Long Military Steps Taken Before Senate Defense Panel
Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson told a Senate defense committee that defense production made "great progress" but warned total warfare demands more munitions. He outlined Army expansion, projected shifts in civilian industry, and the goal of an organized force superior in modern warfare. Patterson cited 1.5 million soldiers, 167,600 Air Corps personnel, rising daily spending, and increased aircraft production with British pilot training on the horizon.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Europe
Patterson
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
America
War Department
Navy Department
Air Corps
Air Arm
Row Delays Windup of Pennsylvania's 1941 Legislature
Harrisburg July 15 The 1941 session stretched to its 190th day with four major issues unresolved civil service congressional reapportionment unemployment compensation changes and a vehicle tonnage increase stalled by divergent House and Senate positions. Leaders planned a meeting to await conference committee reports as adjournment neared.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Commonwealth
Governor Lehman Pushes Faster Subcontracting For Defense
Albany July 15 Governor Lehman urged speed in farming out defense work to smaller manufacturers. About 200 metal shop owners in eastern and northern New York attended a clinic to accelerate subcontracting, with prime contractors holding large defense contracts meeting small suppliers across 21 counties. He said voluntary cooperation boosts democracy and national defense as clinics expand from Rochester and Syracuse to New York City. Officials from state commerce and federal agencies attended.
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Albany
Lehman
New York
Westchester
Canadian
United States
Binghamton
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
New York City
Martin P. Catherwood
New State Division of Commerce
United States Army
Navy Department
Berlin Blames Roosevelt for Provoking War
Berlin papers denounce President Roosevelt over a Stockholm NY dispatch claiming the U S fleet was ordered to fire on German ships and planes without warning. Headlines warn of a treacherous order and insist Roosevelt seeks war while condemning his alleged incendiary acts.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
Aftonbladet
Stockholm
New York
U. S
Germany
Lokalanzeiger
America
United States Navy
Boersen Zeitung
England
Brother Enlists in Navy After Submarine Loss
Robert Joseph Venhaus, whose brother Bernard was killed on submarine O-9 in the Atlantic, prepares to enlist in the Navy in Denver with his mother's consent. Mrs. Venhaus says she bears no grievance toward the Navy for the death last month aboard the O-9.
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Navy Pueblo
Colo
Atlantic Ocean
Robert Joseph Venhaus
Denver
Navy
Seven Aluminum Plants to Be Built by U S
Washington reports seven new aluminum plants to expand annual capacity to 1.4 billion pounds with 600 million pounds from seven plants plus 200 million imported from Canada. Government ownership to operate several facilities including Aluminum Company of America sites in Bonneville Grand Coulee area and Massena New York.
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Washington
North Carolina
Tacoma
Wash
War Department
Office of Production Management
OPM
Grand Coulee-Bonneville
Aluminum Company of America
Bonneville-Grand Coulee
Arkansas
Massena
N. Y
Union Carbide and Carbon Company
Spokane
Reynolds Metal Company
Listerhill
Ala
Bohn Aluminum and Brass Company
Los Angeles
Calif
Olin Corporation
Takoma
United States
Canada
Rome Claims Axis Victory Near Salum
July 15 Italian High Command reported Axis forces repelled British thrusts at Salum Egypt and Tobruk Libya. Axis air forces bombed Tobruk harbor and air bases while British elle losses were claimed. British raids destroyed cars near Sida Barrani Matruh. Mesina Sicily bomb damage and civilian casualties noted. An Italian source quoted readiness for prolonged war as Churchill warned of longer fighting.
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Salum
Egypt
Tobruk
Libya
High Command
Oasis Siwa
Sida Barrani
Matruh
Stefani
Messina
Sicily
Churchill
London
Man seeks divorce over ban on whistling and music
Elvin F Schaeff er testifies in a Camden petition for divorce alleging his wife forbade whistling singing or playing his cornet at home for over ten years He says his only pleasure was driving the car with her in the back seat directing him where to go.
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Camden
N. J
Elvin F. Schaeffer
Chicago
Edwin Petersen
Michael Feinberg
Air Billets-doux On Balloons Spoil Target Practice
Fort Sheridan Illinois July 15 report notes cadets failed in a machine gun drill as balloons used in anti aircraft training carried love letters. Lonely cadets attached notes asking for correspondence from nearby ladies prompting the mishap.
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Fort Sheridan
Ill
Sheridan
Post
Change Proposed In Revolver License Law
Albany July 15 Chief Inspector Albert B Moore urged a state legislative panel to amend New Yorks revolver license law to allow non residents who hold permits in their home states to apply for licenses in New York He said the state would apply the same qualifications to non residents as to residents to aid Hold and target sportsmen under current law out of state holders without a New York principal place of business cannot obtain a license and would avoid felon classification.
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Albany
Albert B. Moore
State Police
Legislative Committee On Interstate Coordination
New York
New York State
U S Canada Group Studies Postwar Production Programs
Members of a U S Canadian economics committee met in Washington to canvass methods for effective defense production and to plan a long-range program to address postwar readjustments. The two-day session followed an agreement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King to pursue prompt utilization of North American production facilities.
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U. S.-Canada
Met Studies
Washington
Roosevelt
MacKenzie King
North America
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