14 Jul 1941
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1941
Page
1
The Prime Minister declares that London will endure and even strike back at intensified German raids. He praises civil defense resilience, warns of further attacks, and envisions a postwar birth of new freedom for all mankind.
Winston Churchill sent a public message to Charles de Gaulle reaffirming British resolve as France endures Nazi occupation. He vowed the British nation and empire stay on the march toward victory, envisioned a liberated Europe, and called for restored Arab and French interests in Syria.
Charlestown Indiana July 14 Mrs Allan Barnett asks a humane officer to investigate who is giving beers to her bulldog. The dog returns home drunk and reeking and she fears he may be killed in traffic.
The Defense Mediation Board urged Sealed Power Corp Muskegon Michigan to resume production after a walkout by A F L United Automobile Workers seeking wage gains and a union shop. Similar actions delayed defense industry work in St Louis and other sites as a nationwide strike wave affected 10 650 workers in defense plants last week.
Soviet war news reports Stalin’s scorched earth policy in retreat areas. Grain was taken or burned, crops destroyed, cows driven off, and wells filled as villagers fled to join guerrillas. One irregular group surrounded a farm, set it ablaze, and killed or captured fleeing Nazis.
Col William Donovan newly named Coordinator of Defense Information spoke in French on NBC to the French people and colonies. He recalled Allied victory in 1918 and said withdrawal in 1919 was a mistake. He warned that the war is not over and pledged renewed support against Hitler.
Two circus lions escaped their cages for five minutes at Albany when a loose door allowed them to roam the grass. Trainer Joseph Welch herded them back as workers built a temporary fence around the plot. A few visitors watched as the lions played tag before recapture. A second brief notes a 12 year old girl fatally struck by a car in Amherst.
Greensboro reports 52 one gallon jugs of illicit whisky found under separate vines in a watermelon patch during a routine dig by sheriff deputies. The discovery was described as fruitful and routine in a lighthearted local note.
In Lynxville Wisconsin W L Tallmadge reports 100 hens wear red tinted spectacles to prevent hen on hen attacks caused by blood spotting. He says the aluminum bar mounted lenses make objects appear red and stop cannibalistic pecking.
In Des Moines on July 14 a call for help from a laundry building basement led police to the scene. Detectives and a motorcycle patrolman found the cry for aid was from a request to move a large stack of laundry baskets rather than a crime.
Officials said 5000 troops of the first division from Fort Devens Massachusetts sailed Sunday on four Army transports and are en route to Georgia for maneuvers. Movement was kept secret until ships cleared New York Harbor.
The Agriculture Department extended to April 30 1948 the period for storing grain under government loan amid grower protests over a 49 cent per bushel penalty on wheat exceeding allotments. The extension offers three options to avoid the penalty underplanting next year by the excess, counting on quota lifting, or accepting a crop loss offsetting the excess.
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