.T
Government House
Ottawa
L. S. Breadner
air staff
air force guard of honor
air force
Rockliffe air station
Four Raids Beaten Off By Russians
London July 31 A massive Soviet counter offensive may begin within two weeks on a front from Leningrad to Moscow, backed by hundreds of thousands of reservists. Russian circles in London predicted the attack would be one of historys largest as the Red Army seeks to shift the German effort from Smolensk. Moscow reported German forces held to a standstill after futile assaults as the war moves into a critical phase.
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LONDON
C.P
Leningrad
Lenden
Red army
Smolensk
Moscow
Estonia
Ukraine
war bulletin
Empasis
Crel
D.N.B
King and Queen witness sham planes versus tanks drill
In southern England on July 31 the King and Queen observed a planes versus tanks sham battle. American made tanks clashed with British light cruiser tanks while Spitfires roared overhead in strafing runs near the royal observation point, thrilling spectators.
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ENGLAND
United States
royal
Denial Of Sabotage At Arvida Plant Denied
ARVIDA Que July 31 Antonio Talbot member of the Quebec legislature wired Munitions Minister Howe calling his sabotage claim false and unjust He urged a prompt reexamination and rectification Talbot praised workers as law abiding and loyal The strike at the Aluminum Company of Canada plant halted production for five days and a plant addition shift involvement brought over 5400 workers into the stoppage Howe labeled the incident a suspected enemy sabotage and warned arrests a cost in production losses continues on page three
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ARVIDA
Que
C. P
Antonio Talbot
Union Nationale
Quebec
Chicoutimi
Howe
Aluminum Company of Canada
Talbot
Canada
Ottawa
CAIRO
UAP
Hussein Sitry Pasha
LONDON
RIBBENTROP
IC.P.1
British Broadcasting Corporation
Von Ribbentrop
MS.T
Hexe Reichsminister
C.P
Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd
Edgar Rechette
Far Flung RAF Raids Resume Across Europe
British air forces renewed their air offensive against Germany and occupied territories, striking western Germany in Aachen and Cologne while targeting the Heligoland Bight. A Mediterranean to Arctic scope was hinted with RAF hits on Sardinia’s Elmas seaplane base and hangars. Coastal docks at Boulogne were reported bombed as German raiders appeared scarce.
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LONDON
Germany
Norway
air ministry
occupied
Aachen
Cologne
Heligoland Bight
Cair
R.A. settle
Elmas
Sardinia
Mediterranean
R.A.F
Boulogne
Italian Forces Join Germans in Eastern Front
Rome announces Italy's expeditionary corps has reached its zone of assembly on the eastern front to fight with Germany against Russia. Earlier dispatches said the force crossed through German Austria and Romania to reach the front.
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ROME
Italy
Russia
Austria
Rumania
Japanese Apologies Inadequate Over Tufts Gunboat Attack
Washington reports that Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state, said Japanese apologies for the Tu Tila gunboat bombing were insufficient to close the incident. He noted Japan promised a more complete reply to U S representations and described swift Japanese expressions of regret to embassy and foreign office officials in Tokyo and Chungking.
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WASHINGTON
Sumner Welles
United States
Tutila
China
Japan
Tokyo
Welles
Chungking
Joseph Grew
Kichisaburo Nomura Grew
Toyoda
foreign office
navy ministry
Henri Smith-Hutton
Grew
Tatuta Maru Sails as US Japan Talks Fuel Tension
San Francisco July 31 A $15 million NYK liner Tatuta Maru docked with 245 passengers after seven days off the California coast. Cargo valued at $2.5 million in silk and 200 tons of tea waited in the holds with no discharge yet planned. To avoid delays, NYK canceled a Los Angeles stop and moved 116 Japanese citizens to San Francisco. Diplomatic sources in Washington say Japan is anxious over a rapid turnabout after passenger discharge, with other Japanese ships following the Tatuta Maru’s example.
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SAN FRANCISCO
United States
Japan
N.Y.K Line
California
Golden Gate
N.Y.K
Los Angeles
Pacific
Washington
Huns Declare Russ Defence Now Broken
Berlin reports claim seven Russian divisions destroyed on the northeast front near Leningrad after a German encirclement. Soviet defences around Leningrad described as precarious, with thousands of prisoners and multiple guns and anti aircraft batteries captured. Moscow raid and Baltic rail targets cited as part of ongoing air and ground offensives.
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BERLIN
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Red army
Smolensk
First Bonus Cheques Out For Alberta Farmers
Edmonton July 31. First bonus cheques under the federal wheat acreage reduction plan went out Wednesday. W. C. Barrie, province director, said cheques come from Regina and range from $50 upward. Southern Alberta farms may see larger payments. about 1,000 applications daily expected. Most payments likely in August with 60,000 to 70,000 applications received. total bonus estimated at about $11,000,000.
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EDMONTON
Barrie
E. L. Gray
prairie provinces
Alberta
Death of Sir Emsley Carr Editor of News of the World
Sir Emsley Carr, editor and chairman of the London News of the World, died at 74. He became editor in 1891 when circulation was 40,000 and by 1939 had increased sales to 4,000,000, the largest in the world.
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LONDON
Sir Emsley Carr
London “News of the World
London weekly
Judge Sworn In For Eskimo Trial
Ottawa July 31 Justice C P Plaxton of the Supreme Court of Ontario was sworn in as stipendiary magistrate of the North West Territories before leaving for the Belcher Islands. The oath was administered by deputy commissioner R A Gibson.
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OTTAWA
C. P. Plaxton
supreme court of Ontario
Northwest Territories
Belcher Islands
Justice Plaxton
R. A. Gibson
Seaborne Raid Hits Kirkenes and Petsamo Ports
The Admiralty reported a raid on Kirkenes in Norway and Petsamo in Finland by naval aircraft. Four supply ships were hit, harbor works damaged, a Bremse gunship was struck twice at Kirkenes, and sixteen British planes were lost with four hostile planes shot down. Berlin said 28 British torpedo planes and fighters were shot down from an aircraft carrier.
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LONDON
admiralty
Kirkenes
Petsamo
Petsamoli
Berlin
Arcte Ocean
First Class Jap Army In Saigon
Japanese troops formally entered Saigon with a first class army described by sources as among Japan's best in equipment discipline and efficiency. The force moved from naval and air bases in a precise program, bringing tents trucks fuel and supplies, while a civilian Japanese business cadre began buying cotton and negotiating for rubber and minerals.
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FRANK L. MARTIN, JR
Associated Press
SAIGON
Indo-China
Tokyo
Japan
army
navy
air force
Tax on Wheat Processing Ends Today in Canada
Ottawa reports that Trace Minister MacKinnon announced a wheat processing tax of 15 cents per bushel ends today and will not apply in the new crop year. He said the lapse would prevent a bread price rise. The tax, in effect for one year, funded government wheat programs and yielded over $5 million in the current crop year.
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OTTAWA
MacKinnon
Canada
Ships trading between France and colonies seized
Sixteen ships trading between continental France and French colonies have been intercepted since May. Minister Hugh Dalton said in a written reply that the position remains unsatisfactory.
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FRANCE
LONDON
C.P
Hugh Dalton
OTTAWA
McLarty
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
BROOKLYN NAVAL YARD
NEW YORK
Brooklyn navy yard
BALFOUR
ENGLAND
JC.P. Cable
Harolld
air
W. W. Wakefield
North Country
Canada
Dominion
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DUKE
Stalin
Hopkins Cenfer
Roosevelt
Arvida Plant
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BRITAIN
U.S. Govt
Jans
HMS DECLARE
Regina
Finland
Nippon
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