Pacific Submarines Sink 38th Japanese Destroyer in War From Coral Sea to Midway
U S Navy reveals that Pacific fleet submarines have sunk six more Japanese vessels including a modern destroyer in Far Eastern waters. In about a year and a half of war American forces have sunk or damaged roughly 275 Japanese combat and merchant ships, with submarines accounting for 84 of them. The report notes recent actions south of New Guinea and near Tokyo, as U S forces press a broad submarine campaign across the western Pacific.
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Washington
UNB
Navy Department
U. S
Pacific Fleet
Buty
Merigan
Army
Navy
U.S
Australia
New Guinea
Japan
Unite
Paglfis
Far East
Coral Sea
Midway
Aleutian
Tokyo Harbor
Chitin
Dutch East Indies
mid-Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Subimia- Tines
Ald
Kiska
Jon Hall Hurt By Herd of Horses
Hollywood dispatch reports Jon Hall sustained serious injuries during filming of Arabian Nights when thrown by a horse and trampled by a herd. He suffered broken bones and torn ligaments, delaying production as attendants treated him at a hospital.
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Jon Hall
Hollywood
INS
North Trollywikin Emergency
Cub
26 German Tanks Destroyed By Reds
London reports Soviet air forces destroyed 26 German tanks and other equipment in the last 40 hours. Reuters notes the Moscow radio and authorities claimed major losses for the German side in recent air strikes. Meanwhile in the city, the Horam Boys' Club plans a program at Dodd on Monday at 4 pm.
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Reds London
Moscow
Reuter
WPB Takes Railways for War Effort Across Nation
Washington July 25 WPB disclosed to Senator Wiley that hundreds of rail lines are being drafted for war use. Since July 4 six small lines are already taken over to secure tracks and steel for military and naval routes. The agency lists many parallel lines forming large systems and warns rail shortages are critical for army navy and maritime needs.
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Washington
INS
War Production Board
Alexander Wiley
R.-Wis
WSP
Wiley
Tb Haes
Simall Hhred
Falls
Nthey Steel
Aratt
Ist
WPB
In & Jetter
Army
Navy and Maritime Commission
Sceve Remy
RAF Attacks Foe in Egypt Southwest of El Alam el
British radio reports heavy air attack by RAF on Axis tanks and transport southwest of El Alam el during Saturday night action. The broadcast quotes Alexandria sources and CRS noting planes from the air arm struck targets in the area within the last hour.
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Lie
Russians Brace for Nazi Drive Near Rostov and Rostov Front
London and Moscow dispatches report Soviet forces under Budenny delaying German advances along the Don and Rostov gate, with 600,000 troops and 2000 tanks facing the Nazi assault. Germans claim Rostov fallen. fierce house to house fighting rages near Tsimalynsk and along the Don line as reinforcements mass at Kerch for invasion.
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London
Semyon Budenny
Lower
Don River
Stockholm
Kerch
Kabin
Jenikal
Kopiekil
Kerelstrait
Moscow
Briainsk
cSunday
Rostov
Caucasus
Roatov
Novocherkassk
Btockholm
Batajsk
Stalingrad
Tsimalynsk
Staingrad
Don
Stalingrad North Caucasus
Shortage in Meat Sparks Boston Hijack of Fish Shipment
In Boston a 10 ton frozen beef truck was hijacked amid meat shortages. Three of four hijackers were later arrested. Massachusetts grocers chief Malcolm McCabe urged producers to divert provisions to New England to ease the shortage, accusing racketeers of price manipulation and deliberate withholdings.
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Boston
New England
Baok
Massachusetts Grocers and Provision Dealers Association
Malcolm McCabe
Rotmene
Oliver
Newngland
McCabe
RAF Raids Hit Holland and Germany Factories
British bombers struck the Ab Sluiskil chemical plant in Holland and other targets at Mannheim and Frankfurt. RAF fighters raided Belgium, destroying nine railroad locomotives. Torpedo planes hit a 5000 ton merchant ship between Crete and Cyprus. an escort destroyer was damaged. An unidentified plane over Vichy prompted anti aircraft fire.
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CINS
Boston
Ab Sluiskil
Holland
Manheim
Frankfurt
Germany
Rhineland
Belgium
Enriey
Air Ministry
Crete
Cyreiy' Aia
Vichy
Alemintsiyy
France
Officers Escape Death In Explosion At Giant Rock Airport
Twenty-Nine Palms Cal. Three deputies were injured when Frank Critzer, operator of the Giant Rock airfield near Twenty-Nine Palms, detonated about 200 pounds of dynamite rather than surrender to questioning about dynamite theft. He fled into his home beneath a boulder as deputies arrived, shouting they would not take him alive before the blast.
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Frank Oritz Per
Alrworb
Critzer
Giant Rock
Japs Reach Sinchang Outskirts Near Chuchow
GHUNGKING July 25. Jap troops reached the outskirts of Sinchang near Chuchow in Cheriang province. Another column was attacking Chenghsien in the eastern part of the area. Chinese forces ambushed Jap marching west and northwest of Sinyang and near Taonching, east of Canton.
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Ghungking
Sinchink
Chuchow
Cheriang
Chenghsien
Sineyang
Taonching
Canton
Reds Sink Two Enemy Transports
Soviet high command announced that Russian warships have sunk two enemy transports in the Gulf of Finland, totaling about 14,000 tons. The report notes ongoing actions against Axis maritime targets with no further details provided.
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Mussvuw
Uysoe UunuEy
Cnsi
Finland
High Command
Voters Narrowly Split in Bexar County Contests and Races
Returns from 88 of 197 precincts in Bexar County show a tight political split. O Danie l leads for the U S Senate over Maud Ryan, with Edw ards trailing Terrell in the judges race. Governors race tilt favors Coke Stevenson, while Meads and others gain scattered support in county contests across the statewide and local offices.
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Sexoe Court
W. Lee Q O'Mantel
James V. Allred
U. S
O’daniel
Rover W. B. ‘Terrell
Raymond Edwards
Tath
Alfred Wilson
Ving” Carrico
Marshall
Bell
Temple Wheelers
Sam H. Anderson
Ben Bacon
Rvevenson
Coke Stevenson
Bexar County
Bakes
Will Callins
Wheeler
Somerville
Arswld
Howse
Lemens
Sheppart Hind
Buller
James Jed Une
Mills
Mckee
Gorton Smith
Satcher
Bastom Giles Hind
Noll Day
Roosevelt to Gandhi Appeal Planned to Halt Indian Unrest
A Telegraph dispatch from New Delhi reports President Roosevelt will urge Gandhi to halt the plunge into anarchy in India. Chiang Kai-shek will also press Gandhi to settle the Indian question to satisfy the Indian people. The outlets say similar appeals are planned for Britain and other powers in the near future.
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INS
Rooswelt
Mui
Chiang Kai-Shork
Peny
Mahandas K. Gandhi
Pal
Telegraph
Inn Dispatch
New Det
Satan
Randolph Flier Killed in Plane Crash Near Randolph Field
Appleton resident Kenanil M Stevenson 18 died in a plane crash 20 miles southeast of Randolph field late Saturday. Investigators from the training department arrived with Maj Ward, while a witness report and ambulance response followed. Stevenson, of Class 42-1, was due to finish basic training next week. survived by sister Eunice R Pennington and mother Mrs Sather of Los Angeles.
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Kenanil M. Stevmison
Appleton
Shutent
Randolph Field
Mir
U S Officer Killed In India Plane Crash
In New Delhi the U S officer Captain Howard Lanjiers, chief naval liaison officer of the United States at Colombo, was killed when a Royal Air Force transport plane crashed into a well in India during a fight with rough rainclouds. His home was reported as Lammers.
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New Qelhi
Ins
Howard Laninjers
Naval Halsow
United States
Infant Health Surfers Banana Imports Drop
New York reports a strange shortage of bananas blamed on U boat activity affecting Central and South American shipments. The shortage threatens 200 infant health cases as a banana shortage disrupts a key diet for abdominal illness prevention in vulnerable children. A Canadian Airways plane carried a crate to a New York hospital unit, tied to a 22 month old patient in Montreal.
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New York
New York City
Central Art
South
Dan Moody Trailing in Light Vote
In the Texas Democratic primary results Moody trails with a slight lead for governor showing Stevenson safely nominated with a large margin. Lieutenant governor races see Beck ahead of Smith as House candidate Buck and others post varying totals amid a statewide vote tally.
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Texas
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James V. Allrach
Moody
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J. L. Smith
Boyce House
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Norial
Yale Asltnvedt
Alfved
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Ryan
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Isom
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Stevenson
Wheeler
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Hardin
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Mead
Miler
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J.T. Saint
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Hatcher
Taines
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Giles
Day
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Klug
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Lene
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Link
Nelson
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