FDR Edges Toward Tripling WAAC to 75,000
Roosevelt expected to sign an executive order to triple the Home Army Auxiliary Corps to 75,000 volunteers amid War Department demands. Rep Edith Nourse Rogers says legislation will raise WAAC pay to align with regular army and boost officer salaries from lieutenant levels up to captain. Mrs Oveta C. Hobby heads the WAAC with a $3000 director’s pay. Des Moines dates outline dating restrictions for unmarried WAAC officer candidates, urging them to date nonmilitary men while serving away from home.
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Decree in France Segregates Jews and WAAC at Fort Des Moines
Frustrated by social imbalance, a Fort Des Moines training center reports WAAC candidates face strict dating rules and social separation as they train. Separately in Vichy, a Gestapo order bars Jews from most public spaces in occupied France and restricts their movement to designated times and areas, with separate restaurants and limits on social mixing.
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Two Men Sentenced for Sedition in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on July 21, Robert Nable and El Uso Jones were sentenced to prison for sedition. Nable, 42, founder of the Isolanist Friends of Progress and a World War I navy deserter, received five years. Jones, 64, Yale graduate and founder of the National Copper Heads, was given eleven years. Judge Ralph Jenney described the case as a conspiracy aimed at weakening national unity amid a time of crisis. Charges followed their denouncement of President Roosevelt, General MacArthur, and other leaders during a war threat.
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British trawler bombed off Iceland in air attack
An official communique reports a British trawler was bombed by a German plane off the coast of Iceland, marking a second attack this summer. The vessel reportedly escaped damage, with no casualties confirmed.
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Five Die in Army Bomber Crash Near Vienna Galil
Fresno dispatch reports five U S air force members killed when a bomber crashed about five miles northwest of Vienna Galil after takeoff from Vishia airport. The victims are Lieutenants Dwight W Harreison Omer D Carmulle Clais E Hawkins and Privates Hames H Dittrich and Banal G Wright. The plane departed Vishia airport en route back to its home base about 40 miles away.
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Galil
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Omer D. Carmulle
Clais E. Hawkins
Hames H. Dittrich
Banal G. Wright
T Ie Visslia
Oil Fortune Heir Attendant Wed in Philadelphia Romance
Waller C. Few Jr. and his attendant at Cinderella gas station wed in Philadelphia after a romance sparked at a Sun Oil filling station. Both families approve the match despite the distance from Parrish Street. The couple, both 24, married at a justice of the peace as the ceremony private and simple.
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Waller C. Few Jr
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Pew
Sun
Amit
Parrish Street
Belgian Troops Parade in London
Belgian detachments parade in London during a military review marking Belgium’s independence. The review features motorized units, artillery, air force, and naval elements, with Belgians and crowds cheering the troops training to reclaim their homeland from Germany.
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St Anthony Reduction Hearing Set For Tax Assessments
The St Anthony reduction hearing will be held Wednesday before the board of equalization. Pan American Hotel Company seeks to cut its land valuation from 276 290 to 141 800, with new addition valued at 78 018, totaling 434 860 for the block-long property. Last week the equalization board rejected a 20 percent cut on Commerce street property owned by W Ewing Company.
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Axis Refusal Keeps Greeks Starving
Greek Premier Emmanuel Tsanderos declared that 1000 Greeks died daily from starvation last winter and were buried in common graves. He blamed four months of German and Italian obstruction of wheat shipments from Canada to Greece, while some aid had reached from Turkey and the Middle East.
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Stores Expect to Use on New Plan
Retail managers anticipate changes under a new plan with altered hours on Thursdays. Despite some weakness, most expect better sales later as credit associations and trade groups discuss the shift. The St. Anthony retail meeting Wednesday signaled cautious optimism, though night sales may lag behind normal Thursday morning totals.
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