Brazil Sinks Five Axis Ships Spark South American Unity
Axis submarine attacks off Brazil trigger strong Brazilian response. President Vargas calls sinkings acts of piracy while editorials fuel anti Axis sentiment. 836 people aboard the five ships, including 274 soldiers, are reported missing with 157 rescued by noon. Lifeboats reach the coast as Uruguay's Baldomir condemns the ferocious aggression.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Bracoast
Getulio Vargas
Journal
Diario de Noticias
Brazil
Axis submarines shift to South American wrecks
By the Associated Press the navy announced another sinking off the northern coast of South America. A British merchant vessel went down in July with 66 lives lost and 18 survivors. The navy also gave national details on two earlier sinkings a Norwegian ship in June with six fatalities and a small American vessel in July with five lives lost.
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Associated Press
Caribbean
South America
Pe Dublin
Peroed
RAF congratulates U S air commander on first all American raid
Air Marshal Arthur T. Harris head of Bomber Command sent congratulatory lines to Brig. Gen. Ira C. Baker chief of the U S bomber command in Britain. Baker led his forces in a raid on France on Monday and the bomber command praised the operation as highly successful marking a first all American raid.
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London
Arthur T. Harris
RAF Bomber Command
Ira C. Baker
United States Bomber Command
Britain
France
Bomber Command
Strong U S Foothold In Solomons But Warships Driven Off
United States naval and Marine forces won a historic victory in the Solomon Islands as American troops established a foothold and repulsed a Japanese cruiser and destroyer force. The warship losses were not fully disclosed, but the communique said at least 36 Japanese planes were destroyed, with 18 sea planes shot down before they could engage. The report notes it marked the first surface battle in the Solomons and the first time since Java Sea that opposing fleets fought at close range. The action continued with U S forces solidly on the island and outnumbering enemy units, despite night attacks and ongoing operations.
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United States
Solomons
Java Sea
Coral Sea
Midway Island
Solomon
Solomon Islands
eSeas SS
U. S. Marine Corps
U. S
Seizure Threat Looms Over Shell Plant in Boston
Washington reports President Roosevelt may order armed forces to take over the S. A. Woods Machine company if it fails to sign a CIO united maintenance contract per War Labor Board order. About 650 CIO workers are affected as Dodge resists WLB directives. previous action seized Bayonne plant.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
S. A. Woods Machine Company
Shell Manufacturers
Boston
CIO
WLB
Army
Navy
H. C. Dodge
United Electrical Workers
Dodge
Boeing to segregate women workers in production
Seattle Boeing Aircraft plans to segregate women production workers to reduce distractions from male employees. Executive vice president H Oliver West says women perform well in war production but cause disturbances, aiming to place them where dexterity matters and away from distractions. He cites safety concerns from long hair and jewelry as reasons for segregation. Three months ago no women labored on production lines. now 26 percent of the workforce is female.
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Seattle
Boeing Aircraft Company
H. Oliver West
West
Ing
Boeing
Riderless Blimp Crashes in Daly City With Missing Crew
SAN FRANCISCO UP The navy said the blimp was in perfect order when it crashed along Daly City streets. Commander Donald M. Mackey of Moffett Field led the search for Ensign Charles Adams and the others missing. Theories ranged from a sea disappearance after losing altitude to being thrown from the craft during a hill encounter. A third crewman, an aviation machinist mate third class from Oklahoma City, narrowly avoided the ill fated flight.
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San Francisco
Navy
Daly City
Donald M. Mackey
Moffett Field
Charles Adams
Oklahoma
Yankee Medium Bombers Enter Egyptian Battle
United States Army bombers attacked an Axis convoy in the Mediterranean, setting a large enemy merchant ship afire. They also bombed the Matruh base in a night raid, the first joint operation with heavy bombers and fighters on the Egyptian front.
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Cairo
Matruh
United States
Alamein Battlefront
el Alamein
Middle East Command
Royal Air Force
Malta
Willis Appointed Chief of New Export Traffic Section
Norton P. Willis of Chicago was named chief of the new export traffic section within the division of railway transport at the Office of Defense Transportation on Tuesday.
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Washington
Norton P. Willis
Chicago
Division of Railway Transport
Office of Defense Transportation
Alexander Takes Over Desert Job
London AP reports Gen Harold Alexander named British commander-in-chief in the Middle East. The war office gave no new post for Auchinleck, who had led in the desert since July 1941, while Montgomery is set to command the Eighth Army in Egypt succeeding Ritchie who retired as Auchinleck assumed control.
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London
Harold Alexander
Burma
Middle
British War Office
Auchin- Auchinleck
Middle East
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Eighth Army
Alexander
Auchinleck
British Isles
B. L. Montgomery
Britain
Egypt
Neil M. Ritchie
Charges Plot to Retard Fluorescent Lighting Developments
Washington DC A Justice Department official testified before the Senate patents committee that Westinghouse and General Electric conspired with utility companies to slow fluorescent lighting development. He said a scheme to dominate the market and promote independent Hygrade Sylvania helped prevent GE and Westinghouse from fully delaying progress.
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Washington
Justice Department
Westinghouse
General Electric
Senate Patents Committee
John W. Walker
Anti-Trust Division
Tpe
Walker
Hygrade Sylvania Corporation
Stalin's Son Heads Pursuit Air Group on Front
Moscow dispatch says Col. Vassily Stalin, son of the Soviet premier, now commands a pursuit aviation unit on the southern front. The Red Star report notes he supervised fighter operations over a river crossing recently and that on June 21 he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for bravery in frontline combat.
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Moscow
Vassily Stalin
Red Star
Stalin
Order of the Red Banner
Walker Whiteside, Noted Actor, Dies
Hastings on Hudson New York AP Walker Whiteside aged 73 died Monday night after a 47 year career on the stage. He first won fame at age 15 as the boy Hamlet in touring Shakespearean productions.
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Hastings-On-Hudson
N. Y
Walker Whiteside
Hamlet
Three Point Plan Averts Meat Rationing Considered
Washington officials report the Office of Price Administration weighs a three point plan to curb meat prices and rationing. The plan hinges on livestock price control, nationwide meat allocation, and an education campaign urging seasonal buying and substitutes like fish and pork products to distributors. Consumer cooperation would aim for reduced meat consumption rather than a major civilian price rise.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture Department
Aes
OPA
American Air Offensive Opens With Rouen Raid
A large American bombing raid led by Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker struck Rouen railway yards as part of a new American air offensive in Europe. B-17s, escorted by RAF and US fighters, faced heavy anti aircraft fire and two fighters were lost. 21 year old Sgt Kent L West of West Brockton Alabama helped shoot down a German plane. Major Gen Carl Spaatz hailed the operation, promising intensified daylight bombing until victory.
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Britain
Germany
Europe
R.A.F
Rowen
Ira C. Eaker
Cherbourg
United States
Sergt
Kent L. West
West Brockton
Ala
Baker
Rouen
Paris
Peggy D
Johnny Reb
Birmingham
Punk
Berlin
Paul Tibbet
Miami
Fla
Second Troit
James Sammons
Louisa
Will Ray
New le
Ludolph
Collins Radio Co Reaches Bond Goal
Collins Radio Company led Cedar Rapids by signing 1,300 employees to push the 10 percent war bond pledge over the top. War bond officials hailed the addition as an outstanding piece of war work crediting both workers and the company. The Chamber of Commerce young men's bureau named 13 more firms qualifying, with plans for a complete progress report by B. T. Perrine, chairman.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Collins Radio Company
Cedar Rapids War Bond
Collins
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Howell Beverage Company
Hogan Brothers
Grain Belt Distributing Company
Ehrke Roofing Company
Kolarik Bookbinding Company
Commonwealth Super
Goldstein Grocery
Keith Strait
Berhans
D-X
Nassif Master Food Market
Triangle Tavern
Benner Tea Company
Market Oil and Gas Company
B. T. Perrine
Believe Missing Soldiers' Letters Saved from Sea
Cedar Rapids families report letters from sons missing in the Philippines were recovered after a freighter sunk by an Axis torpedo. Capt. G. H. Cockburn Jr. and Lieut. George R. Hennessey were the addressees, with mail said to have left the islands before a carrier broke up.
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Cedar Rapids
Philippines
Washington
War Department
George H. Cockburn
Twenty-seventh Street
G. H. Cockburn
George F. Hennessey
Avenue
George R
Indian youths nabbed in Iowa auto thefts and breakins
Tama County Sheriff Harry Sharp said three Tama Indians including 21 year old Willard Sanache and two juveniles confessed to eight auto thefts and four filling station breakins across Tama Chelsea Marengo Belle Plaine on Aug 16 17. The arrests were aided by railroad detectives and state and local officers.
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Tama
Harry Sharp
Iowa
Willard Sanache
Sanache
Sharp
Camp Claiborne
Chelsea
Marengo
Belle Plaine
Farm Bureau
Standard
Tama County
Walter Willett
L. W. Burns
E. J. Monahan
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Bear
Marion
Warns of Letting Price Control Be Another Dry Law
AP reports in Omaha that John C. Weigel, administrator of the Chicago OPA regional office, urged Midwest retailers during market week not to treat price control as another prohibition. He warned against condemning individuals who bootleg tires, arguing such ostracism harms the country and inhibits enforcement of wartime controls.
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Omaha
John C. Weigel
Chicago
OPA
Weigel
Nazis Fall Back Near Stalingrad in Red Counter-Attack
Moscow AP reports Soviet forces counter-attacked southwest of Stalingrad, forcing a German retreat and retaking a key line while Germans and Romanians push toward the Volga along the Don bend. Red Star notes battles along the Don bend and lower Volga, with hundreds of German casualties and tanks knocked out in the Krasnodar region.
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Moscow
Red
Stalingrad
Don Bend
Krban
Krasnodar
Ian
Kotelnikovski
Novorossisk
Volga
Caucasus
Tostov-Baku
Ozny
Inye Vodure
Steppes
Kletskaya
Fedor von Bock
Information
German high command says Russians attack west of Moscow
Berlin dispatch reports German authorities claim Russian troops pressed attacks west of Moscow with 1,068 armored vehicles destroyed since July 30. The communique notes Russian offensives east of Vyazma and southwest of Moscow and says the Red Army again attacked in the northern sector. Finnish air force reportedly shot down 11 Russian planes.
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Berlin
Moscow
Vyazma
Red Army
Japs Launch Drive To Close Rail Gap
Japanese forces fight to seal a critical rail gap in Chungking area as a three month battle continues, with enemy efforts intensified in the region.
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Chungking
Hollywood pianist Count Aldo Solito y Solis wed
Los Angeles concert pianist Count Aldo Solito y Solis married on Monday in a Hollywood wedding. The ceremony linked notable film figure Gale Page and other industry names in a high profile union.
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Hollywood
Aldo Solito Y
Solis
Los Angeles
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