Hankow Area Bombed By Chinese Forces Amid Yangtze Attacks
Chinese air raids hit Hankow and Yochow in North Hunan and along the Yangtze as Beijing reports a second attack on Hankow in nine days. American Volunteer Group and Chinese air force pilots claimed several ships sunk while raiders returned safely. Chinese officials say Japanese forces still gap east and west columns in Eastern Kiengsi with Kiangsi focus.
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Will to Fight Lacking in South America
Special correspondence from Rio de Janeiro argues South America lacks will to resist a German invasion. It warns a Sixth Column propaganda network and pro Nazi nationals could trigger quick falls across Brazil, Argentina, and other nations, with air landings and seaborne threats via the South Atlantic.
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Plane crash kills thirty in California and crew listed
Ten bodies recovered from the blazing hull and ten more later, with a detachment from an Ohio Army post arriving to handle wreckage. The dead include Lieut Robert K. Murphy and copilot Jack W. Green among others from Idaho Kansas Ohio and several states. Hyet and Hill were reported safe at Kellogg Field Michigan. A birthday postcard signed Pop was found near the wreckage.
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Spartanburg
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James R. Stephens
Remington
Dack Hearnh
Eldorado
Kaw
Bill Rosser
Anson, Tex
Allies Raid Jap Airfield In Celebes
Allied air forces struck Kendari in Dutch Celebes and hit Japanese bases at Dili Lae Salamaua Tulagi and Bougainville. Dozens of grounded planes and buildings at Kendari were destroyed and fires started aboard ships at Dili. Lae saw barracks and harbor shipping hit while Salamaua suffered large fires.
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Erie County Fair to Proceed as Planned
The Erie County Agricultural Society announced the Aug. 24 29 fair will go on as scheduled. Spokesman Ralph Thorn said the event remains closer to local farmers than Buffalo markets, prompting the decision to proceed.
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Argentina seeks details on Rio Tercero sinking from captain
President Castillo said small contradictions emerged about how the Argentine freighter Rio Tercero sank after a German submarine torpedo attack. He plans to press Berlin with new information provided by Captain Luis Scalese when he arrives from the United States. Berlin reportedly acknowledged the torpedo but said the ship disobeyed an order to halt and radioed its position.
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United States
Rio Tercera
Craven Backs Rewriting of FCC Statutes
FCC member T A M Craven urged Congress to rewrite communications laws during testimony before the House Interstate Commerce Committee. He supported separating the seven member FCC into two divisions, argued networks are essential, and warned against barring newspapers from operating radio stations while maintaining existing station ownership rights.
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Reprieve Fails as Odell Waller Is Executed in Virginia
Odell Waller, a 25 year old sharecropper, was electrocuted at the Virginia State Penitentiary for the 1940 murder of his white employer Oscar Davis. Waller had endured 630 days on death row amid multiple reprieves and legal appeals ended by Governor Darden and the President. Witnesses from Pittsylvania County attended as Waller was pronounced dead around 8:45 A.M.
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Pittsylvania County
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Pittsylvania
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New York
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Washington
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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
United States
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Capnizanos
Cargo Vessel Sunk After Daylight Torpedo Attack Near Harbor
An American cargo ship was torpedoed in broad daylight June 28 off the Atlantic coast and sank near its home port after 18,000 miles of patrols. The crew of 50 was rescued within minutes and landed at the East Coast port two hours later. Two seamen were trapped on the masts but escaped. Captain William R. Stewart praised the crew's order as the ship burned and sank.
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Brazil Vessel Sunk by U Boat Off South American Coast
The Navy reports a small Brazilian merchant ship torpedoed off the northern South American coast. No casualties are believed, and the ship's company has been landed at a West Indian port.
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Shubert Loses Again In Payment Suit
Mrs Evelyn T Lindley Bermuda former Broadway chorus girl will continue receiving 75 weekly from Lee Shubert New York producer under an agreement made 16 years ago when she claimed he was the father of her child The Appellate Division denied 4 1 vote Shuberts plea to stop payments since she has married
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Bermuda
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New York City
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