Marines Close In On Key Solomons Islands
British and American reports say United States Marines near victory on Tulagi Florida and Guadalcanal as fighting rages across the Solomon Islands. Reinforcements and heavy air and naval activity mark the seventh day of the campaign with Tokyo forces defending hawking positions and potential threats to Australia.
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MacArthur
Australia
U.P
United States
Solomon Islands
Guadal Canal
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Tulagi
Darwin
Chungking
Gulf of Tongking
Indo-China
Burma
India
Netherlands East Indies
Solomons Island
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
General MacArthur
United States Army Air Corps
China
Formosa
Kokoda
New Guinea
Pacific
Navy
Washington
Florida
Guadalcanal
American Soldier Acquitted in Britain Rape Trial
In Britain an American Army general court martial acquitted Private Travis P. Hammond of rape charges. The 25 year old from Keltvs Texas faced allegations by a 16 year old English shop girl. The four day trial ended with a two hour deliberation and a verdict, with release deferred.
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Britain
United States Army
Travis P. Hammond
Hammond
Keltvs
Texas
Y.M.C.A
U-Nan
Axis claims heavy damage to Allied convoy and carriers
German radio said the Wasp was heavily damaged and set afire while 19 British ships were sunk or damaged in a Western Mediterranean convoy battle. Italian and German reports claim hits on carriers, with Eagle sunk and other vessels damaged as the fight continued. Major James Roosevelt was confirmed at Midway Island.
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London
U.P
Wasp
Mediterranean
Eagle
High
High Command
Rome
Washington
Navy
James Roosevelt
Marines
President Roosevelt
Midway Island
Midway
Tire theft ring nets arrests in Potter County jail
In Potter County, Harry F. Reed and W. B. Hamilton face receiving and concealing stolen property charges, with Harvey Morris Jr, Dillard Hedge, Melborn Kennedy, Bob Post, Albert Adcox and G R Davis Jr held on felony theft counts. Bond set at 5000 each. A wider tire theft wave links to at least three burglaries, 20 autos and 100 tires as officers pursue an organized ring.
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Harry F. Reed
Amarillo
W. B. Hamilton
Safeway Cab Company
Harvey Morris, Jr
Dillard Hedge
Melborn Kennedy
Bob Post
Albert Adcox
Chilcress
G. R. Davis, Jr
San Francisco
Davis
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
Haraee Wells
Randall
Wells
Friona
Bovina
Bill Adams
O. D. Jackson
C. L. Russell
North East Eighth Avenue
Sheriff's Department
Tucumcari
Albuquerque
California
Oakland
Sixteenth Avenue
Eleventh
Pierce
Weather and War Front Reports From Stalingrad Corridor
The noon communique details a German advance northwest of Stalingrad while Soviet forces counter near Kotelnikovski. Front reports note German reinforcements, costly Soviet artillery exchanges, and heavy fighting around Krasnodar and Maikop amid shifting tank and air losses.
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Kretskaya
Stalingrad
Kotelnikovski
Kletskaya
Krasnodar
Maikop
Kuban
Caucasian
North Caucasus
India unrest toll rises with 69 dead across regions
Government reports rapid restoration of calm in India after independence disorders that left some areas damaged including Karolbagh Saharjang and refugee property. Deaths in Poona Allahabad Patna and Bombay raise total to 69 amid arrests emergency decrees and troop patrols.
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Bombay
U.P
India
New Delhi
Karolbagh
Saharganj
Burma
Poona
Allahabad
U S Policy Declares Hands Off in Indian Crisis
The United States states a hands off policy in India amid Gandhi's freedom movement. American forces in India are ordered to avoid involvement beyond their wartime mission to fight the Axis. The policy was issued by the State Department and made public last night.
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Bombay
Patna
India
Calcutta
State Department
Washington
United Nations
United States
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Bombing raid on Yoyang reported by US forces
United States bombers attacked the Japanese held town of Yoyang in Hunan province. The raid used high explosive and incendiary bombs, all landed inside the town, and all planes returned safely. An intelligence report noted Japanese transports with over 20,000 troops sighted in the Gulf of Tonkin on Aug. 7 with uncertain origins or destinations.
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Chungking
United States
Yoyang
Yochow
Hunan Province
Gulf of Tonkin
Dutch Purge Threat Looms Over Dutch Hostages
German authorities in Holland issued a threat of wholesale executions of 1,000 to 1,500 Dutch hostages unless those responsible for wrecking a Nazi troop train and the attempted destruction of radio stations are captured. Reprisals in other occupied countries have occurred, and Decrees tighten German control amid invasion jitters.
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London
U.P
Holland
France
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Aneta Dutch
Europe
Dutch Submarine Sinks Two Jap Ships
London reports the Netherlands government says a Dutch submarine torpedoed two Japanese supply vessels that must be considered total losses.
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London
Netherlands
Turkish residents told not to heed German radio pleas
Istanbul dispatch reports Yeni Sabah advises Turk ish residents in Azerbaijan Caucasus not to heed German radio appeals to lay down arms before the Iraqi army advances.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Yeni Sabah Today
Azerbaijan
Caucasus
House Approves Immediate Service Aid Measure
The House passed a bill to authorize the war and navy departments to make immediate payments to dependents of servicemen under new allowance acts. First payments were set for November 1, with benefits accruing from June 1. Rep Rankin said the measure helps needy cases, and no opposition arose among about 30 members present.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
House
Senate
Rankin
Mississippi
War Department
Allied ships hunt Axis raider in South Atlantic
Reports from Rio de Janeiro say several vessels possibly including cruisers search the South Atlantic for a surface Axis raider. No contact reported yet. Radioed notices last Monday claimed at least two or three Allied merchant ships were attacked about 1000 miles east of Rio with cruisers possibly aided by aircraft.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
South Atlantic
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Potter County
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New Mexico
Water Department
English Field
Adrian
Follett
Tucum‘ari
John Maynard
Paris
Black Sea
Cherkessk
Armavir
Grozny
Social Security Record Systems
ely-Greenhill- Towntes Insurance
Russell Stationery Company
India Front
Churchill
Catro
Stalin
Moscow
Cairo
Lyon
Albert Guillaume
U. S
Uay
Thailand
Asia
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