Plans Rush Three-State Blackout Test
Michigan defense officials moved to field instructions for a Midwest three state blackout test set for August 12. Hospitals may be protected and lights may stay on in some areas while public utilities and crime controls are safeguarded. counties across Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin have staged prior tests.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Michigan
Midwest
Sixth Service Command
Chicago
Llinois
Wisconsin
Sve
Defense Council
Bay
Midland
Saginaw
Tuscola
Huron
Sanilac
St. Clair
Lapeer
Genesee
Shiawassee
Matomp
Oakland
Saginaw Valley
Thumb
Detroit
Axis bombers hit Middle East harbor facilities and vessels
Cairo reports U S Army Air Force bombers attacked Axis harbor facilities across the Middle East war zone and Mediterranean convoys in the week ending today. A daylight strike hit a large transport off southern Greece under seven destroyers and one cruiser. Tobruk docks were set aflame, a large gasoline storage dump likely burnt, and ships were struck at Suda Bay Crete. Eritrea repair facilities show results as bases expand.
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Cairo
Middle East
United States Army Air Force
Greece
U. S
Tobruk Dock
Suda Bay
Crete
Eritrea
United States
Arrested as Jap aid column chief in US case
FBI disclosed a land recruited by Japan's Black Dragon Society to aid an invasion. Filipino Mimo De Guzman, 42, of Washington DC, an alleged organizer, was arrested for draft questionnaire evasion. He claimed the Japanese would supply arms for an invasion and was linked to Harlem figure Leonard Jordan. Bail set at $10,000.
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New York
United States
Japan
Black Dragon Society
FBI
Mimo de Guzman
Washington, D.C
Alnenca
P. E. Foxworth
Foxworth
de Guzmen
U.S. Navy
Coast Guard
Washington
de Guzman
Army Sets Friday Date For Adrian Blackout Drill
Army headquarters in Chicago approved Friday night as Adrian’s blackout date with a test from 10 to 10:25. Lights will be extinguished citywide except for war production factories as Adrian defense groups finalize plans for the broader Midwest blackout set for August 12. Karl B. Hoch, civilian defense coordinator, called the Detroit Army Show blackout example proof of the need for total darkness.
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Adrian
Army
Chicago
Karl B. Hoch
Hoch
Yelock
Adrian Defense
Midwest
University of Detroit
Detroit
Revenue tax rise urged by Senator Walsh amid war funding debate
Washington Aug 10 Senator Walsh urged the Senate Finance Committee to back the House approved revenue bill raising taxes by about 6.2 billion dollars to support war financing. He supported requiring joint tax returns for married couples, a proposal the committee previously rejected, saying Congress must not fall short on revenues. In Philadelphia a severe electrical storm disrupted transportation and caused casualties and property damage as crews worked to clear the aftermath.
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Washington
Treasury
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Tapping
Finance Committee
George D-Ga
Congress
Philadelphia
Alfred J. Dur
Edward O'Connell
Louis Durso
Frank Lepore
John Dougherty
James Gilmore
William Dilullo
Robert Kyle
Sharp and Dohme Chemical Laboratories
Grocers Strike Fallout Ends as War Plants Reopen
Wartime shutdowns at Pontiac Motor Division GM and Baldwin Rubber ended after state and federal mediation. AFL CIO dispute over grocery clerks led to store closures and picketing. unions agreed to arbitration, cease picketing, allow food deliveries, and halt interference with war production. GM chief Wilson condemned the shutdown as a national disgrace.
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Associated Press
Pontiac
AFL Cio
Pontiac Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
Baldwin Rubber Company
C.E. Wilson
General Motors
Toon
Murray D. van Wagoner
Retail Clerks Union
RFL
United Wholesale, Retail and Department Store Employees
CIO
AFL
United Auto Workers
Wilson
Navy
Knox
War Production Board
War Labor Board
Dean Wayne L. Morse
Tucker P. Smith
CIO Clerks Union
Female Russian War Pilot Noted by Red Star
Moscow August 1 The army newspaper Red Star reports Sanya Isokina a woman pilot of the Russian air force has flown more than three missions over German positions The dispatch marks the first time a woman pilot is named in front line reports by the paper.
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Moscow
Sanya Isokina
Red Star
Paper Collections For Next Week In Adrian
Waste paper collections will be made in Adrian next week according to the schedule. Residents are asked to place their cartons at the curb on the morning of the pickup date. If it rains, collections will be delayed one day with Monday for Precinct One, Wednesday for Precinct Two, and Friday for Precinct Three.
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Adrian
Two High Army Officers Die In Newark Plane Crash
An Army plane crashed into a Newark parking loft killing two high officers. Lieut. Col. George R. Smith art director and meteorologist from Mitchel Field and Major J. J. Simandl assistant post exchange officer Boling Field were fatally injured. The aircraft went out of control in bad weather near Newark airport, exploded into flames, and wreckage scattered over 100 square feet. Witnesses recalled a loud power dive and a frightful whistling sound as the plane struck rooftops nearby.
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Newark
N. J
George R. Smith
Artogiro
Mitchell Field
J. J. Simand
Boling Field
Washington
Simandl
Frelinghuysen Avenue
Robert Weiss
Benjamin Wallach
One-Time Friend Killer Confesses in Denver Attic Haunt
Theodore Edward Coneys admitted killing his longtime friend Philip Peters in Peters home last Oct. 17 and hid in a small attic cubicle for nine months. Det. Capt. James Childers said Coneys, emaciated and 75 pounds, told how he robbed Peters and fled to food, then arrested in the filthy attic byhole high under the gables.
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Denver
Theodore Edward Coneys
James E. Childers
Philip Peters
Peters
Coneys
Beliot
Wis
Tonawanda
N. Y
Childers
Japanese Extend Hold on Solomons with Guadalcanal Base
General MacArthur's headquarters reported Japanese forces have extended their hold on the Solomon Islands by establishing on Guadalcanal as a potential air base. Allied planes bombed Kukum on the island, damaging a large enemy cargo ship offshore. Bombers also attacked near Buna and Gona and reportedly hit a Japanese cruiser south of Amboyna.
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General MacArthur
Australia
Solomon Isands
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
MacArthur
Kukumon
Banda Sea
Amboyna
Dutch East Indies
New Britain
Port Moresby
Buna Ini
Gona
Austrabeia
Solomon Islands
Guldslanal
Indies
China
Hengyang
British Planes Missing as RAF Raids Rhineland
London dispatch reports RAF attacked Düsseldorf and targets in northern France and the Low Countries in a sustained strike lasting about an hour. Forty-seventh assault on Düsseldorf noted. 31 RAF aircraft failed to return.
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Associated Press
London
Rhineland
Duesseldorf
France
Low Countries
Rhinemetal Iron and Steel Works
Krupp Armament Works
Vereinigte Stahltwerke
United Steel Works
Germany
Rhine
RAF
Berlin
Ayer le
French
Air Ministry
S. R
Boner
San Jose
Cal
Barry
Mahon
Santa Barbara
Boston
Abbeville
St. Malo
Brittany
Europe
Jef
United States
Britain
jGen
George C Marshall
A. 5
Army
Marshall
Ship losses rise to 406 in Western Atlantic
The Associated Press reports 406 Allied and neutral cargo ships announced sunk in the Western Atlantic since December 7, including a Panamanian vessel and Brazil’s 11th loss. July saw 79 sinkings amid multiple U-boat attacks. Tacito rescued 17 survivors from Barbacena off Brazil's north coast. Four torpedoes sank the Panama ship on July 18, with crew rescued by a U S Naval vessel. In Franklin Louisiana, eight people died and 18 were hurt in a bus freight-train crash at a railroad crossing yesterday.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Brazil
Tacito
Bar
Japanese seize three Aleutian Islands in dawn raid
Washington reports a Japanese force estimated at 10 000 men has occupied Attu Kiska and Agattu in the western Aleutians. About 5 000 landed, another 5 000 aboard ships in the area. Allied bombing and naval actions continue with multiple ships sunk or damaged. Pribilof activity remains uncertain.
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Washington
Aleutian Group
Pribilofs
Dutch Harbor
Anthony Dimond
Alaska
Pribilof Islands
Kiska
Aleutian
Attu
Agattu W
Alaskan
War at a Glance fronts global combat report
Associated Press briefing covers Allied air losses near Düsseldorf and heavy German claims, Soviet advances and reversals around Rostov, Stalingrad gains, and Kichakaya Tsimlyanske battles. U S tank crews train behind British lines. Axis attacks and Allied bombing continue in North Africa Egypt Crete and East Asia. Australians hold Solomon Islands as Navy reports 10 000 Japanese on western islands with no trace near Pribilots.
Mrs. Jean Booth Dies in Detroit
Mrs. Jean McLaughlin Booth, widow of James Scripps Booth and longtime Detroit News director, died at Harbor Hospital after six months of illness. Born in Detroit, she lived with relatives and later married Booth on June 1, 1910, with three children and one grandchild. Her husband left her bedside minutes before her fatal heart attack.
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Detroit
Jean McLaughlin Booth
George Booth
Booth Newspapers, Inc
The
Detroit News
Harbor Hospital
Booth
James Scripps Booth
Robert J. McLaughlin
Seattle
McLaughlin
James M. Barkley
Michigan Seminary
Kalai 'T Hazoo
Pasadena
Calif
John McLaughlin
Margaret
Lloyd R
Marentette
Anne
David Maren- Lette
Nelson Favours Building Huge Cargo Planes
Donald Nelson backs expanding war transport by building 3,000 large flying boats in nine shipyards with full WPB cooperation. Kaiser supporting chrome and nickel sourcing through excavations, plus engines and parts from small shops. Senate War Committee hears plan as vital to avoid wartime loss.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald Nelson
Senate
War Production Board
Lee
D-Okla
Nelson
Henry J.J. Kaiser
West Coast Shipbuilder
WPB
Wetson
Ti Il
Kaiser
Tha Lee
Aturn
Russians hold line as Germans push on near Rostov
Soviet defenses along the lower Don resist German advances toward the Azov coast and the Caucasus. Red Star reports heavy combat around Bataisk and Kletskaya with German losses of tanks and guns, while Soviets claim successful counterattacks and continued withdrawals to new positions.
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Don Bend
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Rostov
Bataisk
Kletskaya
Don River
Protetarskaya
Krasnodar-Stalingrad
ASSOC
Moscow
Red Army
Lower
Don
Azov Sea
West Caucasus
Gulf of Taganrog
Azov
Red Star
Fedor von Bock
Don River Bend
Kre~tskaya
Kushchevka
Stalingrad - Novorossisk
Proletarskaya
Manych
Tsimlyansk
Voronezh
Upper
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