British daylight Cologne raid reported by British sources
British bombers carried out a bold daylight attack on Cologne as part of a larger raid against the French coast. The Cologne operation was described as possibly the heaviest daylight German raid yet, with Blenheim bombers delivering large cargoes over the Rhineland.
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London
Rhineland
CologNe
France
British Press Association
Germany
Dover Strait
Continent
Krefeld
Munchengladbach
Reydt
Belgium
Rhine
Air Ministry
Netherlands
Inflation fears and savers hope despite war
Price Administrator Henderson Beys warns the United States stands at the brink of inflation. Experts split on type, with most predicting prosperity inflation for the near term and few fearing a printing press collapse if the war ends quickly.
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Paul Gesner
John Beckley
New York
News-Star- Special News Service
United States
Henderson Beys
Roosevelt curbs instalment credit for durable goods
Washington August 12 The Roosevelt administration moves to curb the nations 10 billion instalment credit business for consumer durable goods including autos and appliances to conserve materials for defense and curb inflation. Existing contracts before the order are exempt and the Federal Reserve Board is instructed to enforce the measure using WWI statutes and penalties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Board
Marriner S Eccles
Missing British fliers Bader and Lock reported
London Aug 12 Wing Commander Douglas R. Bader 30 and Acting Flight Lieutenant E S Lock 21 were reported missing. Bader, famed for flying with artificial legs after a 1931 crash, had 15 confirmed German victories and notable RAF raids. Lock, nicknamed Sawed Off Lockie, held DSO and DFC with bar and earned nine victories last September.
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London
Douglas R. Bader
Britain
E. S. Lock
Bader
A. G. Malan
Lock
Lockie
Buckingham Palace
Burns
RAF
Channel
France
Luftwaffe
Thomason urges House to pass draft bill over Hitler threat
Rep Thomason of Texas appeals for extending service of citizen soldiers citing expert military opinion that Hitler will seize Russia and then target England. He warns of German bases in Latin America and urges retention of selectees as national security. Andrews counters for cautious action.
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Washington
Thomason
Texas
House
Adolf Hitler
Russia
England
Hitler
Germany
Argentina
Brazil
Latin America
Panama Canal
Andrews
New York
Rayburn
Armored Division Rolls Through Here in Mass Movement
The second armored division from Fort Benning Georgia began a 606 mile march through Monroe on Tuesday at 11 a.m. with about 1000 vehicles. Troops split with half camping at West Monroe near McGuire Park Golf Club and the rest proceeding to Ruston for bivouac. Columns travel 70 miles, taking over three hours to pass a point. The unit previously left Fort Benning on Sunday and Monday.
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Second Armored Division
Fort Benning
Monroe
Louisiana
Texas
West Monroe
McGuire Park Golf Club
Ruston
Navy weighs Fed Shipbuilding offer to run Kearny yard
Navy Secretary Knox and L H Korndorff discussed the Federal Shipbuilding proposal to turn over the strikebound Kearny New Jersey yard to the navy to resume work on 493 million dollars worth of naval and merchant ships. Korndorff cited open shop defense. CIO local vice president Peter Flynn issued a counter statement.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
L. H. Korndorff
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny, N. J
New Jersey
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
N. J
Korndorff
Peter Flynn
Renewed border fighting between Ecuador and Peru
Fighting erupted along the Napo River as Ecuador and Peru traded blame for clashes through the weekend. Peru said Ecuadorian attacks were repulsed near Zapotillo, while Ecuador claimed Peruvian assaults were beaten back. a Peruvian gunboat was reported nearby. A truce had been agreed recently with international mediation in progress.
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Associated Press
Ecuador
Peru
Peruvian Foreign Office
Napo River
Quito
Zapatillo
Maxwell Flier Killed In Plane Crash At Starkville
A Maxwell field flying cadet was killed in Starkville when his trainer crashed on takeoff due to engine failure. The crash occurred today at Maxwell Field, with authorities reporting the motor failure as the cause of the fatal accident.
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Robert Wallace
Henry Wallace
Camp Lee
Cyril Bassich
Wallace
Army
Starkville
Miss
Maxwell Field
Military Powers Of France Placed In Darlan's Hands
Unoccupied France August 12 news reports that Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan is named minister of national defense and all military powers are concentrated in his hands. The decree elevates government members to ministerial rank and signals potential negotiations with Germany for collaboration.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Darian Geater
Marshal Petain
Darlan
Germany
Sportsmen Meeting Promotes Cheniere Brake Resort
Ouachita parish Sportsmen unit hosts a Crosley school auditorium meeting. Dr. James Gowanloch and T O Bancroft will speak. Field and Stream film shows hunting scenes in India Alaska praised to boost Cheniere Brake as a fishing and outing destination.
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Crosley School
Ouachita Parish
Sportsmen's League
James Gowanloch
State Department of Conservation
T. O. Bancroft
Cheniere Brake
John 8. Fox
India
Alaska
Harold McCracken
George Thinks U S May End Japan Relations
Washington August 12 Senator George Democrat Georgia said it is possible the United States could sever all commercial relations with Japan. He noted such steps could follow further Japanese moves in the southern Pacific or against Russia in Siberia. Senator Nye urged caution and warned against entering wars by back door routes.
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Washington
George
Georgia
United States
Japan
Nye
North Dakota
Atlantic
Japan warns against anti Japanese pressure in East Asia
Kokumin editorial says the United States and Britain face "the worst situation" if they press Tokyo further. Japan remains grimly resolved to establish its sphere in East Asia, with special emphasis on warning Washington.
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Tokyo
Kokumin
United States
Britain
Japan
East Asia
Army Adopts Realistic War Drills In Louisiana Maneuvers
Army propaganda chiefs announce mass war games near Alexandria with two fictitious nations Almat and Kotmk. Reports claim widespread arrests and hysteria in Almatian provinces Louisiana and Arkansas to lend realism as half a million troops prepare for peacetime maneuvers next month.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Almat
Kotmk
Arkansas
Lake Charles
Houston
Oosenay
Gasoline Shells Reported Used on Finnish Front
The Social Demokraten reports Russians on the Finnish front use gasoline filled shells that burst 200 feet high and ignite forests. A shell shower is followed by heavy artillery to hinder Finns from extinguishing fires.
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Stockholm
Social Demokraten
Germans Execute 117 More Serbs in Yugoslavia
Turkish dispatch reports 117 Serbs executed by German forces over two days in occupied Yugoslavia as revolt spreads. Of these, 87 at Zagreb, 30 at Sarajevo, adding to prior executions. curfew imposed in Croatia after bombings in Zagreb.
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Ankara
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
Sarajevo
Croatia
Seven Americans Die as Transoceanic Plane Crashes
London report lists seven American officers among 26 dead when a large transoceanic bomber ferry crashes on a hillside after leaving a British airport. Eight Canadians also among the victims. Canadian address details provided for several listed Americans.
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London
Montreal
R. A. F. Ferry Command
E. G. Reeves
Roslyn Heights
N. Y
G. T. Harris
Kansas
D. J. Duggan
Winthrop
Mass
H. R. Judy
Dallas
Tex
J. Vixen
Los Angeles
J. J. Roulstone
Long Beach
Calif
W. M. King
Arkansas
British transport plane crash kills 22 after departure
The Royal Air Force ferry command reports 22 people dead in a UK crash last Saturday after leaving a British airport. Among the dead are seven Americans and eight Canadians, with others from various nations.
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Britain
Montreal
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
London
Roosevelt urges food reserves to meet emergencies
President Roosevelt in a letter made public by Secretary Wickard calls for food reserves to tackle potential emergencies. Dated July 23, the note supports the agriculture department plan to boost pork dairy poultry and other food production as a weapon against Hitlerism and to help ensure orderly prosperous world.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wickard
Agriculture Department
New York Fireman Hopeful Forges Stretch to Meet Height Rule
Gino Franceschini, 19, sought to reach the five foot seven inch requirement for New York City firemen. He built a chin up sling, used an improvised stretcher, and tried to gain height with self-stretching and a mallet trick. He gained five eighths of an inch but remained a half inch short, earning conditional approval if he gains the extra half inch within six months.
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New York
New York City
Gino Franceschini
New York University
Gino
Germans say Odessa doomed as Red army fights to flee
World Today notes Soviet Black Sea port Odessa is doomed as Red Army troops attempt sea escape and retreat routes in Ukraine are cut off. Berlin claims Nazi columns close to Kiev while Moscow reports Red Army pressure on both flanks amid aerial raids. The report also mentions Britain warning Japan and Allied bombing of Cologne.
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Associated Press
Black Sea
Odessa
London
Ukraine
Nikolaev
Berlin
Kiev
Moscow
Far East
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo
Britain
United States
Vladivostok
Australia
Menzies
Murmansk
Germany
Cologne
Social disease ward planned at Huey P. Long Hospital site
Louisiana plans include a half million dollar addition to Huey P. Long Charity hospital in Pineville for a detention ward for contagious social diseases. A hospital and clinic at Leesville and other defense projects bring the program total to over 12 million, with Gov. Sam Jones filing requests for construction and later seeking operation and maintenance funds.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Pineville
Leesville
Sam Jones
Public Works Administration
J. E. Snee
Jones
Claim of Black Sea port capture imminent shocks readers
Associated Press reports German dispatches claim Odessa will soon fall as Nazi forces advance along the Bug river and Soviet troops retreat by sea. Air raids target Cologne and France while Britain’s air offensive expands across Germany. Tokyo warns of widening war in the Pacific. Melbourne and Washington respond with heightened wartime resolve.
Fair Grounds Fund Urgently Seeks $200 More
Approximately $200 more is needed to reach 1,478 to pay rental to the Ouachita Valley Fair association so troops may be quartered on the fair grounds during the maneuver period. Co chairs Gus Primos and Tom Hicks announced the target would be met by Wednesday night. About 3,500 troops and heavy equipment are expected this week at the fair grounds.
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Ouachita Valley Fair Association
Gus Primos
Monroe
Tom Hicks
West Monroe
War Department
Ouachita FSA names seven to committees in parish program
The Farm Security Administration names seven Ouachita Parish figures to committees aiding rural rehabilitation and tenant purchase programs. A. C. Ransom of Monroe is chairman of the rural rehabilitation panel, with N. B. Golson and Henry Hinkle as members. The debt adjustment and tenure committee includes R. G. Harmon, G. S. Manning, and J. R. Tidwell, who will chair. The groups aim to help low income farmers reach voluntary settlements with creditors.
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Ouachita
Calhoun
Henry Hinkle
Monroe
R. G. Harmon
G. S. Manning
J. R. Tidwell
West Monroe
Tidwell
Safety record totals and traffic lighting notice
Year to date accidents total three while last year reached two hundred. Personal injuries number four this year versus forty three last year. Deaths stand at four this year and four last year. Traffic rule states no vehicle may be driven in Monroe from sunset to sunrise without proper headlights tail lights and clearance lights as required by Louisiana law.
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Monroe
Louisiana
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