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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
4
Dr. John Frey, director of marketing for the petroleum coordinator for national defense, said today that less voluntary conservation measures failed. He denied that oil companies had rigged a shortage to raise prices.
Wartime remarks praised French resolve under Marshal Petain's leadership. He urged morale, discipline, and optimism, stressing the three armed services share the motto Honor and country. The broadcast included reactions to Petain's cabinet reshuffle and looming policy shifts amid German pressure and Anglo American diplomacy.
The Senate is expected to approve the House version of the Army service extension resolution and send it to President Roosevelt. The measure would extend training and service for up to 18 months beyond normal terms, with debate largely settled after a close 203 to 202 House vote.
A six year old boy died at Children's Hospital in Buffalo from infantile paralysis marking the first polio fatality in the city this year. Two additional Buffalo cases were reported earlier in the week.
Allied reports said German infantry tightened their arc around Odessa and pressed toward Nikolaev as Luftwaffe raids hit rail junctions near Bryansk and the Moscow line. Soviet air losses and armored trains were noted amid heavy fighting on multiple eastern fronts, with Finnish communiques claiming Russian attempts to escape by boat near Lake Ladoga.
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