Nazis Launch New Major Drive in Egypt
Major changes in U S draft policy move to balance calls by locality placing the heaviest load on boards with many single men while married men with dependents face delays. Hershey orders expedited classification and reassessment of registrants to prepare for 1943 inductions. Stanton retires Alliance schools head to be replaced by Russell E Schaefer.
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Egypt
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Peill
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Stanton
Alliance
F. F. Stanton
Alliance Schools
Russell E. Schaefer
Steubenville
Purse Found Leads to Prompt Lost and Found Ad
Mr Bean called to cancel a Lost and Found ad after locating a purse. The note mentions a billfold lost between Evans Grocery Kroger and 18 N Shafer with Wade M Bean as contact. It urges quick phone or in person ad placement for speedy return and rewards.
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Mr. Bean
Messenger
Evans Grocery
Krogers
N. Shafer
Wade M
Bean
Dial
Ohio Schools Report Varying Teacher Shortage Status
Columbus reports the teacher shortage is no longer critical as schools plan to open within two weeks. Women returning to teaching after marriage fill vacancies while vocational agriculture remains scarce. About 10 percent of Ohio high schools offer pre flight training for aviation careers and 17 000 students are in ongoing trades programs with 110 000 having completed courses.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. E. Hill
State Education Department
Hill
Prices of Coal Raised Sharply
The Bituminous Coal Division ordered higher minimum prices for bituminous coal, 15 to 30 cents per ton with an average rise of 15.53 cents for the nation. Acting director Dan H. Wheeler said the increases reflect new industry costs and that delays until Oct 1 allow industry and consumers to adjust.
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Washington
Dan H. Wheeler
Wheeler
Canada Enforces Idle Labour with Compulsory Work Order
A joint order by Labour Minister Humphrey Mitchell and National Selective Service Director Elliott M. Little makes compulsory employment for the unemployed effective at midnight. Selective service officers may urge every worker to take more essential work than his current task.
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Ottawa
Humphrey Mitchell
Elliott M. Little
National Selective Service
Young Husband Dies After Jest With Rifle Accident
Walter F. Wassell Jr., 21, dies from self inflicted gunshot wounds in Cleveland hospital after a rifle was pointed at his head in a playful tease aimed at his 17 year old wife Margaret at their home. His mother in law, Mrs Justin J McCarthy, says the shot was accidental and meant as a joke.
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Cleveland
Walter FE. Wassell, Jr
Justin J. McCarthy
Margaret
Meatless days to begin to insure fair share for all
Government plans rationing of meat within four months to ensure equitable distribution after record slaughter and looming shortages. A conservation campaign and meatless days may curb civilian intake to about the ten year per capita average, aiming for 2 1 2 pounds per person weekly.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Dependents of Army Men Are Getting Checks
The War Department will mail about 2 million dollars in accumulated allowances to roughly 20 000 emergency cases for Army dependents. Payments cover June 1 onward under the allowances and allotments act with future checks to follow as applications clear. A wife with two children receives 50 dollars monthly, 22 from pay and 28 from the government, plus 12 for one child and 10 for each additional child.
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Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Fighting Navy Floas by ED
President Roosevelt, speaking at the dedication of a naval medical center in Bethesda, says the enemy learns the Navy is “in there fighting” in the Atlantic Coral Sea Midway and Solomon Islands. He pledges full American dedication to defeating Germany Italy and Japan and ending their injustices.
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Bethesda
United States Navy
President Roosevelt
Washington
Naval Medical Center
Atlantic
Coral Sea
Midway
Solomon Islands
Roosevelt
America
Pittsburgh Production Threatened by Strikes
A wave of strikes by truck drivers timbermen cranemen and shopworkers threatened to disrupt steel metals production. A major disturbance hit the Connellsville coke region the heart of America's metallurgical coal deposits in Pittsburgh area.
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Pittsburgh
United Nations
Connellsville
America
Rental Checks In Gallia Will Start Sept 3
OPA rent control is in effect now in Marion and Gallipolis but administration begins Sept 3 due to staff and space shortages. Landlords must charge no more than rents on March 1.
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Gallia
Cleveland
OPA
Marion
Gallipolis
Office of Price Administration
Rowland D. Schell
Kentucky
Indiana
Michigan
War Chief Denounces As Usuals In Total War
Under-Secretary Patterson criticizes a heedless minority seeking profits luxury and indolence amid total war. He presents the Army Navy E award to Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. for wartime contributions.
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ARRON
Patterson
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Hard Liquor Making To Be Halted on Nov 1
Chicago reports manufacture of whiskey gin and other spirits ordered halted by November 1. Officials say no threat of a hard drink drought nationwide despite the halt.
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Chicago
Japs Prepare To Hit Again In Far East
Japan's Foreign Minister Shigenori Tojo resigns as Gen Hideki Tojo tightens control of policy and shifts war plans. Reports say Japan to invade Siberia this fall with massed troops in Manchukuo while Pacific operations and battles in New Guinea and Lae continue. China claims Japan's sun is setting as Chiang Kai-shek's forces press in Chekiang.
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Japan
Hideki Tojo
Foreign Ministry
Tojo
Siberia
Far East
Shigenori Togo
Russia
Germany
Togo
Tokyo
London
Adolf Hitler
Manchukuo
Siberian
East China
United Nations
Solomon Islands
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Reuters
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Lae
Buna
Chungking
China
Pacific
Chekiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kinhwa
Soviet Russia
Stalingrad
Baku
Europe
Africa
India
Southwest
Hal Roach Married in Dayton Before War Work
Maj. Hal E F Roach, 56, creator of Our Gang comedies, wed Miss Lucille Prin, 29, of Los Angeles in Dayton. Roach said he would return to work in a Wright Field laboratory today after the ceremony.
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Dayton
Maj
Hal EF. Roach
Lucille Prin
Los Angeles
Roach
Wright Field
Arms cache seized as IRA plot feared in Belfast
Police report a huge dump of arms and explosives captured near Belfast on Sunday night linked to the Irish Republican Army. Authorities say the cache could have been used in attacks on United States and British forces in Northern Ireland, with 17 people detained for questioning as investigations continue.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
United States
Northern Ireland
The
Ira
Crown Police
Ulster
Fire destroys Marma shipyards at Seederhamn
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports a massive fire at the Marma shipyards in Seederhamn destroying facilities in what is described as one of Sweden's worst fires in years. The report notes significant damage to the yard and surrounding area with no immediate details on casualties.
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Seederhamn
London
Reuters
Stockholm
Marma
Sweden
Axis power appears to have reached its peak in London assessment
A London briefing outlines a strategic Middle East corridor from Egypt to the Caucasus as the decisive battlefield. It notes fighting near the Nile Delta and Stalingrad, with Allied victory hinges on desert holds, Soviet resistance, and intensified production powering a 1943 offensive. The piece highlights maritime limits and potential Axis shifts, urging readiness for a Western invasion.
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London
Hitler
Poland
Middle East
Egyptian
Caucasus
Nile
Rommel
Stalingrad
United Nations
Red Army
Mendous
Axis
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Europe
Africa
Iraq
Iran
India
Inductees Hit By Car Ruling
Washington The Office of Price Administration tightened regulations on selling automobiles by inductees and armed forces members. New 1942 car sales will be allowed only if the seller will actually enter service, replacing the prior rule that allowed sales after induction notice despite rationing eligibility.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Draft Board
Army
Navy
Strikers Return to Mines at Coshocton
A county wide coal strike that halted Coshocton area mines is largely over as operators report production near pre strike levels. Three large mines say output has returned, while others note gradual job returns. Union comments were unavailable.
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Coshocton
American Soldier Convicted of Manslaughter in Northern Ireland
A U S military court found Private William E. Davis of Cleburne Texas guilty of manslaughter for the fatal knifing of a British soldier during a dance hall brawl in Northern Ireland and sentenced him to years in prison.
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United States Army
Northern Ireland
United States
William E. Davis
Cleburne
Tex
World War II fronts surge with new Axis push and Allied raids
Adolf Hitler extends the invasion effort as German forces push into Stalingrad and push a new El Alamein assault. Rommel reports strong columns in Egypt while Allied bombers strike Axis concentrations. American B25s join the Mediterranean air war as Soviet dispatches note shifts on the Caucasus and in Crimea. A Columbus blackout trial earns civil defense praise from residents.
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Europe
London
RAF
Dieppe
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Egypt
Hitler
Fedor von Bock
Red Army
No- Man's Land
el Alamein
Alexandria
Erwin Rommell
Reuters
Cairo
el Alamain-Qattara
Russia
Middle East
Rommel
Quattara
Death Valley
el Himeimat
United States
Harold Alexander
U. S
James Doolittle
Tokyo
Caucasus
Black Sea
Anapa
Kerch
Crimea
Novorossisk
Red Fleet
Pravda
Krasnodar
Prokhladnenski
Grozny
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Goble
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Hal Roach
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Wanchang
Changsha
Kweiki i
Wangsine
Shanghai
Kinhwas
Thuhsien
Lishile
Linchwan
Wenchow
Henyang
Hunan
Kwangtung
Canton
Hong Kong
Amoy
Kwatow
Fukien
Hainan China Sea
Chuonchow
South China Sea
Formosa
Tamnonl
iShanghei
Tokao
Georea
U.S
Philippine Islands
Pacific Ocean
Lishun
Chuhsien
Chekiang Province
Toihoky
Ireland
Tno
West Side
Levine
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