Strikes and rioting deepen civil disobedience in Bombay
Mass civil disobedience by the All-India Congress gains momentum as 18 mills suspend work in Bombay. Police fire on crowds, clashes erupt with trains attacked, grain ship burned, and curfew imposed. Gandhi arrested. leaders and activists detained as violence spreads to New Delhi and Lucknow.
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Bombay
All- India Congress Party
Indian Federation of Labor
Gandhi
Ahmedabad
All-India Congress
New Delhi
Shivaji Park
Poona
Shiva-ji Park
Maulana
Abdul Kalan Azad
Pandit Jawaarial
Spy markers for enemy air attack found near Mitchell Field
First Ground Air Support Command disclosed ingeniously constructed markers guiding attacks on eastern air fields and factories. Col. Cache M. Reeves said all such guides have been eradicated and investigations by First Air Force and the FBI determined proper action. Photographs show markers like a V arrow pointing to an air base and a nine formed by grain sacks directing to a factory.
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Mitchell Field
N. Y
First Ground Air Support Command
Cache M. Reeves
First Air Force
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Senate Seeks To Simplify Tax Proposal
Senate Finance Chairman George outlined a plan to replace the House 5 percent after exemptions tax with a flat 3 percent levy on wages interest and dividends. He warned the new revenue bill would cut deductions and impose heavy paperwork on businesses. The move aims to ease administration but could burden employers with payroll status records.
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Washington
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Hartford Man Injured In Crash of Bomber
A medium bomber crash near Raleigh left five Army flyers injured, including Second Lieut. Elmire John Gedeon 25 of Cleveland a former Michigan University star. Two companions were killed and Lawrence B. Glover of Hartford West Virginia survived with injuries.
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Hartford
Raleigh
N. C
Elmire John Gedeon
Cleveland
Michigan University
Lawrence B. Glover
W. Va
Vital Railway Raided by RAF in Northwest Germany
A British bomber force attacked the railway and industrial center of Osnabrueck and other targets in Northwest Germany last night, with docks at Le Havre and air fields in Belgium and the Netherlands also hit. Six bombers missing. one fighter from yesterday's patrol.
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London
Germany
Osnabrueck
Air Ministry
le Havre
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Britain
Cairo
Benghasi
RAF
United States Army
Ship Losses Mount to 419 in Western Atlantic
The AP tally shows 419 wartime ship losses in the Western Atlantic after 12 more Allied and neutral merchantmen were sunk. A total of 62 seamen and passengers were killed, 52 missing, and over 740 rescued by UN craft and landed at Caribbean and U S ports. Since Aug 2 sinkings include six U S, two Norwegian, one British, one Russian, one Panamanian and one Uruguayan merchantmen.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
United Nations
Caribbean
United States
U. S
Haiphong Seaport Bombed in First Chinese-Based Raid
United States planes bombarded Haiphong port in French Indo China yesterday with no losses to the raiders. The raid caused extensive damage as steamers in the harbor were struck. This marked the first raid on Haiphong by raiders based in China.
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Chungking
United States
Haiphong
Indo- China
China
War Today Anxious for a Pacific Second Front and Caucasus Push
The article notes three crises the Solomon and Aleutian campaign the Maikop region in the Caucasus and the Indian Nationalist revolt. It suggests the Pacific offensive may serve as a second front protecting Russia and possibly expand into a major operation if initial success. It also reports the Russian front near Maikopol as serious with a controlled withdrawal by Soviet forces.
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Solomon and
Aleutian Islands
Maikopoil
Caucasus
Russia
Siberia
India
United Nations
Japan
China
Burma
Maikopol
Red Defense Crumbles Near Maikop Oil Fields
Front line dispatches show Red Army defenses cracking before Maikop oil fields as German motorized and Alpine forces press the Caucasus front. Pravda claims Kuban Cossacks disrupt Romanian forces in Armavir, while Stalingrad and Voronezh areas see fierce fighting and Russian counterattacks.
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Moscow
Red Army
Maikop
Caucasian
Meikop
Krasnodar
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Caucasus Mountains
Volga
Stalingrad
Ketelnikovski
Kletskaya
Voronezh
Don
Kotelnikovski
Donelhow
Caucasus
Pardons Sought for Fall and Byrd Mission Tabs
Albert B Fall former secretary of the interior seeks a presidential pardon while aging at Fort Bayard New Mexico after a bribery conviction tied to the Elk Hills oil reserve. Major General Follett Bradley of the US Army Air Forces is in Moscow for a Roosevelt mission and Rear Admiral Richard Byrd ends a brief New Zealand secret visit.
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EL Paso
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Fall
Veterans Hospital
Fort Bayard
N. M
E. H. Doheny
Elk Hills
Calif
Naval Oil Reserve
Moscow
Follett Bradley
United States Army Air Forces
Roosevelt
Ohio primary eyes 700000 voters Tuesday
In Columbus AP report, about 700000 Ohioans were expected to vote in Tuesday's primary. Democrats face a crowded gubernatorial field with several candidates, while Gov. Bricker runs unopposed on the Republican side. Primary chatter centers on potential charges against Bricker as campaigns head toward November.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Paul M. Herbert
Don H. Ebright
Massillon Honored for War Effort by Army Navy
Massillon was saluted by the Army and Navy for exemplary war effort. Gov. Bricker praised city harmony between labor and management as 36 factories employ about one third of Massillon's 30 000 population and no war work hours were lost to labor disputes.
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Massillon
Army
Navy
John W. Bricker
Chamber of Commerce
Awards Given 20 Factories For War Production
Washington announces twenty major American war plants receive Army Navy production awards as Roosevelt urges an unceasing flow of weapons and materials. He commends united Army and Navy efforts and home workers, saying great progress has been made but we have only begun to get into our stride.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Ohio Poor Relief Hits New Low in July
The Welfare Department reports July poor relief costs at 85,400 and 30,000 cases. Assistant director Herbert Mooney notes July expenditures are 103,501 below June and nearly 300,000 under July 1941, with June case load at 31,609.
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Columbus
Ohio
Welfare Department
Herbert Mooney
Sample Ballots for Athens County Voters
The Messenger prints sample ballots on page 10 to help voters study the contests for nomination. Polls open 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m daylight saving time at customary polling places.
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Athens County
Annual Sneeze Blitz at Hand Hits Allergic Noses
A ragweed pollen invasion sweeps America as Oren C. Durham notes the sneeze blitz will peak through August and ease by October, impairing war training and production efficiency across the nation.
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Chicago
America
Oren C .Durham
U S Tank Crews Ready For Action in Egypt
Forward groups of United States Army tank crews have nearly completed advanced training in the Egyptian desert and are ready to go into action with General Grant fighting machines. Other groups are receiving further desert warfare instruction in methods.
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Cairo
United States Army
Battle of Solomons Enters Fourth Day in Pacific War
Allied air and sea forces pounded New Guinea and New Britain bases as the Battle of the Solomons continued into its fourth day. Reports from Australian bases described relentless day and night air attacks against Rabaul Gasmata Lae and Salamaua. A major air clash over Rabaul saw 20 Zeros challenged by four engine bombers with several fighters shot down and many enemy aircraft believed downed on impact.
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United Nation
Australia
Solomons
New Guinea
New Britain
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific Command
Solomon Islands
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Tokyo
United States
Solomon Island
Rabaul
Pacific
Gasmata
Lae
Salamaua
Allied Forces Press Solomons Drive in Pacific Action
U S Pacific commander Admiral Nimitz reports Allied forces pressed the Tulagi operation in the Solomons with sea and air power. The attack targets Japanese land bases as a major offensive possibility grows, while a separate U S task force bombards Kiska in the Aleutians.
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Solomons
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific
Nimitz
Tulagi
Australia
Washington
Tokyo
Midway
Coral Sea
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Texas Doughboy Faces Court Martial For Assault
Private Travis P. Hammond, 25, of Texas, the first American in Britain to be tried by general court martial, pleaded innocent to assaulting a 16 year old English girl. If convicted he faces death or life imprisonment as Britain places U.S. soldiers under American jurisdiction.
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Britain
Travis P. Hammond
Texas
A.E.F
George
U.S
Woman and Assailant Arrested After Pistol Threat
In Philadelphia a man grabbed a 34 year old woman's arm and, pointing a pistol, threatened to kill. Police arrested the man for assault and battery while the woman was charged with carrying a pistol without a permit though the weapon had no bullets.
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Philadelphia
190-Foot Fall Kills Woman at Big Rock Near Here
Martha Hensley, 26, of Columbus, died after falling 190 feet from Big Rock during a religious celebration near Jackson on Sunday.
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Jackson
Big Rock
Here
Martha Hensley
Columbus
Germans Find Yankee Tanks Hard To Stop
Detroit Chrysler tank plant workers heard Major General Campbell describe a German 88 mm gun hitting an American M3 tank 12 times before it stopped. He noted another M3 survived fifty 50 mm shells, and Chrysler shifted to the newer M4 tanks with heavier armor. Campbell warned it would take the enemy a year to duplicate the M4, by which time a new model would be in production.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Levin H. Campbell, Jr
Ordnance
Services of Supply
Campbellsid
Four Killed in Plane Crashes Across Ohio Valley
Two small privately owned planes crashed with four dead in the Ohio River Valley. Covington residents Ross Leach and Walter Mohan perished in a Culver Cadet monoplane crash in Covington shortly after takeoff from Lunken Airport. Earlier, a Piper Cub crashed into a hillside north of Ironton killing John H. Smith and Carlos Wyant. Three victims were Civil Air Patrol members and Mohan was a student pilot.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley
Ross Leach
Walter Mohan
Covington
Lunken
Ironton
John H. Smith
Raceland
Carlos Wyant
Russell
Civil Air Patrol
Mohan
Messengers Urged to Drop Nonessential Duties
New York reports Joseph P. Selly, president of the American Communications Association, calls for telegraph messengers to confine duties to delivering telegrams and cease offbeat tasks like dog walking or bridge games to prevent delays in wave time communications.
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New York
Joseph P. Selly
Bridge
Selly
American Communications Association
CIA
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