Federal agents raid Bund leaders in nationwide conspiracy case
The FBI announced indictments against 29 Bund leaders and members for conspiracy to evade national defense rules. 57 top officers are in custody, with denaturalization aimed at others. Fritz Kuhn and Gerhard Kunze face related charges. Kunze seeks bail and faces espionage act and selective service counts.
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New York
Bund
P. E. Foxworth
F.B.I
Iun
United States
Mathias Correa
Fritz Kuhn
Gerhard Willie Kunze
Ceftain
Mexico
Kunze
Hartford
Conn
George C. Sweeney
Correa
Yorkville
Winchester Says Fats Needed for Munitions Production
A wartime note explains Sam Winchester advocates collecting drippings and fats from meats and frying to produce glycerine for anti tank shells. Two pounds of fats can make shortening for biscuits feeding forty men. fresh fats are preferred for biscuits, but old drippings still serve munitions.
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Sam
Dress Sale At Half Price For Margaret L Hodgson
A brief notice announces a dress sale offering 1/3 to 1/2 off for Margaret L. Hodgson. The item list is partial and timing not provided.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Coats
Dog Pursuit In Purse Snatching By Police Dog
Des Moines police hunt a purse snatcher after a police dog chased a large dog that grabbed Mrs. Marbon Merrett's purse on a street. The dog returned the purse with money inside and then disappeared.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Milk Delivery Curtailed in Winchester Area
Dairies serving Winchester and nearby areas will cut deliveries to every other day starting July 15 and 16. The change follows the Defense Transportation Board guidance due to gasoline and rubber shortages. Deliveries will be staggered by city sections with no special deliveries and some routes starting at 6 AM. San Dairy and Haldeman's Dairy will follow suit.
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Winchester
Vicinity
Defense Transportation Board
San
N. B. Sing
Haldeman's Dairy
Paul Haldeer
Appeals to Rural Citizens to Turn In Rubber
Appeals to rural citizens to surrender old rubber before the cutter date. The campaign, led by the chairman of the county farms scrap and buildings, urges all farms to deliver a large quantity of old rubber seen by officials.
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Collee Farms
Wes
Mr. Buncutter
Yard P at Welltown Arch Day 9
Day nine at Welltown arch in Yard P. If rain delays, the next night penciled.
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Welltown Arch
House approves department of agriculture bill
The House passed and returned to the Senate a stop gap measure to fund operations of the Agriculture Department for July. The vote was 185 to 59 after abandoning prohibitions on below parity sales to gain Senate agreement on a new appropriation. Cannon accused the department of trying to break down farm prices.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Cannon
D.-Mo
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
House. Com
No More Lecturers From Great Britain Abroad
London reports Brendan Bracken, minister of Information, announced that no more British lecturers would be sent to the United States as their efforts had done more harm than good. He said an absolute rule was laid down and a political warfare executive was created to coordinate propaganda. Bracken noted Eden formulated policy and he administered it, with substantial overseas spending.
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London
House of Commons
Brendan Bracken
Britain
United States
Bracken
P.gandize
United Sta
Anthony Eden
Ganda
Ermmett Thurtle
Thurtle
Final Gas Registration Plans Announced in Winchester
Owners of passenger cars and motorcycles in Winchester must register for gasoline ration books at Handley High School July 9 10 and 11. Entry from Handley Boulevard. Schedule by last name initial. Ambulances hearses taxis jitneys trucks and government fleets register July 14 15 with details to follow.
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Winchester
Handley High School
Handley Boulevard
Rey
Lighter Diesel Engine Now In Full Production
The Navy announces full production of a light weight high speed diesel engine and adjustable marine propeller for submarine chasers. Built by General Motors Electro Motive division in La Grange Illinois, the development marks a major advance in countering U boats along the east coast. The new engine is described as the lightest of its kind and part of a broader push to modernize littoral patrol craft.
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Washington
Navy
Electro-Motive Division
General Motors Corporation
la Grange
Navy Department
Spaatz to Command Air Forces in Europe
London July 7 Major General Carl Spaatz has been named commander in chief of the US Army Air Forces in the European theater. He awards honors to bomber crew members from the first US raid on Western Europe and wears the Distinguished Service Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross for wartime exploits.
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London
Carl Spaatz
United States Army Air Forces
Spaatz
United States
Europe
General Spaatz
St. Mihiel
Los Angeles
England
Germany
Boyertown
Britain
Air Forces
Bishop Ainsworth Dies in Asheville After Heart Attack
Bishop Ainsworth, once president of Wesleyan College in Macon and later head of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, died in Asheville after a heart attack. He arrived from Macon with his wife and son Malcolm, who was his secretary. He led various Georgia churches and chaired the Anti Saloon League of America in 1935-36.
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Ainsworth
Macon
Malcolm
Asheville
Wesleyan College
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Church
Larrick Reappointed Chairman Of Frederick County School Board
Fred Larrick of Middletown was reelected chairman of the Frederick County school board at a reorganizational meeting. A. L. Camps was named vice chair and Mrs. Elizabeth was elected clerk and secretary. A future meeting will appoint teachers.
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Fred Larrick
Middletown
Frederick County
A. L. Camps
Elizabeth
Wheat yields rise in Clarke county crops
Clarke county reports strong wheat results with farmers including A C Buckley White Post threshing 935 bushels from 43 acres and J M Pishpaw in Longmarsh district producing about 31 bushels per acre from 10.2 acres. Other fields show solid output as observers note favorable conditions.
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Clarke County
A. C. Buckley
White Post
Deane
Seabee
Buckley
Shiley
J. M. Pishpaw
Longmarsh
China Struggle Hailed as Inspiration by U S Forces
An American joint order of the day salutes China's five year resistance against Japanese invasion from the Marco Polo Bridge attack anniversary. Secretary Stimson and Secretary Knox praise Chinese courage as an inspiration for democracy defenders everywhere.
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China
War Stimson
Knox
Navy
Marco Polo
Peiping
Army
United States
97 Counties of State Save Much In Road Change
Richmond Virginia July 7 J J Forrer maintenance engineer of the State Highway Department said since 1932 ninety seven counties saved about 27 194 039 40 by turning over county road maintenance to the state under the secondary highway system The ten year total of state funds for the secondary system plus federal allotments rose to 86 262 000 with funding from gasoline taxes contributing similarly Four counties Nottoway Warwick Arlington and Henrico kept local control but Nottoway later shifted to state care
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Richmond
J. J. Forrer
State Highway Department
Virginia
Nottoway
Warwick
Arlington
Henrico
Sec
18 of 46 Winchester men pass final army physical
Of the 46 Winchester men who reported for the army only 18 were rallied and sent home from Charlottesville after the final physical examination. Names read include Claude Dudley Bennett Dennis Farris Turner Magnus Thomas Anthony Punk Grant Rose Orvelacey Harrison Cline John.
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Winchester
Ralliea Aheee
Charlottesville
Pu Thaee
Claude Dudley Bennett
Dennis Farris
Turner
Magnus
Thomas Anthony Punk- Grant Rose
Orvel Racey
Harrison Cline
C. John
Russian War Report On Izyum Kupyansk Push And 247 Wounded Trains
Reuters dispatch from London cites Tass reporting a Russian counter‑offensive on the southern Ukraine front near Izyum and Kupyansk. Russian forces allegedly forced a German retreat while moving 247 cars packed with wounded toward the German rear amid hard conditions near Voronezh.
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Associated Press
Reuters
London
Vichy
Today
Izyum
Kupyansk
Ukraine
Krasnaya
Voronezh
Tass
110 Vessels Lost in Caribbean Area Reported
The Associated Press notes 110 vessels known lost in the Caribbean area since December 7 as U S merchant ships suffer attacks. A torpedoed freighter sank in daylight after a seven minute assault. lifeboats and life rafts were used, with survivors rescued after drifting among cargo and debris. The tally rises to 341 Western Atlantic sinkings.
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Caribbean
Associated Press
U. S
Thare Tod
Ay Pu
United Neutral Nations
Atlantic
Navy
Anch
Berlin
San Pablos
Puerto Limon
Costa Rica
Nazi invasion widens split as Rommel weakens at El Alamein
Soviet and North Africa fronts report sharp advances and deteriorating Axis lines. German claims cite heavy fighting near El Alamein as Rommel tightens defenses south of Alexandria while Red Army reports indicate major tank offensives and fighting around Voronezh Rostov rail corridor and northern Don.
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Russia
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Alxandria
Mente
el Alamein
Hitler
Moscow-Rostov
Paris
Voronezh
Porovoino
Stari Oskol
Dletatemna
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