Moscow and Stalingrad fights shape war report
Moscow reports a brutal nine day battle over a modern apartment building on Stalingrad’s outskirts. A Russian lieutenant recalls stubborn defense, a dying mother and grandson, and a lone Tommy gunner halting tanks. Germans fought stair by stair while defenders held lines.
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United Press
Moscow
U.P
Stalingrad
Pravda
Boris Polyevoy
Tzvetkoff
Polyevoy
Anna Kapustina
Sev
Calf in East River Foiled by New York Police Chase
A 300 pound Texas calf nicknamed Whiteface escaped into the East River near Welfare Island and Long Island City. Police launched a pursuit led by Acting Sergeant John McGuigan and corralled the animal toward the river’s east channel before the calf disappeared underwater.
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New York
East River
Welfare Islands
Long Island City
Lone Star
East 47Th Street
Pecos
Rio Grande
Welfare Island
Boys in Army By Christmas
High school youths may join the Army by Christmas as Congress rushes draft laws for 18 to 19 year olds. House and Senate committees hear advocates and opponents while hoping for final action by weekend. Roosevelt proposes lowering the age and wartime needs push迅.
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Amarillo
War Department
May
Kentucky
House Committee
Gurney
South Dakota
Senate
Washington
Congress
House
Roosevelt
F. H. LaGuardia
New York
Norman Thomas
Lewis B. Hershey
Reduction in cargo war risk insurance between Americas and Australia
The Institute of London Underwriters announced a cut in cargo war risk insurance rates for voyages between the Americas and Australia. The U S motor bus industry investment exceeds one billion dollars.
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London
Institute of London
Americas
Australia
U. S
War shifts focus to Africa in Nazi plans and Allied moves
The article reports Hitler’s growing focus on Africa and nearby regions as Stalingrad stalls the Eastern front. It notes Rommel’s return to North Africa, Himmler’s move to Rome, new Balkan generals, Raeder’s U-boat push toward West Africa, and Berlin’s increasingly urgent broadcasts about American involvement and potential operations from Dakar to the Cape.
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Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Africa
Italy
Balkans
Berlin
Hitler
United Nations
Germany
Marshal Rommel
Thefuehrer
Himmler
Gestapo
Rome
Admiral Raeder
West Africa
Cape of Good Hope
London
Cape
North Africa
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Egypt
French West Africa
Gambia
Dakar
West African
Russia
Factories face eight month gap to fill orders says Ayres
Cleveland economist Leonard P. Ayres stated that current production would take about eight months to fulfill the durable goods demanded by unfilled orders. The remark came as he assessed factory capacity and demand.
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Cleveland
Leonard P. Ayres
Steady Increase of Cancer in Texas
State Health Officer George W. Cox warns that more than 45,000 cancer deaths in the last decade show a rising trend in Texas. He urges early diagnosis and cautions against quacks and fake cures, noting surgery and radium or X ray as treatment options.
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Austin
George W. Cox
Texas
Cox
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