British Labor Leader Laski Seen as Influencing Spain Policy
Westbrook Pegler comments on Harold Laski, head of Britain's Labor party executive, pushing Spain policy and other controversial moves. He likens Laski to Roosevelt era advisers and warns of perceived behind the scenes influence shaping foreign policy and civil liberties in the United States.
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New York
Roosevelt
Felix Frankfurter
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Harold J. Laski
Britain
Spain
Laski
Frankfurter
Sidney Hillman
London
Eid
Paviv
Portugal
Greece
United States
K. Niles
White House
Freakfurter
New Deal
Mr. Winant
Harry Ropkins
Harvard
Columbis
Dey
Laaki
Coree
Ike Charlie Chaplin
Nor
Truman Wends Return to U S After Plymouth Stop
President Truman returns to the United States after a Plymouth stop for a brief talk with King George VI aboard the Renown. They greet each other warmly as the Big Three Berlin declaration is prepared for release.
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Associated Preas
President Truman
Truman
United States
Plymouth
George VI
Berlin
Augusta
Europe
Britain
Wilsons
Child Hunted for Month Located in Meridian
Little Peter Watson four years old was found in Meridian after a nationwide search. Police say a woman named Mrs. Mary Taylor Jones, held on a fugitive warrant in Buffalo, claimed the child was loaned to her for 30 days and intended to return him to his mother, Evada Watson of Crystal Beach Ontario.
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Meridian
Mus
Peter Watson
Mickey Rooney
Birmingham
Mary Jane Rase
Mickey Rooney, Jr
Ala
Rooney
Petain Resisted Nazi Pressure Says Testimony At Trial
Gen Bernard Serigny testified at the Petain trial that Hitler in 1941 demanded Franco allow German troops via Spain to attack Gibraltar. Franco reportedly refused, with Petain warned that Franco could count on resistance. The tenth day opened amid defense reading a cable from John Alexander Schaeffer praising Petain and urging termination of the proceedings. Laval, head of the Vichy government, was not announced.
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Paris
Bernard Serigny
Tresses
Petan
Hitler
Franco
Germany
Spain
Gibraltar
Petain
Homself
France
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Shooting Star jet sets speed record for 555 mile flight
The Shooting Star jet fighter completed a 555 mile crossing from Dayton to New York in 62 minutes with landing added time totaling just over an hour. Col. William H. Council piloted the kerosene-powered craft, which hovered near 550 mph and soared above 45 000 feet, with no engine vibration or visible exhaust smoke.
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New York
Dayton
Ohio
la Guardia Field
Wright Field
William H. Council
Colonel Council
Laval Plot to Draw Britain into War in 1940 White Paper
British White Paper accuses Pierre Laval of plans to use French fleets and colonies to provoke war between Britain and Vichy France. It cites a Madrid briefing by Sir Samuel Hoare and mentions the potential passage of ships through the strait of Gibraltar to reach French Equatorial Africa.
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Lonndon
Pierre Laval
Paris
Britain
Roe
Vichy
Goverment
Laval
Samuel Hoare
Madrid
Foreign Office
Spain
Charles de Gaulle
Samuel
Lord Templewood
Great Britain
de Gaulle
Ite
Royal Navy
Straite F
Gibraltar
French Equatorial Africa
Oran
Toulon
Winners Named in 4-H Contests Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge on August 2, 4-H Club short course winners were announced by State Club Agent WC Abbott. Over 1,080 contestants from more than 50,000 4-H Club members statewide earned trips to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Named winners include Louise Griggs Ouachita Theolia Herpin Zachary Lois Young Elsie Leblanc Denise Belleaud Lonnie Fielder Otto B Lee Jr Donald Maione Burnett Harper Alice Hugh Cole Roy Demmert Wallace Dommert Charles Adioin Kathleen Ozenne and others from Acadia St Martin and Jefferson Davis parishes.
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Baton Rouge
WC. Abbott
Louisiana
Chicago
Louise Griggs
Ouachita
Theolia Herpin
Zachary
East Baton Rouge
Lois Young
Elsie Leblanc
Jeff Davis
Kathleen Ozenne
St. Martin Parish
Sam Rizzo Dies in Local Hospital at 67
Salvatore Sam Rizzo of 3810 Gordon Avenue died in a local hospital Thursday at 5 am. He left a wife, three sons including Lt Col Frank P. Rizzo, and A M Rizzo, one daughter, two brothers Paul and Philip, and a sister Mrs M Ticheli. Funeral arrangements by Peters Funeral Service.
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Salvatore
Sam) Rizzo
Gordon Avenue
Monroe
Unti
Lover's Lane Pharmacy
A. M. Rizzo
Peters
Frank P. Rizzo
California
Italian composer Mascagni dies at 82 in Rome
Pietro Mascagni, famed for Cavalleria Rusticana, died at 7 15 a m in Rome at 82. He left an 82 year old widow and faced wartime losses and political accusations. His latest opera Nerone premiered in 1935 and his fortune waned after the war amid seizure by Socialists and exile.
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Rome
Pietro Mascagni
Mascagni
Plaza Hotel
Mary
Mussolini
Domenico
Italy
Emmy
Cavalleria Rusticana
Potsdam Ends With Cordial Farewell For Big Three
The Potsdam conference closed after a cordial session as Presidents Truman and Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Attlee agreed to a joint communique to be released worldwide. Truman heads to Washington via Plymouth, Attlee to London, Stalin possibly to Moscow, with Bevins returning to Britain. Silence during deliberations ends as the communique goes out tonight and tomorrow in three capitals.
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Dante
de Luce
Potsdam
Truman
Attlee
Stalin
Europe
Washington
Plymouth
George VI
Moscow
Ernst Bevin
Britain
Red July Goes Far Toward Bringing Japans Knockout
The report credits three days in August as the start of Japan's knockout, detailing American planning, base construction on Okinawa and Luzon, and relentless air and sea pressure. It cites 6 632 ton assault by 820 Super forts and massive incendiary bombing across 36 000 tons in July, with Halsey’s Third Fleet rebuilding strength near Wake Island.
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Morrie Landsburg
Guam
Empire
Japan
Okinawa
Luzon
Nippon
Admiral Halsey
Honshu
Wake
Army chiefs under attack in wartime policy clash
Washington reports tight lipped comments from the War Department and selective service as Senator Johnson urges shrinking the army from 8 million to 3 million. Johnson cites staffing limits and claims risk and home front hardship will rise with winter. May blames war department officials for inaction amid coal and food fears.
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Washington
War Department
Selective Service
Johnson
Democrat
Colorado
Senate
General Staff
Japan
The
Chamber
Lewis B. Hershey
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
United States
Congress
Daughton Seeks White House Aid On Army Request
Representative Daughton of Virginia said he would ask the White House for assistance if the army does not provide details on his request. The Democrat emphasized the need for official information to resolve the issue.
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Daughton
White House
Washington
Virginia
Spending Slash Looms In War Budget Plan
The budget bureau reports a 20 billion dollar cut in government war spending for the new fiscal year with potential larger reductions if the war ends early. Receipts stand at 39 billion and public debt would rise to 295 billion, while total spending is set at 85 billion with 70 billion in war outlays.
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Associated Press
Washington
Budget Bureau
America
U.S. Casualty Toll Rises By 1,855 This Week
Washington reports American combat casualties increased 1,855 in the past week, lifting total army-navy casualties to 1,060,727 since the war began. Army figures show 197,676 killed, 570,766 wounded, 34,734 missing, and 117,041 prisoners. Navy totals stand at 52,588 killed, 72,855 wounded, 11,611 missing, and 3,756 prisoners.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Sheets Of Flame Blanket Four Japanese Cities In Major Raid
Guam Aug 2 AP Solid sheets of flame visible over 180 miles blanketed four Japanese cities and a large oil refinery as 820 B 29s dropped 6 632 tons of bombs and mines in the largest air raid in history. Fast fighters accompanied the Superforts as they returned home. Simultaneous reports from Admiral Nimitz and Tokyo described submarine and warship bombardments near Tokyo the shelling of Wake Island and a daring rescue on a Japanese held Marshall Island atoll.
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Morrie Landsberg
Guam
Japan
Nimitz
Tokyo
Wake Island
Marshall Island
Atoll
Maj
William C. Wilson
Springfield
Ohio
General Lemay
Asaka
Kobe
Radio Tokyo
O Island
Sagami Sea
Halsey
Island
Cape of
Erimo
Hokkaido
Normandy
Europe
Pacific
Little
Marshalls
Jaluit
Highat
Yamashita Clinging to Myths as Allied Forces Close In
Northern Luzon Aug 2 4 General Yamashita remains a pompous figure as his troops suffer and civilians plead for surrender or death. Prisoners describe famine driven retreats exacting brutal discipline and scattered groups seeking news amid dwindling resistance.
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U. S
Luzon
Yamashita
Japan
Malaya
Singapore
MacArthur
Philippines
Solano
Kihara
Orleans Security Blackout Lifted After Gulf Rescue
August 2 1942 report says the Eighth Naval District lifted a wartime blackout and credited U S coast guardsmen with rescuing 503 victims from German submarine sinkings in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast guard planes and surface craft saved 21 seamen and 171 fishing boats. 33 merchant seamen and 11 navy armed guards were rescued from a loaded tanker torpedoed July 13 1942 by the cutter Boutwell. Some injured were flown to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Eighth Naval District
U. S
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
U. S. Navy
Boutwell
War Warner for N S 1s Killed in Okinawa Crash
John Cashman 28 war correspondent for International News Service and nine crew members of a Liberator reconnaissance plane died in a rainstorm crash two miles from Okinawa airport. Cashman, from Woodhaven New York, had arm injury in 1942 Navy service and rose to war reporting after a stint in INS sports. Funeral rites were held at Island Command Cemetery with military and press in attendance.
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Okinawa
John Cashman
International News Service
Cashman
Ernie Pyle
le Island
Woodhaven
N. Y
Navy
INS
John J. Powers
Pacific
Borneo
Francis Auer
Nebraska Avenue
St. Louis
Island Command
John
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