Second Front Talk Renewed By Russians
Russian offensives threaten Stalingrad as Tikhoretsk falls on the Caucasus line and Kletskaya battles unfold 80 miles northwest of Stalingrad. Moscow signals renewed push for a Western Front while RAF night bombers hit the Ruhr Valley and El Alamein operations continue.
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Germany
Upper
Caucasus
Tikhoretsk
Rostov
Great Volga River
Stalingrad
Stalingrad-Novorossisk
Black Sea
Kerch Strait
Russia
Kletskaya
Europe
Moscow
Hitler
Follett Bradley
First Air Force
U. S. Fastern Defense Command
Roosevelt
Stalin
RAF
Ruhr Valley
Air Ministry
East Anglia
Cairo
el Alamein
North African
B S Wells 73 Dies At Wilkesville Home
B S Wells aged 73 a retired merchant died at his Wilkesville home on Wednesday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at two o clock at the home. Surviving are wife Bessie L Wells and five children Harry Wells Mrs Laura Keck of Newark Loring Wells Katherine Wells of Columbus and Homer Wells at home
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Wilkesville
B. S. Wells
Mr. Wells
Bessie L. Wells
Harry Wells
Laura Keck
Newark
Loring Wells
Katherine Wells
Columbus
Homer Wells
Tender Green Beans and Sides Promo from Watt Grover Dial 24931
Advertises fresh produce including sweet corn pickles and dressed fries with average 3 to 4 lb portions. Mentions Watt Grover and a Dial number 24931. Promotes a low six day cancellation privilege rate.
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Watt
Dial
Wilhelmina Reaffirms No Surrender Motto Before Congress
Queen Wilhelmina told Congress that the Dutch motto no surrender remains valid as her country endures alien rule in Asia and Europe. She urged resistance in all forms, noting continued fighting inside occupied territory and in the Indies, as the Netherlands government operates from London.
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Washington
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
United States
Congress
Asia
Europe
House
Senate
Holland
London
Indies
Steel Problem Big Obstacle to Cargo Carrier Plan
Washington reports Senate advocates of a cargo-carrier expansion work to defeat the submarine menace and solve the steel problem. The Maritime Commission blocked A J Higgins plan for 200 liberty ships. Senator Lee said he would seek WPB testimony after discussing materials with board members. Nelson said WPB committees urged doubling the cargo plane program immediately.
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Maritime Commission
A. J. Higgins
New Orleans
Senator Lee
Oklahoma
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
WPB
Congress fixes price of government wheat for war feed
The Agriculture Department announced Congress set the minimum sale price at 85 percent of the parity price for corn for 125 million bushels released under the war food program. In Seattle Ward and Milo Van Vor sold their pony Pat for 110 dollars to buy war bonds to aid the war effort.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Seattle
Ward van Voris
Milo
Sam
Pat
Neely Senate Race Totals Narrow Behind Unnamed Opponent
In Charleston WV the U S Senate race shows Republican Raymond J. Funkhouser trailing Chapman Revercomb by 1538 votes after official count, with Neely for Governor and Revercomb backed by the organization.
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Neely
Senate
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
U. S. Senate
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Shepherdstown
Chapman Revercomb
Empire and dominions tie Britain to the empire future
A Memphis reader argues that Britain's war aim is to preserve the empire and that the 1926 imperial conference established the autonomous status of Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa within the British Commonwealth. The bond remains strong but its future may strengthen or weaken.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Memphis
Tenn
British Empire
England
London
Great Britain
Canada
Commonwealth of Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
FDR Vetoes Rubber Bill As Promised
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to create an independent rubber production agency, saying it would hinder the war effort. He named a committee led by Bernard M. Baruch to study synthetic rubber options and warned grain and WPB priorities must guide military needs. He argued grain use for rubber would strain supplies and that civilian rubber needs could wait.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Congress
Senate
War Production Board
WPB
Rescue of Second Fishing Victim Near Saginaw Bay
STANDISH Mich Rescue crews saved Abraham La Bean 32 a Bay City welder from Saginaw Bay after a 73 hour swim following the Sunday fishing cruise tragedy that left 13 aboard. A water logged life jacket weighed about 50 pounds aiding his endurance.
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Standish
Mich
Great Lakes
Saginaw Bay
Abraham la Bean
Bay City
la Bean
Phone Service Crippled In Cleveland District
More than 200 women operators of Ohio Bell refuse to pass picket lines as maintenance and repair workers strike for higher pay. The sympathy walkout disrupts service across 25 Cleveland exchanges and in Akron Canton and Youngstown.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Akron
Canton
Youngstown
Therese Donehey
Cleveland Traffic Council
Ohio Federation of Telephone ‘Workers
Army takes surplus gear after civilian camps closed
Columbus report states that when civilian conservation camps were discontinued the Army received large quantities of clothing bedding and other equipment items from the Fifth Service Command.
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Columbus
Army
Fifth Service Command
Jap Reconnaissance Plane Shot Down by U S Fliers
General MacArthur's headquarters reports American fliers shot down six Japanese planes in the Gona Buna area of New Guinea. They tallied five Zero fighters and a twin engined reconnaissance plane nicknamed Photo Joe, after a brief combat with a formation of five medium bombers.
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Bellingham
Wash
Joe
Man who aided Nazi flier to be hanged
Detroit AP report says Max Stephan, first U.S. treason conviction in 159 years, sentenced by U S District Judge Arthur J Tuttle to be hanged on November 13 1942 at Milan Michigan for aiding flight of a Nazi flier escaped from a Canadian camp. Judge cites deterrence and loyalty in a wartime context. Michigan Governor Van Wagoner declines intervention. In Columbus, fifteen pinball operators gain a temporary restraining order against police seizure of 100 devices claimed for amusement not gambling.
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Detroit
Max Stephan
United States
U. S
Arthur J. Tuttle
Stephan
Milan
Mich
Tuttle
Germany
Lansing
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
Columbus
Common Pleas Court
Airborne Infantry Units Planned for Front Deployment
The War Department announced the first two airborne divisions, the 82nd and 101st, assigned to move by air with about 8 000 men each from Camp Claiborne Louisiana. Brigadier Generals Ridgway and Lee command the 82nd and 101st respectively as the United States forms the First Special Service Force with Canadian participation.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Camp Claiborne
82Nd
Matthew B. Ridgway
William C. Lee
101St
Special Service Force
Patterson
Ohio Guards Against Blackout Accidents
United States safety tests in central Ohio explore a 17 mile starlit highway to study headlamp effects. Engineers measure traffic markers and lighting to reduce blackout era accidents compared with England.
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Ohio
Herron, O
United States
England
Train Bus Crash Claims 13 Dead in Crystal Springs
A collision between a bus with 52 people and a fast passenger train in Crystal Springs Mississippi killed 13 and injured more than 30. Emergency crews and investigators converged on the scene as the crash disrupted local traffic.
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Crystal Springs
Miss
Mississippi
Boy Seeks Gasoline for Model Airplane
Worcester Mass. a formal application for one gallon of gasoline every six months has been filed by Clark Wesson 12 who runs a tiny gasoline engine for a model airplane. Washington was reduced to about 500 items on a war production board emergency shipping priorities list.
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Worcester
Mass
Clark Wesson
Washington
United States
War Production Board
Pelley Guilty On 11 Counts Plans Appeal
William Dudley Pelley and two associates were found guilty on counts of criminal sedition and conspiracy. The jury convicted Brown and Miss Agnes Henderson on one conspiracy count. Pelley faces up to 220 years. a new trial motion will be filed, with appeal to the U S Circuit Court in Chicago if denied. The trio led The Fellowship Press and published The Galilean in Noblesville Indiana.
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Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
Pprson
Freedom Today
Floyd Christian
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Silver Shirts of America
Lawrence A. Brown
Agnes Marian Henderson
Brown
Henderson
Fellowship Press
Noblesville
Ind
Pelley
the Galilean
Galilean
Propagation Areas Established Across Ohio Townships
State Conservation Commissioner Don Waters announced Ohio will create natural propagation areas for game birds and animals in every township. The state has leased 8,700 acres and set up 42 propagation areas on 648 acres. Farmers will be paid 1 dollar per lease.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don Waters
Walters
Germans Warn Dutch Against Aiding Allies
General Friedrich Christiansen of the Nazi occupation forces in the Netherlands warns that anyone aiding an Allied invasion will be shot and anyone venturing outdoors during such an invasion will also be shot. Netherlands News Agency Aneta reports.
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London
Army Fights Immediate Payments to Dependents
Congress debates whether to authorize immediate payment of dependents allowances for fighting men. Army argues payments should wait until November to allow setup of distribution. Senators push for action before elections, while opponents cite political motives and etiquette rules during the current informal recess.
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Washington
House
Congress
Rankin
Senate
Deadlock on India Crisis Persists Amid Calls for Appeal
A deadlock in India's push for immediate independence from Britain persisted today as speculation grew that President Roosevelt might issue an eleventh-hour appeal to India to avoid complicating the effort to preserve human freedom.
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India
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Sky Dragons: U S Air Forces absorb honor squadron
U S Army Air Forces, after absorbing the famed American volunteer group on July 4, earns the nickname Sky Dragons from Chinese admirers. The piece notes Secretary Hull praising American sympathy for freedom seekers and covers broader wartime updates from India to the Pacific, including Gandhi's mass struggle plans, Cripps and Churchill statements, and Allied war progress around Australia and New Guinea, with a final line on a surname change petition in Georgia.
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Chungking
Sky Dragons
United States Army Air Forces
All-India Congress
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
London
Stafford Cripps
Privy Seal
Churchill
Britain
Sir Stafford
Bombay
All-India Congress Working Committee
Campain
All- India Congress
Washington
Deepartment
Gandhi
Jaspan
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress Party
Australia
Imperial Tokyo
Timor
New Guinea
Kei
Aru
Tanimebar
Douglas MacArthur
Port Moresby
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wenchow
Kianksi-Chee Kiang
Woman Takes Bonus On Sugar Literally
A reader description describes a surprising pay bonus tied to sugar in a domestic scene. The text reads as fragmented notes with stray names and garbled phrases, mentioning a woman and a bonus related to sugar.
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