Axis Ships Hit in Raids By U S RAF Over Med and Africa
Allied air forces carried out widespread missions over the Mediterranean and North Africa costing the Axis at least four ships and causing heavy damage to camps and transport facilities ashore. American heavy bombers hit Tobruk. RAF and US planes damaged enemy airfields, ships, and trains near El Daba Fuka Pantellaria and Crete with minimal RAF losses.
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Mediterranean
North Africa
Tobruk
Crete
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Fuka
Pantellaria
Malta
RAF
Axis
Six Million Tons Likely Scrap From Scrap Drive Totals
New York reports the nationwide scrap metal drive may yield about 6 million tons of old iron and steel. States already digitized 3,209,484 tons from 47 states with more expected as late figures arrive. Wyoming leads with per person averages and tonnage, while many states show varying results from the 21 day campaign ending Saturday.
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United Scrap Metal Drive Committee
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Delaware
Montana
New Hampshire
Indiana
Nevada
Colorado
Oregon
Connecticut
Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Utah
California
Maine
Ohio
Oklahoma
Texas
Florida
Virginia
Iowa
Arizona
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Tennessee
Maryland
Georgia
South Dakota
Missouri
Alabama
Michigan
Kentucky
Arkansas
West Virginia
North Carolina
Louisiana
Washington
Idaho
Mississippi
New Jersey
South Carolina
Doctor Aids Rail Crash Victim, Finds She's His Wife
Dr Paul F Becker rushed to help an unconscious rail crossing victim and discovered the injured woman was his wife Helen 63. He carried her to a hospital but she died on the operating table. The tragedy occurred near Chicago during a routine shopping trip.
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Chicago
Paul F. Becker
Oak Park
Rio de Janeiro Cards for Cardinal Lead Politics in Vatican Choice
The Vatican faces a political dilemma in choosing a new cardinal archbishop of Rio de Janeiro after the funeral of Don Sebastian Leme. Allegations of pro Fascist elements among Brazilian clergy sparked debate about government consultation and church independence. Three main candidates are Don Gaspar de Afonseca, Don Augusto da Silva, and Don Aquino Correa, with Monsignor Joaquin Nabuco as an alternate.
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Allen Haden
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Rio de Janeiro
Don Sebastian Leme
Vatican
Republic
Rio
Brazil
Apostolic Legate
Washington
Msgr
Aloysio Masella
Maura
Dan Carlos Duarte Costa
Getulio Vargas
Duarte Costa
Don Gaspar de Afonseca
Sao Paulo
Macedo Soares
Diario Carioca
Don Alvaro “Augusto da Silva
Bahia
Don Aquino Correa
Culaba
Mato Grosso
Brazillian Academy of Letters
Correa
Joaquin Nabuco
United States
Monsignor
Nabuco
Great Britain
Correio da Manha
Alfange Emphasizes Postwar Public Works for Jobs
Alfange the American Labor Party candidate for governor urged in a radio address that after the war the government must fund large scale public works to bridge private demand gaps and achieve full employment. He warned unemployment and social unrest if no action is taken, and proposed slum clearance, housing, power plants, and better care for the disabled as examples. He challenged Dewey and Bennett to outline their postwar plans.
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Alfange
New York
Dean ‘Alfange
American Labor Party
Allange
Thomas E. Dewey
John J. Bennett
Air power and Allied strategy to defeat Hitler in the west
The author argues for intensified Allied bombing of western Europe to cripple Nazi defenses and force a western front. He notes bomber shortfalls due to diversions to other theaters, urges reinforced air power to aid Soviet advances, and cites Cologne as a measure of potential destruction. The piece stresses timing before winter to prevent a German resurgence and stresses air-led victory as essential to opening land operations.
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Germany
Britain
Hitler
Royal Air Force
Cologne
Uncle Sam
John Bull
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India
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Reich
Lueback
Roserock
American Troops Reported Moving Toward Persia and Russia
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm says United States troops arrived in Syria and are being redirected to Persia and Russia. It notes these troops are trained for mountain warfare in special Arizona camps and that Allied confirmation has not been obtained.
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Russia
Persia
London
Reuters
Stockholm
Ankara
United States
Syria
Iran
Arizona
Landon Warns of War Chaos in Missouri Speech
Alf M. Landon spoke in Rich Hill Missouri describing Washington war management as chaotic and uncertain. He attacked the Roosevelt administration on manpower draft rationing inflation and farm labor policies while urging voters to act in the upcoming elections.
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Alf M. Landon
Washington
Landon
Rich Hill
Congress
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Kansas
Wickard
McNutt
Hershey
Roosevelt
Repene
Chamber of Commerce
Willkie Drafts Public Address After Front Tour
Wendell Willkie, resting at his Indiana farm after touring war theaters, drafted a radio address not yet finalized. He indicated he would report on his trip in a rough, tentative form to be finished after returning to New York. Mrs. Willkie accompanied him as they planned to depart the area tomorrow.
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Wiilkie
Rushville
Ind
Wendell Willkie
Indiana
Willkie
New York
24 Bandists Convicted In Draft Conspiracy Case
A federal jury convicted 24 defendants in a conspiracy case linking to the Bund. Judge Alfred D. Barksdale said the verdict was justified by the evidence and law and will sentence the defendants tomorrow. The list includes Wilbur V. Keegan and August Klapprott among others. none testified.
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Alfred D. Barksdale
Fitting Arrested in New York Conspiracy Case
John C. Fitting, Union City, New Jersey, tied to the German American Bund, was arrested by FBI agents at a Marcellus home on July 6. The former Lutheran pastor pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to evade the Selective Service Act and was remanded to Madison County Jail after bond was set at $10,000.
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New York City
August Klapprott
FBI
Marcellus
John C. Fitting
Union City
N. J
Federal Bureau For
Richard Bruno Hauptman
United States
JA. van Wagenen Hancock
Hancock
Madison County
New York
State Files 3 Charges in Kadens Case
Illinois prosecutors file two armed robbery charges and one rape charge as Irwin Kadens faces possible grand jury indictments. Federal authorities may add charges as Kadens, an Army deserter, recounts a career of robberies and rapes. His wife Jeanette defends him while Kadens requests the death penalty if possible.
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Chicago
Illinois
Irwin Kadens
Francis McCurrie
Cook County Grand Jury
Kadens
McCurrie
Ilinois
Radbins
Jeanette
Irwin
West Side
Camp Grant
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