O'Daniel Denies Army Disband Vote In Senate Runoff Tour
U S senator W Lee O Daniel campaigns across Northeast Texas denying claims he voted to disband the army. He defends World War I and mentions war measures while criticizing what he calls racketeering and antiwar factions. James V Allred promotes universal old age pensions in stake campaign remarks.
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Texas
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Kilgore
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Piney Woods
Alonzo Rushing
San Augustine
Ben Whitton
Rangers
Commando Raid Spurs Plans for a Western Invasion
A high level Allied summit within 24 hours of Dieppe reviews commando tactics for a future invasion. British American and Canadian chiefs assess German losses, prisoner reports, and the potential scale of a second front with plans for bigger raids to follow.
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London
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Europe
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Royal Air Force
Ten Seconds to Vote in Saturday's Texas Senate Show
Lewis Nordyke notes a brief voting window for the Texas U.S. Senate race with O Daniel as the dominant campaign force. He reflects on past tactics, the sanctity of home framing, and warns that while voting won't save the world it remains crucial amid wartime constraints. He urges 3,000 voters who skipped the list primary to vote Saturday.
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Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for continued warm conditions this afternoon and tonight with scattered late afternoon or evening thunderstorms across West Texas and the Pecos Valley. New Mexico stays warm with little temperature change and possible late day storms. Overnight lows around 62 and highs near 89.
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Red Army Advances on Four Fronts in Central Russia
Four central fronts from Bryansk to Lake Ilmen see Red Army initiative as battles unfold while Stalingrad and the Caucasus remain contested. Dispatches report renewed pressure and shifting lines across the vast front.
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Red Army
Bryansk
Lake Ilmen
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Induet 1-B Reclassified for Induction Under New System
Washington Aug 20 Selective service racers announce that 1-B registrants with minor defects become eligible for service as the 1-B category is abolished. Reclassification to 1-A or 4-F begins Sept 1 and runs to Jan 1. At most one quarter of 1-B registrants per local board move to 1-A monthly. After induction the army will decide duty type.
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Selective Service
Selective Service System
Army
Cholera Devastates Japanese Forces in China Frontier
The Chinese Central News reports 3000 to 4000 Japanese troops died of cholera as they penetrated southwest China after conquest. The same dispatch notes Japanese troops among epidemic victims. Chinese sources also claim recapture of Wenchow and a 60 mile widening gap on the Kiangsi railway front.
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Chinese Central News
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Burma
Central
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Kiangsi
Brazil Learns From Germany
Rio de Janeiro reports President Getulio Vargas ordered all Germans except diplomats aboard the exchange ships Bage and Cuyahba held as hostages after the sinking of the sixth Brazilian ship in recent days was announced.
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Four Enemy Planes Downed Over Egypt
Cairo dispatch reports British fighters destroyed at least four enemy planes in a sudden aerial action along the Egyptian battle front west of El Alamein. Communique notes no bombing raids and no land operations reported yesterday.
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el Alamein
FDR Shipping Goal Expected to Surpass
Washington August 20 The War Production Board predicts President Roosevelt will exceed his 8,000,000 deadweight ton shipping goal by about ten percent this year marking a substantial boost in wartime logistics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Painting The Raid Picture
After the Dieppe raid, newsmen and censors determine what to reveal and readers see a picture of what happened. Thrilling eyewitness accounts are spread across Pages 6 10 11 and 20.
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Dieppe
Bus Driver Quits After Crowded Washington Shifts
Washington story Aug 20 UPI reports Felix Finzel, a veteran bus driver of nine years, quits after a day of nerve wracking incidents. He faced a passenger using the rear door to ferry riders free, a blackout with a loaded bus and a police evacuation, a broken throttle, and a crowd blocking his view. He switched buses, covered two routes, and finally told passengers they could wait for the next bus or “go straight to hell” before resigning from the bus company.
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Axis Hurls Back British Attack In Egypt Front
Italian high command says Axis forces repelled a British assault on the southern flank of the Egyptian battlefront. Moscow reacts to Allied Dieppe raid with hopeful notes of a second front in Western Europe as Soviet media covers the event.
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Danzig Raid Echoes in Baltic Port Attacks
Tass agency reports Tuesday night bombardment hit Danzig Koenigsberg and Tilsit with 16 explosions at the port. Five blasts were very powerful as fires spread through docks and warehouses near the Danzig dockyards and port administration.
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Tilsit
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Mrs Willkie Claims Right to Puerto Rico Visit
Mrs. Wendell Willkie argued she had as much right as her husband to travel to Puerto Rico to visit their son, while he prepared to visit Russia for an interview with Stalin. She noted his reply about Billie not every mama can go to Puerto Rico, and he later sent word he had permission to go to Russia, prompting her retort that not every Papa can go to Russia.
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U.P
Wendell Willkie
Puerto Rico
Russia
Stalin
Willkie
Phil Willkie
Billie
Wartime Coastal Cities Dim Lights Along Pacific Coast
Urban blackout order covers nine million residents across a 100000 square mile coastal strip from Canada to Mexico. Lights facing the ocean or exposing the sky must be dimmed or shaded. most outdoor illumination is to be extinguished.
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America
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
Italian forces to seize rebel Croat property abroad
Dispatches from Rome report that Italian troops will confiscate property of Croat rebels or Croats away from home without valid reasons. The order aims to curb insurgent activity in the Bern area as of August 20.
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Bern
Rome
More Frenchmen To Be Murdered
Vichy dispatch reports the arrest of two young men in Paris for the assassination of Henri Gachelin secretary of Jacques Doriot s Fascist party He was shot in Paris August and died three days later Japanese repatriates arriving on August 20 include 1 421 individuals aboard Asama Maru and Conte Verde in Yokohama
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France
Paris
Henri Gachelin
Jacques Doriot
Tokyo
Yokohama
Russians Hit Multiple Fronts In Wide Offensive Push
Russian offensives reported along the Bryansk Western Kalinin and Northwestern fronts with heavy German losses. Red Star claimed major German casualties and several counterattacks near the Don bend and Stalingrad area, while Soviet formations reported destroying tanks and inflicting hundreds of enemy deaths across several sectors.
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Kletskaya
Dive Bombers Lead Canberra Assault in Pacific Battle
Seaman Benny Barnes, a Queenslander rescued from the sunken Australian cruiser Canberra, described relentless dive bombing as invasion barges approached shores. Canberra carried 816 officers and men. 10 died, 74 missing believed dead, 109 wounded. Japanese torpedo bomber formations attacked, with US destroyers rescuing survivors and taking off the wounded.
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Barnes
Prank Edmond Getting
P. D. Mackintosh
Getting
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