Nazis Salvage Sunken Ships to Offset Losses
London reports Germany faces shipping shortages and is salvaging sunken vessels and planning standardized merchantmen like Liberty ships. Allied estimates suggest Axis tonnage losses since war began are heavy while supply lines to Europe, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean are under pressure from British and U.S. patrols and air raids. German freighters move ore from Sweden to Baltic ports, reliant on rail to transport fuel now, with large empty-car moves.
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Bayonne
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Atlantic
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Oldice
WPB Plans Centralized Industry
War Production Board approved a centralized approach for civilian production focusing on nucleus firms and selected plants to reduce cross hauling and conserve transportation. Chief Ronald M. Nelson warned a very large part of civilian industry could be affected as curtailment orders shift away from relying on individual firms.
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Governors Clash Over Racial Meddling Amid Segregation Fight
Alabama Governor Frank M. Dixon and Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge attacked outsiders over segregation, with Dixon opposing a Defense Supplies contract that barred discrimination and Talmadge urging blacks to stay out of Georgia. The dispute occurred as Dixon cited federal policies threatening racial peace, while tensions rose after a reported beating of pianist Roland Hayes in Roanoke, Georgia.
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Alabama
Georgia
Innes South
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Eugene Talmadge
Dixon
Defense Supplies Corporation
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the Statesman
Roland Hayes
Ronto
Barrymore and Fletcher to wed after license filing
Diana Barrymore and Bramwell Fletcher applied for a marriage license in Los Angeles. Diana, 21, is the daughter of the late John Barrymore and has just completed her second motion picture. Fletcher, 34, is an English actor with recent stage and film work, and the exact wedding date was not set.
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Bramwell Fletcher
John Barrymore
Jehild
Diana Blanche Barrymore
Blythe
Pletcher
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Fletcher
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British Press Mum on 2nd Front
London reports the British press largely silent on a possible second front. Only the Evening Standard breaks the silence with David Low’s cartoon showing a British soldier amid civilians urging him to remember Dunkirk. Caption reads But you can do it, son with you emphasized.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
David Low
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Dunkerque
St Anthony Hotel Tax Valuation Slashed in Court Ruling
The Bexar County Commission court acting as a board of valuation reduced the St Anthony hotel tax valuation from 721000 to 652250 after a hearing. The Pan American Hotel company owners had sought a reduction separate from other improvements, with the panel granting partial relief.
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Stone Rejects Rubber Probe
Chief Justice Marian F. Stone of the United States Supreme Court said he would decline to head a commission to study the rubber situation if offered. Reports from Washington said Roosevelt planned to appoint Stone to lead a six month inquiry into rubber supply, manufacturing, and synthetic rubber, but Stone refused to give a reason.
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N. H
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Marian PF. Stone
United States Supreme Court Aid
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Roosevelt
Pénite Mountains
Washington
Harlan F. Stone
Stone
Rostov Taken Says Hitler's Command Claims
Rostov was reportedly captured by German forces, with Berlin and Transocean News Service claiming gains along the Don and near Rostov while fighting continued around Novocherkassk and Voronezh. Russian communiques noted repulsed German attacks and no broad front changes.
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Rostov
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Tikhorretsk
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Volga
Don Bend
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Vorotteh
Light Bexar Vote Forecast For State Offices
Light Bexar vote forecast lists candidates for attorney general Gerald C. Mann Jim El Hair for superintendent of public instruction A Woods Charles J Porgerson for commissioner of agriculture W W King Bailey B Ragsdale W N Bill Corry for railroad commissioner Ernest G Thompson Lester Boone Baker Saulsbury for railroad commissioner unexpired term James Kilday Kart L Lovelady Clemnin Will D Pace Bryan Pat Patterson Beau ford H Jester Pierce P Brooks Pat McGreal Armstrong C E Mec Cormick Richard F Humphrey T Leo Meare for judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals Harry N Graves Waller H Strength
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Charles J.porgerson
W. W. King
Bailey B. Ragsdale
W. N. Bill Corry
J. E. McDonald
Ernest G. Thompson
Lester Boone
Baker Saulsbury
James KE. Kilday
Kart L. Lovelady
Clemnin
Will D. Pace
Bryan Pat Patterson
Beauford H. Jester
Pierce
City Spending Up for June in Municipal Ledger
City figures show June expenditures totaling 258,907 with May at 246,154.48. Auditor Walter Taleb released the month’s breakdown listing items from CIA air patrol to U. S. employment service. Mayor and street departments cut spending versus May while Fire and Police costs eased slightly. John F. Pierini of Sacramento to receive the habit of the Competent employees via Carmelite Order at the National Shrine.
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Walter Taleb
CIA Air Patrol
Texas Defense Guard
U. S. Employment Service
Departmentes
John F. Pierini
Sacramento
Calif
Train derailment near Accolink shocks Tulsa region
Houston man Reed wires the FBI about his brother Phil Reed of Tulsa in a derailment that injures 35 as three cars go off near Accolink Virginia twelve hours after a cargo of cigars prompts a boast. Phil Reed claims no comment as authorities investigate the incident.
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Ralph Washington
Tins Reed
Houston
Texas
Phil Reed
Baby Girtmond
Fredericksburg
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