US power limits on Caribbean islands to settle debts
The piece argues the United States should acquire the French and English West Indies, including St Thomas, to settle debts to Britain and France, avert protectorate theories, and bolster defenses of Panama and Nicaragua canals. It urges Danes and Americans to honor the Monro Doctrine and remove islands from European control, framing it as national defense and peace strategy.
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West Indies
St. Thomas
United States
Mr. Lansing
Denmark
Thtt
Bt. Thomas
America
England and
Proce
England
France
Italy
Panama Canal
Nicaraguan Canal
Evon
Hemi
Channel Islands
Jersey
British Isles
Havana
Associated Proms
Italy and Axis Loom For British Invasion
Reports from Rome and Berlin claim Mussolini sought Italian troops and planes to join a major assault on Britain. German leadership approved limited Italian participation while air power and naval raids target UK ports. Gibraltar raid reported. frontier closures and interrupted cross border traffic hint at wartime mobilization.
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Bern
Switerland
Germany
Italy
Chahbel
Britain
Poland
Norway
Low Countries
France
Belinia
Virginio Gay
Rome
Epain
Arciba
United States
Gayda
Gernan- Occupied
North Sea
English Channel
Traliang
Switzerland
Adolf Hiller
Benito Mussolini
Fuehrer
Hitler
Prince Wong
Bay of Biscay
Bribay
Wareathers
Ethiopia
Spain
Brehner Pass
North Sea Channel
Mussolini
Sud
Gibraltar
Saint Margarethen
Austria
Wno
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Fair with increasing cloudiness along the upper coast. Wednesday night and Thursday bring light to moderate southerly winds and little temperature change. Airport highs near 98, nights around 74 to 94, coastal showers develop west Texas with scattered storms north central and southwest portions.
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San Antonio
Texas
West Texas
Westnassay
British Ports Are Crippled by German Attacks
Berlin reports say southern and eastern English ports including Swansex and Plymouth were bombed, crippling harbors and hindering trade. Germany claims rail lines from the west are inadequate to reroute shipments as Dover and other ports face disruption while Britain organizes port plans and vows to meet the crisis.
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Berlin
England
Britain
Jigh
Swansex
Plymouth
Nin Aig
Ransport
Dover
DNR
Enlawace
London
Ronald A. Gross
Tnem
Empire
Germany
Cross
Park Department Purge Indications The Shakeup
Indications that a purge of certain park department employees may follow the city administration aligned purge. Park Commissioner Henry P Rein notes discharges could occur in one or more departments, possibly tied to necktie style rather than policy. Garbage division seen as first likely target with action hinted around August 1.
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Henry P. Rein
Hein
Retacdeta
Heln
I Garbage Department
Second defense bill funds expansion at Sam Houston and San Antonio arsenal
The House aids a second defense appropriation including a 1 025 million dollar addition to the general warehouse at Sam Houston and a 525 thousand dollar rehabilitation for the San Antonio arsenal. The San Antonio depot storage would rise from 442 149 to about 642 149 square feet. Details of the rehabilitation were not disclosed. In Panama City a US Army bomber from France Field reportedly crashed near the canal zone, burning on the ground with three parachutes seen nearby, as rescue teams were dispatched.
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Washington
National Defense
Sam Houston
San Antonio
Quartermaster Corps
Department of the Way
E. B. Gregory
Panama
United States Army
France Field
Canal Zone
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Allegianies
Two Officers Die in Gun Battle Near Tahoe
United States Marshal George Mef fan and Deputy Jobn Glenn were reported killed in a gun fight with an unidentified Negro in a cabin in the mountains north of here. Coroner Clyde Summers said authorities were unable to reach the bodies due to ongoing gunfire.
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Boisa
Tahoe
United States
George Meffan
Jobn Glenn
Mallee
Here
Clyde Summers
Duchess of Winds Reserved Rooms at New York Hospital
The New York World-Telegram learns from close friends that the duchess of Winds has reserved rooms at a private hospital in New York for nine plastic surgery operations on September 9. The duke and duchess are said to be en route to the Bahamas Islands where the duke will serve as governor. Also, W H Bostick named mayor of Raymondville to fill the term of the late Howard Campbell.
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New York
New York World-Telegram
Duchess of Winds
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Bahai Islands
Raymondvillee
W. H. Bostick
Raymondville State Bank
Lable
Howard Campbell
Heat Grips Nation as Thunderstorms Offer Brief Relief
Heat across the nation persisted with temperatures in the nineties and hundreds. Showers provided only temporary relief in some regions while forecasts warned of more heat for the Plains and Great Lakes. Reports linked hundreds of deaths and drownings to the heat, and violent storms damaged the New England coast and Goodyear in Massachusetts.
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Ny Uys
Great Lakes Region
Milsierinph Valley
Rockies
Waynoya
Okia
Thilanapolis
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Topeka
Kan
Desrop
Enid
Panen City
Okio
New England
Goodyear
Quincy
Mast
Necraska
New Maxloa
Five Billion to Prepare Approved by House Committee
Washington reports the appropriations committee recommended spending 4.97 billion to start a two ocean navy and equip an army potentially 2,000,000 strong. The plan raises total army navy authorizations to about 1.04 billion with direct and contract funds. It calls for 14,494 airplanes and 200 ships, adds housing and facilities, and funds naval reservist training.
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Washington
Tee
Roosevelt
Congress
George C. Malehudi
Army
Nations Guard
Marshall
Budget Bureau
Navy
Inter
Girera
British Children Arrive in Canada on Transatlantic Liner
An eastern Canadian port welcomed hundreds of English children bound for temporary homes in Canada and the United States aboard the third liner docking this week. About 100 passengers disembarked, many in uniforms, including Lifeche, former deputy of national defense, who served as Canadian liaison with the French general.
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Ouly
Canada
United States
Lifleche
Depoy
National Defensé
Debate over Burke-Wadsworth draft bill and age change
Washington July 21 14 The military committee amended the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory training bill to require registration only of men 21 to 34 years old rather than 18 to 84. Secretary Stimson testified a prudent trustee must plan for Britain possibly falling to Germany within 30 days. The bill’s age change aims to reduce registrations from about 42 0010 to 12 06000 while Home Guard provisions were dropped. The senate committee split approved the amended version unanimously.
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Washington
Genite Military Committee
Burke-Wadsworth
Sorfle Group
House Military Committee
Stimson
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Germany
Samson
Mxi
War Department
Thomas
Idutiay
Ant Smathers
D-N. J
Senate
Seathers
Lee
D.-Okla
Bridges WN. H
Smathers
Anny
Joriptin
Roosevelt
Wer i
Pacific
England
United States
Mus
Heat Confounds Weather Man on Temperature Rise
A weather bureau spokesperson vented about persistent heat after noting only small changes in air temperature. He blamed the heat for the high 96 degrees forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, despite fluctuations in humidity and brief fair to partly cloudy conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Officer Slaying Trial Yields Verdict in Presidio Case
In Marfa a jury convicted Howell after a July plea of not guilty in the shooting death of Bob Speed, a Presidio county peace officer. Speed was killed at Howell’s business premises, with testimony noting a five year suspended sentence related to prior conduct.
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Marfa
William B. Rowell
Bob Speed
Presidio
Jas
Howell
Speed
Back Is Injured in Scaffold Fall at Brazos and Vera
Manuel De Leon aged 37 was injured Wednesday after falling from a 1 1 foot scaffold at a construction project at the Brazos and Vera streets corner. He was transported to Santa Rosa Hospital with a series of injuries described as non life threatening.
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Manuel de Leon
Noocarrier
Santa Rosa
Brazos
Vera Crna
Oil Sprayed on Stagnant Pools at Franklin Fields
A crew of two park department and five health department employees sprayed oil on stagnant pools at Franklin fields on Wednesday. The operation aims to prevent breeding of mosquitoes following recent rains.
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Park Department
Health Department
Franklin Fields
British clash with German raider in South Atlantic
London reports a British merchant cruiser Alcantara fought a German armed raider in the South Atlantic but failed to stop its escape. The admiralty notes the German ship hit and then withdrew under smoke. British casualties totaled two killed and seven wounded. The 22,209 ton Royal Mail liner Atlantis was converted to an armed vessel with ten guns and joined the South Atlantic squadron last March.
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London
South Atlantic
Admiralty
Aleavista
Royal Mail
Alesntars
Wound Blamed on Mexican Police
Dallas reports that Leonard M. Durso, a U. S. college student among two Americans shot in Mexico City during an election incident, says he was wounded when police fired into a fleeing crowd. He arrived with his mother, Mrs. Angela Ottso of Union City, N. J.
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Dallas
Leonard M. Durso
One Lege
Mexico City
Adexcan
Angela Otttso
Cnionty
N. J
Mayor and Commissioners Tour Camp Bullis Visitors Day
Mayor Molly Maverick along with City Commissioners Henry P Hein GC Ray Davis and Louis W Lipecomb attended visitors day ceremonies at the C MM T C camp off Camp Bullis on Wednesday.
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Bullis
Molly Maverick
Henry P. Hein
Ray Davis
Louis W. Lipecomb
Camp
War at a Glance: Axis Drives and Allied Resistance
A wartime roundup from Associated Press outlines German raids on Wales and the English coast with minimal damage reported, Nazi aims to paralyze Britain’s southern and eastern ports, and Hitler’s plan to use Italian troops. It notes Franco’s government possibly aiding a Gibraltar strike, Italian raids on Aden, Romanian-German Balkan tensions, Japan’s stance on British citizens, and Pan American conference moves toward a three-point program with Hull expressing satisfaction.
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Associated Free
Britain
Wales
English
Hitler
Mediterranean
Spain
Franco
Gibraltar
Aden
Balkan
Germany
Romania
Hungary
The
Orient
Western Hemisphere
Hull
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Dito Sagrange
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House
Wars and Means
Cooper
Brittgh, Nazi
Dir Battle
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