Troops to maneuvre on Sabine in August drills
About 70 000 officers and men from regular army and national guard units will clash in the Third Army maneuvers along the Sabine river area in August. Red force led by Maj. Gen. Walter Kroeger includes Second division and First Cavalry, with Thirty-sixth and Forty-fifth divisions. Blue force lacks Teethar divisions but includes Ninety-fourth Anti-tank battalion and Thirteenth Field Artillery brigade. Preliminary training precedes a three week exercise April 1 to 26 under Gen. Stanley D. Embick.
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Five Nations Guard
Sabine River
Walter Kroeger
Fort Sam Houston
Texas National Guard
Mej
Claude v. Birkhead
First Cavalry
Seventy- Seventh Field Artillery
Marfa
Brooksfield
Sixty-ninth Coast Artillery
Galveston
Fort Sil
Oklo
Port Benning
Thirteenth Field Artillery
Fourth Corps
Twenty-third Cavalry
Texas
Liett
Stanley D. Embick
British Move to Save Food From German Blockade
London reports Britain tightening civilian controls to bolster the home front against possible German bombing and to conserve food. Measures include banning strikes, ordering building occupants to aid defense, clearing attics to block fires, regulating vehicle use, and requisitioning fields with low production.
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London
Britain
England
Germany
British Isles
France Faces Worries as France Shifts to Authoritarian Rule
Washington notes France's move toward authoritarian government raises alarm for Western hemisphere possessions. It adds urgency to Pan American Conference preparations for July 20 in Havana. Germany's war successes and pressure on Latin nations heighten concern over Nazi influence and Monroe doctrine stability.
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Washington
France
Western Hemisphere
Germany
Havens
Frerich
Sam
Hull
Havana
England Interns Son of Admiral Domvile Arrested
London July 12 Comp ton Domvile 22 son of Admiral Domvile was interned today Admiral Domvile former director of British naval intelligence and Lady Domvile were arrested July 8 on warrants under defense regulations Admiral Domvile who was guest of Adolf Hitler chaired the pro German Link which he announced was dis solved on September 6
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London
Compton Domvile
Si Barry Domvile
Admiral Domvile
British
Naval Intelligence Division
Lady Domvyile
Adolf Hitler
the Link
Australia Receives War Prisoners From Britain
Canberra reports two thousand internees have been shipped to Australia. The British government will provide guards at the internment camps and cover maintenance costs.
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Canberra
Australia
Ex pitcher Pat Flaherty rooted in early baseball lore
Ex pitcher Pat Flaherty who later worked as a dancehall bouncer in City for Con quest spent eight years pitching for the Boston Red Sox New York Giants and Washington Senators in the major leagues.
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Pat Flaherty
Conquest
Boston Red Sox
New York
Giants
Washington Senators
Ruth Hussey postpones trip home from Connecticut
MGM actress Ruth Hussey cancels two week visit to her family summer home in Connecticut due to her assignment in The Philadelphia Story.
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Ruth Hussey
M.G.M
Connecticut
WPA Says Only Four Communists Or Nazis On Payrolls
Washington July 12 The vast WPA payroll faced a purge under the 1940 41 relief act with about 30 000 claimed to be Communist or Nazi but officials cited a nationwide poll of over one million workers showing only four admitting Communist or Nazi ties two in New York one in Detroit and one in Philadelphia The July 3 WPA enrollment stood at 1 611 213 with 2 percent or about 32 244 as the upper bound and about 100 000 left before July by choice or dismissal
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Washington
Ofigisl
New York
Detroit
Philadelphia
Pol
Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
First San Antonio resident names agent for poll tax
Ruben Brannemann of 144 Kentucky Avenue became the first local resident to name an agent to obtain his poll tax receipt. He appointed his mother, Mrs. H. W. Brannemann, to secure it while he leaves for Washington for a Department of Commerce job. The October 3 affidavit rule by Attorney General Gerald Mann requires an agent if absence begins before filing period ends February 1.
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Ruben Brannemann
Kentucky Avenue
San Antonio
W. OH. Whisenant
H. W. Brinnemann
Washington
Department of Commerce
Gerald Mann
BP Picant
Star's in Book Pat O'Brien Receives Notre Dame Yearbook
Pat O'Brien has received a specially inscribed 1940 Notre Dame year book from the students there in memory of his visit to the campus during the making of The Story of Knute Rockne.
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Pat O'Brien
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Nazis Active on Argentine Border
Argentine frontier police director-general reports from Misiones that Nazis are active near the Brazilian and Paraguayan borders. Raids on suspected homes yielded ammunition propaganda pamphlets and other items, authorities say.
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Buenos Aires
Argentine Frontier Police
Misiones
Argentina
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