Jap Premier Wounded By Korean
Washington representative Kelson Haan cited a Sino-Korean league report claiming Park Soowon, 31, shot Japan's Premier General Tojo at the old war ministry in Tokyo on June 17, wounding him lightly. A second shot reportedly hit former premier Hirota and Maj. Fujita was also wounded as terrorists allegedly linked to Euldan caused chaos and arrests followed.
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Sy Aonington
UPI
Kelson Haan
Washington
Sino-Korean Peoples League
Orient
Parint
Tojo
Japan
Haan
Sino-Korean League
Park Soowon
Hirota
Jap Céndarmes
Hao
Yueo Fujita
Soowon
Fujita
Anti-Vice Group Ready in San Antonio
Civic Affairs council completed Wednesday morning to combat vice in San Antonio. Officers elected include Cheynye J. H. Lawler as chair, Mrs. J. D. Peabody as vice chair, Miss Athell Weld as secretary, and Mes. E. J. Fisher as brangure. Last week the group presented a petition with about 1200 signatures to the city council asking beer restrictions after Top m. Plans for further action and circulating petitions continue as the council aims to protect citizens and soldiers.
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Civic Affairs Council
Fry
Lawler
San Antanio
Indian Clashes Curbed But Repression Continues
Bombay reports show strict measures quell nationwide unrest sparked by Gandhi’s arrest. Public whippings and death penalties used to deter leaders of the Congress, while armed troops occupy major cities. Bombay’s death toll stands at 24 with hundreds injured and thousands jailed. new clashes follow a stoning of a military truck in Bhuleshwar and gunfire in the Zavert district.
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Bombay
CNS
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Party
Gandhi I
India
Dn & Ingle
Bhulesan
Serand
Zavert
20 Year Olds Classed For Selective Service Registry
Austin reports that 20 year olds are to be classified by their twentieth birthday for selective service. Adjutant General J. Wath Page notes the June 30 registrations covered those aged 18 to 20 and about 199,000 Texans are affected. Registrants not yet twenty will be mailed questionnaires on reaching that birthday and then classified per existing rules. Also, Tom Cauo Jr. of 687 North Laredo street suffered a fractured skull after a fall from a tree on Tuesday.
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Adj
J. Wath Page
State’ Selective Service
Texas
Page
Robert B. Green
Tom Cauo Jr
North Laredo Street
Iis
Many Jews Bill Selves in Purge
London reports say at least 300 Jews, including many women, killed themselves during a purge sparked by anti Semitic actions. Eyewitness accounts describe chaos as mobs and police clashed in the streets while women and children attempted suicide or were forced toward it. Reports from Zurich police and Nazi guards describe a systematic Jew hunt with mass searches and planned sterilization and slave labor deployments.
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London
Batpress
Geneva
Fatis
Womal
Reuters
Belmer Tagwacht
Zurich
Naz
Mnte
Germany
Resistance Stiffened By Reds on Fronts Near Stalingrad
August 12 report says British sources deny German claims of sweeping successes. Soviet dispatches describe German tank thrusts northeast of Hatelnnikovski near Stalingrad. Russians say counterattacks slow the advance as heavy fighting rages in the Caucasus and Voronezh regions. German high command boasts of captures and annihilations while reporting near-airtight gains toward Ordhonikidze and Grozny.
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Auwnajon
Don Bend- Caucasus
Voronezh
Rehey
Moscow
Associated Press
Hitler
Meld
Don River
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Volga
Hatelnnikovski
Red Star
Ka Ineh
Bemeon Timoshenko
Smyyarsk
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Tuapse
Anaoa
Eletakaya
Vola
Cantasian
Ordehonikidze
Groyny
Caucasus Land Bridge
Middle East
LaGuardia Loses Vote In New York Primary
New York August 12 INS reports Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia failed to vote in the state primary yesterday. He admitted forgetting to notify election officials of his move from his Fifth Avenue apartment to Gracie Mansion, the new official mayoral residence.
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New York
FH. LaGuardia
Board of Elections
Fifth Avenue
U S Attorney Warns of Texas Opium Bootlegging
U S Attorney Ben Foster announced an intensive drive to stamp out opium and marijuana trafficking across 60 Texas counties. He noted opium poppies grown from San Antonio to Brownsville and Matamoros, with the largest production near Brownsville and Matamoros, and warned that narcotics from Mexico threaten soldiers and fuel crime.
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U.S
Texas
Mexico
United
Ben Foster
San Antonio
Laredo
Brownsville
Matamoros
Yexan
Chihuahua
Pelley Gets 15 Years for Sedition in Indy
In Indianapolis on August 12, William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Silver Shirts of America, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after his conviction on 11 counts of criminal sedition tied to Fellowship Press publications. Co-defendant Lawrence A. Brown received five years. secretary Agnes Marion Henderson received two years suspended. the Fellowship Press was fined.
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Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelle
Inder
Amerfce
America
Robert GC
Ballet
Dapper
Pelley
Benedict Arnald
Qn Agron
Fellowship Press Incorporated
Lawrence A. Brown
Felley
Fellowship Press
Agnes Marlan Henderson
Pelje
Wan Fine
Shipyard Dismisses Workers Over Chronic Loafing
Oakland Aug 12 officials at Moore Drydock report all shipyard workers dismissed at the request of the navy for chronic loafing. Charles O Adams personnel director said the dismissals were under the governments work of sight order. Names of most men turned over to draft boards for possible induction.
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Qakland
JINS
Moore Drydock Sampany l
Navy
Charles O. Adams
Personel
Lely
Aivelek Lan
Swiss Air Raid Alarms Signal Widespread Alerts
Italian radio reported that a Swiss community announced air alarms were sounded last night as several sections of Switzerland experienced warnings.
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Switzerland
Rome
Forecast Near Normal Temperatures in East Texas
Weather forecast notes little temperature change Wednesday afternoon and night across East Texas with scattered thunder showers mainly in the extreme east portion. gusty winds possible as a secondary concern, and totals vary by location.
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San Amtanis
East Texas
British Admit Loss of Carrier Hagte in Mediterranean Battle
The British admiralty reports the carrier Hagte is sunk in the western Mediterranean after a battle involving a major British convoy and Axis submarines and planes. Part of the crew has been saved, with German broadcasts and Italian high command offering varying casualty details. The Hagte, begun as a Chilean battleship in 1913 and converted, was completed in 1924 and refitted in 1932.
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London
Hagte
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Mediiterranean
Talian High Command
Eagle
Almirante Godhrane
Chile
Syard
He Brit Ish
Cartier
Yank Pilots Join Egypt Front in Dusty Desert Skies
American fighter pilots arrive in the Western desert to assess conditions as dust storms hamper front line action. They join Royal Air Force and South African squadrons, flying Kittyhawks and Tomahawks.
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Cairo
Unileu
R. A. BH
Nazis Speed Up Sub Drive Near Allied Shipping
British naval sources warned of a large senile offensive by German surface ships and U boats against Allied merchant traffic in the south Atlantic. Reports cited SOS messages from Rio de Janeiro and a claim of 45,231 long tons sunk off the American West African coast. An Army official in Iceland said another long-range German bomber was sighted over western Iceland yesterday but did not attack.
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Mumbon
UPI
Tentfic
Ceutral
Rio de Vineiro
SOS
Briztii
Gordan Thigh Command
Egypt
Iceland
Reykjavik
Haid
Solomons
MacArthur
Humbers
United States
Iyeva
Port Moresby
Australia
Tnd
Fiji
Hawaii
Rejinhie
Tulagl
Meer
Bombing of Formosa Reported Tonight
Unconfirmed reports from ONUNGRING say Allied planes bombed Formosa tonight. The Japanese island near Japan’s coast is a target in ongoing offensive operations, with word of bombing not yet verified.
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Formosa
Onungring
Tamoror
Formosan
Enti Ching
Destructive Bombings Factor By Lee Van Atta
General MacArthur reports Allied forces expanding in the Solomon Islands with American and Australian planes launching a campaign of systematic destruction. U S Marines strike deep into enemy positions while naval gunfire supports the bridgeheads at Tulagi and Guadalcanal.
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Lee van Atta
MacArthur
Australia
Japan
Pacific
United States
Solomon Islands
Tulagh
Florida
Guadalcasial
Pacific's Big Ocean Campaign Opens With Solomons Fight
Ty Robinson reports from somewhere in Australia on the Pacific campaign as Marines begin operations against Tulagi and the Solomons. The goal is to reach Rabaul and secure Vor tactics while facing jungle warfare, sea air, and Japanese forces. The piece notes the strategic importance of Tulagi, Rabaul, and Kokoda and describes Japanese uniforms and tactics.
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Ty Fat Robinson
Australia
Anz
Pacific
Bolomon Islands
Tulagi
Isthnias
Rabaul
Japan
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