Soviet Drive Halted in Smolensk Sector Says Nazi Report
The Nazi report claims renewed Soviet attempts to relieve encircled forces near Smolensk were repulsed. German advance tanks cleared surrounding countryside east of Smolensk after a supply column delivered fuel despite Soviet attacks. Russia reportedly lost 60 aircraft in air combat and 69 on the ground in 24 hours, as Luftwaffe bombers hit a Murmansk airfield, destroying 16 Soviet planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smo Jensk
Red Army
Smolensk
DNB
Russia
Murmansk
U S Gunboat Hit in Jap Bomb Raid and China Assets Seized
The report details Japanese seizure of American and British properties in northern China including banks and tobacco plants. National City Bank branches at Canton and Peiping to close. only Tientsin remains open in occupied territory. American oil firms anticipate action by the Nanking regime. Shipping and liner activity indicate possible American embargo and withdrawal of ships from ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaf Tobacco Company
Tsingtao
National City Bank of New York
Darien
National
Canton
Peiping
Tientsin
Tsinan
Mukden
United Press
Japan
China
Nanking
Texas
Standard Oil
United States
Kobe
Strike at Navy Yard Amplifies Postwar Labor Tensions
The Navy Yard and other facilities faced renewed labor strife as 8,000 A F L C I O electrical workers in New York entered a second day of stoppage while walkouts in St Louis and Champaign ended or softened. Federal mediators urged settlements on a wide array of disputes from wage hikes to arbitration, with key plants in Baton Rouge Bendix Champaign East Alton and Key West weighing terms and potential recalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
A. F. Af T. Electrical
New York City
Brooklyn Navy Yard
National Defense Mediationoard
Gulf State
Comypans
Baton Rouge
Arc Associates, Inc
Bendix
St. Louis
A.F. of L
Clifford-Jacobs
Champaign
Navy
Office of Production Management
U. S. Conciliation Service
National Defense Mediation Board
New York
Air Associates, Inc
C. IL
United Automobile Workers
W. d
En Ee Es
Clifford - Jacobs
Ill
An A. F. of L
A. F. of L
Key West
Fla
Western Cartridge Company
Alton
Mediation Board
C. I. O. Chemical
East Alton
Washington
U. S. Gypsum Company
Nucky Johnson to wed former showgirl amid tax fraud case
Enoch Nucky Johnson, Atlantic City political leader facing a federal income tax evasion conviction and possible 10 year term, says he will marry Florence Flossie Osbeck, a former New York showgirl, at his Atlantic City home. Attorneys seek a new trial in Camden federal court, with appeals possible and bail staying at twenty five thousand dollars.
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Atlantic City
Enoch “Nucky” Johnson
Johnson
Philadelphia
New York
Republican Leader
Camden
N. J
Hooch (Nucky) Johnson
Ilorence Osbeck
Japanese forces advance in Indo China and Saigon calm
Chief of Staff vows fair pay as maneuver troops requisition offices for staff HQ. A lone Japanese destroyer anchors near docks while more warships approach. Disembarkation of a large Japanese army to southern Indo China could take days. Troops landed on Nha Trang Island with steady discipline, provoking concern over possible clashes with local defenses and civilians. Saigon remains quiet as officials prepare for escalation in the Far East amid government mobilization efforts.
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Indo- China
Nha ‘Trang Island
Saigon
Oil Embargo Debate Roils Far East News
July 30 1941 Syracuse Herald Journal discusses US potential oil embargo and Dutch East Indies suspension. Nations weigh impact as Japan reinforces Indo China moves amid Allied policy shifts. Standard Oil resumes U S deliveries after currency restrictions upset operations.
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
United States
Far East
Netherlands’ East Indies
Japan
London
Nichi Nichi
Robert Leslie Craigie
Teijiro Toyoda
Indo- China
China
Indo-China
Chungking
Britain
Crunkking
Domei
Standard Oil Company
Fire Engine Houses To Be Emergency Centers In Syracuse
Syracuse Council of Defense chairman Alexis N. Muench says the city will divide into catas trophe districts with a fire engine house as each district emergency center. A map is in progress after a meeting with Police Chief Gieselman and aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Alexis N. Muench
Syracuse Council of Defense
Muench
Edward W. Gieselman
John S&s. Pendergast
Sergei N. Grimm
Defense Council
Biddle Presents Canteens to Norse Leaders
Ambassador Anthony J. Drexel Biddle presented three mobile canteens to the Norwegian government in exile. The donations came from the Chapel Hill Committee of North Carolina Bucks County Pennsylvania and the Emanuel Hendler Committee of Baltimore. Prince Olav and General Carl Neischer accepted the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddle
Norse
Eden Warns Japs to Look Before Leap From Page One
The article notes Eden warns Japan to act carefully as British Empire trade relies on sea routes. It highlights wartime shipping losses as Britain shifts vessels to the war effort, stressing the strategic impact on port-to-port commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
U S to Continue Its Day to Day Policy with Japan
Washington reports the State Department will not abandon day to day relations with Japan though Tokyo seeks firmer assurances on ship movements. Japanese ships, including the Tatuta Maru carrying 2.5 million dollars in silk, face licensing limits under the latest asset freeze. President Roosevelt avoided outlining future economic steps such as oil embargoes, citing the Far East situation.
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U.S
Washington
State Department
Japan
Pacific
NYE Line
San Francisco
Line
Sumner Welles
Lee
Welles
Roosevelt
Far East
Girl Missing From Syracuse Home, 17-Year-Old Described
Syracuse teenager Trene Girard, 17, has been reported missing by her brother Leonard to the sheriff's office. The girl is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 126 pounds, with a medium complexion and grey eyes, and has been missing since Monday.
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Trene Girard
Syra
Cuse
Leonard
Sheriff's Office
Russians claim mobile front as counterattacks widen
Red Star reports ongoing Russian mobility mid sixth week of war with no frozen front. Narrows on Smolensk front 130 miles from Moscow while praising counterattacks. Pravda notes a Russian regiment driving back Germans 10 miles on the southern front, routing a mechanized unit and recapturing a railroad station.
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Smolensk
Vyazma
Lozovsky
Red Star
Red Army
Germany
Reich
Romania
Nin
Pravda
Roosevelt Hopeful Latins Will Ignore Senator Clark Threat
President Roosevelt said he hoped loyal Latin American friends would not take seriously Senator Clark's suggestion that the United States take over control of Latin America and Canada. The remark came during a press conference after Clark called the good neighbor policy a failure and proposed using puppet governments to gain continental control.
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Roosevelt
Clark
Washington
Latin America
Idaho
United States
Canada
Editors Visit Ravenna Arsenal On Ordnance Tour
Nine Army ordnance plants tour the $44,000,000 Ravenna arsenal to view its capacity to load artillery shells bombs and munitions. Editors Burrows Matthews Buffalo Courier Express and Wilbur Forrest New York Herald Tribune join the trip after starting in Washington visiting Frankford arsenal Philadelphia Springfield ordnance plant Charlestown powder plant and Chrysler tank plant Detroit. The Ravenna facility is slated to begin production shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenna Arsenal
Ravenna
Burrows Matthews
Buffalo Courier- Express
Wilbur Forrest
New York Herald- Tribune
Washington
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Springfield
Mass
Freight Train Slams Scooters Killing One Hurting Forty Nine
Churchville July 30 A fast New York Central freight train struck a seven car scooter train injuring 49 and killing one man. All victims were Batavia residents. Michael Jatino died at St Marys Rochester. Michael Tresco John Dimrino and Nicholas LaFarnaia remained in fair or general hospital condition.
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Churchville
New York Central
Batavia
Michael Jatino
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Michael Tresco
John Dimrino
General Hospital
Nicholas LaFarnaia
Japanese Transports Unloading at Saigon Indo-China
Japanese transports carrying troops and equipment arrived in Saigon as 40,000 troops prepared to occupy strategic bases in southern French Indo-China. The first ships docked between 6:45 and 7:00 AM, with four more by 10:00 AM, while nine others waited downriver for dock space. military mission members welcomed the arriving troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Indo-China
E.C.T
Konoye Warns Japan To Prepare for Worst
Premier Fumimaro Konoye urged swift national policy execution as Japan faces growing criticism of US and British actions and uses the Netherlands East Indies as a tool. He warned to meet the worst and noted war between Germany and Russia affecting Japan during the 16th plenary of the mobilization inquiry commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Fumimaro Konoye
United States
Netherlands East Indies
Germany
Russia
General Mobilization Inquiry Commission
Domei
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Stone Piano CO
Dlav Vaph
Teeter Babes Auto Seats
Baby Furniture CO
Konoye
ChappeLls
Dupont
Ivory Enamel
Ois
Cale
Simmons
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