Britain Prohibits Shop Closures in India Under Gandhi Watch
British India government bans closing of shops and restaurants with fines and imprisonment to curb Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign. Order covers essential goods and applies to most shops, threatening three years in jail for noncompliance. Gandhi urged mass action in Bombay pavilion rally.
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New Delhi
U.P
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
All-India Congress Committee
Bombay
Ganthi
Congress
Magis
All India
Tobruk Bombed by U S Pilots
U S Army flyers attacked Tobruk in two heavy raids within 48 hours targeting Libyan port facilities. Allied aircraft including bombers hit ships and started large fires while ground fighting along the El Alamein front continued with patrols and artillery clashes.
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Cairo
U.P
Egypt
Tobruk
U.S
Desert
el Alamein
Malta
Shipbuilder Gets Green Light on Plane Production
Henry J. Kaiser won WPB approval to build 100 flying cargo planes with 400 more if successful. Officials say materials impact on combat planes will determine feasibility. Kaiser plans a single dedicated facility and aims to use scrap and plentiful materials.
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WPB
Henry Kaiser
Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Kaiser
Britain
Bombers strike Duisburg as war widens in Ruhr
British Royal Air Force attacked Duisburg in the Ruhr for a third night, causing fires and damage while German raids dropped phosphorus bombs on Britain. Six RAF bombers were lost. Germany claimed to hit Cambridge and Edinburgh with phosphorus.
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London
Duisburg
Britain
Home Ministry
Stirling
Halifax
Ruhr Valley
East
Anglica
Scotland
Cambridge
Edinburgh
Pioneers in Session at Helena Entertained at Banquet
About 40 pioneers who reached the territory before 1868 and nearly 200 descendants of Idaho founders attended a joint banquet in Helena. Gov. Sam C. Ford spoke as the old timers recalled wild West days. The convention closed with an old time dance and a verdict on the 1943 convention site.
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Helena
U.P
Sam C. Ford
Probe Ordered in War Secrets Publication
Attorney General Francis Biddle announced a Chicago grand jury probe into the publication on Sunday of confidential war information about the Battle of Midway. The inquiry follows a Navy Department recommendation and involves newspapers including the Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
Chicago
Midway
Biddle
Navy Department
Robert W. Horton
New Bureau
The
Office of War Information
Chicago Tribune
New York Daily News
the Grand
Weekend Forecast Quiet Temperature Change Expected
The forecast notes little temperature change with a Friday high around 85 and a low near 46. Saturday should mirror today with mild conditions and light breezes across the region.
Urgent Moscow Conference Aims to Save Russia War
Reports from London say high level talks in Moscow involve strategists and diplomats from the United Nations seeking ways to relieve pressure on the Red Army defending the Caucasus and the Volga lifeline. Attending are Admiral Standley, Maj. Gen. Bradley, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, Roger Garreau, Maj. Gen. Steffens, with others rumored to join.
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London
Russia
Moscow
United Nations
Kremlin
William H. Standley
Follett Bradley
United States Air Forces
United States
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Archibald Clark Kerr
Roger Garreau
William Steffens
Caucasus
Volga
Axis
Churchill
William C. Bullitt
Stalin
Stalingrad
Tokyo Hints at Second Front
New York reports a Japanese broadcast suggesting Japan might open a second front by attacking Russia in Siberia. It notes Allied reps arriving in Moscow and hints of Anglo American moves to spare the Soviet Union, adding Japan could act beyond Europe or western Asia as Germany meets the Soviet Union.
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New York
Japan
Russia
Siberia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Europe
Asia
Africa
Chugai
Germany
Plane Explodes Over Virginia Airfield Crash
An Army two motor plane exploded in mid air and crashed 13 miles southeast of Charlottesville Virginia on Friday. Four unidentified bodies were recovered and witnesses said the craft blew up about 1000 feet above ground.
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Charlottesville
U.S. Chamber Warns War Tax Bill Threatens Taxpayers
The U S Chamber of Commerce says the pending $6.271 billion war revenue bill could bankrupt many individual taxpayers and cripple private enterprise. It warns businessmen have grown apprehensive as Senate hearings continue on the measure amid calls for a fair wartime tax program.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
The
Washington Review
Senate Finance Committee
Gloomy OWI review warns of war progress lag and sacrifices
The Office of War Information delivered a somber assessment that June production of planes tanks artillery and naval vessels lagged. It urged greater civilian sacrifice and cautioned against pressuring for a second front while stressing military deployment by commanders to maximize results. Continued on Page 10, Col. 1.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Europe
Children Scale Library Fire Escape For Pigeons Adventure
Three children aged 8 9 and 10 climbed the Public Library fire escape reaching the belfry before Officer Tom Nixon helped them down from the tower. A passerby alerted staff who phoned for help as the youths joked about catching pigeons.
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Tommy
Jimmy
Mary
Tom Nixon
Belfry
Nixon
Terra Firma
Fire Department
Legion Hall
Planes Staging Raids on Germany Fly Close Together
British airman Michael Stein Jacobs recalls Cologne raid in late May with vast formations over Germany. He notes pilots feared collisions more than defenses and describes crowded skies and intercom chatter as Wellington Halifax and Sterling aircraft streamed over the target. He mentions a later Hamburg note to his wife.
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Germany
Baltimore
Cologne
BR. A. F
Michael Stein Jacobs
Jacobs
Cn Se
Railroads Face Shortage of Equipment
Washington reports Brigadier General Charles P. Gross warns railroads may be unable to meet mounting wartime tonnage without more locomotives and cars. He cites surging traffic since 1939, ship sinkings, and heavy war load, noting rails would rely on trucks in an invasion. Transportation corps creation announced with civilian experts to optimize routes.
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Washington
Army Transportation Corps
Charles P. Gross
Association of American Railroads
Europe
Gross
Army
Transportation Corps
France
War Department
German Armies Swamp Red Resistance in Caucasus Drive
Soviet high command reports German armored forces pierce 80 miles toward Armavir and Maikop oil area, sweeping Red units aside as they push toward Stalingrad. The advance threatens the Taman peninsula and cuts the Rostov-Baku rail line with heavy fighting near Armavir.
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Moscow
U.R
Caucasus
Armavir
Maikop
Kotelnikovski
Stalingrad
Red Army
Volga
High Command
Belaya Glina
Rostov-Baku
Grozny
Taman
American Planes Blast Jap Field
U. S. Army reports bombers wiped out at least 10 Japanese planes on an airfield near Canton while Kiangsi Province saw 1,000 Japanese soldiers hit. Bombers hit runways at Tienho, with escort by 23rd Pursuit Group fighters. All aircraft returned safely. Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault noted new Zeros superior to old models but still behind Allied planes.
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Chungking
U.P
U. S. Army
Canton
High Command
Hankow
23Rd Pursuit Group
Tienho
White Cloud
Hangyang
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Claire L. Chennault
U. S. Army Air Force
China
United Press
Montana Bar Association Opens Annual Convention in Missoula
The 58th annual Montana Bar convention opened in Missoula with over 100 members. Fred A. Ironside spoke on the espionage act and mailing of second class matter, while John E. Corvette opened the event and noted legal work remains heavy despite fewer cases. Delegates included C. W. Leaphart Leif Erickson L. E. Glennon and others from Idaho and Helena.
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Montana Bar Association
Missoula
U.P
Convention of the
Fred A. Ironside
Federal Post Office Department
John E. Corvette
Butte
Association
C. W. Leaphart
Dear
Montana Law School
Leif Erickson
State Supreme Court
L. E. Glennon
Idaho Bar Association
E. G. Toomey
Helena
Walter Aitken
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