RAF blitz at Dieppe halts German air threat in bold raid
Aboard a Royal Navy motor launch off Dieppe on August 19, Allied air and sea forces under RAF and Royal Navy command repelled German fighters in a seven hour battle. The clash left at least 500 German aircraft accounted for and allowed Allied Commandos and infantry to reach the shore. The reporter notes American, Canadian, and British troops ashore, with RAF Spitfires, Mustangs, and Hurricanes aiding the operation as ships and landing craft retreated homeward.
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Association of American Correspondents
London
Royal Navy
Dieppe
RAF
Luftwaffe
Channel
England
France
Alan Humphries
U.P
Navy
Berneval
Varengville
Royal Regiment of
Dieppe Raid Report From British Correspondent
A British correspondent describes eight hours of action at Dieppe with Commandos landing under heavy fire. RAF and navy support, Dieppe coast bombardment, and fierce air battles as German Dorniers are shot down. Canadian and British forces face heavy losses and partial success at Berneval and Varengville beaches.
Final account and discharge request in Potter County
Walter E. Wirtz administrator seeks final settlement of the estate of C. W. White deceased in Potter County Court. Creditors are to file objections by August 31, 1942 after newspaper publication at least ten days prior. Writ issued by County Clerk Hubert Cole and sheriff notices sent.
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State OF Texas
Potter County
Walter E. Wirtz
C. W. White
C. W White
Potter
Hubert Cole
Texas
Amarillo
A. D
Blanche Calhoun
Perryton Youth Killed on Road
Charles P. Shepherd a 19 year old son of Clarence Shepherd of Perryton was found dead on U S Highway 287 about four miles east of Amarillo. The truck driver who discovered him reported he may have been struck by a hit and run driver. A coroner's inquest was held at the scene and Boxwell Brothers planned the body’s return to Amarillo. The youth’s father was away en route to Missouri.
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Charles P. Shepherd
Clarence Shepherd
Perryton
Amarillo
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
Boxwell Brothers
Missouri
Highway Patrol
Wire coat hangers become scarce try to return
Washington reports that price administrator Leon Henderson approved a 1 to 5 cent deposit to encourage customers to return wire coat hangers. hangers are no longer made to conserve steel, dry cleaners may now require a deposit to borrow them.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Allied raid hits Abbeville as invasion forces regroup
Twenty three United States Flying Fortresses joined Allied troops in the heaviest air base attack to date bombing Abbeville 35 miles from Dieppe. Ground fighters held the line on the beach and in town until evacuation orders allowed withdrawal.
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United States Army
Abbeville
Dieppe
Germans Break Through to Coast After Sedan 1940
Report says German forces reached the coast after the Sedan push and now hold a heavily defended point on the invasion front. Allied air operations suffered losses as direct bomb hits hit Abbeville runways dispersal areas barracks and headquarters. Twenty three Flying Fortresses raided Abbeville and returned with bomb splinters in three aircraft and a radio operator wounded in the knee.
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Sedan
Abbeville
Germans Slain as Voronezh City Endures Heavy Losses
A wartime communique reports about 5,500 Germans killed and Nazi material heavily damaged over five days around Voronezh, a battle scarred city on the upper Don. The Don crossing near a campaign launched from the Kursk Kharkov front June 28 was completed.
Russians push to defend Stalingrad approaches near Don and Caspian rail hub
Soviet forces claimed full control of the east bank of the Don as they defend western approaches to Stalingrad. A see-saw battle raged for a railway station on the Caspian line near Kotelnikovski, 95 miles away, while German reports tied Krasnodar and Maikop to oil fields southeast of the front.
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Kletskaya
Don
Stalingrad
Volga
Kotelnikovski
Krasnodar
Maikop
Caucasian Mountains
German Push Reduced Near Grozny Oil Fields
In a midnight communique the retreating German force was reported as having two tanks destroyed and over 100 soldiers killed near Pyatigorsk, while Russian-held ports including Novorossisk faced ongoing pressure on the Black Sea. The Ros tov Baku railway drive toward Grozny targeted oil fields was dismissed as ineffective.
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Novorossisk
Black Sea
Rostov-Baku
Grozny
Pyatigorsk
Maikop
Texans Urge Organized Labor Help in War Projects
A speech argues that organized labor provides qualified carpenters and plumbers for Texas Army projects, detailing how unions coordinate workers, advance travel funds, and guarantee medical aid. It defends union involvement as essential to meeting urgent construction schedules and preventing waste.
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Texas
Army Engineer
Carpenters’ Union
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J. P. LeNeveu
Globe-News
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Shearer Devialas
Gail Patrick
Bowman
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Technicolor Special
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Texas Labor Speaks
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Texas State Federation OF Labor
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