German Losses Put at 1 250 000 in Russia in 3 Months
Soviet and German forces clashed across the southern theater with large losses. The Soviet bureau reported 1,250,000 German casualties since May 15, while Red Army units fell back in the Don Bend and near Stalingrad. Counterattacks and redeployments continued as both sides claimed gains and heavy fighting persisted into mid August.
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Russia
RED
Associated Press
Moscow
den Bend
Stalingrad
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Red Army
Pyatigorsk
mid-Caucasus
Maikop
Krasnodar
Soviet Information Bureau
Western
Caucasus
Don Bend
Staingrad
Bryansk
Information Bureau
Volga
Kletskaya
Six Members Added to Rationing Board at Lenawee
The Lenawee county war price and rationing board expanded from three to nine members at a court house meeting. Six new members joined the three former members to form three panels regulating tires, autos, bicycles, typewriters, foods, and sugar. Existing chairman Harry Bradley and executive secretary Guy Nemire remain in place. New appointees include Rex Forrister, George H. Baker, Jennie Keeber, Victor Keip, James C. Murdock, and Francis W. Cain.
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Lenawee County
Court House
County
National Defense Council
Detroit
Office of Price Administration
Harry Bradley
Frank J. Riley
L. A. Kauffman
Rex. Forrister
George H. Baker
Jennie' Keeber
Adrian
Victor L. Keip
Hudson
James C. Murdock
Tecumseh
Francis W. Cain
Deerfield
Bradley
Guy E. Nemire Wil
Riley
Cain
Murdock
Kauffman
Keip
Baker
Keeber
Forrister
Sixteen postulants join Dominican order in Lansing rites
At Holy Rosary Chapel the Mother House of Sisters of St. Dominic witnessed 16 postulants invest in white habit and 24 novices make first profession. Bishop Joseph A. Albers presided with a large diocesan and family turnout while Rev. Warren G. Peek preached. Many will become teachers or pursue studies at Siena Heights or elsewhere.
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Holy Rosary
Sisters of St. Dominic
Joseph A. Albers
Lansing
Warren G. Peek
Ann Arbor
James Trohey
Gerald A. Owens
G. A. Kimieck
University of Detroit
I Christ
Order of St. Dominic
Christ
Siena Heights
War AI A Glance A Raid At Dieppe Not Invasion
AP overview across theaters reports Allied and German claims after a large Dieppe raid led by U S Rangers Canadian and British commandos with tanks. Britain cautions against invasion while Germany acknowledges losses and transports. Northern Russian actions persist as southern withdrawals occur. UK envoy Alexander named allied commander in Africa after Auchinleck departure. Pacific view notes rising Marine successes amid ongoing Allied operations.
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TEE Associated Press
Europe
U. S
Dieppe
France
Africa
Harold Alexander
Dunquirk
Claud Auchinleck
Pacific
Australia
Germans plan mass deportation of Poles from Polish Pomerania
London report says the German occupation regime planned to deport about half a million Poles from Polish Pomerania to clear land for Nazi colonists. The Berliner Boersen Zeitung outline, cited by the Polish government in exile, noted a "rampart of Germanism" goal and a language ban in Danzig West Prussia. It warned the move would remove a large Polish population, including 200,000 Pomeranians and 300,000 Poles who moved there since 1919.
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London
Polish Pomerania
Berliner Boersen Zeitung
Germany
Danzig-West Prussian
Gau
Cauleiter
Albert} Forster
Berlin
Parish claims wartime patent pool aided Allies
W S Parish president of Standard Oil (New Jersey) told the Senate patents committee that half the bombs dropped on Japan and Germany were made possible by prewar patent relations with I G Farbenindustrie. He defended the pooled patents as benefiting the public and disputed Justice Department criticisms, saying the case against Standard Oil rests on misinterpretation and selective material.
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Washington
W.S. Parish
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
I. G. Farbenindustrie
German Chemical Trust
Germany
Senate Patents Committee
America
Pacific
Atlantic
Tokyo Warns U S May Attack Japan
General MacArthur's headquarters report a major south Pacific operation in progress with U S Marines ashore and naval air superiority growing. A New Zealand dispatch says Japanese units in the Solomons have been sunk or fled, signaling likely weeks of fierce fighting ahead.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
Japan
United States
South Pacific
Stadio
Auckland
New Zealand
Solomons
Caroline Islands
New Zealand Press Association
Auchinleck Replaced as British Leader in Middle East
In London on August 19 British leaders weighed changes in the Middle East as Churchill traveled to Moscow and General Harold L. G. Alexander was named to command in the region replacing Auchinleck. New U.S. contingents arrived in Egypt, with air forces already in action, as Rommel loomed in North Africa and Allied plans considered a second front.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Churchill
Moscow
North Africa
United Nations
Alexandria
Hitler
Trans- Caucasus
Egypt
Joseph Statix
Whoa
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Middle East
J. Claude J. E. Auchinleck
United States
Alexander
Erwin Rommel
Daily Mail
Auchinleck
War Office
Narvik
France
Norway
Archibald P. Wavell
Arme
el Alamein
Eighth Army
Revision Of Business Levies In New Tax Bill Is Urged
Washington August 19 Senator Davis urges a revision of business levies in the proposed tax bill to prevent heavy industry from collapsing after the war. He argues the House plan would keep earnings below 3 percent, harming industry, and objects to restricting deductions for buildings and improvements while taxing net capital gains. Davis contends the 1941 rates of 8 and 7 percent should be retained to sustain postwar production.
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Washington
Davis
Senate ‘Finance Committee
House
Clark
D-Mo
Ines Davis
First confirmation of reports of German raider in Atlantic
U S survivors from a medium sized merchant vessel describe a German cargo ship with five hatches sighted at night in the south Atlantic. In Rio de Janeiro officials announce a US bomber sank an Axis submarine off Brazilian waters.
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Associated Press
South
U.S
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Brazilian
Atlantic
TANKS AND BIG WEAPONS SMASH GERMAN DEFENSES
U S Rangers in Britain join Canadian British and French commandos for first European theater attack training under seasoned partners. The piece traces Rogers Rangers heritage, stealth killing tactics, and perilous beach landings with detailed field experiences and close combat tests.
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U.S
Rogers’ Rangers
Rice Yamner
United States Rangers Battalion
Britain
United States Rangers
Antie Sam
Europe
Dieppe
Rogers
Rangers
America
Robert Rogers
Dieppe Raid Opens with American Rangers in Action
Allied forces stormed Dieppe in a major commando raid with American Rangers among the first on the continent since 1917. German batteries and dumps were destroyed on the right flank while Canadians struck ashore on the left as tanks moved in the center. BBC cautioned the operation’s limited aims and temporary nature, stressing it is not a new military decision from Moscow.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Dieppe
United States Army Air Forces
RAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
Beachy Head
England
Paris
United States Army
Anie
Combined Operations Headquarters
Special Service
Europe
Rogers’ Rangers
France
BBC
Moscow
Brazil at Gates of War as Axis Submarines Sink Ships
Brazil faced war talk after Axis submarines sank five Brazilian ships in three days and crowds urged retaliation. A U S plane bombed a German submarine 30 miles off the coast led by Lieut Jack Lacey, while a naval spokesman reported an Axis raider sighting near Trindade Island. War Minister spokesmen said the army was ready to obey orders.
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Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Jack Lacey
U. S
Two British warships sunk in Mediterranean convoy action
London reports the anti aircraft cruiser Cairo and the destroyer Foresight sunk during recent convoy operations to Malta. The loss follows previous announcements of Eagle and Manchester, totaling four British warship losses. The Admiralty cites secrecy over convoy size and arrival figures, praising RAF crews and sailors for limited casualties.
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London
Cairo
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Eagle
Manchester
Malta
Wreck Investigation Set for Thursday
A formal investigation into the Monday morning Raisin Center crossing wreck that killed two Wabash train crew members will be held Thursday at the Wabash division offices in Montpelier Ohio. Testimony will cover the freight train crew and findings will go to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Raisin Center Crossing
Wabash Railroad Company
Montpelier
Ohio
J. A. Henrick
Herbert Altman
Peru
New York Central
John F. Clark
Toledo
W. J. Krueger
Adrian
Willow
M. M. Ferguson
R. J. Heath
Hillse B. Irwin
Detroit
Inter- Commerce Commission
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