Dieppe Raid Boosts Allied Air Mastery Over Europe
Allied air supremacy over Western Europe claimed after the Dieppe raid with 500 fighters over the French coast and Flying Fortresses targeting Amiens. The operation produced 91 German planes destroyed and Allied losses totaling about 98 aircraft plus ships and landing craft. Comms noted coordination of land sea and air forces. Canadian Commandos led the assault with British and French forces following.
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London
Europe
Dieppe
Britain
Channel
French
United States
Amiens
Russia
United Nations
Berkeley
Air Command
Detroit Tank Workers Quit Over Labor Dispute
About 475 AFL construction workers stopped work at the Detroit tank arsenal on orders from Ed Thal during wartime production. Chrysler vice president H L Weckler denounced the action as sabotage aimed at delaying war material output. Thal allegedly threatened to replace CIO workers with AFL hires for painting booths and ovens.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
AFL
Detroit Tank Arsenal
Ed Thal
Detroit Building Trades Council
H. L. Weckler
Chrysler
United States
CIO
Extra Cash Through Messenger Classified Ads
Auction style notice urging readers to sell used furniture appliances and other articles for cash via Messenger Classified ads. Emphasizes wide readership and quick cash opportunities.
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Messenger
Classified Ad Instructions For Sunda Section
Before 3. to get it in the Sunda Classified Section dial 024 for an ad taker. You can charge it and place the ad.
Strike Threat In Aluminum Plants Grows
Government officials rushed to avert a strike vote by the CIO Aluminum Workers of America after the war labor board rejected a general dollar a day wage demand. A 20 representative conference from seven AOAA plants with 32 000 workers planned a third meeting to consider Ward's plea to pause strike actions while settlement talks proceed.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Aluminum Workers of America
War Labor Board
Aluminum Company of America
Charles R. Ward
Conciliation Division
U. S. Department of Labor
Ward
George E. Strong
Army Air Corps
OPA Calls for Strict Local Tire Rationing
The Office of Price Administration urged local rationing boards to apply the strictest interpretation of tire eligibility rules as September quotas drop from August levels. The OPA cited a War Production Board notice that rubber allotments must decline through 1942 for military and civilian uses.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Production Board
Willkie Sent on Near East Mission by EDR
President Roosevelt announced Wendell L. Willkie would travel to the Near East and Russia to explain the American war effort and the unity behind it. The move frames Willkie as a messenger to bolster Allied resolve and public understanding during World War II.
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EDR
Willkie
Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Near East
Russia
Auto Graveyards Scrap Record Noted in Ohio
In a release from Cleveland and the Office of War Information the 44 northern Ohio counties reported 19,565 tons of scrap moved by auto graveyards in 31 days for the second best national record. The top district produced 26,201 tons in 24 days.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Office of War Information
Mileage limit proposed to conserve rubber
Milwaukee report states that civilian autos and trucks should face a federal mileage cap to conserve rubber. President John L. Collyer of B. F. Goodrich Co suggested the measure today amid wartime shortages and policy discussions.
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Milwaukee
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Co
Mayor LaGuardia aims hot water ration plan sparks housing fears
New York. Mayor F H LaGuardia proposes rationing hot water for apartment houses to conserve fuel. Realty leaders call the plan unnecessary and say tenants need full heat and hot water as long as legally possible, noting coal is not in short supply.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
FD Promises of Reprisals
President Roosevelt warned enemy nations of fearful retribution for barbaric crimes against civilians in Axis occupied lands. He cited Nazi killings of hostages as reported by the Netherlands ambassador and Yugoslav and Luxembourg ministers and said the United States would use gathered evidence after the Allied victory.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States
United Nations
Slayer of Captain Free Under $5,000 Bond
Margaret Herlihy 21 freed on a 5000 dollar bond after waiving a hearing in Douglas Arizona justice court. She is accused of murdering her husband Captain David D Carr 27 an anti-tank division officer shot last Saturday after reporting a quarrel likely linked to his prior marriage.
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Douglas, Ariz
Margaret Herlihy
David D. Carr
Justice Court
Norman Herring
Consumers Spend More Than U S Treasury
Washington reports that the public spent 39.9 billion dollars for all purposes in the first half of the year, outpacing the treasury's 24.2 billion in government outlays despite efforts to curb consumer goods.
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Washington
Treasury
War Production Board
Dollar a Year Men Blamed For Shortages
Washington CIO members of the War Production Board labor advisory committee demand the dismissal of dollar a year officials they blame for material shortages. They urge Nelson to reinstate Frederick Libbey, fired for telling the truth about the iron steel branch, while board officials cite confidentiality breaches and other personnel reasons.
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Washington
War Production Board
CIO
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Frederick L. Libbey
Libbey
Iron-Steel
Iron and Steel
Cleveland Asks OPA Aid in Gas Rate Fight
Cleveland city officials sought help from the Price Administrator in the dispute with East Ohio Gas Co. They claim the utility is pursuing an inflationary rate and Mayor Frank Lausche asked Leon Henderson to intervene in the case before the Ohio Public Utilities Commission.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
East Ohio Gas Co
East Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Leon Henderson
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
OCD insignia repression on printed political matter ordered
James M. Landis, director of the office of civilian defense, announced a prohibition on reproducing OCD insignia in any printed matter for political purposes. The measure targets propaganda and emphasizes control over symbols used in public discourse.
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Washington
OCD
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Railroad Gas Deliveries in West Halted
Petroleum Coordinator Harold Ickes ordered a ban on railroad delivery of automobile gasoline in 20 states across the Middle West and Southwest to free 5,000 to 6,000 tank cars for Eastward use. Ohio officials say the move affects the region little since truck shipments dominate, with only two tank cars of gasoline shipped there last month. The ban aims to bolster eastern fuel oil stocks for winter alongside a new pipeline and other measures.
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Washington
Harold Ickes
Middle West
Southwest
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Ralph K. Davies
Cleveland—M
East
New England
Fear Strikes Canada Steel Workers Move
C H Millard national director of the United Steel Workers of America urged Prime Minister Mackenzie King to secure a fair solution for about 4,000 mill workers in Sault Ste. Marie and 4,000 more in Sydney Nova Scotia as a possible large scale steel stoppage looms. He warned rights and needs of workers are being ignored.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
C. H. Millard
United Steel Workers of America
CSO
Canada
Algoma Steel Corporation
Dominion Steel Company
Sydney
Ohio Sheep Raisers Crop Jumps a Million
Ohio sheep raisers saw their 1942 crop valued about a million dollars higher than 1941 per the crop reporting service. Increased production and higher wool and mutton prices boosted farmer pockets as wartime cloth and meat demand supported the market.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
FDR Orders Government Agencies to Limit Public Commentary
President Roosevelt directed all government administrators to avoid public debate on controversial policy choices and to stop criticizing each other in public. He said disagreements should go to him for resolution and that airing disputes invites enemy exploitation while the nation needs steady, focused governance. He stressed honest differences may exist but should not be aired publicly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
New York Governing Race Sees Three-Way Fight Forming
The New York gubernatorial contest tightens as Democratic nominee John J. Bennett Jr. faces rival Mead. The American Labor Party may back an independent slate led by Joseph D. McGoldrick, drawing support from ALP dissidents who call Bennett a fascist. Dewey looms for Republicans at Saratoga Springs as Farley preserves party unity after a bitter convention battle.
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New York
Joseph D. McGoldrick
New York City
Bennett
Alp
McGoldrick
Thomas E. Dewey
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
James A. Farley
Mead
Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
Farley
Railroad Head Indicted Again Over Labor Act Violations
Peoria Illinois George P McNear Jr president of the Short Line Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad was federally indicted for acts tied to a strike that led to government seizure last spring. He faces charges under the National Railway Labor Act for dues collection for a company union and for failing to post notices informing employees of the act.
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Peoria
Ill
George P. McNear, Jr
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
McNear
National Railway Labor Act
Dependents' Bill Signed By Roosevelt Eases Payments
President Roosevelt signed a bill to allow living allowances for dependents of servicemen to be paid as soon as bookkeeping allows. The change amends the allotment act, which previously barred payments before November 1. Senate committee chairman Reynolds doubts faster payments, citing War Department limits, while Navy officials say payments could begin immediately.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reynolds
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Navy Department
Axis Sub Sinks Off Brazil Believed US Planes Involved
Reports claim a third Axis submarine was sunk in Brazilian waters this week by bombers from Brazil with possible US support. Fortaleza dispatches say Captain Tauney and Lieutenant Dante led the attack as Vargas announced convoy protection for Brazilian merchant ships by air and allied units.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Brazil
Fortaleza
Tauney
Dante
Getulio Vargas
Strikers Resume Work At Dayton War Plant Amid Union Push
Production was set to restart at the Brown-Brockmeyer Co. plant in Dayton after a walkout to push for a rapid collective bargaining election. CIO union rep E M Kirkendall asked President Roosevelt to seize the plant as workers’ protests continued. In Freehold, Sing Sing parolee Frank J W Johnson, 32, was held for grand jury action on beating to death his former employer Elizabeth Satterthwaite, 58, following a robbery at her farm near Allentown.
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Dayton
Brown-Brockmeyer Co
E. M. Kirkendall
CIO
United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers Union
Roosevelt
Freehold
N. J
Frank J W. Johnson
Sing Sing Parolee
Grand Jury Aettion
Elizabeth Satterthwaite
Allentown
Motorcycle accident claims Captain Harold E. Wright near Milford
Fort Riley Kansas AP reports Captain Harold E. Wright former Coshocton resident was killed when his motorcycle overturned during troop maneuvers near Milford. The incident occurred yesterday and is being investigated by base authorities.
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Fort Riley
Kas
Harold E. Wright
Coshocton
Milford
Farmers Back Wickard In Price Control Repeal
The National Farmers Union supports Secretary Wickard in advocating repeal of a price control provision that would set farm price ceilings at less than 10 percent of parity. The move aims to remove limits on agricultural prices and enhance farming profitability.
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Wickard
Washington
National Farmers Union
Solomons fight heavy naval air action amid coast assault
Allied forces report heavy air and naval operations around the Solomon Islands as Japanese counter blows near Tulagi and Makin are anticipated. New Zealand reports indicate Japanese troops delaying near Tulagi while American Marines consolidate beachheads on eastern Solomons.
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Solomon Islands
New Zealand
Tulagi
Imperial Tokyo
Makin Island
Gilbert Islands
Hawaii
Equator
Marshall Islands
The
Solmons
Douglas MacArthur
South Seas
Solomons
Auckland
Russians repulse German advance near Stalingrad and Krasnodar
Russian dispatches report heavy fighting along the Don bend west of Stalingrad where infantry and tanks almost annihilated a crossing German force. Reverses are noted south of Krasnodar with retreats toward Novorossisk while Germans push toward Grozny oil fields. The siege of Leningrad marks its first anniversary amid renewed bombardment.
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Don River
Stalingrad
Great Volga
Red Army
Don
Kletskaya-Kalach
Kotelnikovski
Caucasus
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Pyatigorsk
Grozny
Leningrad
Red
Advocates Low Carbon Steel Cargo Planes
Col Roye al B Lord of the Board of Economic Warfare argues in Collier's that cargo planes built from low carbon steel could combat submarine threats. He proposes producing 200 air freighters monthly using this material, with minimal impact on essential war production.
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New York
Roye
al B. Lord
Board of Economic Warfare
Collier's Weekly Magazine
Lord
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U. S
Carl Spaatz
Dwight Eisenhower
Walter Frank
Ira Eaker
Frank Hunter
Frank Candee
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U. S. Treasury
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Canada Steel
FDR
England
France
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
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