Pacific Warfare and German Push Toward Black Sea Regions
Describes German offensives from Armavir Anku toward Cherkess and Mikoyan Shakhar with aims at Sukhumi and Makhach Kala. Reports Soviet counterfire around Cherkess, potential sea corridor implications, and Turkish stance pressure signals. Also covers American Pacific operations near Tulagi and Guadalcanal with Marines, naval air battles, and three forecast patterns for Pacific warfare by Joseph Dynan.
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Armavir-Anku
Black Sea
Grozny
Caspian
Nivinomoniskaya
Armavir-Baku
Cherkess
High Command
Kokoyan Shakhar
Mikoven Shakhar
Georgia
Josef A. Stalin
Mikoyan Shakhar
Sukhumi
Batum
Makhach Kala
U S War Dept Design Chief Leads British Material Study
Brig. Gen. G. M. Barnes arrives in London to head a technical mission with the British to align American and British fighting material. The exchange aims to harmonize design and manufacture for interchangeable ordnance as part of a joint production program. Barnes, 55, is an expert in heavy ordnance and anti aircraft artillery.
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London
G. M. Barnes
United Sates War Department
Atlantic
General Barnes
British War and Supply Ministries
Roosevelt plans heavy wartime taxes to pay postwar debt
President Roosevelt believes the war debt can be paid after the conflict ends by continuing heavy wartime taxes and cutting government expenditures to the bone. He outlined a postwar amortization plan in talks with national leaders, asserting taxes should run long enough to cover the billions spent arming the United Nations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
United Nations
British Aircraft Carrier Eagle Sunk by German Submarine
Berlin cites DNB report that German and Italian forces engaged a British capital convoy in the western Mediterranean and that a German submarine sank the carrier Eagle. The Eagle, 22 600 tons, carried 748 officers and men and 21 planes. previously sunk carriers include Courageous Hermes Ark Royal and Glorious.
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London
Eagle
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Germany
Chile
Courageous
Hermes
Berlin
DNB
British Navy Catches Sub In Surprise Attack Probe
British naval officials say German submarines moved to new attack zones near Britain as Royal Navy counter-attacks caught some U boats by surprise. Reports also hint at a German surface raider active in the South Atlantic, though confirmation remains unavailable.
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London
U.P
Britain
South Atlantic
Stork Beats Bombers To Flying Field
An Albuquerque air base control tower halted several bombers after spotting a dog on the field. Military police sped to clear the runway as three pups were born. The mother dog fled into sandhills and the pups were taken to an Albuquerque home.
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Stork
Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque Army Air Base
Solomon Islands offensive gains noted by war council
Washington reports Pacific war council members expressing cautious encouragement over American offensive operations in the Solomon Islands as of August 12.
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Washington
UD —Pacifi War Council
Solomon Islands
Allied Forces Press on in Solomons and New Guinea Actions
Allied naval, land, and air forces push inland toward Tulagi as Pacific operations intensify. MacArthur and Nimitz block Japanese reinforcements across a 2700 mile front, while Australian bombers hit Timor and New Guinea air and shipping targets.
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Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
United Nations
Tulagi
Florida
Guad
US Army court martial cites Hammond assault charge in England
In August 1244 a United States Army court martial inspected the air raid shelter where Private Travis P. Hammond is accused of assaulting a 16 year old English shop girl on July 17. Hammond testified the girl consented to his advances after the visit, which was at the defense counsel’s request. Repair Now. John Maynard Lbr, Co.
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England
United States Army
Travis P. Hammond
Hammond
Pelley Sentenced 15 Years for Sedition in War Era Case
William Dudley Pelley founder of the Silver Shirts of America receives a 15 year prison term from Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell after his conviction on 11 counts of criminal sedition connected to Fellowship Press publications. The judge called for imprisonment for the duration of the war.
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Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
The
Silver Shirts of America
America
Robert C. Baltzell
Pelley
Benedict Arnold
Aaron Burr
Fellowship Press, Inc
Baltzell
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas shows scattered thundershowers
The forecast notes continued warmth with widely scattered thundershowers late today and tonight across Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico should also stay warm with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Temperature extremes over the past 24 hours ranged from 65 to 86 with noon reading around 80 at Russell Stationery.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
India situation fully under control says India Office
London reports the India office issued an official statement declaring the condition in India completely under control and rejecting any depiction of widespread disorder as distorted.
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London
India
India Office
Bombay Delhi unrest toll rises with clashes in city centers
Crowds clashed with police in Bombay and Delhi as violence spread across major urban areas. Casualties mounted with at least 31 dead in Bombay and 12 in Delhi by noon, while troops and armed police reinforced streets around New Delhi and guards protected government districts.
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India
Bombay
Wardha
Lucknow
Delhi
Poona
Nasik
Cawnpore
Madras
All - India Congress Party
New Delhi
Reported Allied Bombing of Formosa In Chungking Note
Unconfirmed reports from Chungking say Allied planes possibly from China bases bombed Formosa, the 300 mile long island off Amoy and southwest of Japan. If true, it would be the first bombing of Japanese home islands since the April 18 Tokyo raid led by Brig. Gen. James H Doolittle.
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Pacific
Solomon Islands
United States
Joseph Dynan
Associated Press
Tokyo
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Dynan
Chungking
China
U.P
Formosa
Forte Mosa
Amoy
James H Doolittle
Military Police Office Opened in Amarillo HQ
The Amarillo police headquarters adds a military police desk under the provost marshal. Soldiers stationed downtown are assigned to police duty, with the new booking desk located in the southwest corner of the building, in space formerly used by the radio broadcasting station. A RAF force later moved toward Calais and Cape Gris Nez, returning after 45 minutes without details.
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Amarillo
London
Calais
Cape Gris Nez
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