Allies Tighten Grip as Salamaua Fight Rages
Allied forces near Salamaua face renewed Japanese counterattacks while Allied troops push ashore on Arundel Island in the Solomons. MacArthur reports ground consolidation after the Arundel landing as air forces strike Lae area and Hansa Bay. In Burma, RAF sinks sampans and B 24s hit Myitkyina. US air losses stand at 191 Japanese planes down in Solomons since late July.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
Arundel Island
Arundel
Hansa Bay
Wewak
Madang
Burma
Irrawaddy
Hunters Bay
Myitkyina
John S. McCain
Washington
U.S
Nathan F. Twining
U. S
Nineteen Die In Southern Mine Blasts
Nineteen dead and twenty five burned in two gas explosions at Republic Steel No 2 Sayreton coal mine near Birmingham Alabama. Among the dead are E J McCrossin chief state mine inspector George Ferguson Sayreton night superintendent and William Win chief mine inspector. Rescue parties entered the mine after the first blast and a company spokesman says about 100 of 135 regular night crew escaped unharmed. Ohio Civil Air Patrol planes brought four Cleveland nurses to the scene.
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Birmingham
Ala
Republic Steel Corpor
Sayreton
E. J. McCrossin
George Ferguson
William Win
Republic
Evans
12 U. S. Fliers Are Interned in Russia
Moscow radio reported one American bomber involved in a raid on Kurile island positions and landing on the Kamchatka peninsula. Twelve crew members were interned. they said engine trouble forced participation, with Russia not at war with Japan.
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London
Moscow
Kurile
Kam- Chatka Peninsula
Russia
Japan
Underground Reports Unt Ciano in Munich
German underground radio said Count Galeazzo Ciano, ex Italian foreign minister and Mussolini’s son in law, reached Munich after fleeing Rome. Diana, his wife, was reported to have eluded police.
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London
Atlanik
Candon
Galeazzo
Benito Mussolini
Munich
Rome
Diana
Pleasure Driving Ban in East May End Wednesday
A tentative order to lift the ban on western pleasure driving has been sent to OPA field offices. The measure awaits official status and word from OPA headquarters before taking effect, with possibilities for freeing eastern motorists by September or the coming weekend.
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East
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Harold L. Ickes
Farmer Income Should Be Assured Says Ohio Leaders
Columbus report says wartime food production requires farmers to have reasonable prices and needed manpower and machinery. Elmer F. Kruse of the Ohio war board and U S Department of Agriculture urges assured income so farmers can support their families.
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Columbus
Ohio Agriculture
Elmer F. Kruse
Ohio War Board
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wife Killed By Marksman At Marietta Homecoming
Roy Poole of Henry Wisconsin 62 and his wife Ethel 56 were performing a vaudeville knife throwing and chalk firing act at Marietta Illinois homecoming. During the shooting portion a rifle shot struck Ethel Poole in the head and she died. Coroner ruled the death accidental after an inquest.
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Marietta
Ill
Roy Poole
Henry
Ethel
Poole
Flier in Critical Condition After Wright Field Crash
First Lt. H. Donald Hudson of Watervliet New York survived a crash and fire after taking off from Wright Field on Saturday. He remained in critical condition as authorities investigated the farm location of the accident.
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H. Donald Hudson
Watervliet
N. Y
Wright Field
Bulgaria Faces Regency Turmoil as Hitler Eyes Balkan Change
Istanbul dispatch notes Bulgaria, still grieving King Boris, fraught with a regency split between pro German and anti German factions. Regency leader Stefan the metropolitan of Sofia and queen Ioanna are anti German, while Kiril and Bogdan Philov lean pro German, risking a collapse into a military cabinet allied to Berlin.
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Bulgaria
Boris
Adolf Hitler
Bogdan Philov
Simeon III
Sofia
Stefan
Ioanna
Kyril
Philov
Supreme Court
Russia
Greece
Funeral services for Mrs Gamertsfelder Tuesday
Mrs Pearl Agnes May Gamertsfelder 56 wife of Dr Walter Sylvester Gamertsfelder Ohio University president died at 96 Morris Ave Sunday 8 am funeral at First Presbyterian Tuesday 4 pm Rev Fred Lachs burial in W Union St Cemetery flowers omitted. She was born May 5 1887 in Marion County Kansas to Julius and Susanna Good Hehn and studied voice piano painting at North Central College.
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Pearl Agnes May Gamertsfelder
Walter Sylvester Gamertsfelder
Ohio University
Morris Ave
First Presbyterian Church
Fred Lachs
W. Union St
Jagers
Gamertsfelder
Marion County
Kans
Julius
Susanna Good Hehn
Ontario
Canada
Isaac Good
Marion
Retribution for Polish Atrocities Pledged Anew
United States and Great Britain vow punishment for German atrocities in Poland. They promise to consider these crimes when striking the final settlement with Germany, targeting instigators and perpetrators alike.
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Washington
Poland
United States
Great Britain
London
Germany
New Duties Added To State WMC Offices
Ohio Michigan and Kentucky War Manpower Commission directors assumed added duties after the abolition of 18 regional offices. Robert C. Goodwin announced the change. Edward L. Keenan became Ohio WMC director at Columbus, taking over new duties after transferring from deputy regional director.
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Cleveland
War Manpower Commission
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Robert C. Goodwin
Edward L. Keenan
WMC
Columbus
Roosevelt and Churchill to Hold Fourth Washington Conference
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill plan their fourth Washington conference this week to recheck Quebec agreements on military and political questions. Officials expect Churchill to focus on tying up loose ends and discussing secondary unsettled issues from the Quebec meetings in Canada last week. Churchill will deliver a radio address tomorrow at 1 p m EWT and his arrival date in Washington remains unannounced.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Pearl Harbor
Quebec
Canada
EWT
Hornet Launch Promises Bold Air Attacks On Tokyo
Newport News reports the launch of the aircraft carrier Hornet with Secretary Knox praising future large scale air raids on Tokyo. He recalls Midway and the Solomons actions and pledges more valorous deeds, saying the Hornet dies so the name lives on with Shangri La to follow.
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Newport News
United States Navy
Knox
Tokyo
Kox
Fornet
Midway
Solomons
America
Pearl Harbor
Shangri la
Hornet
Three-Power Parley Looms In Early Talks
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will meet with Ivan Maisky and John G. Winant as speculation grows on an early Anglo Russian American conference. Diplomats note Eden's war cabinet briefing on Quebec results may shape three nation talks at least at the foreign ministers level.
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London
Anthony Eden
Ivan Maisky
Great Britain
UV. US
John G. Winant
Eden
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Maisky
Winant
Robbery in downtown hits Luke of Sandusky
Luke of Sandusky told police he was robbed of $60 Sunday morning in the downtown area. The assailant removed his shoe and sock to prevent pursuit, Luke said.
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Columbus
Luke
Sandusky
Danish Fleet Scuttled as Nazi Martial Law Enforces New Dictatorship
Danish harbor fires flare as 45 vessels including two destroyers and nine submarines are sunk while German forces seize Copenhagen. King Christian X is interned at Sorgenfri Castle as the cabinet contemplates abdication and a Nazi regime proclaims control nationwide. Refugees flee to Sweden amid sinking of boats in the Decernesund.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
Sweden
Christian X
Marine
Royal Guard
Royal Barracks
Eric Scavenius
Christian
Sorgenfri Castle
Hermann von Hannecken
London
Hitler
Two Die in Motorcycle Crash Near Millersport
Emmanuel Mast, 19, was killed and Virginia Strawser, 18, critically injured when their motorcycle left the road and plunged into a ditch near Millersport early today. Both residents of Creleville.
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Lancaster
Emmanuel Mast
Virginia Strawser
Millersport
Crelevile
WAC Corporal Murdered in Indianapolis Hotel Room
Army officers confirm the death of 32 year old WAC Corporal Maoma L. Ridings found with throat and limbs harmed in the Claypool Hotel downtown Indianapolis. Bellboys and a switchboard operator reported a woman in black near the room and screams heard on the seventh floor. A broken whiskey bottle was found as the possible weapon.
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Indianapolis
Ind
WAC
Corp
Maoma L
Jones
Fortress Crews Rescued From Sea After Shuttle Raid
London dispatch reports crews of four Flying Fortresses lost in the Regensburg shuttle raid on August 17 were rescued from the Mediterranean by the air sea rescue service. The air ministry news service said one launch returned 22 survivors and only one airman required medical attention among the 40 rescued.
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London
Regensburg
Mediterranean
Air Ministry
Denmark's Revolt Ends Hitler's Model Protectorate Dream
Stockholm dispatch notes Denmark's revolt shatters Hitler's plan for a model protectorate. After two years of tight control, sabotage by Allied agents from Britain began in 1942 and Denmark's rebellion, sparked by occupation abuses and a military dictatorship declaration on August 29, started a fight that had not occurred in 70 years.
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Hitler
Denmark
John Colburn
Stockholm
Europe
Norway
Britain
Danish
Christians
Christian
Germany
von Hannecken
Taganrog retreat signals German shift on Donets front
Berlin radio announced the evacuation of Taganrog as Red Army forces threatened the Donets basin, with Moscow reporting recaptured towns near Kharkov and Bryansk gains. Danish sabotage and occupation changes intensified in Denmark, while Allied air raids pressed Italy with Orte and Torre Annunziata targets and Axis withdrawals feared in the south.
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Hitler
Germany
Taganrog
Russia
Red Army
Donets
Copenhagen
Bulgaria
Italy
Axis
Fuehrer
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Berlin
Kharkov
Voroshilovgrad
Orte
Rome
Torre Annunziata
Bay of Naples
Strait of Messina
Audience Escapes Kenton Theater Fire Without Harm
About 250 spectators fled Kenton Theater in Ohio last night as a fire of undetermined origin swept the venue. Owners estimate damage at $20,000. Fire Chief Ralph Jones, a bystander in the audience, directed evacuations while four firefighters were injured battling the blaze.
Ohio Gets $30,000 for Maternity Program
The children's bureau announced an emergency allotment of 30000 dollars to Ohio to fund an August maternity program for wives of servicemen. This brings the state's total allotment to 70000 dollars on the health department's request.
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Washington
Children's Bureau
Ohio
State Health Department
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