Red Situation At Stalingrad Still Critical
Moscow dispatch says Stalingrad remains critical as central front forces push toward Rzhev and Vyazma while fighting to regain control of Rzhev’s gates. Russians report gains near Mozdok and renewed efforts to threaten Gronzy oillands and Ordzhonikidze, with heavy German losses and ongoing street fighting.
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Rzhev
Sychevka
Zubstov
Vyazma
Gzhatsk
Pogoreinye- Gorodische
Karmanovo
Voronezhno
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Red Star
Prokhladnenski
Mozdok
Grozny
Henderson asks insurers to extend ride share coverage
Price Administrator Leon Henderson urged all auto insurers to protect policyholders in ride sharing plans. He stated participation by car owners serves the war effort and owners should not lose coverage under their automobile liability policies for bodily injury or property damage.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Dieppe Lessons Pave Way for Second Front Says McNaughton
Lieutenant General Andrew G. L. McNaughton of Canada predicted a western European front with Allied forces crossing the Channel. He praised Dieppe as a costly but valuable prototype and said future raids would continue, with the full story kept secret to benefit the Allied cause.
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Britain
Andrew G. L. McNaughton
English Channel
McNaughton
Dieppe
Europe
United Kingdom
America
Solomon Islands
Army to Enlist Men 45 to 50 for Skilled Service
Secretary Stimson announced the Army will accept enlistments of men aged 45 to 50 who bring specific skills. They will serve in service commands or other units to free younger soldiers for combat. The move signals a push to expand the force prudently rather than a manpower shortage. Also reported: Lake Erie coal loadings rose to 1,418,334 net tons for the week ended Aug 24, up 54,448 tons.
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Washington
Stimson
Army
War Department
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Red Star sees potential shift in Russian fronts near Moscow
The war report notes a 15 day Red Army drive in the Rzhev sector northwest of Moscow claiming 25 to 30 miles gained. It warns of possible Nazi focus on Stalingrad and Moscow while predicting renewed battles in the Caucasus and a major clash with Rommel in Egypt as the Axis seeks a wider grip on the Middle East.
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Moscow
Red Star
Caucasian
Red
Rzhev
Stalingrad
Hitler
Caucasus
Egypt
Rommel
Middle East
Drafting of 18 Year Olds Appears Sure
House Rules Chairman Sabath predicts Congress will likely approve drafting 18 and 19 year olds this session. He calls the 18-19 group the finest fighting material and notes limited remaining agenda includes taxes and defense housing.
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Washington
Congress
Sabath
D-Nl
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
CCC Camps To Become Quarantine Hospitals
Charles P. Taft announced that former Civilian Conservation Corps camps in 20 states will be converted into detention centers and quarantine hospitals for venereally infected girls. Each camp hospital will hold 100 to 300 patients and after cure the government will help place them in legitimate work.
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Washington
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Defense Health and Welfare
Civilian Conservation Corps
New Battleship Iowa Packs Punch and Speed
At the Brooklyn Navy Yard Ralph A. Bard assistant secretary of the Navy said the new battleship Iowa would fire faster and farther than any ship afloat and that its construction was months ahead of schedule. He noted that America’s present enemies have never fashioned such a weapon.
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NEW York
Ralph A. Bard
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bard
America
Tippy Dye to Assist Ohio State Coaches
Ohio State University announced the employment of William Tippy Dye, a former star athlete, as an assistant football and basketball coach. Dye has been coaching at Brown University in Providence and will report for Buckeyes football practice on September 7.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
William “Tippy” Dye
Dye
Brown University
Providence
Bucks
Sunday crash in Ironton kills Coal Grove man
A Sunday bus and automobile collision in Ironton resulted in the death of Homer Harmon, 26, of Coal Grove, the car driver.
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Ironton
Homer Harmon
Coal Grove
Drastic Tax and Savings Legislation Foreseen for 1943
Washington economists warned the public of likely drastic tax and savings measures early in 1943 to stabilize farm prices and wages. They noted that inflation risk demands wage, farm price controls and rationing, with talks of a fixed percentage of income diverted to taxes and war bonds redeemable after the war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Budget Bureau
China War Front Ravages Towns as Japan Retreats
Dispatches describe Japan torching towns and villages in a 200 mile belt as they pull back from the Chekiang Kiangsi railway. The Chinese Central News Agency calls many towns ruins amid a campaign of incendiarism.
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Chekiang-Kiangsi
Lewis plans national farm labor union amid dairy merger
AP report notes John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers president, may launch a nationwide farm labor union within weeks. Election of the Dairy Farmers Union to affiliate with UMW District 50 last night narrows fragmented dairy groups. Free Farmers, Inc. opposes Lewis invasion of the dairy industry.
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Attica
N. Y
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CLO
New York City
District 50
UMW
Dairy Farmers Union
New York
Pennsylvania
Vermont
DFU
United Dairy Farmers
Herbert W. Voorhees
Hopewell
N. J
Free Farmers, Inc
Lewis
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Washington
Free Farmers Inc
Woman 97 Descendant of Daniel Boone Dies in New Jersey
ASBURY PARK N J AP Mrs Mary Frances Buckingham 97 formerly Mary Howard recalled sitting on Abraham Lincoln s lap and a close friendship between Lincoln and her grandfather Samuel Boone while tracing her ancestry to Daniel Boone She eloped in 1866 with Dr Marshall DeLany whose best man was Samuel Clemens Mark Twain DeLany died 1885 and his widow later married Dr Frederick Buckingham who died in 1910
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Asbury Park
N. J
Mary Frances Buckingham
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Boone
Lincoln
Samuel Boone
Kentucky
Mary Howard
Marshall DeLany
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Striking Oil Refinery Workers Return to Work Pact
In East Chicago Indiana striking workers agreed to return to three oil refineries and a loading terminal after a federal conciliator said the stoppage of high octane gasoline production posed a very critical threat to the war effort. Workers would resume negotiations and return at midnight without qualifications.
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Chicago
Ind
Calumet
William G. Murray
Ambassador Norman Armour says Axis defeat inevitable
Washington dispatch reports Norman Armour United States ambassador to Argentina declares after a ten day U S tour that the Axis cannot win the war. He states the United Nations will prevail and he returns to Argentina more confident of final victory.
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Washington
United States
Norman Armour
United State
Argentina
Armour
United Nations
Uncover Swindle of District Pensioners
A couple posed as State Division of Aid for the Aged representatives and collected money from pensioners on the defense pretext. Reports from Gallia Meigs and Seloto Counties led to more cases across Athens Hocking and Coshoc ton Counties.
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Columbus
State Division of Aid For
Karl R. Babb
Babb
Gallia
Meigs
Seloto
Athens
Hocking
Coshocton
Nelson Moves To Alter Rule On Priorities
War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson withdraws hundreds of procurement offices from the armed services, giving WPB sole control over priority ratings. The move, a key part of a new tough policy, aims to balance material shortages between military needs and civilian users.
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Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Armed Services
Nelson
WPB
Army
Navy
Kaiser Steel Price Violations Halted by Federal Court Order
The Kaiser Co Inc led by Henry J Kaiser and a Cleveland firm were barred by a federal court from further OPA price ceiling violations. OPA attorney James C Gruener said Kaiser bought 504000 pounds of steel in one order but shipped in less than carload lots to evade price limits. Kaiser was not named personally.
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Cleveland
Kaiser Co., Inc
Henry J. Kaiser
OPA
James C. Gruener
Kaiser Co
Kaiser
Survivor Found After Duke of Kent Air Crash Return
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended the funeral of the Duke of Kent amid an RAF air crash on active service. A survivor, Lieut. Andrew Jack, 24, was found dazed near the wreckage and said he was thrown clear as the crash occurred on a Scottish mountain.
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London
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Duke of Kent
RAF
Andrew Jack
Ohio educators contest Hutchins on enlisted reserve plan
In Columbus three Ohio educators push back against Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago who said the enlisted reserve turns campuses into game refuges for draft dodgers. They defend colleges as preparing men for service and deny automatic or undemocratic deferment under the program.
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Ohio
Hutchins
Columbus
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Saturday Evening Post
Harvey H. Davis
Ohio State University
Otto Mees
Capital University
J. Ruskin Howe
Otterbein College
Westerville
Foe Lands at Milne Bay in New Guinea Clash
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific battle as Japanese marines land at Milne Bay near Port Moresby. Air and naval actions continue around Guadalcanal and in the Solomons with ships damaged and losses reported on both sides. Tokyo acknowledges some Japanese fleet damage as battles proceed in the Coral Sea area.
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Washington
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Milne Bay
MacArthur
Australia
U. S
Port Moresby
Coral Sea
Buna
Tulagi-Guadalcanal
Navy
United States Navy
Solomon Islands
Tokyo
United States
Admiral King to Lead Lorain Parade at Celebration Finale
Admiral Ernest J. King will head a parade of 100 service units at Lorain's three day Blast The Enemy celebration closing ceremonies. King is native of Lorain and commands the United States fleet.
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Lorain
Ernest J. King
United States
Admiral King
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