Roosevelt era youth leadership judged over bias claims
The column defends Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt's Campobello leadership circle, cites Joseph Lash as a model youth leader, and urges dropping Dies Committee critiques. It contrasts 1935 Liberty and New Masses pieces by Nancy Bedford Jones, denying personal identification and defending her father's literary cover.
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Washington
Aug
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Campobello Island
Felix Frankfurter
United States Supreme Court
William Allan Neilson
Smith College
Joseph Lash
Dies Committee
New Masses
Nancy Bedford-Jones
Liberty
Shaw
Miss Bedford-Jones
H. Bedford-Jones
Nancy
Germans Pass Dnieper Front as Soviets Hold Stubborn Line
News agency reports indicate Germans making steady progress on the eastern front while Moscow area bombarded. Siberian railways crowd with refugees fleeing Leningrad amid disrupted schedules and heavy troop movements eastward toward Omsk.
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Tokyo
State to appeal New Orleans court ruling over funds transfer
Louisiana awaits a high court decision as the state prepares to appeal a judge's ruling that largely restricts the liquidation board's funds transfer power. The decision could force the Public Funds Supervisor to cut staff and curtail investigations into New Orleans city affairs.
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New Orleans
Hayes
Womack
The
Crime Commission
Sicily attacked by British planes in Sicily raid
Italian high command said British war planes bombed several Sicily targets with civilian casualties and damage. One killed at Messina. anti-aircraft fire drove off attackers at Palermo. Italian dive bombers sank a British submarine. Malta raid also reported.
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Rome
Sicily
Messina
Palermo
Mediterranean
Malta
Stefani
Hrigh
Demands head for conference on wage differentials
Aluminum workers pressing to end a sectional wage gap head toward Washington for talks after ACL in Pittsburgh rejected their demands. Union leader N A Lorbarich appeals to Sidney Hillman for intervention as the dispute centers on pay at Badin North Carolina and Newsington Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
Aluminum Company of America
Pittsburgh
N. A
Lorbarich
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production
Hillman
Wash
Badin
N. C
Air Tenn
Kearny
N. J
Unon
Harriman Returns to United States from London
Pi-W Averell Harriman coordinator of the U S Britain card program leaves England by plane for the United States to report to President Roosevelt. He is accompanied by assistant Robert Meikelsohn and has not fixed return timing. His trip follows a Britain needs survey and a mid June Cairo checkup.
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London
W. Averell Harriman
United States
England
Roosevelt Harriman
Robert Meikelsohn
Herriman
Britain
Harrison
Cairo
Middle East
Harry L. Hopkins
Moscow
Service Extension Compromise Made
Senator Hill of Alabama said sponsors agreed to a compromise on army service extension legislation. The plan would cap total service at 2 12 years for citizen soldiers and limit any additional extension to 18 months for selectees guardsmen and reservists plus regulars, in addition to existing service terms.
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Washington
Hill
Alabama
Alabaman
Mexico rejects German demand to protest U.S. blacklist
Mexico rebukes Germany for pressuring protest to President Roosevelt's anti axis blacklist. Mexico says the request is imperious and threatens sovereignty. Mexico promises cooperation with the United States to solve war related issues and will not accept foreign interference.
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Germany
Roosevelt
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Washington
Berlin
Plans for Gasoline Station Curfew Across Coast
Secretary Ickes and oil industry outline a nationwide curfew closing 100000 stations from 7 p m to 7 a m seven days a week to curb fuel use. Officials warn if voluntary action fails, rationing or harsher steps may follow, with possible job losses and legal hurdles.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Ickes
Defense Petroleum
New York
Louis Kimmel
Brooklyn
Queens
Safety Record Shows Higher Accidents This Year
A city report lists accidents to date this year at 329 versus 279 last year, with personal injuries 42 this year and 4 last year, and deaths 4 in both periods. The traffic rule of the day prohibits riding on running boards bumpers or parts not designed for passengers, with an exception for employees on duty or in freight spaces.
Jap ship ready for dash home
San Francisco August 1 passengers aboard and all gang planks up except one the Japanese liner Tatuta Maru awaited a justice department clearance to sail despite libel suits on its cargo. Heian Maru was set to sail from Seattle at 3 p m and Asama Maru docked at Honolulu after a six day delay with plans to sail for San Francisco today.
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San Francisco
United States Department of Justice
Seattle
Honolulu
Chute troops take Ecuadorian cities in border war
Peruvian parachute troops reportedly captured Puerto Bolivar and Machala just before a 6 p.m. cease fire ending three weeks of border conflict with Ecuador. A Peruvian communique claimed a brilliant victory and said territory seized since July 1 had been regained.
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Lima
Peru
Puerto Bolivar
Machala
Ecuador
Mills Reedy Punch After Hearing Over Washington Apartment Takeover
A heated House committee session on the government move to seize a Washington apartment for office purposes ended with a fist fight between Representative Newt Mills and George Reedy. Reedy claimed Mills punched him twice. Mills said he might have hit back but was unsure. Reedy described Mills as lighter and unable to injure him.
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Washington
House Committee
Newt Mills
Louisiana
George Reedy
Chicago
New York
Reedy
Mills
al Capone
World War II Front Lines Shift as Allies Press
London reports German armies stalled on the Soviet front while Moscow says Red armies gain initiative. Hitler claims fighting continues in our favor as Hopkins sees Stalin increasingly confident in Nazi defeat. Mexico rebukes Germany over a blacklist case and Argentina presses Germany to re export or destroy a short wave transmitter. Japan demands bases in Thailand as Britain fears threats to Singapore and Burma.
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Associated Press
London
Moscow
Hitler
Harry L. Hopkins
Stalin
Mexico
Germany
United States
Avila Camacho
Argentina
Japan
Thailand
Singapore
Burma
Tokyo
Roosevelt praises Russian resistance as magnificent
President Roosevelt told reporters that Russia's resistance to the axis war machine is magnificent and better than any German military expert expected. He declined to identify the German expert and laughed when asked about Germany telling tall lies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
West Point Docked in New York with 388 Passengers
The US Navy transport West Point arrived in New York with 388 passengers mainly consular service staff. A large crowd of about 2,400 relatives filled the pier, greeting the ship with cheers and emotional reunions reminiscent of 1919 veterans’ homecomings.
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New York
United States Navy
West Point
Sam
Argentina Likely To Withhold Aid From Axis Blacklist
Buenos Aires sources say Argentina will refrain from backing the U S list of Latin American firms accused of trading with the axis. They warn Argentina can blunt the ban due to its laws and note many listed firms operate in Argentina. Officials stress potential impact on the hemispheric embargo.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Washington
Western Hemisphere
Selman field program approved for Monroe airport upgrade
The Civil Aeronautics Authority approved a 388000 improvement package for Selman field Monroe Louisiana funded by recent congressional action. The plan includes 4000 foot paved runways lighting and related equipment to make it a top flight airport and is part of a 2820000 Louisiana state program with additional grants for Lafayette Natchitoches Alexandria Hammond and other airports.
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Washington
Selman Field
Monroe
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Congress
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Lafayette
Natchitoches
Alexandria
Hammond
Houma
Crowley
Jennings
New Orleans
Lafayette Field
Donald H. Connolly
Civil Aeronautics
News-Star
Newt V. Mills
CAA
Ouachita Parish
Japan Raises Demands for Bases in Thailand
London reports Japanese officials seek military bases in Thailand and control of rubber rice and tin in exchange for restoring Laos and Angkor in Indo China. Thailand faces possible forced occupation if lease terms are refused. Japan gains large Thai credit as talks affect Singapore and broader Malay Peninsula strategic balance.
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London
Japan
Thailand
Laos
Angkor
Tokyo
Malay Peninsula
Britain
Singapore
Burma
India
Argentina asks Germany to remove or destroy radio transmitter
Argentina requested German ambassador Edmund von Thermann to re export or destroy a radio transmitter that provoked diplomatic tension with Germany. Foreign office sources said the device in Argentina could violate Hague convention by keeping wireless stations in neutral countries and contacting belligerents. The transmitter, seized by a congressional committee, was returned to the German embassy after a protest.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Edmund von Thermann
Germany
Foreign Office
Cost Cut From Funds Due City
Attorney General Eugene Stanley advised Treasurer A. P. Tugwell to deduct New Orleans' share of voting machine costs from state remittances to the city. New Orleans argued it could not pay more than 25 of 24,080, half the machine cuts, after the state sought to cover the difference. Stanley noted nearly 2,000,000 in homestead relief funds owed to the city would be paid at year end 1941.
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Baton Rouge
Eugene Stanley
Tressurer
A. P. Tugwell
New Orleans
Stanley
Tugwell
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Morning World
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