50 Animals Burned As Fire Sweeps Circus Tent
Fire at Ringling Brothers circus in Cleveland destroys the menagerie tent and kills or badly burns many animals. Ten camels die, elephants and giraffes perish, while lions tigers and leopards are among others killed or injured. A large elephant is shot to end its suffering. Crowd of about 5000 watches as firefighters and circus staff fight the blaze. The gorilla Gargantua survives the disaster.
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Cleveland
Ringling Brothers Circus
Earth
Robbery Investigation At Frederick Sandwich Shop
Police investigated a burglary at Bills Sandwich Shop on Market and Third in Frederick. Owner William Miller said a small sum from a pinball machine was taken with little overall loss. The shop had prior burglaries, including two break ins in January.
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Bills Sandwich Shop
Market and
Third Streets
William Miller
British Sail On Exchange Liner From Shanghai Repatriates
The Japanese exchange liner Tatuta Maru sailed from Shanghai with 276 repatriates from areas in China outside Shanghai. Among them were 146 British, 115 Indians, 1 Norwegian, 1 Belgian, and 3 Dutch. The ship is expected to reach Lourenco Marques in Portuguese East Africa late this month.
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Tokyo
Shanghai
China
Domei
Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Warfield to address Over-65 Club in Dublin
Rev Dr Gaither P Warfield former Methodist missionary to Poland returns to Ireland to speak at a Court House meeting Friday at 1 o clock. He will recount his experiences as a war prisoner and describe conditions in the war theater. Large attendance expected and Dublin residents invited.
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Gaither P. Warfield
Poland
Court House
Four States Vote in Primaries Today AP Report
Four states Kansas Missouri Virginia and West Virginia hold primaries selecting party candidates for 37 Congressional seats. The month sees 16 states designate nominees for state and federal offices with labor and pre war foreign policy as key issues. In Virginia politician Emmett O Davidson former Alexandria Mayor challenges incumbent Howard W Smith in the eighth district.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
Emmett O. Davidson
Alexandria
International Association of Machinists
APL
Howard W. Smith
GOP Group Attacks West Candidacy in Maryland
Baltimore August 4 The Maryland Federation of Young Republicans denounces W Pinkney West Jr as a counterfeit candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The federation says no Maryland young Republican recognizes him or his movement and questions why he concealed his candidacy until the deadline. West and McKeldin filed candidacy certificates just before the deadline.
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Baltimore
W. Pinkney West, Jr
Maryland
Maryland Federation of Young Republicans
West
Mr. West
Young Republican
Federation
Theodore R. McKeldin
Organization
Fuel Oil Available for Water Heating in Frederick County
Frederick county residents with water heating equipment may obtain fuel oil under the government order effective yesterday. Deliveries for water heating are limited to 50 percent of last year’s usage for August 3 to September 15, with special provisions for abnormal consumption. Deliveries for space and central heating and cooling are restricted, but exemptions exist for agricultural or industrial processes and temperature controlled research operations. All eligible oil may be delivered in a single shipment.
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Frederick
Convict Released To Farm Absconds Near Monrovia
A convict released to work at Chester Leishear's farm near Monrovia vanished. Charles Bowman, a Maryland inmate, was picked up by Special Investigator Aller Barry around noon and jailed in City Hall awaiting transfer back to the Maryland Penal Farm. Bowman's absence was noted Sunday, with Frederick police alerted to locate him.
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Chester Leishear
Monrovia
Charles Bowman
Tots City
Aller
Barry
Cry
Frederick
Hint
U S Raiders Score Big Bomb Hit In Linchwan China
United States air raiders dropped a 550 pound bomb on the Japanese headquarters at Linchwan in Kiangsi province. American fighters machine gunned two Japanese transports on the Fu river and direct hits damaged docks as Chinese forces encircled Linchwan. Chinese troops recaptured Hunan as US planes pounded Linchwan again.
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Chungking
Kiangsi
Linchwan
Furthow
Joseph W. Stilwell
Fu River
China
Manthae
Hengyang
Hunan Chungking
United States Army Air Force
Fuchow
Hunan
U. S
Huwan
High Command
Willkie Unity Plan Urges Joint War Platforms
New York August 4 Wendell L Willkie outlined three unity principles for Republicans and Democrats to insert in convention platforms to depoliticize war aims He urged fighting the war in union with other nations until totalitarianism is defeated and warned against appeasement He called for postwar institutions to curb excessive nationalism and militarism.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
America
Ten Officers Arrive At Prisoners Camp In Japan
Ten British and American Army and Navy officers have arrived at the war prisoners camp of Zenisuji on Shikoku island. The only named prisoner is Lieutenant Wilson of the Tokyo embassy’s naval attache office. the Navy directory lists Lieutenant William R. Wilson assigned to the former United States embassy in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Zenisuji
Shikoku
Wilson
Navy
William R. Wilson
United States
Must Aid Taxpayers To Meet Unforeseen Outlays
Washington specifies revision of a 6.271 billion revenue bill to allow a 400 credit for dependents in college and deductions for extraordinary college costs. Senator Brown of Michigan urged the change, saying it helps taxpayers cover unexpected outlays and avoids indebting citizens.
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Washington
Senator Brown
D-Mich
Brown
Brower
RAF assaults end Channel daylight raid shipping jam
London reports two English towns hit in daylight raids while a heavy anti aircraft barrage protected a southern coast town. German seaplane and a British coastal command plane were lost. a fighter is missing over the Dutch coast. Reuters says Hamburg and north German ports face manpower disruption and shipping congestion from intensified bombing.
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London
Channel
Air Ministry
Bay of Biscay
Reuters
Continent
Hamburg
Bremen
Luebeck
Rostock
Awarded Contract For 135000 Pairs Of Shoes
The International Shoe Company of Marshalls Missouri was awarded a contract for 135000 pairs of Army shoes by the Boston Quartermaster Depot. Prices were not disclosed. The depot also reported service shoe contracts for the Women’s Auxiliary Corps and Dixon Bamlett Campers with 10654 pairs.
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Boston
International Shoe Company
Marshalls
Boston Quartermaster Depot
Women's Auxiliary Corps
Dixon- Bamlett
Japs Moving Troops Down Coast Of New Guinea
Japanese sea borne reinforcements were reported moving down the New Guinea coast toward Port Moresby as Allied fliers hammered enemy positions. Advices from Gen Arthur’s headquarters said ships were en route to bolster forces across the Papuan Peninsula while Kokoda remained contested. United Nations planes strafed war positions and hit a Japanese cargo ship beached near Lae Salamaua area.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
United Nations
Port Moresby
Pacific
Douglas MaArthurs
Australia
Kokoda
Lalf
Lae-Salamaua
Buna
U. S. Air Force
India
Myitkyina
Burma
China
Merchants Must Abide By New Price Order
Baltimore August 4 The Office of Price Administration warns retailers to follow the new price law with firm action. Leo McCormick says the educational phase is over and the law is enforceable. In New York stocks gained modestly led by rails amid a quiet market with uneven trading and intermittent slips.
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Baltimore
Leo McCormick
Office of Price Administration
McCormick
New York
Rails
Todars
Britain backs jet and spray methods on fire bombs
London Aug 4 British authorities end debate over fire bomb tactics by endorsing both jet and spray approaches. The Home Security Ministry now supports using the jet directly on bombs for speed and reduced risk, with spray kept for incendiaries near highly flammable materials.
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London
United States
Britain
Washington
New York
le Guardia
Home Security Ministry
Ministry
Unexplained Walkout Nears End at Mason County Plant
About 1,000 construction workers who walked off yesterday returned to the $55,000,000 government plant in Mason county. Officials said the unauthorised walkout stemmed from a misunderstanding and was not a union action. Some workers went back to work yesterday afternoon as Army and contractor officials sought to clarify the situation.
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Point Pleasant
Wo Va
Mason County
Flow
Badger Company
James Raber
Army
India Civil Disobedience Plan Mapped
Reuters reports from New Delhi and Jubbulpore that Gandhi's draft resolution calls for a civil disobedience campaign for Indian independence. Nehru says ratification by the All-India Congress will occur this week with a detailed program to start in two weeks and last about three months to seek full independence. The Indian Communist Party opposes the plan, arguing it divides the freedom movement and boons imperialists.
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London
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Japan
Reuters
New Delhi
Jubbulpore
Aue
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress Party
Bombay
Nehru
Congo
Congress
Indian Communist Party
Britain
Senate panel redraws tax bill provision on expat citizens
Chairman George announced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will redraft a section of the House revenue bill taxing American citizens living abroad. Maurice T. McGovern of Harvard, Cuba, representing the Alaska Chamber of Commerce of Cuba, urged preserving a 1926 tax exemption for foreign residents to avoid hurting private American business abroad. He noted many Germans Italians and Japanese in Latin America and warned against disadvantaging U.S. citizens while enemy nationals may subsidize their nationals overseas.
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Washington
George
D.-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Maurice T. McGovern
Ha- Vard
Cuba
Anaskan Chamber of Commerce of
AicGovern
United States
Germany
Japan
Mess Hall Burned At Naval Base in Peru, Indiana
Ninth Naval District reports a fire at Peru naval air base damaged an uncompleted two story mess hall. Lieut Arthur White said damage estimated at 150 000 dollars, confined to the building.
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Great Lakes
Ninth Naval District
Peru
Ind.) Naval Air Base
Arthur White
District
Germans Claim Voroshilovsk Falls In Caucasus Fight
German high command says Voroshilovsk fell after house to house fighting in the Caucasus. Berlin reports German mechanized units reached the Kuban river with advances toward Rostov and Maikop oil targets. Soviet communiques note Red Army withdrawal to new positions around Salsk and continued counterattacks near Stalingrad.
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Voroshilovsk
Red Army
Moscow
Salsk
Rostov
Kubatt
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Klelskaya
Red Star
Kushchevka
Maikop
Caucasus Mountains
Kuban
Berlin
Cayucasus
High Command
Rostov-to- Baku
Secret session in Commons hears Attlee message
The House of Commons met in secret session to hear a statement by Clement Attlee the Dominions secretary and Deputy Prime Minister. The BBC said the session lasted about 20 minutes and the Lords held a brief secret session as CBS reported from New York.
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London
House of Commons
Clement 2. Attlee
Dominions
BBC
House of Lords
CBS
New York
Parachute reports debunked but warnings continue
The Third Service Command said that all parachute landings reported in Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia had proved erroneous while urging continued alertness without hysteria. The army noted many reports were vague or imagined and cautioned the public to avoid sensational claims though not dismissing the possibility of future attempts. A Baltimore sighting was deemed untrue after investigators found no aircraft in the area and a second claim of parachutists baling out was traced to imagination.
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Javestia
Don
Krutskaya
Stalingrad
Rereinbuch
Neuer
Red Air Force
Izvestia
Baltimore
Third Service Command
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Army
Ay Igetra
Fascist Element Seen Responsible For Attack
United States writer and lecturer Frank, beaten Sunday in Buenos Aires, said the assault was by a small fascist element not representing Argentine sentiment. He remained in hospital with a bandaged head as police hunted the assailants, aided by a hat yielding a key identif ication.
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Buenos Aires
Waide Rank
United States
Frank
Russian general dies in aviation corps
Moscow reports the death today of Major General of Aviation S A Gorbateevich. The announcement confirms his death but provides no further details on circumstances or location. The veteran officer served in the aviation branch and was a notable figure in the military.
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Moscow
S. A.gorbateevich
Battle Quiets Down on El Alamein Front
Cairo reports action on the El Alamein front has simmered to patrols and occasional air clashes. A joint RAF and GHQ communique notes two German Messerschmitt 108 fighters damaged in dogfights yesterday. RAF fighters over Malta repelled two enemy raid attempts on the island fortress.
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Cairo
el Alamein
RAF
General Headquarters
Malta
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