Germans claim two penetrations of Stalingrad amid renewed fighting
After three weeks of brutal struggle near Stalingrad, German forces report penetrations into the city in the southern and northwestern sectors. Russian sources acknowledge ground loss southwest of Stalingrad but say reserves will counterattack, while front activity also hits Rzhev, Leningrad, and operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean.
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Stalingrad
Lower Volga
Ore
Stalinrad
Rzhev
Moscow
Leningrad
Germany
Bucharest
Rumania
Ploesti
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Russia
Barnets Sea
Findland
Norway
Cherbourg
France
Berlin
North Africa War
Libya
Egypt
Rome
Marshal Rommel
Madascar
Indian Ocean
Africa
Roosevelt says US producing only half of maximum war output
President Roosevelt briefs Congress that America is producing a little more than 50 percent of potential war output. He warns that only by sacrificing civilian activity to the bone can Allies receive the vastly greater weapon supplies needed to turn the tide. The six monthly lend lease report shows $6.489 billion in aid to 36 nations since the program began.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
United Nations
Britain
British Commonwealth of Nations
United Kingdom
Russia
Middle East
Australia
U. S
China
Great Britain
United States Expeditionary Forces
New Zealand
Equatorial Africa
New Caledonia
New York Dim-Out Law Costs Power Company
New York dim out regulations have reduced Consolidated Edison revenue by almost two million dollars in four months from May to August. Officials report a drop of about 150,000,000 kilowatt hours as street and store lighting cuts accounted for most of the decline.
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New York
Consolidated Edison Company
Vichy orders labor draft to aid Nazis.
French employers must assemble work crews for shipment to Germany under a new compulsory labor law. It targets men 18 to 50 and unmarried women 21 to 35, with state control of employment and possible vocational schooling. The decree follows a drive to supply skilled workers in exchange for prisoners.
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VICHY
Germany
France
Founder of 4-H Clubs Address at Ohio Congress
Albert B. Graham, who founded the groups that became 4-H, told Ohio 4-H Club Congress attendees that humans are born into group life and must adjust to home, school, and church. He recalled forming the clubs in 1902 with 85 members, noting current 4-H membership at 1.5 million. About 400 club members attended the five day session opening at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
Albert B. Graham
Graham
Clark County
Ohio State University
Drowning Victim McClintock to Be Buried in Racine
Funeral services for John McClintock, 25, who drowned in the Ohio River near Louisville while aboard the Steamer City of Pittsburgh, will be held Tuesday at 2 30 P M at Racine Baptist Church. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. He leaves a wife Pauline Arnott McClintock, a four week old daughter, his parents Mr and Mrs Frank McClintock, three brothers Robert Otis and George and a sister Mrs Guy Neigler.
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Pomeroy
John McClintock
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Racine Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
McClintock
Pauline Arnott McClintock
Frank McClintock
Robert
Otis
George
Guy Neigler
Hershey Predicts Large Mobilization for 1943
Major General Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, told New Jersey Legionnaires that the war will pull in more married men with dependents and 18 and 19 year olds. He warned of a ten to thirteen million mobilization, urged full industrial production, and defended the accuracy of draft boards amid wartime demands.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
New Jersey Legionnaires
United States
Hitler
More Surprise Blackouts Are On Schedule
Ohio to hold surprise blackouts to test civilian defense readiness. State Defense Council Executive Director Ralph H. Stone urged local councils to enroll more volunteers and educate the public while conducting regular interval tests after a poor Piqua showing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ralph H. Stone
State Defense Council
Stone
Piqua
Piqua Defense Council
Defense Council
Production Not Good Enough Says War Board Chief
Camden report quotes War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson warning that despite a 350 percent rise in U S war output since Pearl Harbor the nation has not won the war yet He addressed 3 500 000 workers in labor management committees across 1 500 plants on NBC and RCA broadcasts urging continued effort and vigilance.
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Camden
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Pearl Harbor
Nelson
NBC
RCA Victor
Army Deserter Admits Slaying Two Women
Robert T. Bailey, 23, an army deserter, allegedly confessed to shooting and tearing the nude bodies of two Wisconsin social workers, Miss Neil Pietrangeli, 30, and Dorothy Bain, 32, after they gave him a ride near Madison and were befriended in Tomah. Deputy DA Thomas Weldon said the confession described the slayings Monday night.
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San Maria
Calif
Wisconsin
Robert T. Bailey
Thomas Weldon
Bailey
Neil Pietrangeli
Dorothy Bain
Tomah
Wis
Madison
Mutual Aid Programs Boost Ohio Farm Output
Columbus AP state Farm Security Administration director A L Sorenson announced wartime shortages are being eased for 12000 Ohio farm families through mutual aid. Small cooperatives pool equipment supplies and services to work faster cheaper and better, illustrating that cooperation is practical in war and peace.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. L. Sorenson
State Farm Security Administration
Sorensen
Allied forces halt Japanese advance in New Guinea struggle
General MacArthur’s headquarters report Allied troops holding the Japanese 40 miles north of Port Moresby for a fourth day. Medium bombers hit Lae with 17 tons of bombs while Flying Fortresses attacked Japanese ships, a cruiser, and installations off New Guinea.
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Seloe Island
Tanimbar Island
Australia
New Guinea
Kai Islands
New Britain
Lae
Salamaaua
Salamaua
Kroger Chief Albert Morrill Dies Suddenly
Albert Henry Morrill 67 longtime Kroger president died unexpectedly of a heart ailment at his suburban Cincinnati home. A Cincinnati native and Dartmouth and Cincinnati Law School alumnus, Morrill led civic efforts as a former National Chain Store Association president and served on the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway board.
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Cincinnati
Albert Henry Morrill
Kroger Grocery & Baking Co
Morrill
Montgomery
William Holmes McGuffey
Dartmouth College
University of Cincinnati Law School
National Chain Store Association
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
War Chest
Community Chest
Y.M.C.A
Children's Home
Albert H. Morrill
The
Ohio University
Explosions Strike Burlington Streamliner Near Nodaway
Seven blasts rocked the westbound Burlington Streamliner from Chicago to Denver about 2.5 miles east of Nodaway Ta at 12 20 am today. All passengers unhurt and damage limited to road bed and car undercarriages. The train held until 4 27 am then moved to Omaha without leaving the tracks.
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Omaha
Burlington Streamline
Chicago
Denver
Nodaway
Burlington
Union Told To Forget Pay Increase Theories
AFL plumbers and steamfitters at a Cleveland convention were urged to abandon the belief that wages must constantly rise regardless of consequences. AFL President William Green was scheduled to speak as about 1,100 delegates representing 106,000 members attended the gathering.
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Cleveland
AFL
William Green
United Association of Journeyman Plumbers and Steamfitters
Old Watch Factory To House War Workers
An abandoned Canton watch plant to be converted into dormitories for 1,000 war workers under plans by local employers. War industries consider raising 250000 to retrofit the Deuber Hampden factory buildings for housing. The factory has stood idle for over ten years after machinery was sold and shipped to Russia.
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Canton
Deuber-Hampden Watch Factory
Russia
Railroader Killed in Cafe Fight at Piqua
Police Lieut. Noah Studebaker said a manslaughter charge would be prepared today in connection with the death of Joseph Zurawski a 48 year old Baltimore and Ohio railroad employee. Zurawski died of a skull fracture after a cafe fight with a fellow worker.
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PIQUA
Noah Studebaker
Joseph Zurawski
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Zurawski
Studebaker
RAF and Soviet Raids Hit Bremen and Bucharest
British and Russian air forces struck Bremen in a massive night raid described as a very strong force with hundreds of bombers. The operation also targeted Bucharest and the Ploesti oil region from bases in Russia, while lone bombers raided northwestern Germany at dawn. Air Ministry reported 19 British bombers lost. Berlin claimed Russian raids over eastern Germany the same night. Harriman returned to London from the United States after reporting to Roosevelt on Moscow conferences in August.
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Bremen
Bucharest
Ploesti
Romania
Russia
Germany
Air Ministry
Weser
Berlin
London
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Roosevelt
Moscow
Nazi airpower surge signals world war's new phase
The piece reports Nazi development of three new aircraft including a sub-stratosphere bomber and a four motor Heinkel 177 with eight tons of bombs, plus the Focke Wulf 190. It warns of intensified air battles as Britain and the United States increase production to sustain Allied air superiority and keep bombers flowing to bases in the British Isles.
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Berlin
Germany
England
Europe
Hitler
Caucasus
Britain
Uncle Sam
British Isles
Wages and Farm Prices Stabilization Plan Brought to Senate
The Senate considered a bill enabling the President to stabilize wages and salaries as of August 15 and farm prices at or above parity, with limits on agricultural ceilings and safeguards. The measure would extend price controls for a year, preserve Fair Labor Standards Act protections, and allow future adjustments to wage floors and utility rates while excluding pending War Labor Board cases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Wagner
N. Y
Banking Committee
Brown
Mich
Senate Banking Committee
D-Ny
Steagall
D-Ala
War Labor Board
Treasury
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
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Alexander Gistintzev
Soviet Russia
Gistintzey
G. Moler
Springfield
William G. Moler
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Kroger
RAF
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