Soldiers in the 80th Armored Regiment Share Hobbies
The narrative notes Private Sam Billington of Indianapolis and Private Frank E. Besedick from Hamilton Ohio among soldiers in E Company of the 80th Armored Regiment. It highlights Billington as a standout from a bush league team in Indiana and mentions Besedick as a motorcycle athlete and a budding artist who submits sketches to a national magazine. Roger Fk Brineman of Huntington Indiana is also referenced as a pitcher from a 1940 Midwest AFL championship team.
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Pine Camp
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Fourth Armored Division
Ackle
Arthur I Cooper
85Th Armored Regiment
Agawam
Mass
Tan
S0th Armored Regiment
80Th
Buck
35Th Armored Regiment
Wendell C. Dean
Flushing,l. I
Indiana
Sam Billington
Indianapolis
E Company
80Th Armored Regiment
Roger Fk. Brineman
Huntington
Ind
A. F
Midwest
Frank E. Besedick
22D Field Artillery
Hamilton, O
Poles and Soviets pledge united front against Hitler
London July 31 Polish Premier Sikorski and Soviet Ambassador Maisky signed a mutual accord to wipe out differences and fight Hitler. Churchill and Eden witnessed as Britain resumes ties with Moscow and Polish government in exile. release of Polish prisoners and formation of a Polish army on Soviet soil are planned.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Hitler
Wladislaj Sikorski
Poland
Ivan M. Maisy
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Eden
Great Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Germany
August Zaleski
Count Edward Raczynski
Britain
Warsaw
United States
Zaleski
Bochusz
Communist Party
Pravda
Churchill
Maisky
Royal Air Force
Willkie Declines Debate With Thomas in Indiana
Wendell Willkie, 1940 Republican nominee, declines a debate with Norman Thomas on U S foreign policy saying he wants a quiet Indiana vacation. Mayor Bonham of Elwood invited leaders of the minor parties to discuss antiwar issues at Callaway Park. Thomas accepted the invitation, per the Keep America Out of War Congress, while Willkie remains abroad on his vacation.
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
United States
America
Wilkie
Bonham
Willkie
West Coast
Elwood
Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Repubiican
Norman Thomas
White House
Indiana
George M. Bonham
U. S
Callaway Park
Congress
New York
Thomas
Cora Wilk
Brazil Halts Foreign Language Papers Extend Publication Deadline
President Gethio Vargas extended a decree barring foreign language publications in Brazil and gave about 50 newspapers 30 extra days to switch to Portuguese or suspend. The extension runs until August 30, amid a push for nationalization of press outlets.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Gethio Vargas
ANZAC TOKYO PACT TALKS MINISTER SAYS
Sydney July 31 Sir Frederick Stewart External Affairs Minister said he is negotiating with Japan for more liberal treatment of Australians in Japan in line with the Commonwealth's treaty terms with Japan.
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Sydney
Australia
Frederick Stewart
Japan
Commonwealth
Polish Hymn Sings on Russian Radio in Stockholm
The Polish national hymn was played and sung over Russian radio in Stockholm. An announcer said Poles fought Russians against Germany. Also mentions British advance on July 31, 1916 in the Somme and Russian pursuit of Austro-Germans near the Sereth and Graberki rivers.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Plateau
Bazentin-lepetit
Somme
Graberki
Sereth
Brody
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Mork Slindstein
Duncan Phyfe
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RUG Shop
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