U S Troops and Planes Launch Biggest Dieppe Commando Raid
United States forces joined Allied troops in a dawn assault on Dieppe coast with tanks and heavy weapons. Over 1 000 Allied planes attacked German defenses as Canadians British Fighting French pressed the operation. The raid aimed to test defenses and reveal German dispositions across the cross-Channel area.
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London
United States
France
Dieppe
United States Army Air Forces
RAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Army Air Force
Abbeville
Channel
United States Army
Allied Combined Operations Headquarters
Europe
Rangers
Rogers’ Rangers
BBC
Moscow
Bastille
Brazil Near War Looms as Army Recalled and Submarines Attack
Brazil recalls all soldiers from leave as Axis submarine threats rise near its coast. A United States plane destroyed one submarine, with reports of a second and a possible third. RAF planes reportedly attacked another submarine off Northeast South America. Officials warn the nation is at the pates of war amid rising anti Axis demonstrations and ship losses.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Atlantic
Ernani A. R. Amaral Peixoto
Government
Brazil
Jack Lacey
Diario Carioca
RAF
British Guiana
South America
South Atlantic
Trindale
Joao Pinto Pacea
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Pilotless plane runs wild in Electra Texas incident
A pilotless airplane ran wild for two percent hours on the ground in Electra Texas. The starter failed owner H. C. Barrows cranked it and the plane started moving, circling until the gasoline exhausted. Buyers reacted to a MESSENGER Classified Ad style notice offering cucumbers for pickles and potatoes for sale.
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Electra
Texas
H. C. Barrows
Messenger
Churchill Stalin Meet in Moscow Sets War Plans
In Moscow's Kremlin Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin discussed vital war problems during their conference. The meeting examined strategic coordination and future Allied actions amid ongoing global conflict.
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Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Moscow
Kremlin
Expect Floor Fight in N. Y. Dem Parley
New York delegates prepared for a floor fight as the state party opened its convention in Brooklyn. President Roosevelt failed to secure a compromise on the governorship with John J. Bennett favored by James A. Farley opposing U S Senator James M. Mead, the President’s choice.
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New York
Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
Brooklyn
James A. Farley
John J. Bennett
U. S
James M. Mead
Seventh Plant Seized by U S War Evidence
President Roosevelt ordered Secretary of War Stimson to take possession of and run the S A Woods Machine Co plant at South Boston Massachusetts after a management labor dispute blocked war production The War Labor Board had presented the case for action The plant held orders vital to the war effort marking the seventh government seizure in the current national emergency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Stimson
S. A. Woods Machine Company
Boston
Mass
War Labor Board
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Two Electrocuted on High Tension Wires
In Columbus Paul J Simp son 24 was fatally injured after falling 40 feet when he touched an electric wire at the Curtiss Wright warplane plant yesterday. James Knowles 14 son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Knowles was electrocuted touching a high tension wire on a railroad right of way.
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Columbus
Paul J. Simpson
Curtiss-Wright
James Knowles
Samuel Knowles
Woman's body found in slain man's auto in Cleveland case
Doris McConnell a 22 year old Cleveland woman was found nude and stuffed in the trunk of Nathaniel Spuriel's car after Spuriel was killed and Patrolman Howard Taft wounded in a gun battle. Spuriel a former Cleveland night club operator had been tied to prior vice cases.
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Cleveland
Elyria
Nathaniel Spuriel
Doris McConnell
C. Ward
Lorain County
Spuriel
Taft
RAF Attacks Flensburg as Nazi U Boat Center Target
British bombers struck Flensburg, a key German submarine and shipbuilding center near the Danish border, in a raid described as the second night of action over northern Germany. Four aircraft were reported missing. German bombers hit East Anglia, while Russian planes reportedly bombed East and West Prussia.
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London
Flensburg
Germany
Air Ministry
England
East Anglia
Berlin
East
West Prussia
Bricker Says War Will Limit His Reelection Campaign
Gov. John W. Bricker said the war will cut his reelection campaigning to a few talks to present campaign issues. He announced Don Power as campaign manager and noted the war program has doubled governor's office work, leaving little time for a personal statewide campaign.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Explosions Hit Merrell Company Organic Lab in Cincinnati
Explosions of undetermined origin level the organic production laboratory at the William S. Merrell Company in Cincinnati. Firefighters battled a blaze for two hours after the first blast, followed by three smaller explosions.
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Cincinnati
William S. Merrell Company
Jap Warship Is Reported Sunk Near Aleutians
A United States submarine has sunk a Japanese cruiser or destroyer in the western Aleutians. Conditions prevented exact identification. This is the 23rd enemy ship sunk or damaged in that area, per Navy Communique No. 108.
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Washington
United States
Aleutians
Navy
Navy Department
North Pacific
Aleutian
British Admiralty Reports Four Ships Sunk
The Cairo and the destroyer Foresight were sunk in recent Mediterranean convoy operations. Earlier losses included the aircraft carrier Eagle and cruiser Manchester. At least six Axis aircraft were destroyed. eight British planes were lost with four pilots saved.
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London
Cairo
Foresight
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Eagle
Manchester
Malta
Predicts Severe Food Shortage at End of 1943
Chairman Hampton Fulmer of the House Agriculture Committee warned that the United States and other United Nations face an acute food shortage by the end of 1943. He said officials handling the program will not act until the crisis directly hits, criticizing inaction.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Hampton Fulmer
D-Sc
House Agriculture Committee
Carolina
Six RCAF Pilots Die in Plane Crash
Six airmen were killed when a Royal Canadian Air Force training plane from No 1 bombing and gunnery school at Jarvis crashed into Lake Erie off Evans Point near Dunnville Ontario. The accident occurred last night.
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Dunnville
Ont
Royal Canadian Air Force
No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School
Jarvis
Lake Erie
Evans Point
Britain tightens Middle East front as new leaders take helm
London reports a strategic shift in the Middle East with Churchill's Egypt stop and new commands. General Sir Harold Alexander replaces Auchinleck in the region while American air staffs join the fight. Rommel’s losses near Egypt total about 10,000 prisoners in two months.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Moscow
North Africa
United Nations
Alexandria
Hitler
Middle Eastern
Trans- Caucasus
Egypt
Joseph Stalin
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Middle East
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
United States
Axis
Erwin Rommel
Auchinleck
Eighth Army
General Auchinleck
Showdown Naval Battle Looms in South Pacific
General MacArthur's headquarters report that the Solomon Islands mop up and naval mastery push toward a decisive clash with Japan in the South Pacific. The triple effort combines land sea and air actions as American forces prepare for a showdown for vital seaways.
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MacArthur
Australia
Japan
Solomon Islands
United States
South Pacific
Russians Claim Nazi Losses Exceed Million Since May
Moscow reports say German reserves surged in Don Bend and Caucasus battles as they press toward Stalingrad and the Baku line. A Soviet communique cites 1,250,000 German casualties since May 15, with Russia sustaining heavy losses and Hitler diverting forces eastward.
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Don Bend
Caucasus
Voronezh
Pyatigorsk
Stalingrad
Baku
Caspian
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Bryansk
Information Bureau
900 Civilians Sought To Train In Bomb Schools
The state needs 900 civilians to train in bomb reconnaissance schools to be established Sept. 15 in Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia. Col. Robert S. Harsh OCD liaison officer said tentative program plans were discussed at a conference with Dan Moore of Cleveland OCD regional director.
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Columbus
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Robert S. Harsh
Army
Fifth Service Command
Dan. T. Moore
Cleveland
OCD
Wright Aeronautical Plant Wins Army Navy E Pennant
In Lockland the Wright Aeronautical Corp plant earned the Army and Navy E pennant less than two years after groundbreaking marking a notable war production achievement.
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Cincinnati
Wright Aeronutical Corp
Lockland
Army
Navy
Uncle Sam's Rangers Ready For Action In Britain
The United States Rangers in Britain train with British Marines and French commandos for Europe invasion. They learn stealth killing, climb 4000 foot mountains, run 36 mile speed marches, and practice beach landings. Original Rangers include James Haines of Lexington Kentucky who worked with Frank Buck and notes the work is similar.
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Unit&d States Rangers
Britain
United States Rangers
Sam
A.E.F
Europe
Rogers’ Rangers
America
Robert Rogers
United States
Rangers
Lion-Tamer Corp
James Haines
Lexington
Frank Buck
Guards Now Patrol Ohio River Bridges
Ohio state officials assign uniformed guards to patrol state owned bridges on the Ohio River. Ray Walker, secretary of the State Bridge Commission, announced the move and noted West Virginia’s boundary extends to the river’s low water mark, prompting WV to waive its nonresident firearms law inside its borders.
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Columbus
Ohio River
Ray Walker
The
State Bridge Commission
West Virginia
Ohio
Panhandle
Steel Staff To Unite U.S.-British Production
Washington announces a seven member staff to accompany an American steel mission to Great Britain led by Charles R. Hook of the American Rolling Mill Co. The team includes A. P. Edwards of Armco. The mission aims to synchronize steel production efforts between the two nations.
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Washington
Combined Production and Resources Board
Great Britain
Charles R. Hook
American Rolling Mill Co
Middletown
A. P. Edwards
Armco
B F Goodrich Reports Six Month Profits Fall
The B F Goodrich Co. reports consolidated net profits for the six months ended June 30 of 3,103,087 dollars, less than half of the 4,646,033 dollars earned in the same period in 1941.
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New York
B. F. Goodrich Co
Dieppe Raid Reported as Coastal Assault by Allied Forces
British and Canadian commandos landed at multiple points along the French coast near Dieppe amid heavy German opposition. Tanks entered the center, a six gun battery and an ammunition dump were destroyed, and fierce fighting occurred on both flanks. Authorities urged French restraint until Allied word.
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English Channel
Europe
St. Nazaire
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