British Fliers Bomb Italian Port in Libya and Malta raids
British air forces conducted repeated raids on an Italian port in Libya while carrying out reconnaissance over a broad area with South African and Rhodesian squadrons. Italian bombers attacked Malta twice, with at least one bomber believed downed after anti aircraft fire and wreckage later sighted at sea. One Allied aircraft was attacked by two enemy fighters, one of which was shot down.
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Assab
South African Air Force
Malta
Italian High Command claims new British warship losses
Rome reports that three additional British ships were severely damaged in Mediterranean battles from July to 13, joining Hood and Ark Royal. The Warspite class battleship, Gloucester, and Arethusa cruiser were cited, with British losses among crews described as considerable.
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High Command
Hood
Ark Royal
East
Africa
Gloucester
Jane’s
Arethusa
North Africa
Sidi Barrani
Mersa Matruh
East Africa
Buna
Wajir
Asmara
Malta
Stefani
Sicily
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Berlin
Mediterranean
Kenya
Berbera
British Somaliland
Kurmak
Sudan
Italian Survivors Reach Alexandria After Sea Battle
Survivors of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni were landed at Alexandria in rags and given complete outfits by British sailors before being sent to Cairo on a special train. Naval honors were paid to one Italian sailor who died of wounds. 544 others marched to a suburban station as crowds watched.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Cairo
Sydney
Soear
Defense bill moves toward House debate in two weeks
The article outlines a broad defense expansion push with a $15 billion outlay, a compulsory military training bill, and a plan to mobilize the National Guard in emergencies. It notes hearings on training, a $25 million request to start a $65 million TVA expansion for defense materials, and a proposal to blacklist firms disobeying the NLRB.
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War Department
House
Senate
Woodrum
Rules Committee
Defense Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Taht Teeeds
Echeees
Defense ‘Commission
National Labor Relations’ Board
C. I
Hitler Gifts Armored Train to Mussolini in Rome
Premier Mussolini received an armored two car train with German crews from Adolf Hitler in a formal ceremony. General von Pohl presented the gift stating it would protect Il Duce from air attacks. The train, with 16 anti aircraft guns, demonstrated firing on a dummy plane as Mussolini watched. Marshal Goering attended the ceremony.
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Rome
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Italy
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Fuhrer
Pertinax Foresees Britain Victory Despite Invasion Threat
French journalist Andre Giraud known as Pertinax, who fled France after capitulation and escaped arrest, arrived in New York from Halifax and voiced strong confidence in Britain's ability to withstand a German invasion. He warned against believing French government claims and stated Britain would win.
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New York
Britain
Andre Giraud
Pertinax
Giraud
Petain
France
Halifax
U.S. Patrols Reinforced In Shanghai
U S patrols are reinforced in Shanghai amid a regional terror campaign in the International Settlement. A separate incident near Tsingtao involving American sailors and Japanese police drew protests as four shore patrol members allegedly obstructed arrest efforts and one officer was reportedly injured. Consular leaders plan to seek government aid to curb the campaign tied to factions friendly to or opposed to Japan.
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Domai
United States
China
Japan
W. J. Keswick
Theettlement
Paul Scheel
Keswick
Yoshioka Miura
Streamlined Cabinet Installed in Japan
Tokyo reports Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye formed a streamlined cabinet with 12 members, replacing the usual 13. The inner cabinet includes War Navy Foreign Home Finance Justice Education Railways Commerce Agriculture and Planning, with Naoki Hoshino among the ministers without portfolio. Analysts note the lineup consolidates control in war, navy and foreign ministers while others run routine duties.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Zengo Yoshida
Yosuke Matsuoka
Eija Wasui
Isao Kawada
Akira Kazami
Kunihike Hashida
Railways
Shozo Murata
Ichizo Kobayashi
Tadaatsu Ishiguro
Naoki Hoshino
Kobayashi
Ishiguro
Murata
Japan
Kawada
Germany
Italy
Rochester Summer Show Closed by Actors Equity
The Rochester Summer Show shut after one night as Helen Tweilvetrees left for New York. An Actors Equity rep ordered performers to quit due to insufficient pay, while Milo Tomanovich, who ran the two act stock, said advance salaries were filed with Equity and he remains hopeful. In another notice, British ships must skirt the north coast of Ireland to reach the Irish Sea or Bristol Channel because parts of the coast are mined.
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Rochester
Actors Equity
Helen Tweilvetrees
New York
John Most
Actors’ Equity
Milo Tomanovich
Equity
London
Irish Sea
Bristol Channel
Ireland
Admiralty
Nazi Bombs Sink Panamanian Ship in Heavy Loss of Life
London reports a 1,282-ton Fres houla of Panama registry was sunk by German bombers on July 15 off Cape Finisterre in very bad weather. Eighteen crew members left in two lifeboats. four survivors reached a British port after four days. Survivors included the Portuguese chief officer, the second engineer, a Greek, and a Greek seaman.
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London
CPA
Panama
Cape Finisterre
Spain
Barcelona
New Clean Politics Measure Looms in 1941 Albany
Albany July 22 1941 New Yorks legislature will get a new State clean politics measure after President Roosevelts signature on the Hatch bill restricting political activity of government workers paid in whole or in part from federal funds Senator Thomas C Desmond of Newburgh says he will offer a revised form of the bill he sponsored last session and which would bar classified state civil service workers from political campaigning bars any official contribution over five thousand dollars to a party or candidate and prohibits interference with official duties in political matters
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Albany
New York
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FUR Coat Sale
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