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Newspaper

Syracuse Herald Journal

Location

Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1940

Page

9

Argentinal Havana Move Aims At Western Hemisphere Accord

A peace sub committee announced preliminary concessions to prevent European possessions in the New World from changing hands. Leopoldy Mele chaired the talks as negotiators from Argentina and Cuba pushed toward a temporary emergency framework, with full American republics to vote later.

Haven Duoy Western Hemisphere Leopoldy Mele Mele New World Aféla Melo Miguel Angel Campa Cuba United States S.A Hull

Indian Independence Move Debated at Poona Bombay Parley

About 150 Congress leaders gathered in Poona and Bombay to push for complete independence from Britain after the war. Mohanlal RK Gandhi reportedly outvoted by the working committees when the July 7 resolution was adopted. Nehru urged the plan at Poona, while Gandhi did not attend. A separate note mentions a York housewife cooling a kitchen by placing dry ice on a plate before a fan.

Parley India Bombay Congress Ponna Great Britain Mohantal Pandit Jageharti Nehru Poona

Man Intercedes in Train Attack. Arm Severed Saving Woman

A former Navy man, Paul T. Buckler, 63, of Braghtyn, tried to stop a quarreling couple in a subway station when the assailant struck the woman. Buckler restrained him, fell into a passing train, lost his right arm and sustained a fractured skull. Police launched a manhunt for the attackers as Buckler lay injured.

Navy Paul T. Buckler Braghtyn Buckler Tan Wan Pullre Ther

Marines in Shanghai Brace for Potential Riots

U S Marines in Shanghai are warned to avoid bars except in groups of three or more as tensions rise between Japanese and foreign troops. Japanese forces gain access to central International Settlement for walk day use, prompting fears of clashes with U S personnel and other foreign troops.

Shanghai United State Marine International Settlement Cestral United States

British Reporter Held by Japanese in Shanghai

In Shanghai on July 27 a British Times Tokyo correspondent, Melville James Cox, was arrested on military grounds and detained at gendarmerie headquarters. The British ambassador planned talks with Japan’s foreign minister to secure Cox’s release, amid unpublished restrictions on reports about the incident.

Shanghai Hews Agency Tokyo Melville James Cox Reuters Robert Leslie Fusake Bintsuoka Cox Tapsnesé

Bombs Dropped on Alexandria Base No Casualties Reported

Late News Bulletins say bombs fell on the Britten base at Fattehour in Alexandria Egypt with no damage or casualties. A separate item notes Moscow talks by a Finnyatin delegation seeking reopening of direct publication routes.

Alexandria Egypt Nn Fattehour Moscow SAV Puidation Beatie Pret Rinland Lt Wasnderstood

U S Arms Program Told Advances in Naval Shipbuilding

Articles reveal claims by defense officials that the United States can rapidly expand arms production including a 92 million dollar push to build a ship engine plant and upgrade the Ohio aircraft engine facility. Statements by R. Stettinius and others precede testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee. Mayor LaGuardia supports reactivating city workers for military service and broader mobilization plans. Concluded on page 2.

Washington Wailea Defense Industries Lsken Pe Navel Meiner Mideln Burke-Walsworth Fedeval Mayne Colunaia

Cadets Rescued After Barnegat Ship Fire Near Sea

Coast Guard reports 44 Admiral Farragut Naval Academy cadets and two instructors were rescued three miles northeast of Barnegat Inlet after their boating craft caught fire. Five crewmembers and two youths were burned, later treated. two instructors remained hospitalized at Royal Pines Hospital, Pinewald.

Barnegat N. J Coast Guard Farragut Farol £. Reite Toms River Academy Navy Jand Francis Zeluca Greenwich Robert Wight

Buffalo Mayor Opposes Third Term and Roosevelt Support

Buffalo Mayor Tomas L Holling said he opposed a third term for any president and could not actively back Franklin D. Roosevelt. He stated he would not join Democrats pushing Wendell Willkie and hoped to remain a Democrat despite party splits.

Buta Amyay Cue Tomas L Holling Franklin D. Roosevelt Holling Wendell Winite Repbilian Alyrayt Deen

U S Speeds 50 Million Refugee Aid

President Roosevelt ordered rapid preparation to provide 50 million dollars in relief aid for European refugees destitute by war. He named Wallace to buy agricultural supplies and Morgenthau to procure other materials, with transport by the Red Cross to embarkation points to be set.

Washington Roosevelt American Red Cross Housevelt Red Cross Stephen Early

Italy Claims Capture of African Town Carmuk Frontier Fort Taken by Italian Forces

Italian Askaris reportedly captured the fortified border town of Carmuk on the Ethiopian frontier after a dawn air assault. Ethiopian troops reportedly retreated with heavy resistance. The advance follows earlier reports of a similar capture near Carmuk and Gellabat as the frontier region sees ongoing hostilities.

Italy Fone Curmuk Ethiopia Sudan Il Giormale di Italia Air Asault Strius 9 Csimed Drilich Carmuk Tie Jaly Tiatian

Nazis Claim 107 298 Tons Shipping Sunk

Berlin reports continued Balkan talks between Hitler and Ribbentrop with other officials as Allies face sustained losses. German communiques claim 107 298 tons of British shipping sunk and a destroyer Whirlwind damaged, amid conferences with Balkan leaders about postwar settlement in Southeast Europe.

Capone Gangsters Blamed in Chicago Shooting

Chicago police blame former Capone era gang members for a double shooting that killed John McLeod and left James Ryan in critical condition. McLeod died at Little Company of Mary Hospital after severe head wounds from three sawed off shotguns. Ryan sustained shoulder and back wounds as gunmen exposed the auto to gunfire while $10 worth of narcotics were loaded, with investigators linking the attack to bootleg horse race handbook services tied to Nationwide News Service and the Annenberg indictment history.

Capone Chicago Te Syndicate Scarace al Capone Po Ice John (Irish) McLeod Little Company of Mary Hospital James Ryan John Ryan cKerts Ters Ser Ices Moses Annenberg Aladelphia Nationwide News Service Uirecrear Heentenes

Italian Naval Stores Bombed by British

July 27 (UP) Italian planes attacked the British naval base at Melta yesterday but the bombers reportedly were driven away by fighter planes. A mother and her two children were gunned in Eritrea, while an autopsy was ordered for Joseph Fry, 70, found in the Barga Canal. A bag of cookies bought by Ritter and a note about food poisoning were mentioned amid raid reports.

Csiro Nivel Batavia Assar Italan Eritrea St. Jerome Pital Fihot Jeatian Charlotte Ritter Rose Melta Canat Brockport Joseph Richart Boonardo Office of, Welfare Commissioner Frank Cortland Iliiaf Joseph J. Fry Barga Canal Cortl Ritler Sweden Center

American Citizen Killed in Italian Air Attack

A July 27 report states an American man named Meyer Lax, son of F. Lax of Pye, was killed in an Italian air attack on the city of Hall. The note references Capt. Finnie B. Losey, United States military attach, and mentions no U.S. protests. The fragmentary record suggests a wartime fatality with limited official details.

Washington United States Max Meyer Lax Lax Halls F. 1 Pye 8 Finnie B. Losey United, States Mii

England Calls Up 300000 More to Resist Invasion

News from London says Britain will register more men as part of a broad mobilization push. By nightfall total enrolment neared 4,100,000 with planned additions up to 999,000, amid reports of German peace terms and intensified air raids across southern England.

England London Britain Germany Balkans Bern Switzerland la Linea Spain Cibraltar Bucharest Port Seid Psprisal George Great Britain Botain Victore Adolf Hitler Air Ministry Home Securiy Sys Ireland

Germany Astonished By Dutch Peace Step

Germany expressed astonishment at a Dutch mediation broadcast and at Lord Halifax's rejection of Hitler’s peace offer. Officials dismissed rumors of a new German proposal as unfounded while noting the radio report came from an individual, not an official channel. Faratoza Springs note reports a fatal car train crash in Stilswater killing Mrs Edward Viel and her eight year old son Frederick, who died at the scene.

Berth Germany Bilverska Jretic Roosevelt Netherland Committee Hepue Lord Halifax Adolf Hiltler Reichstag iGerman Amsterdam Low Countries Faratoza Springs Edward Vial Breehanievile Boston & Maine Stilswater Viel Frederick

Debating Feasibility of Bombing Crops in War

An AP column questions if 4¢ bombs could destroy enemy grain via aerial strikes to curb food supplies. It weighs laws of war, humane warfare, and historical views from Grotius on devastation tolerable, noting modern incendiaries and the evolving ethics of civilian targets.

UG Wuct Biackenzie Eugen Harlin Hugo Grotius

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