German Invaders Close On Stalingrad Forty Miles Away
Russian forces battle to halt a German river crossing along the Don and Volga as Stalingrad risks being reached within about forty miles. German advances concentrate on the Don elbow and Kotelniki sector while Soviet counterattacks and bayonet actions inflict heavy German losses. Reports from the Caucasus and Don regions indicate mounting pressure and continued Soviet resistance amid harsh weather and torrential conditions.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Kotelnilovski
Black Sea
Kiitskaya
Don Elbow
Kretskaya
KotelnixXovsk
Commmuniqué
Kletskaya
Kletskaya Arca
Caucasian
Red Amy
Pyatigorsk
Grozny d Wella
Krasnodar
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Anapa
Tuapse
Berlin
Patriotic League to Meet Tuesday in Chicago
Brig. Gen. Haymond A. Kelser received the award for distinguished service as chief of the U S Army Veterinary Corps. The Lenawee County Patriotic League will hold its Twelfth meeting at 3 30 o clock tomorrow night in city hall as part of the 79th annual American Veterinary Medical Association congress opening session. Delegates from all sections are expected to assist in organizing the group, with an 18 member board to be elected and officers named.
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Chicago
Haymond A. Kelser
U. S. Army Veterinary Corps
Lenawee County
International Veterinary Congress
H A. Fee
American County
Veterinary Medical Association
Kelzer
Lenawee county approves full 194% road repair program
The Lenawee county road commission won full approval from the Public Roads Administration to fund its entire 194% resurfacing plan. It may buy 64,809 gallons of resurfacing material and 19,500 gallons of patching material from war stocks, after already receiving 45,500 gallons. Chairman George E. Taylor said the approval means 100 percent of their requested materials. The program runs ahead of schedule despite war restrictions, with 100 miles of repairs completed before July 22.
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Lenawee County Road Commission
Siznal
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Road Commission
George E. Taylor
Eorlier
Jen Mr. Taylor
Half Year Plates Good Another Week In Michigan
Michigan motorists have one week left to use half year license plates. Expiration is Monday August 31 with full 142 plates due September 1. In Adrian, Budd's Electric Store sells plates 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, no old plates needed for the metal date strip. Car title and last registration stub required. transfers need both seller and buyer present for notarization. Extra clerks hired to issue licenses this week.
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Michigan
Adrian
Budd
Electric Store
East Maumee Street
Harry F. Kelly
Budd Goodwin
Brazil Declares War on the Axis
Brazil moves to full war footing tightening control over German and Italian nationals and heightening coastal security. Navy and Air Force patrols intensify off Natal bulge as four enemy submarines reportedly sighted. Aracaju blackout and curfew imposed. officials vow close US cooperation and plans to expand military reserves and air power.
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Rio DE Janeiro
BraZi
Brazil
Natal Bulge
Dakar
Africa
Santa Barbara
United States
Togo
Sergipe State
Natal
Aracaju
Eurica Gapar Dutra
Navy
Aristides Guilhem
Air
Joaquim Salgado
Getulio Vargas
Hutra
Vargas
Victims of hoax terrorize Denver water supply
Dozens of North Denver families were left without water after a hoax caller claimed the supply was poisoned. A man identifying as a water board official warned residents to shut off taps. lab tests found no contamination. The hoax was blamed on a person with a warped sense of humor.
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Denver
Water Board
Board
George F. Hughes
Four Airplane Crashes Kill At Least 25 Officers and Men
News reports list four separate crashes across the United States and overseas. Navy patrol plane crew of about 11 aboard near Dahlgren Virginia with possible additional casualty, an Army Flying Fortress crash near Las Cruces New Mexico killing seven with two injured, an Army medium bomber wreck near Bogalusa Louisiana killing six and injuring one, and a Canadian path incident near Tallahassee involving Lieut Melvin Lavey killed. Casualty lists name multiple dead and injured from the New Mexico and Louisiana incidents, including Lieut James F. Hudson and Sgt Cato H. Myers among the dead and Staff Sgt Walter E. Knox among the injured, with further named victims from the other crashes.
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Associated Press
Army
Navy
Dahlgren
Army Flying
Bogalusa
Waelboret
Melvin
Lavey
Sacramento
Calif
Tallahassee
Fla
Edge
New Mexico
James F. Hudson
Indianapolis
Ind
James van George
California
Eugene E. Rochester
la Grande
Ore
Leon Shane
Bethlehem
Frank B. Johnson
White Plains
William R. Simno
New Orleans
Sgt
Cato H. Myers
Houston
Texas
Canadians Awe at Dieppe Main Beach Cannonade and Street Fights
Canadian troops faced intense fire as three infantry battalions tank men engineers and infantry swept ashore at a mile long beach at Dieppe. Essex Scottish Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Calgary tank battalion and Les Fusiliers Mont Royal fought through ruined streets to reach the town and sea wall. Private accounts describe hours of street battles with German dead scattered amid shelling and enemy aircraft strafing the beach during the assault from 5:20 am onward.
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Dieppe
Watcer
Les Fusiliers Mont Royal
Basin da Cana
Ross Munro
England
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
Calgary
Archie Liss
John Stuart
Roy Wilkinson
Pentice Sandy
Hamilton
Bill Burmay
Tillsonburg
Ont
Liss
Sea Wall
Eugene Cousinvan
Windsor
RAF
Navy
13 More Axis Vessels Sunk In Western Atlantic
The Associated Press reports 13 additional merchant ships sunk in the Western Atlantic by Axis surface and submarine raiders. Since August 11, six Brazilian, four British, one American, one Panamanian and one Swedish vessel lost, with 620+ killed and 550 rescued. Sinkings include nine near South America and four in the Caribbean. total South American sinkings reach 41 and Caribbean 143. US east coast losses bring total to 171 since Pearl Harbor. Canada and Gulf of Mexico remain unchanged at 0 and 41, respectively.
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Associated PR Axis
Atlantic
Associated Press
Caribbean
South America
East Coast
Pearl Harbor
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
BIDDLE URGES ALLIES TO OVERCOME DELAYS IN WAR EFFORT
Attorney General Francis J. Biddle told the American Bar Association that democracies must discard hesitations and distrust to win the war. He appealed to Canadian delegates and warned that delays could spell defeat as enemy forces advance in Russia the Mediterranean and Asia. Walter F. Armstrong urged unwavering resolve while noting war can be lost if not persisted.
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Biddle
Detroit
Francis J. Biddie
Canada
United States
American Bar Association
Russia
Mediterranean
Asia
Walter F. Armstrong
Bar Association
de Bates
Dieppe Beach Assault by Canadian Forces Sparks City Fighting
Canadian troops led by the Essex Scottish and Royal Hamilton Light Infantry stormed Dieppe Beach and pushed inland through a sea wall into the town. They seized the Dieppe Casino after fierce machine gun and mortar fire and street fighting near the post office, with Captain Denny Whitaker among those advancing.
German Bombers Reported Destroyed Night Raid over Britain
London reports say three German bombers were destroyed in a night raid over East Anglia and midlands. The attack spread to northwest England with slight damage and casualties. RAF Wellington bombers hit Emden dock area. A German plane was damaged near Northern Ireland. two planes crashed near Dublin. a British crew member died.
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London
East Anglia
Midlands
England
Royal Air Force
RAF
Wellington
Emden
Air Ministry
Northern Ireland
United States
Dublin
Eyre
Three Drownings Reported In Michigan Over Weekend
Three people drowned in Michigan waters over the weekend. In Pontiac, 24 month old Thomas Skutt grandson of Oakland County Treasurer Charles Sparks, drowned in a foot of water at Williams Lake by his parents cottage. In Big Rapids Earl R Parret 48 of Shepherd drowned when he fell from his boat returning to shore. In Pontiac Kent Charles Tupper 20 of Glidden Wisconsin drowned in Lake Orion. body recovered.
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Associated Pres
Michigan
Pontiac
Thomas Skutt
Oakland County
Charles Sparks
Williams Lake
Big Rapids
Earl R. Parret
Shepherd
Kent Charles Tupper
Glidden
Wis
Lake Orion
Absentee Voting Bill Clears Senate Action
Washington August 2 The Senate moves to action on a bill permitting absentee voting by servicemen within the continental United States who meet home state registration requirements. Senator George of Georgia chairs the finance committee as it plans a detailed item by item review of the revenue measure in closed session. Amendments aim to safeguard state control of qualifications while allowing mail voting for all service members except Kentucky where in person presence is required by state law. Page 7.
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House
Washington
Sena
Barkley
Kentucky
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
United States
Secretaries of War and Navy
Congress
Brazil Declares War on Axis As United Nations Count 29
Brazil joins the war against the Axis and the United Nations list expands to 29 members. The Americas lineup shows at war United States Mexico Brazil Cuba Haiti Dominican Republic Guatemala El Salvador Costa Rica Panama Honduras Nicaragua. Several nations maintain or break relations, with Uruguay Venezuela Colombia Peru Paraguay Bolivia Ecuador keeping pace as diplomacy shifts.
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Associated Press
Brazil
United Nations
United States
Britain
Russia
China
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
Uruguay
Chile
Axis
Ameriicas
Mexico
Haiti
Guatemala
el Salvador
Panama
Honduras
Nicaragua
Venzuela
Colombia
Peru
Paraguay
Bolivia
Ecuador
Argentina
Troops Landed At Many British Ports In Major Convoy Arrival
London Aug 24 American convoy arrives in Britain with thousands of troops and vast air and ground support material. British observers note accelerated base setup and capacity to absorb reinforcements while Churchill's Moscow mission and Dieppe battle loom. Major Gen Mark Clark says only crack outfits sent. Britain creates new Trans-Iraq command under Gen Henry Maitland Wilson with Tedder retaining RAF control. Wilson shown as key tactician with prior roles in Greece Egypt and Syria campaigns.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Churchill
Moscow
Dieppe
Britain
United Toops
Debarkation
Mark Clark
U. S
European
Tran-Iraq
Henry Maitland Wilson
Iidia
North Africa
Sir Arthur William Tedder
Egypt
RAF
Wilson
Western Desert
France
Greece
Syria
Boemer Dies of Wounds in Russia Front
Prof Karl Boemer once a chief Berlin correspondent for the German foreign press department died from wounds received on the Russian front. Boemer, jailed in 1941 for revealing Germanys planned attack, was released to serve at the front after Hitler intervened. Also reported: Judge Rufus E Foster of New Orleans, 71, senior jurist of the fifth circuit, died after months of illness. Foster had been U S district judge before his 1925 elevation to the circuit court by Coolidge.
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Buenos Aires
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Foreign Office
Argentina
Uruguay
Vargas
Baldomir
Havana
Montevideo
Chile
Berlin
Axis
Panama
Panama Star Herald
New York
Karl Boemer
Soviet
Russia
Boemer
Lor
Paul Joseph Goebel
Gestapo
Legation
People's Court
Hitler
New Orleans
Rufus E. Foster
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S
Louisiana
Calvin Coolidge
Foster
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Canal Zone
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Don River
Key City
Salingrad
Armg
Red Star
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Ket
Iislien Celere
Rivasien
Kletekaya
Russell L. Maxwell
United States Army
Middle East
Cairo
Great Lakes
U. S. S. Wolverine
the World
Lake Michi- Glenview
Naval Air School
Agency Watch
Commission
Ramon Castillo
Brasil
Senato Finance Committee
D+Ga
Chunghing
Linchwan
Fuchan
Kiangsi
Maka
Berldy
High Command
Walter E. Knox
Melba
Idaho
Quentin W. Hargrove
Shreveport
Wiliam L. Kelley
Leamont
Iowa
Bernard H. Greed
Harlingen
Tex
Walter R. McGehee
el Paso
Edgar A. Stratton
Baton Rouge
Tong Wall
Essex Scottish
Royal Hamilton
Freiben
Pattalion
Lorward
Dieppe Casino
Acton
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