Strategic Isle on Danube Taken By Reds
Moscow reports Soviet forces seized an island marked letter K on the Danube near the Danube delta after a surprise landing. German Romanian defenders fought fiercely as two infantry divisions and a panzer force were said destroyed. Soviets claim crushing losses for German forces in Smolensk and surrounding sectors, while claiming 88 enemy planes shot down.
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Danube
Reds
Moscow
INS
Russig
Islind Pennautt
Dakuba
Tne
Romania
Black Sea
Bessarabian
Selzct
Germany
High Command
Smatensk
Russia
Financial Chaos Seen in Shanghai
Shanghai faces a chaotic financial outlook as Japan seized assets provoking uncertainty. Speculators rush to buy US dollars while markets were closed for the weekend, and banks did not quote exchange rates.
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Shanghai
United Water
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Ahanghal
Inletna- Tonady
Senate Aides Back Draft Extension For War Emergency
Washington reports the Senate Auxiliary committee voted 9 to 1 to declare the nation imperiled by foreign wars. The measure would empower President Roosevelt to retain draftees and reserve forces, possibly beyond 12 months, with parliamentary protections and monthly reporting by War Secretary Stimson. Noninterventionists aim to press for a broader vote on foreign policy.
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Washington
INI
Senate Soilitary Affalys
Télay
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Tister Fi
D.-Ann
Senate
House
Stimson
Hill
Troops in Hawaii Placed on Precautionary Alert
In Hawaii all Army troops in the Hawaiian Department were ordered on a precautionary alert affecting installations and bridges across the islands. Authorities say the move aligns with long standing training directives. Weather notes forecast a hot Sunday with highs near 95 and a low around 74, light southeast breeze.
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Nonoluly
UNS
Hawaii
Hawaiian Department
Staus
Nazi Gestapo arrests after Warsaw train collision
Moscow dispatch reports German Gestapo units carried out numerous arrests after a Nazi troop train collided with a freight train near Warsaw, Poland, causing about 2000 casualties.
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Ynday
Uing
Birer
Gestapo
Warsaw
Poland
Nazis Order Registration of Foreign Assets in Germany
Berlin reports a Nazi decree requiring wholesale registration of all foreign owned property in Germany and occupied territories, as published in the Lay Gazette. In Kansas City a man, John Cannon Dodds, 21, died after diving into a pool, reportedly striking his head on the bottom.
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Berlin
Ae Releh Defense Coumcli
Germany
Kanbas City
John Cannon Dodds
Oil Day delayed by Texas railroad officials
Texas oil for Britain Day was postponed indefinitely by the railroad commission. The planned August 10 donation of one full day’s production was halted while details on gathering and transferring the oil are resolved, after information from Washington on warrants handling Lipoti. Governor O’Daniel had invited dignitaries to Corpus Christi for the first cargo loading.
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Austin
Texas
Britain
Railroad Commission
Jerry Sadler
Olli Gutherson
Varias
Washington
Rengard
Lipoti
W. Lee O'Daniel
Lord
Lady Halifax
Corpus Christi
War secret Italian naval weapon strikes Malta raid
Italian high command claimed a secret weapon crippled British Mediterranean defenses at Valetta and Malta harbor. They reported destroying eight ships and sinking two vessels while claiming 12 Italian torpedo boats sunk by Allied counterattack. Eight other ships damaged and several aircraft shot down. The raid caused uproar in Rome and boosted wartime morale.
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Mator
la Rean Sume
Ana Malta
Titan High Command
Mediterranean
Danyagerd
Malta
la Vallette
Moscow Push Seen as Nazi Drive to Moscow Gathers Pace
News by German and Allied sources report a major Nazi victory claim northeast of Smolensk and a “final drive” toward Moscow. The bulletin notes daytime air hits near Moscow, with divisions trapped in Ukraine and Romanian forces pressing toward Odessa. Tokyo calls for the United States to reconsider its Indo-China defense stance amid Japan freezing Western assets and expanding in southern Indo-China.
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Berlin
Smolensk
Moscow
Kiev
Odessa
Jilly
Ukraine
Hatte
Vjasma
Dienst
Red Capital
High Command
Hitler
Fowever
Regglon
Luftwafte
Die Dienst
Amen Jensk
Iloviev
Dniester
Tokyo
United Sates
Washington
London
Japan
Noburi Ito
Japanese Board of Information
United States
Ito
Veipin
Cal
Nicht Nicht
United State
Roosevelt
Asahi
Pacific
Indo- Ohie
Far East
American
Canada
Bultrain
United Kingdom
India
Burma
PACT
Reuters
Finance Ministry
Vokyo
Japanzee
Tan Elfusion
Vich
Saigon
Indo-China
Chungking
Japanese Sentry Shot in Shanghai
A Japanese naval sentry was shot by a Chinese gunman near the Hongkew area just outside the International Settlement in Shanghai. The incident heightens city tensions as Chinese forces allegedly step up attacks on Japanese targets amid rising Chungking regime risks.
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Shanghai
Sianghai
Aar
Hongkewdren
German Panzer Corps Said to Destroy 1086 Soviet Tanks
Berlin July 26 official German radio reported heavy destruction of Soviet armor between the Bug and Dniester rivers. The Panzer corps claimed to have destroyed 1086 Soviet tanks with minor losses, while an infantry division fighting alongside reportedly destroyed 239 red tanks.
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Moscow Radio
Binolensk
Yattering
Moscow
Berlin
Panzer Corps
Cerce
Bug
Dniester
Waa
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Area
Forecast shows fair to partly cloudy conditions in San Antonio with Saturday partly cloudy and Sunday possible showers. Winds mainly southeasterly to southerly, temperatures fluctuating with highs near 95 and lows around 74 to 75. Coastal winds gentle to fresh, thunder showers projected in extreme northwest portions Saturday night into Sunday.
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San Antonio
Yietuity
East Texas
West
Texas
Japan Northward Drive Drives Far East Tension
Far East dispatches report Japan and France may align against Washington and London with a limited pact, while Tokyo presses northward moves from North China to Mukden. Railway freight movement and travel restrictions rise as reports note Japan’s strategic aims and potential con moves in Indo China, Burma, and China, hinting at broader regional shifts.
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Alnay
Amb
Rica
Janese
Sepan
France
Japan
China
America
Britahy
Indo-China
Vichy
Washington
Jongon
Why
Tokyo
Far East
Britain
NORTH
North China
Dairen
Korea
Manchukuo
North Chin
Mukden
Burma Road
Daren
Moscow
Tndo-Ghine
Chuhgklig
South Att Clima
Burma
Gantinied
Get Out Nazis Urged to Leave Italy in Milan and Florence
NBC quotes London radio on Italian protests as German troops enter Italian cities sparking chants of Germans get out of Italy with about seventy arrests reported. British radio via NBC notes disunity between German and Finnish leaders after cancellation of troops, while frontier clashes ease. Buenos Aires reports say Ecuadorian frontier guards ceasefire held with mediation led by Argentina and the United States.
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N. B.C
London
M{tan
Turn
Floreare
Florence
Italy
Jily
N. B
Gena
Pinjisl
Eret
Buenos Ales
INS
Fastest Cruiser in U S Is Launched
In Quincy Massachusetts on July 26 the U S San Diego, billed as the fastest cruiser in U S Navy history, was launched today. Sponsored by Mrs Percy Benhough, wife of the mayor of San Diego California, the ceremony marked a notable naval milestone.
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Quincy
Mass
U. S. San Diego
United States Navy
Percy Benhough
San Dito
Calif
Japanese Troops Pour Into French Indochina Saigon
Japanese forces moved toward French Indo China after Gen Sumita arrived in Saigon aboard a transport. Aerial escort preceded troops from Hanai to assist in the occupation under the August accord, as staff officers landed and prepared to billet large numbers of troops. Naval vessels and transports were reported en route to Cam Ranh Bay on the Mekong delta.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Reshito Sumita
Saigor Ly Plate
Sumita
Caphal
Hanai
Mano
Japan
Vichy
Putes
Carmranh Bay
Mekong River
Roosevelt Mobilizes Philippines as War Threat Grows
President Roosevelt orders Philippine mobilization as a wartime measure to deter Japan. Major General Douglas MacArthur will command Philippine forces with Rear Admiral Bemis over a small U.S. naval contingent based at Cayte. About 200,000 Philippine scouts and constabulary plus unknown U.S. troops are placed on guard amid imminent security concerns in the Pacific.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Philippines
U.S
Aaven
Swale
Douglas A. Macartheux
Manila
Philippine Scouts and Constabulary
Summer ‘Welles
H. M. Bemis
Caylte
Philippine Islands
Philippine Navy
Pearl Harbor
Nawaii
U.S. Pacific
Pacific
Navy
Knox
United States
Japan
Sauarely
Germany
Italy
Macarthur
Sno
Hoover
Manuel Querotti
Quezon
Philippina
Get
George Grunert
Analy
Aly Compa
Altipa Ta
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