Axis Bombers Hit Le Trait Shipyards In France
Allied daylight raid by American medium bombers targeted Axis shipyards at Le Trait France while RAF Typhoons struck Poix and Abbeville air fields. British Canadian and other Allied fighters escorted the mission with no allied losses reported. Observers note German fighter shortages suggest Nazis are guarding key targets while defenses shift to anti aircraft.
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London
le Trait
France
Poix
Abbeville
U. S
Air Ministry
Radio Paris
Sweden
Paris
le Havre
Brest
Guipaves
Appeal Made for Baby's Return
Mrs. W. B. Gurney appeals for the return of her three day old daughter Judith abducted in Albany Oregon. Investigators track a drug store infant supply purchase by a woman with a baby as a potential clue. The clerk says a man waited outside while the mystery shopper chose a bottle nipple and chemical formula at random. Police note the fire escape theory weakened by new evidence and dogs’ footprints at the base. The mother, a paralysis sufferer, seeks only her child amid hospital recovery.
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Albany
Ore
W. B. Gurney
Judith
L. W. McCartney
Portland
McCartney
Fire cross Channel shells hit English coast across Dover
Big German guns on the French coast fired across the Straits of Dover Wednesday night. Seven shells struck the English coast in the first half hour of firing.
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Channel
London
Straits of Dover
Plans for Irrigation of Upper Kee River Basin Are Drawn
Plans by the Federal Bureau of Reclamation outline irrigation for 3.7 million more acres in the upper Missouri river basin as part of a valley wide development. Engineer W G Sloan reported at a Missouri River States committee meeting in Miles City.
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Kee
Miles City
Ford
Montana
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Missouri River
W. G. Sloan
Denver
Missouri
Sloan
Missouri River States Committee
M. Q. Sharpe
South Dakota
Pierre
S. D
Bismarck
N. D
Sheridan
Wyo
Lewis A. Pick
Omaha
Corps of Army Engineers
Army
Missouri Valley
Sioux Falls
S. C
Wyoming
North
Reclamation Bureau
Yellowstone River
Stephen Weinberg Nabbed In Draft Evasion Scheme
New York August 4 Federal agents arrested Stephen Weinberg a 50 year old man described as a notorious impersonator and deceptionist for operating a draft evasion school in a stylish New York hotel. Clients were trained to feign mental and physical ailments to appear unfit. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover said some students were so skilled they were rejected by the Army for being mentally unfit.
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New York
U.P
Stephen Weinberg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Weinberg
Price Rollback Plan Assailed by Montana Livestock Groups
Miles City Montana August 4 livestock growers condemned the administration price rollback plan as harming production and asked Gov. Sam C. Ford and Montana's congressional delegation to press for clarification. Sidney chamber and Kiwanis urged a statewide conference to discuss unsettled livestock price conditions and stabilize prices for feeder lambs and cattle.
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Miles City
Yellowstone Valley
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Kiwanis Club
Earl W. Bjork
Sidney Chamber
Agricultural Committee
Nels Bjork
Kiwanis Club
Wage Negotiations To Be Continued By Rail Unions
Washington Aug 4 Representatives of 15 railway unions will seek a direct agreement with railroads on wage increases for 1 000 000 workers and will pause a strike ballot. Talks with railroad officials start Friday and any agreement must be submitted to the government.
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Washington
Tax bill postponed pending renegotiation review
Washington reporters say House ways and means leaders agreed Wednesday to delay consideration of the new larger wartime tax bill until the law governing renegotiation of war contracts has been reviewed for possible amendments.
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Washington
House
Japs Put Up Last Ditch Fight Across 750 Mile Front
Allied troops press on Japanese bases at Munda and Salamaua as stiffening resistance slows advances. bases on New Georgia and New Guinea are cut off from sea supply lines, yet MacArthur dispatches warn of a long, hard fight ahead to seize the Buna Gona area and drive the Japs from Papua.
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Allied
Australia
U.P
Munda
Salamaua
South Pacific
New Georgia
New Guinea
Buna-Gona
Papua
Douglas MacArthur
New
Council Argues Saloon Problem
The city council debated saloon troubles on Wednesday evening with Alderman Lindquist calling most East Park street taverns disreputable and Alderman Malone noting a death by suicide outside a crowded bar where patrons kept drinking as music played. The body of the report also notes transfer petitions for licenses at Silver King bar and another establishment.
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East Park Street
John Lindquist
Emmet Malone
Third Ward
E. J. Craddock
Alexander Misiuk
E. J. Padden
Weather outlook small temp change amid scattered showers
A mostly unchanged Thursday with slight cooling in the afternoon and evening and scattered showers. Wednesday posted a high of 78 and a low of 42 as readers brace for a damp spell.
Hull Defends State Department Over Wartime Shortcomings
Secretary of State Hull rejected reports of inefficiency and a lack of cohesive policy. He told reporters the department functions efficiently and is ready to provide full accounting to any person or agency. White House aides declined to comment on the alleged dispatch claiming experts found internal conflicts.
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Washington
Hull
State Department
Washington Dispatch
New York Times
White House
Stephan Early
Badoglio Regime Tightens Grip as Axis Ties Grow
London dispatch reports Italy under Marshal Badoglio moving closer to the Axis while Allied demands for unconditional surrender are rejected. Cabinet called. Rome echoes Fascist stance, with Milan and Berlin sources criticizing surrender terms and warning against peace talks.
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Badoglio
Italy
Germany
London
Pietro Badoglio
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Milan Corriere Della Sera
Mussollini
Rome
Allied Forces Gain Miles in Sicily Mount Etna Line
Under heavy naval and air bombardment American Canadian and British troops pierced the Mount Etna sector on Sicily’s tip. They reportedly advanced as much as six miles, with American troops taking Caronia four miles beyond San Stefano, while Canadians and British pushed through contested ground near the hinge west of Mount Etna. Air forces dominated, sweeping across Axis defenses to press the offensive.
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North Africa
Mount Etna
Sicily
Caronia
San Stefano
Catania
Timely Showers Benefit Crops Across Regions
The weather bureau reports that timely showers from Pennsylvania west through the Ohio and Mississippi valleys improved overall crop prospects in the past week. Dry spells hurt some Eastern and south central areas including Maryland, northern Virginia, parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and western Kansas and Nebraska. Spring wheat and corn belt crops show general or satisfactory development.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Navy silent on Kiska operations for fourth day
Reports from Washington say on August 4 the Navy again did not issue any report on North Pacific operations. The Japanes base on Kiska island has been subjected to frequent air and naval attacks, widely viewed as preparatory for an American conquest of the island. No explanation was given for the lack of news.
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Washington
Navy
North Pacific
Kiska Island
Corporations Pay Higher Taxes Rise in 1941 Profits Reported
Secretary Morgenthau released preliminary 1941 corporate tax figures showing a tax bill of 7.17 billion dollars, up 181 percent from 1940. The Treasury projects about 14 billion in 1943 corporate taxes, with 509,062 firms filing returns and 264,625 reporting net income.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Christmas Card From 1910 Reaches Paul Kleiman
A card mailed December 10, 1910 arrives in Philadelphia on August 4. The envelope carries a postal notice urging the recipient to notify their post office delivery district number to avoid delivery delays.
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Philadelphia
Paul Kleiman
Russians Drive Through Orel in Bitter Street Fighting
Russian forces breached the ruined city of Orel and routed German rear guards in hand to hand fighting as they pressed to trap the garrison. Soviets reported gains of several miles in Belgorod and a new thrust near Voroshilovgrad, with heavy losses on both sides amid a 350 mile front offensive.
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London
U.P
Orel
Red Army
Stalingrad
Belgorod
Kursk
Red
Mius River
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Moscow
Orél
Kursk Salient
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Nikolai F. Vatutin
M. M. Popov
Service Men Die in Rail Mishap in Washington
SEATTLE Aug 4 Seven service men were dead and 12 injured at the Moses Lake Army Base hospital after a 19 car Pullman train sideswiped a Moses Lake local on a siding at Warden central Washington at 12 50 a m Wednesday The wreck derailed both locomotives but no trainmen were hurt The brakes set automatically and the momentum caused the 12th car to telescope the car ahead trapping many casualties One injured man was freed with an acetylene torch about three hours later.
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Seattle
Moses Lake Army Base Hospital
Moses Lake
Warden
Washington
Registration of Hostesses for Entertaining Service Men Slated
An unlimited number of junior hostesses and about 20 senior hostesses will register at the American Women's Voluntary Services headquarters at 5 North Main Street starting at 1 PM. Mrs. L. P. Sanders said registration, to assist at dances and other entertainment for servicemen, will be under Mrs. George Nelson and Miss Isabel Kremer, co chairs. Women must register in person. juniors must be 17 by Jan 1, 1941.
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American Women’s Voluntary Services
North Main Street
L. P. Sanders
George Nelson
Isabel Kremer
A. W. V. S. Recreation Committee
Sanders
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