Germans Pour Strong Reserves Into Don Bend Caucasus Fight
Moscow dispatch says German forces reinforced from Voronezh to Pyatigorsk as they push toward Stalingrad and the Baku rail line. Soviet communique cites 1,250,000 German casualties since May 15 and notes Hitler drains Western Europe for East. Coordination of fronts widens as Russian defenses stiffen and German moves slow.
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Maikop
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League Boosts Local Phone Rate Control and Opposes Bond Taxes
The League of Iowa Municipalities gives strong bids for state action to allow cities to regulate local telephone rates. They oppose bond taxes and favor reductions in state taxes on municipal securities while seeking authority to levy for street work and war-related needs. Senator Augustine outlined rate cases and urged centralized utilities control without detailed proposals.
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Iowa
League
Ralph B. Slippy
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Harry Brown
Mason City
Montrose
Munnicipal Securities
O. B. Rogers
Newell
Rogers
Resolutions Committee
A. E Augustine
Oskaloosa
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Augustine
Storm Lake
Free Italian Legion to be Organized in United States
Leaders of the Free Italian movement announce a free Italian legion will be organized and trained in the United States. Rodolfo Pacciardi will command the force, which will use arms from the U S government and donations from Free Italians across the Americas. The legion aims to fight anywhere in the world.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Free Italian Movement
United States
Rodolfo Pacciardi
Garibaldi Legion
U S Sub Off Alaska Sinks Jap Warship
Washington reports a United States submarine sunk a Japanese cruiser or destroyer in the western Aleutians. This brings total Japanese ships sunk or damaged in the area to 23, with fog hindering exact ship identification.
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Washington
United States
Aleutian
U S Plane Support Troops Arrive In Egypt
Cairo reports a shipload of American air support troops arriving from the United States. The contingent, described as fully trained and seasoned, will undergo acclimatization before any immediate active service, with health standards enforced by medical corps doctors.
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Cairo
Egypt
America
United States Army Air Corps
Yankee Rangers fitted for raid by weeks of training
US Rangers in Britain undergo weeks of intense training with British commandos. They practice stealth killing, sea and land mobility, and rapid river and beach landings under Rogers Rangers inspired methods. Notable recruits include Othel and Dick Green.
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Rogers
Rangers
America
Robert Rogers
North America
Othel Green
Des Moines
Sergt
Dick Green
Othel
United States
Olher
Cedar Rapids
Unofficial Army Recruiter Enlists as Private Hodoval
Alvin I. Hodoval 44 of Oxford Junction known as the one man recruiting station joined the Army as a private. He previously rose from private to major in World War I and hopes to repeat it. Rejected as an officer in this war for physical reasons. Hodoval, deputy treasurer of Jones County, says he prefers being a private to avoid commissions and promotions concerns.
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Des Moines
Alvin I. Hodoval
Oxford Junction
Hodoval
Jones County
OPA Halts Civilian Sales of 1942 Cars in Freeze
The Office of Price Administration banned civilian purchases of 1942 Ford Chevrolet and Plymouth four door hard top sedans with under 1000 miles. The freeze lasts until October 31 to meet army and navy needs. Other makes remain saleable under rationing. Army and navy need for four door models is about 28 000 units.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Army
Navy
Soldier shoots usherette then kills himself in Australia
An unidentified American soldier wounded an usherette at the Lyceum theater in Australia during a Jesse James reenactment, then killed himself. The incident occurred Tuesday night with no motive released.
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Australia
Jesse James
Lyceum Theater
Axis Sub Sunk Near Brazil by American Pilot
United States pilot bombed and sank an Axis submarine off Brazil after five Brazilian ships were sunk. Comdr Ernani A. R. Amaral Peixoto announced the destruction from Rio de Janeiro as crowds gathered before the presidential palace. No. of survivors stood at 185 of 836 aboard the ships sunk.
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United States
Comdr
Ernani A. R. Amaral Peixoto
Government
Brazil
Jack Lacey
Diario Carioca
South Atlantic
Trindale
Navy
Joao Pinto
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Big U S Market For Horsemeat
The National Retail Meat Dealers association reported a tremendous market for federally inspected horsemeat in the United States. Packaged horsemeat for the family platter was shown at the 57th annual convention. Dealers say the public knows horsemeat mainly from imports but is now growing in favor among those who have eaten it abroad.
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Chicago
National Retail Meat Dealers Association
United States
Association
Mayfair Club Raid Shocks New York Players
The Mayfair Bridge club, a gathering spot for top players, was raided by police on Tuesday night. Proprietor Harry J. Fishbein was arrested on a charge of maintaining a place for gambling.
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New York
Mayfair
Harry J. Fishbein
Axis Surface Raider Sinks U S Vessel
A New England port reports a World War II first as an enemy surface raider using torpedo boats sinks an American merchantman in the South Atlantic. Fifteen or sixteen crew killed. 11 rescued later by a UN merchantman. survivors describe a five day, 450 mile voyage in a lifeboat before reaching West Africa.
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New England
South Atlantic
United Nations
Merchantmans
Germany
Navy
British merchant vessel sunk by torpedo near Caribbean
A small British merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk on July 9 about 130 miles southeast of a Caribbean island. Three lives were lost, the Navy Department announced on Wednesday.
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Gulf Port
Ins
Caribbean
Navy Department
Churchill Adds Sun Helmet to Notable Hat Collection
Cairo AP reports Prime Minister Churchill expanded his celebrated headgear trove during a visit to Egypt by purchasing a sun helmet and a red horsehair fly-switch. He wore four hat types including a sombrero, a plain felt hat, an air commodore’s cap, and a gray sunt suit when climate suited.
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Cairo
Churchill
Egypt
Britain
United States
Air Com Pib Ore
Not Ready for All-Out Blow, FDR Seeks Unified War Effort
Washington reports that President Roosevelt favors tighter coordination of United Nations operations before a major Allied offensive. He values a near global unit in fighting and production, guided by recent Moscow London and Washington talks among Roosevelt Churchill Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek. No definite second front date has been decided.
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Roosevelt
United Nations
Moscow
London
United Nations Command
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Soviet Union
Britain reports Dieppe raid as planning for second front
British communique says Dieppe withdrawal completed as planned with heavy casualties likely. Allied raid involved British American Canadian Fighting French troops along with Rangers and a British special service group. RAF and US bombers supported a large land assault on Dieppe coast with tank landings and fierce fighting amid reports of over 1000 Allied planes in action and indications of a broader invasion plan.
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Dunkirk
Ond
British Press Association
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Josef Stalin
Rogers’ Rangers
English Channel
St. Nazaire
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Tondon
France
Rouen
Kingcombe
Mids
United States Army
Roosevelt orders seizure of S A Woods Machine plant
President Roosevelt directed Secretary of War Stimson to seize and operate the S A Woods Machine Company plant in South Boston Massachusetts after a management labor dispute hindered war output. The War Labor Board had urged action following a demand for arbitration and union membership protections. The plant received wartime orders but management argued arbitration and union issues affected only labor relations, not production. The board rejected delaying action and the executive order followed.
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