U S Submarines Sinker Five Japanese Vessels
United States submarines in the western Pacific sank one modern Japanese destroyer one medium tanker and three cargo ships and damaged another cargo ship. Navy communique No. 100 also notes 55 sunken 15 probably sunk and 14 damaged total 84 vessels. In the Atlantic a U S merchant ship was torpedoed with 123 aboard rescued.
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United Press
Navy
United States
Western Pacific
Navy Department
Far East
U. S
Far Eastern
Pacific
Australia
Atlantic
Associated Press
London
Reuters
Lisbon
Avila Star
Azores
Finland Astonished At American Action
The Finnish legation reported Helsinki was astonished that the United States sought closing of all Finnish consulates in the United States. It said Finland would comply and close its consulates by month’s end. The note followed a July 16 U S request citing undermined treaty bases for consular rights.
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Washington
Helsinki
United States
Legation
State Department
Finland
Lubbock Man Sentenced for Impersonating Federal Officer
Federal District Judge Edgar S. Vaught sentenced Marvin Scooter of Lubbock to 18 months in prison on a guilty plea for impersonating a federal officer. The case also involved Lee S. Silby of Wichita Falls and four Lawton residents who pleaded innocent to liquor import from Wichita Falls into Oklahoma. Sooter has a suspended sentence from Lubbock County for forgery.
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Oklahoma City
Edgar S. Vaught
Marvin Scooter
Lubbock
Lee S. Silby
Wichita Falls
Lawton
Okla
Oklahoma
Marvin Sooter
Lubbock County
Burton S. Burks
Burks
Halts Campaign Tour To Help Fight Prairie Fire
C C Isley, Dodge City Senate candidate, paused his campaign in Hiawatha Kansas to aid farm women battling a prairie fire. Isley and his driver, R E Schelihamer, used water sacks to soak burlap and beat back the advancing flames as farm women learned their burlap-slapping method.
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Idate
Hiawatha
Kas
C.C. Isley
Dodge City
United States Senate
Iley
R. E. Schelihamer
Russians Again On Brink Of Disaster
Wide World War Analyst NOTHER writes that Russia faces dire peril as Nazi forces drive toward the Don region, threatening the Caucasus oil and Ukrainian breadbasket while Japan threatens Siberia. The piece notes Russian resolve, cites Hopkin's Moscow visit, and suggests Churchill Roosevelt decisions aided Russia’s survival prospects.
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Voronezh
Berlin
Rostov
Don River
Caucasus
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Ter
Russia
Baltic
Caspian
Don Valley
Moscow
Siberia
China
Philippines
Malaya
Dutch Indies
Steel Shortage Debated Over Higgins Shipyard Contract
Two House committee members said evidence disputes the Maritime Commission claim of a steel shortage justifying canceling the Andrew J. Higgins Co. contract for a New Orleans shipyard and 200 vessels. They, with Merchant Marine subcommittee colleagues, cited testimony from War Production Board economist Mordecai Ezekial and denied outside influence on the decision.
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Washington
House
Maritime Commission
Andrew J. Higgins Company
New Orleans
Higgins
Boykin
D-Ala
Culkin
R-Ny
Merchant Marine
Welch
R-Calif
Jackson
D-Wash
Mordecai Ezekial
War Production Board
Emory S. Land
Commission
Births Reported in West Texas Area
Congratulations to several families on newborns across West Texas. Porters of Memphis Texas welcome a 6 pound 8 ounce boy at 5 PM Saturday in a West Texas hospital. James Oran Burnam and wife of Lubbock announce a son born at 4:30 AM Saturday in St Marys hospital. Bobby Leon Neely weighs 8 pounds at 8:37 PM Saturday at home. father in the Navy with unknown whereabouts. Menzer of Newlynn greet a girl weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces Friday at 7:35 AM at Porter & Sistrtrand clinic. Menzer is a farmer.
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J. T. Porter
Memphis
Texas
West Texas Hospital
James Oran Burnam
Seventh Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
South Plains Army
R. T. Neely
Lubbock
Bobby Leon
Porter & Sistrand Clinic
K. F. Menzer
Newlynn
Porter & Sisttrand Clinic
Menzer
Shaw criticizes British government system in interview
George Bernard Shaw, about to turn 86, urges Britain to Sovietize its political machinery after the war. He says the British parliamentary system, lauded as a model for democracies, is the very worst, in his view.
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Ayot ST. Lawrence
Hertfordshire
England
George Bernard Shaw
Britain
Tax Proposals Face Senate Hurdles In Revenue Bill
Chairman George predicted the Senate finance committee would reject Treasury plans to raise individual and corporate income taxes in the House bill but may seek new tax bases. He noted potential talks on a sales tax or converting payroll deductions into direct taxes to fund a larger net tax increase.
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United Press
Ashington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
The
Strikers Ordered Back at Whitwell Tennessee Mines
John L. Lewis, UMWA president, directed 800 striking miners in Whitwell to return to work in two Tennessee Products mines, per UMWA local president William Holloway.
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Whitwell
Tenn
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Tennessee Products Corporation
William Holloway
Johnson Calls For Better Leadership
Rep Lyndon B. Johnson returning from the Pacific war zone told the Texas Forum of The Air that incompetents in high military positions should be weeded out and urged quicker war prosecution. He recounted meeting General Douglas MacArthur and Texan contacts, noting his engine trouble over Port Moresby and his postwar return to Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson City
Texas Forum
Sam Rayburn
Wright Patman
Johnson
Congress
Roosevelt
Pacific
Port Moresby
Naval Reserve
Australia
New Zealand
Douglas MacArthur
Inside Tokyo Jap Treachery Well Planned
Former United Press manager in Japan outlines alleged Japanese war planning and prewar mobilization. He cites six month deadlines for assured U.S. supplies, aimed at surprising Roosevelt and triggering war. The piece discusses race politics, air raid prep, and plans to outflank Siberia and strike Alaska and Midway.
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Robert T. Bellaire
United Preas
Japan
Ourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
United States
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Saburo Kurusu
America
Mr. Roosevelt
Pacific
Janos
Russia
Siberia
Soviet Union
Far East
Aleutian
Alaska-Midway-Panama
India's Threats Alarm Nation as Gandhi Plans Nonviolent Action
The Associated Press reports rising alarm over the potential for revolt or civil strife in India as Gandhi's nonviolent disobedience move nears August 7. Britain refuses to relinquish control while factions Hindu All-India Congress and Muslim groups forecast broad postwar rule debates amid war strategy.
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Associated Press
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Hull
Cordell Hull
Britain
United Nations
China
Plastic Raincoats Replace Rubber In Army Gear
Monsanto announces a process turning automobile window plastic into Army raincoats and related items. Synthetic resin coats rainwear hospital sheeting gas cloth and water bags, saving rubber for an army of 10 million. Raincoat weight drops by two pounds per Doughboy.
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Johnny Doughboy
Associated Press
Louis
Monsanto Chemical Company
Bossy the Cow Found in Well. Mystery Remains
Cromwell Connecticut July 25. Bossy the cow was found in 12 feet of water at the bottom of a well in a Swedish orphanage. Superintendent Joseph Broman said she could not escape the iron cover through the tiny opening. A tractor removed the cover but the question of how she ended up in the well remains unsolved.
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Cromwell, Conn
Bossy
Joseph Broman
Small Craft Sought To Fight U Boats
Secretary Knox urged a faster program to enlist about 1,000 yachtsmen and their small boats for anti submarine duty.Eligible offshore capable craft with at least 12 knots speed and 150 mile cruising radius are needed for the anti submarine campaign.
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Washington
Knox
Vital maps seized from captured enemy alien in New York roundup
FBI assistant director P. E. Foxworth announced that 11 enemy aliens were seized and that 100 aerial photographs and bomber maps of New York and New Jersey were found. The images, developed in Germany, show targets such as the George Washington Bridge, Hudson banks, factories, reservoirs, and other bomber sites, with additional maps of Peru and Chile.
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New York
New Jersey
P. E. Foxworth
FBI
Foxworth
Germany
George Washington Bridge
Hudson River
South
Central America
Peru
Chile
Repatriation Liners Set To Sail Home From Asia
Diplomatic liners begin journeys home with Asama Maru scheduled to depart for Japan after delivering U S Canadian and Latin American nationals from eastern Asia. The Uner Gripsholm plans to sail to the United States and South America on July 29, while Conte Verde departure remains unannounced.
Allied Bombers Repulse Ships Near Buna Gona Area
Allied dive-bombing has halted the landing of Japanese supplies in Buna Gona New Guinea. 45,000 pounds of explosives reported. enemy cargo vessels unable to unload and withdrawing north under naval escort. Port Moresby airfield struck but with no serious damage.
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Associated Press
Eneral MacArthur
Australia
Buna-Gona
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Port Moresby
Buna
U. S
Kokoda
Kumusi
Japan Landings Seen As Bid For Sea Control
Allied observers with firsthand New Guinea knowledge interpret new Japanese landings at Buna and Gona as an attempt to seize sea control between Buna and Gona and surrounding ports. The report notes tempo shifts and strategic implications for naval mobility.
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Japan
Australia
Buna
Gona
New Guinea
Fuel Transport Plan Speeded to Move Oil East
The Office of Defense Transportation reports a new plan using solid 60 car tank trains to ferry oil from Louisiana Mississippi Texas and Oklahoma fields directly to eastern destinations. Loaded cars assemble near producing centers then travel in fixed blocks to nearest ultimate consumers, reducing turn-around time and increasing car availability. Mississippi Louisiana to New Jersey four days New England five days Texas Oklahoma to New Jersey five days New England six.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
New Jersey
New England
Mannheim and Frankfurt Hit By RAF Raiders
London reports daylight raids on Mannheim and Frankfurt Germany by RAF planes. British offensive sweep over Belgium destroyed nine railway locomotives using marine gun and cannon fire at Cortemarck.
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London
Mannheim
Frankfurt
Germany
RAF
Air Ministry
Belgium
Cortemarck
Heart attack fatal Marshall man dies before election vote
Ed Bruce former deputy sheriff and candidate for constable died in a hospital after a heart attack just before he attempted to vote in the Marshall election. Other details indicate he was one of three candidates in the race.
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Marshall
Ed Bruce
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