First French Unit Off to Fight Soviets
In Vichy France Interior Minister Pucheu tightens police to curb terrorism. Secretary of Police Henry Chavin likely resigns to become a regional prefect. First contingent of 1,200 French volunteers leaves for Poland to join the Russian front training program. A second contingent was mobilized. Count Istienne D Orves, executed by Germans, had been touring German zones as a De Gaulle spy, relaying Allied troop positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Pierre Pucheu
Henry Chavin
Constantine
Algeria
Lille
Poland
Versailles
Pierre Lavat
Marcel Dent
Paul Collette
Laval
Deat
Germany
Honore Istienne D'Orves
Paris
de Gaullist
Britain
Alexandria
de Gaulle
Turkish Ruse Ends Italian Ship Row
Turkey offered to permit the Italian oil tanker Tarvisio to pass the Dardanelles without a Turkish pilot through mine fields. The tanker declined the offer and headed back into the Aegean Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Dardanelles
Aegean Sea
Lies Show Axis Is Weaker Declares Wavell in India
Simla Sept 3 General Sir Archibald P Wavell British Commander in Chief of India says in a broadcast on the second anniversary of the war with Germany that the Axis is growing weaker and more anxious. He cites enemy lies as proof the foe is in decline and fears ruin as confidence collapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wavell
India
Simla
Archibald P. Wavell
Germany
General Wavell
17 Nations Bent to Hitler Will in Two Years of War
The Associated Press reports a Hitlerized Europe exists after two years of conflict. It notes 17 European nations under Nazi influence, lists neutral and embattled states, and cites massive mobilizations by Britain, Russia, Germany, and Axis partners. The piece references the Athenia sinking and aggregate war losses including troops, vessels, and missing persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Associated Press
Great Britain
France
Europe
Nazi Berlin
Spain
Switzerland
Sweden
Portugal
Turkey
Eire
Africa
Middle East
British Empire
Soviet Russia
Russia
British Isles
Middle
Far East
Germany
Mussolini
Romania
Hungary
Soviet
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Italy
Japan
Serbia
Belgium
Greece
Montenegro
United States
Yugoslavia
Poland
Netherlands
Norway
Denmark
Luxembourg
Rumania
Finland
Czecho- Slovakia
Austria
Albania
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Lebanon
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Athenia
Atlantic
Oil Tank Cars Set to Ease Gas Shortage
Senate panel heard that 20 000 surplus railway tank cars are ready to move 6 to 8 million barrels of petroleum monthly from the Pennsylvania fields to the Atlantic seaboard. J J Pelley of the Association of American Railroads said cars could help bolster East Coast supplies as water routes and sea tankers are diverted to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Pease Fields
Atlantic Seaboard
J.J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Britain
Ralph K. Davies
Davies
Senator Walsh
D-Mass
East
Walsh
Maloney
D-Conn
J. J. Pelley
Eastern and Western
Mid-Continent
Seaboard
Maine
Florida
West Virginia
Benjamin L. Jacoby
Associated Gasoline Retailers
Philadelphia
Vicinity
Gasoline Shortage Question Denied by Retail Leaders
Benjamin L. Jacoby of the Associated Retailers of Philadelphia and vicinity disputed claims of a gas shortage on the Eastern Seaboard. He said information shows no shortage and noted a regional retailers meeting prepared objectives demanding accurate data and exploring non tanker options to deliver gasoline to the East Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Eastern Seaboard
Benjamin L. Jacoby
Associated Gasoline Retailers
Washington
Jacoby
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pierre Laval
New York City
Berlin
Bellars
New York
Garacus
Pate Band
Rees
Orig
Salina ST. Syracuse
Jay-Cobbs
Rail Association
CURB
Calis
Royal
Oxford
Wwells”& Woverly’s. “Prep
Salina ST
Plaid
Wells & Coverly
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!