State of siege set for Norway 10 keep order
Oslo reports Reich's Commissioner Terboven empowered to declare a state of emergency with sentences of death or imprisonment to preserve public order and economic life in Norway. The move signals a decisive phase as Britain weighs a possible invasion foothold, with German efforts to bolster west coast bases and air fields while withdrawing civilians.
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Oslo
Norway
Joseph Terboven
Terboven
Britain
Berlin
North Sea
Aberdeen
Scotland
Stavanger
Adolf Hitler
Gasoline stations rush last-minute fill before curfew
Gas stations along the eastern seaboard operated at steady pace as motorists sought fuel ahead of the curfew set to begin tomorrow night. Weekend travelers carried extra cans to ensure reserve supplies during the dusk-to-dawn restriction urged by Secretary Ickes to conserve gasoline.
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New York
Seaboard
Harold L. Ickes
Rainstorm Breaks Monroe Heat Wave After Severe Warm Week
A two hour thunderstorm yesterday cooled downtown Monroe from near 100 degrees to 84. Measurements show 91 at 2 30 p m dropping to 74 within an hour and rising to 99 in the business district at 2 35 p m before fading. The relief ends the heat spell that peaked at 104 5 the prior Friday with other midweek highs around 102 5 and 104.
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Monroe
City Hall
CAA Communications
Selman Field
Mercury
Georgia cotton farmer profits by long wait
Sycamore Georgia August 2 A Georgia cotton farmer named C C Wilson waited eight years to sell a bale at a profit He refused five cent bids and held until price reached 214 17 cents The bale delivered a windfall gain of 65 04 over what he would have earned eight years earlier.
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Georgia Cotton Farmer
Sycamore
C. C. Wilson
Watch Your Neighbor U S Forces To Make Use Of Fifth Column During War Practice
Civilians will aid the army in introducing fifth columnists snipers parachute troops and other undercover tactics in the nations giant war games this month. Second army plans call for kidnapping mayors invasion of civic offices taking over airports and blacked out towns to add realism in Arkansas and Louisiana maneuvers starting August 17.
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Memphis
Tenn
Second Army
Arkansas
Third Army
Louisiana
Kisatchie Naional Forest
Ben Lear
Walter Krueger
Red River
George C. Marshall
War Department
United States
Krueger
G. H Q
Japan moves toward economic self sufficiency as war fears rise
Tokyo reports say the international situation is explosive and Japan plans to boost industrial output for defense. Domei notes aviation oils can be made from vegetable oils and reclaimed oils, while taxi use tightens and fuel controls tighten nationwide amid co prosper strategy in Asia and rumors of Thai cooperation and Manchukuo recognition.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Domei
United States
Japan
Commerce and Industry
Seizo Sakonji
Kobe
Thailand
Shanghai
London
Bangkok
China
Japan U S barter arrangement seen
Senator George of Georgia said a barter setup could allow continued trade with Japan if aggression ends. He noted administration steps point toward severing trade, but there is still faint hope Japan may halt its aggression and allow limited intercourse.
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Washington
George
Georgia
Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Court Laughs As Speeding Suspect Pays With Pennies
In MT. VERNON Illinois on August 2 the defendant paid the fine for speeding with a pile of pennies. Police Magistrate A D Webb ordered the cop to court the 740 in all pieces.
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MT. Vernon
Ill
A. D. Webb
No-Strike Plan Backfires On Defense Projects
A nationwide stabilizing agreement for A F L building trades workers to halt work stoppages led to weekend holidays at five large munitions sites. Thousands of Ohio and Missouri workers failed to appear after union presidents ratified the pact with defense officials and approval from War and Navy Departments. The complaint centers on a provision to stand-
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Associated Press
Ohio
Missouri
International Building Trades Unions
National Defense
War and Navy Departments
Changes Ruled Out By Tax Committee
Washington Aug 2 The House ways and means committee rejected President Roosevelt's three requested changes to a 3.529 billion tax bill by decisive majorities Chairman Doughton North Carolina said he was surprised by the president's criticism The committee spent three months studying the measure and considered exemptions profit taxes and joint return rules as asked by the president but they were not adopted
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
North Carolina
Congress
Symphony Sparks Controversy With Hut Sut Song Encore
In Philadelphia after a regular concert, the Philadelphia Orchestra performed the "Hut-Sut Song" causing a loud reaction and an encore. Management cited criticism for not devoting enough attention to contemporary music as the reason for adding the item.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra
Price Hurdle for FDR Price Gurbo Bill Faces Senate Demands
Congress debates a wartime price control bill that would allow the president to set maximum prices for commodities and rents in defense areas. Senate farm state senators push for a price floor alongside ceilings. Taft seeks board administration and hearings open today as Steagall plans House committee hearings.
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Washington
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Capper
Kansas
Gillette
Iowa
Thomas
Oklahoma
Stewart
Tennessee
Congress
Court of Appeals
Federal District Or Court of Appeals
Taft
Republican
Ohio
Leon Henderson
OPM
Steagall
Alabama
House Banking Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Finance Committee
Treasury Rejects Agency Warrant In Louisiana
Baton Rouge aug 2 treasury rejected the finance department warrant for operating funds to pay relief checks Confederate pensions and insane asylum expenses. Treasurer Tugwell said judge womack’s ruling barring extra funds for a state official also blocks a similar emergency payment to the finance department under the liquidation board.
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Baton Rouge
Treasury
Finance Department
Louisiana
A. P. Tugwell
James Womack
Jerome A. Hayes
Womack
British urge no travel ignored as Brits flock to holidays
British crowds defied a government plea to stay home during the August bank holiday weekend to conserve fuel and keep rail freight moving. Transport officials warned return transport may be scarce as rail companies face no obligation to provide return services. Reports from major population centers described widespread travel to country and seaside resorts despite war-time demands.
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London
Britain
Sunday Express
Stock Exchange
Transport Ministry
RAF Bombs Kiel Docks In Baltic Port Raid
A large American built RAF bomber hit Kiel docks during a reconnaissance flight, part of a day of coastal raids. A 2000 ton Nazi tanker was reported set afire off Ostend as RAF pilots also claimed two Luftwaffe bombers with one British fighter lost. The week-long air campaign spanned from Arctic Finland to Sicily.
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London
Kiel
Germany
Baltic
Ostend
Belgium
Arctic
Finland
Norway
Sicily
Mediterranean
Silk stocking rush as women stock reserves ahead of rationing
Across major cities including Chicago Philadelphia San Francisco Los Angeles and New York women rushed hosiery counters to lay in reserves before a government order curbing silk supplies. Stores reported stocks varying from days to months with nylon shortage driving backlog while the agriculture department prepared guidelines to produce 150 styles of cotton hosiery and nylon manufacturers were assured the government would not seize supplies.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New York City
Agriculture Department
U S Cautions Vichy To Resist Pressure
The United States warned Vichy France against further concessions to the axis as Germany presses unoccupied France. Sumner Welles read the advisory stance after talks with Lord Halifax and other diplomats. Reports from London and Shanghai noted Japan massing troops near French Indo China and Thailand, threatening British Malaya and Singapore.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Germany
France
United States
Syria
Indo-China
Vichy
Sumner Welles
Lord Halifax
Tuplive GevervupMmeny
Wi Wee Jatamo
London
Shanghai
Japan
Thailand
Siam
Malaya
Singapore
Halifax
Richard G. Casey
Ralph Close
South Africa
Welles
Constantine Oumansky
Russia
Paris
Dakar
West Africa
Berlin
Spain
German War Aim Falters as Six-Week Victory Forecast Shifts
An analysis of six weeks of fighting shows Russian resistance intact and Hitler's oil ambitions stalling. The piece notes heavy casualties among Russians, Germans, Rumanians, and Finns, with grain and oil targets in Ukraine and Rumania fated to be disrupted by Soviet and Allied actions. It argues Soviet morale remains strong and warns against overreliance on quick victory.
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Hitler
Russia
Berlin
Ukraine
Moscow
Germany
Rumania
Caspian
Stalin
Romania
Greece
Italy
Balkan
Troops Move Through Monroe In Rapid Fourth Division Drill
Uncle Sam's rolling Fourth Motorized division began its trek from Fort Benning Georgia through Monroe and the Twin Cities to the Louisiana maneuvers. By afternoon 670 vehicles and 4,000 men had passed, bivouacking at Dry Prong Louisiana as part of the invasion force.
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Uncle Sam
Adolf Hitler
Twin Cities
Fort Benning
Dry Prong
Hopkins quits Moscow mission as Roosevelt aide departs
Harry Hopkins personal envoy of President Roosevelt leaves Moscow with Brigadier General Joseph T. McNarney after conferences with Russian leaders. He is seen off by Deputy Foreign Commissar Lozovsky, US Ambassador Steinhardt, British Ambassador Cripps, and the British military mission. Hopkins travels toward the frontier with two foreign affairs officials and a Red army colonel.
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Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Joseph T. McNarney
United States Army
Hopkins
London
S. A. Lozovsky
Foreign Commissariat
United States
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Sir Stafford Cripps
Russia
Foreign Affairs Commissariat
Red Army
Woman Defends Jewelry Store, Arrest Follows
Pearl Rosenfeld, 18, fought off a 32 year old assailant during a jewelry store robbery attempt in Philadelphia. He struck her and held her, but she bit and kicked until police captured him. She weighed 92 pounds to his 190.
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Philadelphia
Pearl Rosenfeld
Pearl
Tennessee Leads Nation in Marine Enlistments
The Volunteer State led all states in July with six percent of nationwide Marine Corps volunteers, according to Colonel Frank Halford. The total enlistment count was not disclosed.
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New Orleans
Tennessee
Marine Corps
Frank Halford
Russians Claim German Machine Is Bogged Down
Soviet and German reports clash over six weeks of war as the front around Smolensk sees heavy losses cited by Moscow while German High Command claims Red Army encirclement and renewed fighting near Kiev. Japan masses troops on Russia's back door as naval bases face threats.
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Associated Press
Russia
Germany
Japan
Manchoukuo
Smolensk
Baltic
Hitler
Red Army
Moscow
Kiev
Ukraine
Voelkischer Beobachter
Ammonia Plant Prep Moves Forward at Sterling
Two assistant constructing quartermasters arrived to aid in plans for the $8,000,000 ammonia plant at Sterling ton. Major Herbert M. Stoll, with First Lieutenants Thomas A. Cantrell and D. C. Fowler, has set up an office in Neville High School stadium. Key staff oversee plant materials and transport.
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Sterliington
Herbert M. Stoll
Thomas A. Cantrell
D. C. Fowler
Atlanta
Major Stoll
Neville High School Stadium
Ribbentrop Ribbed In BBC Broadcasts
The BBC aired a dramatized account of Joachim von Ribbentrop's career accusing him of dragging down Germany. It depicted him as champagne salesman and diplomat, ending with Hitler praising him as a symbol of the German rise and labeling him a gentleman crook.
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London
British Broadcasting Company
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
First civilian air observation post set atop Roosevelt Hotel
The Crescent City post 125 of the American Legion established the first civilian observation post to report airplanes over New Orleans during upcoming army maneuvers. Eleven more posts will follow as observers are placed day and night with short wave radio and telephone links.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt Hotel
Crescent City
Amerecan Legion
American Legion
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