Hitler Loses Crack Troops in Soviet War
Washington reports that German mechanized blitzkrieg units have been wiped out in fierce fighting on the Russian front. Observers estimate more than 200000 German casualties, while replacements lack the experience of the vanished veterans. Italian regulars travel to join the front as a token of Axis support, without equipment.
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France
Lowlands
Balkans
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Italy
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Minsk
Russians Press Drive at Lwow in Thirty-Second Year War
Twenty five years ago on July 29 1916 reports said Russian forces renewed the attack on Lwow while German air raiders sent Zeppelin airships to raid the east coast of England, signaling continued global warfare activity.
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Lwow
England
Water Temptation and Thirst On Russian Front
German dispatch from Minsk and surrounding areas laments extreme thirst amid ruined towns. Soldiers trade scarce water for tea and food, longing for a single flowing hydrant, as field kitchens relentlessly boil for drinkables and desperate exchanges occur. The piece portrays front line misery, scorched landscapes, and the sobering contrast of war's heat and hunger.
Early Taxpayer Gets the Pop Heat Wave Lure
In Wilmington July heat prompts a city abatement plus a cold bottle of soda for timely taxpayers. The gesture pairs a 5 percent July discount with cooling drinks to ease payments. In Chicago a company responds to picketing with a beach umbrella table and iced drinks for courtesy to demonstrators.
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Del
Chicago
Ben Sugar
Nu-Era Photo Engraving Company
Fire Chief Responds To Blaze On Wheat Street
Monticello July 29 Police officer Irving Schwartz shield 13 headed from a passing fire truck to a fire at 13 Wheat Street. He found the blaze and is noted as having been married 13 years.
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Irving Schwartz
Shield
Ata
Wheat Street
Soldiers urged to stop sending notes with laundry at Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on July 29 soldiers were urged to stop enclosing get acquainted notes in bundles of dirty shirts and socks to the laundry girls, the post announced.
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Fort Leonard Wood
A REAL DEPENDENT TIGARD NEWS TIED TO DRAFT
In Tigard Oregon the paper would go with Edward J. Finley when he is drafted by the Army. Finley serves as publisher editor linotype operator and pressman for the Tigard News. In Lincoln Nebraska Leo R Taylor a high school instructor will earn his master’s degree from the University of Nebraska this week after many summers winters and correspondence courses since 1924.
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Ore
Edward J. Finley
Tigard News
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Neb
Leo R. Taylor
University of Nebraska
Taylor
Catholic Churches Drop Lohengrin Wedding March in Cleveland
In Cleveland the diocese reports most Catholic churches have stopped using Wagner's Lohengrin Wedding March in marriage rites. St Aloysius Church notes the piece is linked to pagan themes and German composer Wagner. The parish bulletin questions its place in Catholic ceremonies, citing themes of murder, black magic, and broken vows.
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British night bombers raid 17 Nazi airdromes
A World War II brief notes that one year ago on July 29 1940 British night bombers attacked 17 Nazi airfields. The report also mentions Germany offering Romania a six week period to settle territorial differences with Hungary and Bulgaria.
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Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Mussolini Celebrates 58th Birthday With Busy Schedule
Premier Benito Mussolini marked his 58th birthday with a full day of duties and routines. The Italian leader, known for strict discipline, maintains a vegetarian diet, exercises daily, and keeps a rigorous schedule with meetings from dawn to night.
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Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
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Adolf Hitler
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Torlonia
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Carmine Senise
Balkan
Warship Hit Report Claims Italian Mosquito Boats Sink British Destroyer
Italian mosquito boats sank a British destroyer during a return from attacking Malta on July 25, according to the Italian High Command. The raid targeted Valletta with small torpedo boats. British reports said 17 craft were destroyed and that two mosquito boats were missing. Italian planes bombed Sicily. an Italian submarine claimed to sink a 7,000 ton tanker Stefani. Axis forces also reported prisoner captures on the Salum front and ongoing Tobruk artillery activity as the siege by Libyan garrison persists.
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Malta
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Valletta
Valietta
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Augusta
Atlantic
Stefani
Salum
Egypt
Tobruk
Libya
Ford 78 Sees New World Using Wheat for Plastic
Detroit July 29 Henry Ford says a new world is being born with wide opportunities for all if people move forward not backward. He predicts growth in plastics from wheat and soybean products, greater farm factory ties, and millions more jobs with ongoing competition driving progress. He cites meeting and marrying Mrs. Ford as his greatest personal milestone.
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Ford Northern Michigan
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J Ford
Seek Clue in Death Of Boy and Injury of Comrade
In Columbus Georgia on July 29 a 14 year old Frank Bass of Griffin was found dead along Roosevelt Highway with his companion Ferrell Millins severely injured. Dr. F C Stinson said both suffered deep head wounds possibly from an ax or hatchet. Milins murmured phrases suggesting an assault before collapsing. Patrolman Snipes and investigators consider a car strike or hit and run as a possible cause and placement on the highway.
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Frank Bass
Griffin
Roosevelt Highway
Ferrell Millins
F. C. Stinson
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Frank
Georgia
B. A. Snipes
Pan American Doubles Honolulu Service Aug 10 Start
Pan American Airways will double its Honolulu service starting August 10. The schedule adds one weekly flight between Los Angeles and Honolulu and between San Francisco and Honolulu, with alternation of service weeks between the two coast cities and the Hawaiian Islands.
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Los Angeles
Pan American Airways
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Nazis Claim Sinking of 12 British Ships
German sources said submarines yesterday and last night sank 19 British vessels totaling 116 500 tons in a transatlantic convoy. A destroyer and a corvette protecting the convoy were reported sunk. German air forces bombed Moscow and attacked Great Britain with raids on Yarmouth Harwich and Aberdeen. A 1000 ton vessel was sunk off the Shetland Islands.
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Moscow
Great Britain
Great Yarmouth
Harwich
Aberdeen
Few German Bombs Fall Upon London
Londoners slept on subway platforms and in tubes as the night raid proved mostly harmless. German bombs hit three East Anglia points with minor injuries and damage while authorities noted the crowd stayed underground for safety and company. The Daily Express editorialized that the raid tested London defenses.
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