A Woman’s New York
By Alice Hughes and Leonard Hall
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399th Allied ship sunk by Axis subs
30-ton Canadian vessel is latest victim
By the Associated Press
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U.S. seaman, prisoner aboard Nazi sub, describes bombing
Texas sailor says German crew beat companion who ‘heiled Hitler’ during undersea crisis
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Indeed, tons of Flattops filled with Grumpy Cat fighters on the way ! 
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You know, if Japan had sent their spies scouting American shipyards instead of Pearl Harbor, they might have decided war was a bad idea.
Probably not. Reminds me of Germany’s estimates of how many tanks the Russians had 
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The Pittsburgh Press (July 28, 1942)
HIGH COURT TO AIR PLEAS OF SABOTEURS
Seven Germans present petitions for writs of habeas corpus
11th hour appeal
Jurists end vacations to return to capital for special session
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Toll of ships reached 401
Western Atlantic grave for more than 2,000 since Pearl Harbor
By the Associated Press
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Auto use tax stamp sales places change
Washington (UP) –
Only four days remain for the purchase of automobile used tax stamps at local post offices, Internal Revenue Commissioner Guy T. Helvering warned today.
After Friday, motorists must buy the stamps from the collector of internal revenue in their own districts.
Driving a motor vehicle after Friday without the stamp may bring a fine of $25 or a 30-day jail sentence, or both, Helvering said.
The stamps cost $5.
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Army takes more hotels
Atlantic City, NJ (UP) –
The Army Air Forces replacement training center announced today the acquisition of two more hotels for the housing of men. They are the Colton Manor (14 stories high) and the Strand (seven stories high).
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New Guinea fights rage
Jap patrols advancing toward Port Moresby, MacArthur reports
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s Headquarters, Australia (INS) –
Furious battles between Allied soldiers and Japanese patrols advancing toward Port Moresby from the east coast of Papua, New Guinea, were reported in progress today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
The fighting, according to latest reports received at headquarters, is taking place in the vicinity of Oivi, east of Kokoda, midway along the road over the Owen Stanley Range from the east coast to Port Moresby.
The locale of the battling indicates a Japanese inland advance of about 55 miles since some 2,500 seaborne troops were put ashore from transports under protection of warships and fighter planes at Gona Mission near Buna.
Raid Jap base
American and Australian fliers pressed heavy aerial assault against the Jap installations in the Gona area to destroy it as a base, and prevent reinforcements from coming in.
Gen. MacArthur’s communiqué said that in the latest attack against Gona, dive bombers blew up an ammunition dump.
Kupang, the Jap-occupied base on the Dutch portion of Timor Island, was pounded in two strong night attacks. Direct hits were scored on airdromes, barracks and shelters. Fires were started in the target area.
The Japs countered with a new raid against Townsville, resort city on the northeast coast of Australia, and a third and fourth successive raid on Port Darwin.
The Townsville attack was attempted by a Japanese flying boat which was caught in searchlight beams when it tried a night raid. It was forced to jettison its bombs, which dropped harmlessly, and driven off by anti-aircraft fire.
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