Germans Claim Smolensk Sector Defeated At Moscow Road
German headquarters boasted of massive Red Army losses including 895000 prisoners and thousands of armored cars guns and planes while Soviet forces claimed resistance on three decisive fronts south of the Pinsk marshes Smolensk sector and the road to Moscow. The Washington Merry-Go-Round notes FBI director J Edgar Hoover faced Dies Committee scrutiny amid spy shocks and previous taps on telephone lines revealed in the Queen Mary plot.
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How Exposed Spy Ring Paid Off Its Members
Washington Aug 6 The third article on the FBI surfaced spy ring details methods of payment and message transmission. Court documents name 37 co conspirators mostly outside the United States with Axel Wheeler Hill of NYC tied to short wave stations. The ring used micro photography invisible ink capsule messages and coded handoffs in busy public places to move funds and information.
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Induction of Alaska Guard on September 15
The Alaska National Guard will be inducted into active duty on September 15 in a telegram from Secretary of War Henry Stimpson to Governor Gruening. The order covers all federal elements of the First Battalion, 297th Infantry and personnel of both active and inactive Guard units. About 300 guardsmen in Juneau, Ketchikan, Anchorage, and Fairbanks shift control to the War Department. In less than 10 days, the unit will move to training bases at Chilkoot Barracks or Fort Richardson for physicals and equipping. Housing, meals, and transport plans are being arranged, with Juneau members possibly sleeping at home during prep.
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Japan warns U S may seek Russia coast bases
Tokyo reports Japan's naval spokesman predicts the United States will demand bases on Russia s eastern shores in exchange for aid against Germany. He says Japan cannot remain unconcerned and compares the Soviet Union to a failing Chinese government amid rising Whangwang revolts.
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Nazi Agents Executed At London Trial
Two German secret agents, Karl Drucke aged 35 and Werner Waelti aged 26, were executed at Wandsworth prison after a secret trial under the Treachery Act. Arrested near Edinburgh, they reportedly landed in a British coast area in a seaplane, then rowed ashore in a rubber boat. They carried wireless gear, English money, emergency rations, and foreign passports.
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Big Army Action Scheduled For West Coast Mobilization
Fort Lewis Washington reports that two of the West Coast Army Corps comprising 100000 men will be mobilized at midnight next Saturday. Officials say the rapid deployment will mark the Pacific Coast’s largest war maneuver with an immediate warning and inland movement of invaders.
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Moscow Hit Again by German Night Raids
German night riders pounded Moscow last night with many tons of explosives. The high command says airplane factories were hit and fires started at Moscow plants as tens of thousands of incendiaries fell on the capital.
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Hull Gives Direct Hint to Nippon's Vital Interests
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said Japan's intentions in Thailand and the Southwest Pacific concern the United States. He stated the government's vital interests require opposition to any move of conquest in the Pacific and elsewhere. Any Japanese action in Thailand would be viewed as a step threatening American security and territory in the Pacific.
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Japs Warned Of Interest In Thailand
August 6 in London Anthony Eden of the British War Council warned the House of Commons that any threat to Thailand’s integrity or security will be of immediate British interest. He noted Britain’s concern since a Japanese move into Thailand would threaten Singapore’s security and urged heedful caution as he described Japan’s warning of a serious situation if intervention occurs.
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British Raids Burn Karlsruhe Mannheim Amid Civilian Toll
Berlin August 6 The official war communique confirms British raiders started fires spreading mainly in Karlsruhe and Mannheim. It notes many civilians killed or wounded and that eight British planes were downed in the raids.
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