Japan's ministers quit as Tokyo eyed Indo China strike
London sources say Japan moved to swap ministers for a stronger government and planned a July 20 surprise attack on Camranh Bay in French Indo China to boost positions against the Philippines and Malaya. U.S. and Allied action was expected to deter Tokyo, with fears Japanese extremists would prevail.
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Jown T. Whitaker
Chicago Daily News, Inc
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Tokyo
Indo-China
Camranh Bay
Philippines
Malaya
America
Japan
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Kamchatka
Sakhalin
Vichy
Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Henri Philippe Petain
Yosuke Matsuoka
Fumimaro Konove
Hitler
Josef V. Stalin
Slot Machines Prove 'Jackpot' In Metal Drive
CP deputies in Bedford Indiana destroy 19 slot machines and melt aluminum from the devices into the town defense metal pool as part of a national war effort. Other items note Belgrade Nebraska seed catalog plant, a Chicago speeding charge tossed, a Louisville puppy rescue, and a Harper County marriage license filed after eight years.
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Bedford
Ind
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Stapp
Judge rejects request for husband to pay detectives in divorce case
Oklahoma City July 17 District Judge A C Hunt refused Mrs Gowdy's plea to order her husband J L Gowdy to finance investigators for evidence in the divorce suit. The judge ruled the request improper.
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Oklahoma City
J. L. Gowdy
A. C. Hunt
Japan Denies Pressuring Vichy Over Indo China Bases
A British government source says Tokyo denied reports that Japan is pressuring Vichy France to surrender naval and air bases in French Indo China. The inquiry to Tokyo followed circulating Shanghai stories a month ago.
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Vichy
London
Japan
Indo-China
Tokyo
Shanghai
Russians Break German Push in Lutsk Region
In the Lutsk region Russians repel a German advance amid heavy fighting. Weather disrupts Allied Somme operations, delaying planned offensives and impacting schedules for artillery and infantry attacks.
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Lutsk
Somme
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