Luftwaffe raids on Britain light despite invasion talk
German raiding planes attacked Britain again but were scattered and light. British reports note raids in Northeast and Southeast England and Wales with air defences clashing over the channel. Kes Serrling claims new conquest weapons but no invasion date is set. navy reports merchant and allied ships sunk in the week ending July 29.
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Associated Press
Britain
England
Wales
France
Baltic
Norway
High Command
English Channel
Belgians Face Famine Warning From U S Ambassador
United States ambassador to Belgium John Cuda hy warned in London that without American food supplies reaching Belgium by mid September the population could be driven toward famine. He said he would report back on his stance upon returning to the United States. He also noted King Leopold’s likely decision to surrender would be welcomed once the truth is known. Hoover’s Belgian relief efforts during World War I are recalled for their loans and gifts to avert starvation.
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London
John Cudahy
United States
Belgium
America
Cudahy
Leopold
Herbert Hoover
Plan to Expand Bus Routes for Northeast Junior College
Dean C C Colvert announced plans to extend multiple routes serving Northeast Junior College students. Route 1 may run to Tallulah via Oak Grove and other towns, meeting a Delhi bus for a Rayville Start loop. Route 2 could reach Tullos with service to Urania Clarks Columbia and nearby towns along US 165. Route 3 Extension to Harrisonburg would serve Manifest Sicily Island Wisner Gilbert Winnsboro Baskin and Mangham. A Morehouse parish service would run Jones Bonita Mer Rouge Bastrop. Buses are steel built with modern features under R B Kitchingham supervision. Over the next two weeks he will visit towns to finalize plans. Reservations are already being taken with a $1 fee applied to the first month. Last fall about 140 students rode to the college daily. A separate Monroe Louisiana Tech bus via Eros and Chatham continues year round. interested riders should contact Allen A Phillips in Eros or call 58 in Monroe.
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Northeast Junior College
C. C. Colvert
Tallulah
Oak Grove
Forest
Pioneer
Epps
Delhi
Rayville
Start
Tullos
Urania
Clarks
Columbia
Harrisonburg
Manifest
Sicily Island
Wisner
Gilbert
Winnsboro
Baskin
Manghem
Morehouse Parish
Jones
Bonita
Mer Rouge
Bastrop
R. B. Kitchingham
Kitchingham
Calvert
Louisiana Tech
Monroe
Eros
Chatham
Allen A. Phillips
Salesman Injured in Auto Accident in Vienna
R A Shoemaker of Shreveport was injured early today while attempting to pass a truck and sideswiping the Battenfield car. Shoemaker was thrown from his car as it overturned into a ditch. Battenfield suffered a cut on the head. Shoemaker’s injuries were not yet determined.
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Vienna
R. A. Shoemaker
Shreveport
Shoemaker
R. E. Battenfield
Battenfield
War at a Glance: Global WWII Fronts and Policy Shifts
The report surveys multiple theaters as Germany touts new war techniques against Britain while raids persist and Northern France Norway and the Baltic loom. Italian advance toward Libya-Egypt borders and Gibraltar munitions hit are noted. Churchill frees a Japanese prisoner as espionage cases emerge in London and Tokyo. Montreal's mayor is interned under wartime orders. The U.S. Navy adopts mass production to speed two-ocean fleet buildup.
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Britain
France
Norway
Baltic
Hitler
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Churchill
London
Salvation Army
Tokyo
Montreal
United States Navy
Burma China Road Reopens With Gasoline Bond Rules
War bulletin reports traffic on the Burma road to China resumes with conditions. Trucks may carry only enough gasoline for round trips and owners must post bonds guaranteeing return. A Berlin note says Julius Streicher is in perfect health at his Bavarian farm, refuting a London report of his death.
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Rangoon
Burma
China
Berlin
Julius Streicher
Bleikertshof
Nurnberg
London
Streicher
Franconia
Hongkong Evacuees Arrive in Brisbane for Relocation
A group of 548 British women and children evacuated from Hong Kong arrived in Brisbane today. They will be assigned to Brisbane Sydney and Melbourne for resettlement.
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Brisbane
Australia
Hongkong
Sydney
Melbourne
Hughes Warns of Grave War Situation in Australia
Canberra reports William M. Hughes member of Australia's war cabinet declared in a prepared statement that the situation in the country is grave and precarious amid ongoing wartime pressures.
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Canberra
Australia
William M. Hughes
Australian War Cabinet
Southern senators urge early cotton loan rate for 1940
Representative Fulmer says Secretary Wallace will announce the 1940 cotton loan rate this week. Senators request a rate around 10.25 cents per pound, about 65 percent of parity, similar to last year. last year’s average was 8.35 cents.
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Washington
Fulmer
South Carolina
Wallace
Ex-Russian Leader Killed in Shanghai
Aug. 6. Captain Yankovsky a former Imperial Russian Air Force officer and director of the Japanese affairs section of the French concession police was shot and killed at his home in the Shanghai international settlement by a Chinese gunman. He was the second White Russian slain here in four days.
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Shanghai
Yankovsky
Imperial Russian Air Force
International Settlement
French Foreign Legion
British Airmen Are Kept Busy Bombing Ruhr
Long hours of preparation accompany each raid as Royal Air Force bombers strike the Ruhr valley. Pilots plot courses while ground crews refit, reload, and ready two ton payloads for the night missions. A flight lieutenant recalls the tense tempo of operations.
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Drew Middleton
Royal Air Force
England
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Channel
State Policeman Crashes. Vital Injury Reported in Alexandria
Alexandria La Aug 6 A State Policeman Thomas L Cronan 33 Port Allen was critically injured when his motorcycle collided with an auto. He was taken to a local hospital with possible skull fracture as doctors evaluate his condition after the crash near Alexandria.
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Alexandria
Thomas L. Cronan
Port Allen
Cronan
Storm warning drives Louisiana residents from coastal areas
Police and volunteers ferried across Houma district as a Gulf storm neared. Residents fled with belongings by wagon and boat while door to door warnings went out from Leeville to Grand Isle. Coast guard radio and weather services tracked Franklin as tidal danger grew and evacuations expanded along Bayou LaFourche.
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Houma
Paul Revere
Gulf of Mexico
Karl Peterson
Peterson
Leeville
Grand Isle
Golden Meadow
Bayou LaFourche
Coast Guard
New
Bayou Sale
Franklin
Levee board denies two men profited from oil leases
New Orleans August 6 James Wilkinson chief counsel for the levee board said neither William Helis nor Abraham L Shushan got a dollar from oil wells on levee board property near Quarantine bay. He noted Humble Oil first leased most lands and kept 560 acres later with Wells paying one eighth of the oil produced. Helis offered twelve thousand five hundred dollars and three sixteenths of oil for discarded lands, an offer the board accepted before further transfers.
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New Orleans
James Wilkinson
The
Levee Board
William Helis
Abraham L. Shushan
Quarantine Bay
Citizens’ Committee
Jones
Shushan
Helis
Wilkinson
Humble Oil Company
Bohemia Spillway
West Bank
Cobb
Lloyd J. Cobb
Nazi Secret Weapon Ready for England
Berlin sources report Field Marshal Albert Kesselring told foreign press in Brussels that secret weapons and new war methods are prepared for use against Britain. He did not specify the devices but said one surprise weapon, used to seize a Belgian fort, is perfected and ready.
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Albert Kesserling
England
Britain
Eben Emael
Kesserling
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Atlantic
English Channel
Brussels
Berlin
Matsral
Albert Kesselring
Germany
Kesselring
Three Guardsmen Die In Army Water Truck Crash
Three national guardsmen from Company I medical detachment of the 142nd Infantry died when an army water truck overturned near Leesville Louisiana. The deceased are Private Kenneth Simms Corporal John L Arnett and Private Billy J Goodman. Five others were injured and taken to field hospitals in Vernon parish.
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Alexandria
142Nd Infantry
Gainesville
Tex
Kenneth Simms
John L. Arnett
Billy J. Goodman
Vernon Parish
Leesville
Bank Robbery in Wiggins Sparks Multi-County Chase
Two unidentified men robbed the Bank of Wiggins of 800 to 1,000 dollars, then stole a farmer Hans Evans’s car near Poplarville. Evans was wounded by gunfire as the fugitives fled toward Pearl River county, abandoning the vehicle and later a truck before vanishing west with sub machine guns. The heist was the bank’s third in 15 years.
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Wiggins
Miss
Pearl River Swamp
Hans Evans
Poplarville
Nepherb
Remsey Springs
Stone County
Pearl River County
Gulfport
J. S. Rouse
Enoch Seal
Iff Seal
Army War Games Open as Plans Map for Draft Labor
Officers from regular and reserve forces converge at Camp Beauregard to study large scale mobilization and training of hundreds of thousands of civilian soldiers under a looming compulsory military service bill. Tens of thousands arrive from 13 states to form Red Army of the West and Blue of the East for simulated battles August 15 to 20.
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Camp Beauregard
United States
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Camp West
Golden
Colo
Carolinas
Arizona
Uncle Sam
Ence
National
Texas
Oklahoma
Tennesee
Georgia
North Caroline
Alabemna
Florida
South Carolina
Louisiana
Colorado
New Mexico
Red Army of the West
Blue of
Sabine River Valley
Storm strikes state coast disrupting commerce
A tropical storm moved inland from the Gulf of Mexico, halting New Orleans air service and crippling telegraph and telephone lines as it disrupted coastal communications. Winds up to hurricane strength and high tides washed over rail tracks, isolating the city from the Mississippi Gulf Coast while advisories warned of continuing gales and squally rains.
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New Orleans
Ana
Mexico
Weather Bureau
Terrebonne Parish
New Orleana
Ilam
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Bayon
Ita
Bay St. Louis
Misa
Galveston
Tex
New Oreleana
Grand Isle
Coast Resort
Grand Ile
Franklin
Louisiana
Hull urges sacrifice to keep peace and deter war
Secretary of State Hull calls on Americans for real sacrifice and personal service to preserve peace. He says national unity and readiness to bear time and material burdens are necessary as Europe’s danger looms and continental defense must be prepared at once. Hull spoke before leaving for a West Virginia resort after Havana talks with foreign ministers.
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Washington
Au S
Hull
West Virginia
Havana
Aiso
Europe
Fire damages outbuilding on Adams Street in Monroe
A fire started by burning trash at 1112 Adams Street in Monroe was extinguished around 7:25 a.m. The blaze damaged an outbuilding used for storage off EW Sims, according to the Monroe Fire Department.
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Adams Street
Monroe Fire Department
Sims
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