Gullion Leads Army Backdrop To Civil Duty Hints
Maj. Gen. Allen W. Gullion, despite being passed over for a civilian post, remains head of the re created office of provost marshal general with duties including military police training and internment camp oversight. John B. Kelly, health training director and former Dem city chairman, emphasizes physique over politics while sharing a past as Olympic sculler and Republican activist.
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York
United States Army
Allen W. Gullion
Lewis B. Hersey
Gullion
Roosevelt
University of Kentucky Law School
Army
Enoch Crowder
Carrolton
Centre College
West Point
University of Kentucky
USA
Philadelphia
John B. Kelly
Democratic City Committee
Kelly
Mrs John L Whitehurst Protests Exclusion of Women in Defense Program
Mrs John L Whitehurst, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, protests discrimination against women in the national home defense program and condemns the Civil Aeronautics Board for closing civilian pilot training to women. She plans to seek Federation action on both issues. Married to a Baltimore businessman, she has 25 years of club activity.
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Mbs
John L. Whitehurst
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
National Home Defense
Civil Aeronautics Board
General Federation
Baltimore
Roosevelt Churchill Sea Meeting Declares War Aims
Analysts report a joint declaration of war aims issued after the Roosevelt Churchill sea meeting. The plan envisions a better future and criticizes Vichy Nazi collaboration, signaling a strengthened Allied resolve.
Historic meeting seals joint war aims declaration
Roosevelt and Churchill announced a joint declaration outlining broad war aims after secret meetings at sea. The eight point document opposed aggression, supported self-determination, open world trade, economic cooperation, and a postwar peace free of force, after Nazi tyranny. The event followed weeks of rumor and intense political drama in Washington and London.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Great Britain
U.S
U. S
Britain
Washington
England
London
White House
Vichy Nazi Pact Analysis Shocks British Readers
The article weighs Petain Laval and Darlan amid a Vichy Nazi rapprochement as the war rages. It presents two views on Petain’s motives, one of surrender to Germany and another cautious resistance, and discusses potential implications for the French fleet and western Mediterranean. Russian fronts push on with gains while German advances threaten the Black Sea region as Russian air raids target Berlin.
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Darlan
Marshal Petain
Germany
Europe
France
Britain
Petain
Laval
United States
Hitler
Mediterranean
Japan
Russia
Black Sea
Odessa
Berlin
Buffalos Begin Final Home Stand in 1941 Season
The Houston Buffs plan a final home stretch at Buffalo Stadium from August 18 to 28, then finish the schedule on the road by September 7 at Fort Worth. Doubleheaders are set for the 23rd, 24th with Fort Worth and 26th, 27th with Dallas. soldiers admitted free on the 23rd.
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Houston
Texas
Houston Buffs
Buffalo Stadium
Fort Worth
Dallas
Buffs
Tulsa
Dyer
Bombers Flew Sea Outrun Nazi Planes
Capt. Wood C. Rogers recounts Allied bomber ferry missions from Canada to Britain. Unarmed planes outran German patrols over the Atlantic and faced occasional friendly fire misidentifications. The journey lasts about 11 hours by air and 11 days by sea return.
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Duncan
Okla
Britain
Atlantic
Wood C. Rogers
Rogers
England
London
Woman and U. S. Hunt for Seedless Apple Secret
Huntington Park California Mrs Libbie Wilcox and the department of agriculture pursue a seedless apple breakthrough. Wilcox tends a lone backyard tree and sends samples to a government laboratory as part of the effort to popularize a seedless fruit similar to the navel orange.
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Huntington Park
Calif
Libbie Wilcox
Department of Agriculture
Bear That Killed 26 Sheep Is Slain in Wyoming
A 375 pound bear aged 27 years, known for killing 26 sheep in a single day, was shot and killed at Big Piney Wyoming. The hunter Del Dearth said the animal bore a distinctive earmark before its death.
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Big Piney
Wyo
del Dearth
Runaway Horses Ramp Down Indianapolis Street
In Indianapolis on East Tenth Street a driverless team of five runaway horses charged toward the sidewalk, forcing cars to swerve or dive onto the curb as the team vanished from view down the block. Police reported no injuries and no clear culprit behind the runaway quartet.
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Indianapolis
East Tenth Street
Siam to Thailand and the Pacific balance of power
The article traces Siam's shift to Thailand, with British and American influence over decades. It explains Japan's interest due to the Kra Isthmus and a potential canal, and outlines British invasion plans, US roles, and German fortifications in Norway and western Europe influencing strategy.
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Washington
D. C
South Pacific
Japan
Britain
Thailand
Siam
Pacific
United States
Francis Sayre
Woodrow Wilson
Philippines
Herbert Hoover
Asia
Indian Ocean
Gulf of Siam
India
Singapore
Indo-China
Burma
Straits of Magellan
Panama Canal
Holland
Hitler
Roosevelt
Spain
Portugal
Pyrenees
France
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Army War College
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Jack
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
Sam Rayburn
Congress
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Yankee
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Dunquerque
Continent
Near East
Gulf of Persia
Iran
Caucasus
Ukraine
J. Fuller
Jerry Link
Doc Wiggins
Holleggz
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Thousan
WNU
San Jacinto Hotel
San Jacinto
Meretata OS Rez
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