Texas Youth Fights Nazis in RAF Dog Fight
Laredo born Arthur Donahue, a 27 year old American, scored two German planes in a dog fight over the French coast with the Royal Air Force. He landed damaged but safe after the attack near Calais, praising the action and seeking more. Residents identify the flyer as the Laredo aviator who left for Ottawa and reached England aboard the Duchess of Atholl.
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London
Texas
Shorty
Laredo
Royal Air Force
China
Air Ministry
Calais
France
Ottawa
England
Tex
Arthur Donahue
Donahue
Canada
Duchess of Atholl
Ouachita Delegates Meet Before Baton Rouge Short Course
A meeting of Ouachita parish home demonstration club representatives will be held at 2704 Lovers Lane Friday from 4 to 6 pm to assign delegates for the August 12 to 16 Baton Rouge short course. About 60 delegates are expected to attend and will travel by chartered bus.
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Ouachita Parish
Baton Rouge
Jewell McQuiller
Lovers Lane
Storm Strikes Louisiana Coast as Gusts Cut Power and Ships
The storm drove 40 to 53 mph winds across coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, flooding basins and grounding rail and air traffic. Sheltering refugees moved from Delacroix and Shell Beach as oil pier losses and overturned barges added to damage. Coast guard hunted the freighter Oropos while trains rerouted and highways flooded along Pontchartrain.
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Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Mississippi
Biloxi
Gulf
Mississippi River
Coast Guard
Nike
Tampa
Virgin Islands
Slidell
Maestri Bridge
Houma
Lower Coast
Delacroix Island
Shell Beach
St. Bernard Parish
St. Bernard
Victor Molero
Alluvial City
R. S. Blaise
Southern Yacht Club
Grand Isle
Illinois Central System
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Frenier
Lake Maurepas
Deaths Highlight Irish Patriot McGarrity and Wood Lineage
Joseph McGarrity 66 former head of Clan Na Gael and Irish independence advocate. Washington Fernando Wood 70, last surviving son of New York mayor during the Civil War. John V. Abrahams 72, longtime secretary treasurer of the Security Benefit Association. A fossil tortoise shell found in India measures over seven feet, likely weighing about a ton.
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Philadelphia
Joseph McGarrity
Clan Na Gael
American Association of Irish Patriots
Ireland
New York
Washington
Fernando Wood
John V. Abrahams
Topeka
Kans
The
Security Benefit Association
India
Night bombing raids and war casualty tallies across Allies and Axis
Reports of light damage from Nazi raids at night abound as Britain claims retaliation into Germany over the past 56 nights. Air Ministry lists 3,687 air force casualties with 415 wounded, while the Admiralty cites 6,221 sailors and officers killed or captured and 1,849 wounded.
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Britain
Germany
British
Air Ministry
Admiralty
House of Commons
Satoru Makihara
London
Japan
Canada
Montreal
Camillien Houde
Houde
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Pacific War Bulletin Delicate Steps Toward Potential Grave Outcome
War reports warn Pacific front could shift to grave if German actions against England occur. Canberra reports Australian opposition leader Curtin declined to join Menzies national administration. London notes plans to recess Parliament and a food waste crackdown with penalties up to two years in prison and fines.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Robert G. Menzies
Eight Die As Military Plane Crashes In Kenya Colony
In bad weather a military plane carrying 12 officers and men from British South African and East African forces crashed in Nairobi Kenya Colony. Eight people were killed today in the crash.
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Nairobs
Kenya Colony
Bossism in Missouri race for Democratic senatorial nomination
In St Louis the contest among Harry S Truman Governor Lloyd Stark and Maurice Milligan for the Democratic senatorial nomination is framed around bossism tensions. Ratner seeks Republican renomination in Kansas. Willkie tours Colorado urging industry decentralization for defense. Fletcher cites Hatch Act enforcement. Amalgamated Clothing Workers urge Roosevelt re election. Sleigh pledges aid to Willkie. Pelican rookery noted at Royal Shoals Pimlico Sound North Carolina.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Lloyd C. Stark
Maurice M. Milligan
Topeka
Kans
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Des Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
Colorado
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
NEW York — General Executive Board
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Roosevelt
New York
Lee Sleigh
Good Neighbor League
Willkie
Mechanic Fired Over Nazi Allegiance Claim in Dallas Factory
An immigrant and now citizen says he was dismissed from a Dallas plant for refusing to praise Hitler and Nazi principles. He alleges Nazi sympathizers among workers and foreman who censured him after naturalization. Immigration official sent report to FBI and Dies Committee for action.
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Dallas
Carroll D. Paul
Hitler
Paul
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dies Committee On UN- American Activities
Secret weapon debate shapes raid on Belgian fort
An Allied dispatch reports German forces took Emael fortress near Liege in minutes using a claimed secret weapon. Observers speculate on a new gun or nerve gas while German leaders like Kesselring downplay Britain’s growing strength as harbors face renewed attacks. A reporter notes British Spitfires impress but Hurricanes undercut by American aircraft.
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Emael
Liege
Eban Emael
Albert Canal Line
Atlantic
Kesselring
Germany
France
Britain
England
General Kesselring
Levee Board Defends Helis Lease Amid Oil Fund Claims
The Orleans Levee Board rejects allegations that Helis or Shushan gained from a Gulf Refining lease for an oil field near Quarantine Bay. It notes no payments to Helis or Shushan, claims the board earns 5 percent more than in a Humble lease, and praises the levee system, airport, waterway, and river city improvements while defending the contract as not a mistake.
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Gulf Refining Company
Shushan
Helis
Quarantine Bay
Hells
Orleans
Dock Board
New Orleans
Eisenhower and Hull Call for Unity in Defense Pact
The remarks describe unity against aggression and a continental defense framework formed at Havana. They warn that lawlessness threatens peace and that unbreakable resistance is needed. The conference adopts a resolution treating aggression against any signatory as an act against all.
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Europe
Hull
Havana
British airmen kept busy as six weeks of nightly raids
The account describes RAF crews flying as often as every three nights for six weeks with leaflet drops, moonlight bombing, and nighttime strikes on Germany. It details target approach under searchlights and flak, routine reconnaissance on return, weary crews, and quick turnover to maintenance and another night’s operations.
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Germany
Births Noted at St Francis Sanitarium Roy Monroe
The St Francis Sanitarium Roy announces births to Mr and Mrs W D Odom in Monroe and to Mr and Mrs J Edwards in West Monroe.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Roy
W. D. Odom
Monroe
J. Edwards
West Monroe
British Shipping Losses Reported for Week End July 29
London reports mercantile losses amounting to 65 601 tons from 18 British ships and 7 090 tons from 2 Allied vessels for the week ending July 29. The admiralty denied damage to H M S Resolution and a cruiser near the Baleares. Axis losses to Aug 4 total about 1 172 000 tons with German and Italian shares enumerated.
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London
Admiralty
H. M. S. Resolution
Baleares Islands
Mediterranean
Graf Spee crew costly problem in Argentina
Buenos Aires reports the interned Graf Spee crew burdening Argentina with naval salaries under neutrality law. About 500 are employed by German firms to ease costs, while others still face escape attempts and constant supervision, including visits to Hans Langsdorff's grave in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Admiral Graf Spee
Montevideo
Argentina
Germany
Graf Spee
Andes
Chile
Misiones
Brazil
Martin Garcia
River Plate
Mendoza
Cordoba
Rosario
Santa Fe
Hans Langsdorff
Wind Gust Blows Ohio Driver Into Oncoming Car
A Boulder Montana report describes an Ohio motorist who said a gust of wind forced his vehicle into the side of an oncoming car as he met another vehicle. Police noted windy conditions as the cause of the collision.
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Boulder
Mont
Ohio
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