Swift British air fighters continue to down Nazi ships
Five die and two burned as fire traps 30 residents on the third floor of Holy Family Home in Cincinnati. Flames from a basement laundry cut off stairs. volunteers and firemen rescue others through windows. One victim found near a linen closet. Police and hospital staff describe escape efforts and rescue operations.
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Cincinnati
Holy Family Home
St. Francis Hospital
Mary Rose Watkins
Mary Theders
Minnie Brandhoff
Regina Niekamp
Rosalie Burns
Theresa Bukart
Jennie Kenster
Arthur Jahn
Elmer O’neil
Elderly Woman Jumps From Chicago Building After Rooftop Threat
On Washington boulevard an elderly resident, Mrs. Anna Kroll, 55, leaped from a three story building six hours after climbing to the roof and threatening to jump. Police found her on the roof with a crowd watching. She was hospitalized in critical condition. Investigators found signs of an impoverished life in her room.
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Chicago
Washington Boulevard
Anna Kroll
Roosevelt vows to keep wage scale for defense work
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that the administration will maintain the wage hour standards for defense program work. The Navy awarded contracts totaling 136 million 743 thousand nine hundred dollars as part of nationwide fortification efforts. Colonel Fleming noted only three complaints from small firms about time and a half, and confirmed no demonstrated need to abandon the rule.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Pacific
Atlantic
Philip B. Fleming
Fleming
Mr. Roosevelt
Army Chief of Ordnance
Boy 15 Fatally Shoots Himself With Rifle in New Orleans
In New Orleans a 15 year old boy, Jack Taylor Jr., died after a .22 cal rifle he was playing with in a bedroom discharged. Assistant Coroner Philip Montelepre said the bullet pierced the heart. The stepmother reported the incident. The father works as a crane operator for the U S Engineers and the mother lives in Pritchard Alabama.
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New Orleans
Philip Montelepre
Jack Taylor Jr
Jack
United States Engineers
Pritchard
Ala
American Millions Face Crisis in Rumanian Plan
Robert St. John reports from Bucharest on July 12 that a $163 million American stake in Romania is at risk as King Carol's monarchy becomes totalitarian. US investments and loans totaling $163 million face disruption under Nazi-aligned government, with trade and dividend issues looming.
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Robert St. John
Bucharest
Rumania
Carol
Germany
Italy
United States
Boston
America
Panies
Romania
Hollywood
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
France's shift sparks alarms over Western Hemisphere holdings
Washington reports rising concern over France abandoning republican government and potential German influence. The Pan American Conference opens July 20 in Havana to unite 21 American republics against European aggression while Secretary Hull notes German pressure on Latin nations to curb Havana actions.
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Washington
France
Germany
Havana
Hull
Reich
Boy Confesses Slaying Grandparents on Arkansas Farm
Sheriff Herbert Lewis said a 15 year old boy named Gerald Stewart confessed to killing his grandfather Sam Stewart and his grandmother 71 in their Rhea's mill community farm near Fayetteville. Both victims were shot in the back with a shotgun while working in fields. The grandfather was found in a corn field Thursday night and the grandmother in her vegetable garden the following morning.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Herbert Lewis
Rhea’s Mill
Sam Stewart
Lewis
Gerald Stewart
G. O. P. Will Seek Congress Seats in Eight Districts
Shreveport La July 12 The Republican party will nominate a candidate for Congress in each of Louisiana eight districts O C Hathaway Republican committeeman at large from the Fourth district said Hathaway said Philip H Mecom Shreveport former U S attorney and chairman of the Republican State Central Committee would likely be the candidate from the Fourth district.
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Shreveport
Republican Party
O. C. Hathaway
Hathaway
Philip H Mecom
U. S
Republican State Central Committee
Roosevelt Won't Attend Democratic Convention Says Press Conference
President Roosevelt stated he definitely would not go to Chicago for the Democratic Convention and avoided questions on a third term stance. He laughed off probes about personal participation or a possible convention message, leaving the matter unsettled as reporters pressed for details.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
General Marshall Backing Immediate National Guard Mobilization
General George C. Marshall urged mobilizing the national guard immediately for training and endorsed the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory training bill with minor amendments. He told the Senate Military Committee that initial guard strength would be 230,000, rising to about 400,000 with mobilization, and supported starting with guard troops.
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Washington
War Department
Senate Military Committee
H. L. Twaddle
Department
George C. Marshall
National Guard
Army Chief of Staff
Burke-Wadsworth
Senator Hill
Obama
Marshall
War at a Glance: Allied Axis Claims and Global Moves
Reports from Rome Berlin London and other capitals sketch a chaotic picture of World War II activity. Italian bombers claim damage to British carriers and destroyers while British forces report no such hits. Berlin boasts sinking ships in the English Channel as total Axis losses rise. Spitfires down German planes as bombings hit Britain and Scotland. Petain consolidates power in Vichy France as US pivot and defense bills take shape in Washington.
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Be Associated Press
Rome
Fascist
High Command
Mediterranean
Berlin
English Channel
German High Command
London
George
Britain
Haile Selasse
Vichy—Petain
France
Bucharest
Axis
Washington
Great Tank Army
Knox
Stimson
Santiago
Chile
State delegates depart for Democratic convention
Chicago dispatch notes a D N C compromise giving an extra at large delegate to states voting for the party nominee. Louisiana party leaders head to Chicago aboard the Panama Limited led by National Committeeman elect James A Noe with Governor Sam H Jones remaining to fly in Sunday. Delegates and alternates from various parishes and districts are listed with names and home towns.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
New Orleans
James A. Noe
Louisiana
Sam H. Jones
Cott Foster
Franklin
Shwe Monroe
New Os
Kim Grove
Charles McKenzie
S Ydv
Baton Rouge
Mason
Marc M. Mowton
Lafayette
B. A. Orleans
Ellie Robinson
St. Francisville
Fred J. Heintz
Covington
Sylvester Labrot
Steve Alford
Lake Charles
George Reitmeyer
Frank J. Stich
Louis Knop
William F Conkerton
Charles C. Zata~rain
Ambrose Smith
New
Third Army maneuvers to involve 70000 troops in Louisiana and Texas
About 10000 regular army troops and national guardsmen from 10 Southern states will take part in Third Army maneuvers in Central Louisiana and East Texas from August 14 to 29. The operation includes many units and will split into East and West forces with Blue and Red contingents.
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Louisiana
East Texas
Alexandria
East
Texas
8. D. Embick
Third United States Army
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
National Guard Artite
Dies committee widens Texas probe into un American activities
Investigators of the Dies committee and state police collected letters and reports to locate witnesses for a broader inquiry across Texas into alleged Communist Nazi and Fascist operations. Chairman Martin Dies led the new phase aiming to blanket the state with scrutiny.
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Roe Tex
Dies Committee
Texas
Martin Dies
Demoocrat
Tex
Youth Arrests Shock London Amid War Tensions
London reports say youth Domvile, 22, son of Admiral Sir Berry Domvile, was interned with Admiral Domvile and Lady Domvile on warrants under defense measures. Bastille Day mournful plans in France are noted with national services for war dead. In Canberra, Australia, 2000 internees and guards face camp maintenance costs.
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London
Compton Domvile
Sir Berry Domvile
Admiral Domvile
British
Naval Intelligence Division
Domvile
British Spotfires Repel Luftwaffe as King George Escapes
Swift ewing British forces shot down eight German bombers over the island kingdom today after King George VI narrowly escaped a heavy attack. In Scotland a bomb killed W persons and many were wounded while a German raider was shot down and its crew perished in a fiery crash. The German high command said Britain suffered damage to airports harbors and plants with ships sunk since hostilities began. The King avoided harm by minutes as he witnessed action dating to World War I naval battles.
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Island Kingdom
George VI
Portmouth
Burton-on-Trent
Plymouth
Lowestoft
George
Thousands Quit WPA Jobs Amid Red Scare Survey
A government poll of over a million WPA workers found only four admitting Communist, Nazi, or violent overthrow views. Officials call the 36,900 figure for Communists and Nazis arbitrary, based on Col. Harrington's statement that under 2 percent of July enrollees fit that category. WPA total July enrollment was about 1.41 million, yielding a 2 percent ceiling of roughly 32,000.
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Washington
WPA
New York
F. C. Harrington
Ttal
Whale plankton could yield glycerin for explosives
University of Washington zoologist Trevor Kincaid reports a process to extract glycerin from plankton eaten by whales. He suggests plankton glycerin could be stored aboard ships for explosive uses if the government adopts the method, signaling a potential new wartime industry.
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Army
United States
University of Washington
Trevor Kincaid
Uncle Sam
Kincaid
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