German Forces press toward Stalingrad in major offensive
Massive German tank and air assaults push toward Stalingrad as Russian defenses fall back another time. German advance also nears Grozny oil fields, while Vichy radio cites Berlin pledge to settle Stalingrad this week.
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Stalingrad
Great Volga
Grozny
Caucasus
Vichy
Berlin
Zfront-Line
Don
Matic
Germany
Eland
Frank
Wiesbaden
France
Stalin
Red Army
Semeon Timoshenko
Fedor von Bock
Kachalino
Abganervo
Hitler
Volga
Europe
Asia
Prokhladnenski
Fmat
Elbow
Lingrad
Bricker Reports Ohio Is Solvent Surplus Claimed
Governor Bricker told the American Bar Association that Ohio is solvent with about 20 million dollars in surplus after tax reforms and pay-as-you-go school funding. He said the surplus helps avoid higher state taxes and cuts to schools and pensions, noting 3 million dollars yearly applied to school deficits. Local officials sought federal surplus funds earlier but were refused.
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Detroit
John W. Bricker
Ohio
American Bar Association
Bricker
Cleveland
Bar Association
Dems Rally Behind McSweeney In Ohio Primary
Columbus reports the Democratic State Central Committee unites behind John McSweeney of Worcester for governor. Darrell Jones of Newark to chair the executive committee and autumn drive, replacing J Freer Bittinger. Albert A. Hortsman of Dayton to be re elected as central committee chair. Urban groups pledge cooperation against Republican John W Bricker.
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Columbus
Democratic State Central Committee
John McSweeney
Wooster
Darrell Jones
Newark
McSweeney
Albert A. Hortsman
Dayton
Jones
J. Freer Bittinger
Ashland
Martin L. Davey
John W. Bricker
Tire Allotments for September Reduced
The Office of Price Administration reduced nationwide tire and tube allotments for September with limited access for Grade 2 passenger tires to qualifying war workers. Ohio September quotas include passenger cars and motorcycles 2218 new tires 11113 class B eligibles 42472 recaps 28540 new tubes and trucks busses 10807 new tires 11792 recaps 11907 new tubes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Syphilis Found in Two Percent of Marriage License Applicants
Columbus report on the first year of the blood test law shows 2.16 percent of 169,969 applicants tested positive or had traces of syphilis. The law, effective August 18, 1941, bars marriages of those with the infectious stage of the disease.
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Columbus
R. H. Markwith
Washington Announces Arrival of Fraser Rival in U S
The White House announced today the arrival of the rival to New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser in the United States, signaling a notable diplomatic moment.
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Washington
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
White House
Frosty August Day Sets Record Low 54 in 54 Years
A sharp frost cooled the area with a low of 54 degrees on August 25, the coldest in 54 years of weather bureau records. The drop marked a rare early frost for the month.
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Arron
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Priorities Plan To Be Stopped
A wartime WPB plan will curb material use by war plants and essential civilian industry effective September 1. The move aims to nearly end the priorities system that allocated non existent materials and gives production chief Donald M. Nelson tighter control by reassessing delegated authority from the armed services.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Armed Services
Towa Battleship Debuts Ahead of Schedule in Brooklyn Yard
NEW YORK. The 45 000 ton Towa battleship makes its debut Thursday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Heavier by 10 000 tons than any other American warship, the 880 foot battlewagon will go down the ways seven months ahead of schedule. Its keel was laid on June 27 1940.
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New York
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Son of West Virginia Governor Enters Army
Alfred Neely of Fairmount West Virginia son of Governor M M Neely left Fort Hayes today for Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana to begin basic army training. He was inducted here Saturday as a selectee. Neely is single and has practiced law ten years.
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Columbus
Alfred Neely
Fairmount
W. Va
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
Fort Hayes
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Young Neely
Dynamite Blast Kills Fremont Man
Louis Shiels aged 64 was killed and his brother Leo 48 was critically injured when dynamite blasted prematurely while they were blasting tree stumps near Fremont.
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Fremont
Louis Shiels
Leo
Churchill Reveals Stalin Talks Aimed at Allied Plan
London reports Prime Minister Churchill discussed with Stalin and toured Egypt Iran and Iraq. Britain sees signs of a new Allied campaign as Dill prepares to join staff in Washington and Alexander replaces Auchinleck in the Middle East.
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London
Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Egypt
Iran
Britain
Iraq
Iraq-Iran
Harold Alexander
Claude Auchinleck
Middle East
Russia
John Dill
Chiefs of Staff Group
Washington
Dill
England
North Africa
Europe
United States Army
RAF
Stalin
Lord Louis Mountabatten
Dieppe
Daily Express
Daily Telegraph
Daily Mail
Hitler
Moscow
Caucasus
Yemelyan Yaroslavsky
Leningrad
Nazis Capture Highest Peak in Caucasus Mount Elborus
Berlin reports German forces have mastered several western Caucasus passes and hoisted the Reich war flag four days ago on Mount Elborus. The 18 471 foot peak is the highest in the Caucasus according to the German high command.
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Berlin
Caucasus
Elborus
President May Establish Super War Policy Board
President Roosevelt considered creating a five to nine member super board to coordinate the civilian war effort. Proposed by Justice Samuel I. Rosenman, the plan would establish an executive order board directing production transportation priorities civilian manufacture and other non military policy areas. The aim is to free the president from detail work coordinating agencies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Samuel I. Rosenman
New York Supreme Court
Rosenman
Three States Hold Primaries
California Mississippi and South Carolina voters chose candidates for state and congressional offices. Thomas E. Dewey renounced 1944 presidential ambitions and remained the Republican nominee for New York governor at the Saratoga Springs convention. Opponents include John J. Bennett Jr. the Democratic nominee over U S Senator Mead and Dean Alfange of the American Labor Party.
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New York
California
Mississippi
South Carolina
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Manhattan
Empire State
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Salute to Men in U S Forces Requested by Governor Bricker
In Columbus Gov. John W. Bricker issued a proclamation urging every Chilean and resident to join at 9 p m on September 1 in a nationwide salute to the fighting forces. The call aims to show unity and support for service members across the state and country.
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U.S
Columbus
John W. Bricker
War Today Urges Full Public Detail On Stalingrad Fight
Column argues for closer home understanding of WWII battles and urges publishing full action reports for morale. Cites a Pacific clash where Marines fought hand to hand and inflicted heavy Japanese losses, asserting public has right to all possible information in this people’s war.
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Stalingrad
Volga
America
Solomons
Exchange Student Is Convicted of Espionage
NEWARK N J Herbert K F Bahr an American who joined Nazi Germany as an espionage agent stood trial six days before a jury found him guilty on a conspiracy to commit espionage charge. Federal Judge William F Smith will sentence him September 2 with a possible death penalty.
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Newark
N. J
Herbert K. F. Bahr
Nazi Germany
Bahr
William F. Smith
Treasury Proposes $250 Tax Credit on Old Debts and Bonds
Treasury outlines a plan allowing individuals to claim an income tax credit up to 250 dollars for payments on old debts life insurance premiums or investments in government bonds awaiting Senate finance committee action. Chairman George said the committee would dispose of it before revising the revenue bill to collect taxes on a current basis.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
George
D.-Ga
More Than Half-a-Dozen Enemy Warships Damaged In Three Days
The Navy said Japanese counter-attacks near the southeastern Solomon Islands have damaged more than six ships in three days. American carrier planes struck two Japanese carriers one battleship one transport one cruiser and several additional ships. Tulagi base may be captured as US forces advance. The action continues with heavy fighting reported near Guadalcanal.
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Washington
Navy
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Tulagi
Tulagi Harbor
Guadalcanal Island
United States
South Pacific
Truk Island
Caroline Group
Truk
Japan
Brazil Seizes Axis Ships and Closes Banks in South Atlantic
Brazil seized 17 Axis ships and closed three Axis owned banks with about 35 million dollars as South American neighbors granted non belligerent status. The hunt for U boats intensified with three sighted and one attacked. Brazil sank the American tanker Louisiana bound for Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Paraguay
Bolivia
South Atlantic
Work Is Resumed at Cleveland Casting Plant
Production of castings for the Army and Navy resumed at John Harsch Bronze & Foundry Co in Lakewood after 700 AFL molders ended a strike over the dismissal of a union shop committeeman. The company said the committeeman appeared for only about 30 hours a week.
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Cleveland
Army
John Harsch Bronze & Foundry Co
Lakewood
AFL
Two Hollywood Actors Enlist in Armed Forces
Henry Fonda 37 joins the Navy as an apprentice seaman in New York while Tyrone Power 28 and married to Annabella becomes a Marine private in Washington. Both actors enter military service amid the ongoing war effort.
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NEW York
Henry Fonda
Navy
Tyrone Power
Fonda
Power
Annabella
Washington
Bowman Named Deputy Gas and Oil Inspector
Paul J. Bowman of Chesterhill Morgan County was named deputy gas and oil inspector at a salary of 2200 dollars per year.
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Columbus
Paul J. Bowman
Chesterhill
Morgan County
Nazi Anti Aircraft Ship Sunk by British Forces
The admiralty reported a lively engagement off Flushing in the Netherlands last night between four German anti aircraft ships and British light naval forces. The German vessel was "almost certainly sunk" while the British suffered no casualties and all ships returned to port.
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London
Flushing
Netherlands
Admiralty
Brooks Shoe Company Secures U.S. Army Shoes Contract
The William Brooks Shoe Co. of Nelsonge, C., wins a contract for 23,000 pairs of army service shoes per a Boston Quartermaster Depot announce. Another contract for 22,000 pairs was granted to the Ter as Co. of Huntington, W Va.
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Boston
William Brooks Shoe Co
Nelsonge, C
Boston Quartermaster Depot
Teras Co
Huntington
Car quota set for September by OPA in Washington
The Office of Price Administration announced a September quota of 35 500 new passenger automobiles for rationing in Washington. A Peru earthquake series killed at least 11 people in Lima, Peru according to AP reports.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Lima
Peru
Six Belgians Executed For Killing Nazi Soldier
Belgian sources report six men executed by Germans in Belgium for killing a German soldier. They list four French, one Polish, and one Belgian among the condemned.
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London
Geremans
Belgium
Gripsholm Repatriates 1451 Americans From Japan
The Gripsholm docked at Jersey City at 9 am with 1451 Americans aboard, the first repatriates to reach the port since wartime declaration, marking a significant postwar movement.
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Jersey City
Gripsholm
Japan
First Dependent Pay Checks Mailed Aid for Families
The first payment under the servicemen's allotment and allowance act, totaling $17,455.80, was issued to dependents in 35 states. Mrs. Ruby Williams Whitfield of Micayune Mississippi received the largest single amount $184 for the June July period as wife of seaman first class Fred Worth Whitfield. The Whitfields have four children.
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Washington
Navy
Ruby Williams Whitfield
Micayune
Miss
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Frost
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James Roosevelt
Evans F. Carlson
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