Nazis Drive On In South As Moscow Front Battles Rzhev
Moscow dispatches report a renewed Soviet push west of Moscow against German positions around Rzhev while fighting for footholds in the city’s streets. German losses mount as Red Army advances threaten the Rzhev Vyazma corridor and Caucasus thrusts try to divert the southern German grip on oil targets.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Russia
Rzhev-Vyazma
Rzhev
Reuters
Central
Caucasus
Mozdok
Prokhladnenski Battlegrounds
Grozny
Ordzhonikidze
Rzhev - Gzhatsk - Vyazma
Upper Volga
Caucasus Front
Caspian Sea
Caucasian Range
Gsistance
Sukhumi
Black Sea
Tuapse
Batum
Mamison
Kutais
Darial
Tiflis
Derbent
Caspian
Red Army
Red Star
Disney
Komosol Pravda
Egyptian Front Tense and British Wall Outbreak Looms
Cairo sources report Allied airmen widening operations in the desert as both sides prepare for a potential major battle near El Alamein. United States Army airmen join RAF raids across Tobruk Suda Bay Crete and the Corinth canal in the last 48 hours, signaling intensified effort to pressure Axis positions and influence the Mediterranean front.
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Cairo
Alamein Line
Churchill
England
Mediterranean
Hitler
Middle East
Egypt
Caucasus
United States Army
Tobruk
Nelson withdraws armed forces' priority power
War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson notified the armed services he is removing their hundreds of procurement offices nationwide from the authority to grant priority ratings. The move consolidates WPB control over priority ratings to balance supplies for the army, navy, and civilian users, with formal announcement expected within 24 hours.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Armed Services
Nelson
WPB
Nazis Admit U-Boat Toll Growing Less
New York AP report says Radio Berlin via CBS recorded broadcast states fewer ships are being sunk by submarines. The claim follows earlier German wartime announcements and reflects shifting naval losses as World War II operations continue.
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New York
Radio Berlin
CBS
Senate rejects reconsideration of withholding tax plan
The U S senate finance committee rejected 13 to 7 a move to reconsider its approval of a house plan to tax individuals via wage and dividend deductions starting Jan 1. The Rums plan would shift to pay as you go by using 1941 income as a tax base in 1942 with end year adjustments.
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Finance Committee
House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Beardsley Unil
New York Ederal Reserve Bank
Cedar Rapids
Rumi
Treasury
George
D-Ga
Treasury Department
Cedar Rapids challenges nation to match war bond record
Cedar Rapids officials Beahl Perrine and E. M. Pinney issued a challenge to cities of all sizes to equal or surpass the city’s payroll deduction record for war bonds. The city reports 531 nonparticipating firms employing 17,129 workers, with annual payroll deductions totaling 3,045,091 dollars and 417 firms qualifying for the 10 percent flag. The drive continues through summer, fall, and the war’s duration.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nation
Beahl Perrine
Linn County
E. M. Pinney
Chamber of Commerce
Perrine and Pinney
Yanks Raid Jap Bases in Burma
United States army planes raided Lashio Burma on Wednesday destroying two enemy planes and starting fires near the air drome. Bombers with escorts attacked while fighters strafed the town and air field. Lashio sits at the head of the rail line from Rangoon toward Mandalay near China.
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Chungking
Lashio
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Rangoon
Mandalay
U. S
Yochow
Hunan
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Cedar Rapids Weather Forecast With Humidity Details
The Cedar Rapids area expected showers Thursday night into Friday morning with cooler conditions Friday forenoon. Humidity reached 80 percent and the thermometer rose to 84 by 2 30 p.m. Thursday. Wednesday’s high was 68, then 69 by 7 a.m. A trace of rain occurred at 9 a.m.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Kaiser Firm Enjoined For Steel Violations Scoff-Law
A federal court blocked Kaiser Company Inc and Cleveland's Builders Structural Steel from further OPA price ceiling violations. Kaiser allegedly bought 504000 pounds of steel in one order but shipped in carload sizes to evade limits, prompting the judge to set a September 5 hearing. The Kaiser firm, led by Henry Kaiser, faces claims of profiteering against war material prices.
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Cleveland
Kaiser Company, Inc
Henry Kaiser
OPA
Federal District
Robert N. Wilkin
Office of Price Administration
Kaiser Concern
Builders Structural Steel Company of
James C. Gruener
Kaiser Company
Builders Structural Steel Company
Wilkin
Kaiser
Gruener
War Council Finds Real Gain Made in Solomons
Washington reports say the Pacific war council with President Roosevelt viewed early Solomons successes as a real gain with some Japanese dispersion. New Zealand minister Walter Nash cited progress and discussed Japanese diversions to New Guinea. Prime Minister Fraser of New Zealand outlined talks with Curtin and MacArthur. Halifax noted MacArthur’s optimism about Allied coordination. The navy described the counterattack as encouraging despite ongoing battle since last Sunday.
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Washington
Pacific War Council
Roosevelt
Solomon Islands
Walter Nash
New Zealand
United States
Solomons
Southwest
Nash
New Guinea
Peter Fraser
Newland
Nazh
Fraser
John Curtin
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Lord Halifax
MacArthur
Halifax
Wilhelmina Returns to London After North American Visit
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flies back to England from the United States and Canada after a royal tour. She is greeted at the airport by Prince Bernhard.
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London
Wilhelmina of the
Netherlands
England
United States
Canada
Prince Bernhard
Indignities Faced by Grew and U S Diplomats in Tokyo
New York UP reports that Ambassador Joseph C. Grew and other American diplomats endured harsh Japanese conduct after Pearl Harbor. Police intruded into private spaces, blocked movement, denied food and clothing, restricted exit and exercise, and prevented hospital access, with officials later admitting lack of reciprocal treatment. The article notes Swiss protests but continued hardship until some relaxations.
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New York
Japan
Joseph C
Dooman
Foreign Office
Home Office
Rep Jacobsen Seeks Cedar Rapids Airport Project
Rep William S. Jacobsen of Iowa's Second District visited Cedar Rapids to promote an airport serving the city during the postwar era as a commercial port and wartime support. He praised a recent airport bond vote and said interdepartmental air board plans create a nationwide network. he will press for a favorable Cedar Rapids announcement.
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William S. Jacobsen
Clinton
Congress
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Jacobsen
Inter-Departmental
Air Bone Control Board
Secretaries of Commerce
Navy
Army
Youths 18-19 to Receive Solons' Attention
Washington AP report outlines draft legislation to make 19-year-olds eligible for military service toping a plan for Seventy-seventh congress. Sabath predicts likely removal of 18-19 drafting from session. notes 18-19 group as finest fighting material. Other topics include taxes, vote-by-mail changes, defense housing, and minor bills.
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Washington
Congress
Sabath
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Diversion Invasion At Milne Bay Aids Japanese Retreat
Allied air and sea forces halted a Japanese landing at Milne Bay near Milne Bay Queensland, as MacArthur’s planes sank a transport and heavily damaged a cruiser and destroyer. Despite fierce rain, heavy bombers and fighters destroyed landing barges and troops, with one Allied bomber lost. Japanese losses included at least 36 planes shot down in four days.
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Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Trobriand Islands
Buna-Gona
New Guinea
Milne Bay
Port Moresby
enemuna-Gona
Solomons
Buna
Australia
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British Wall
Gregory Zhukov
Cedar Rapids News
Kaiser Firm
War Council
U.S
Wilhelmina
United Press Bureau
Tokio
Pearl Harbor
Robert Bellaire
Grew
Smith Hutton
Rep
WM. S
Austra
Lia (Ap
Guadalcanal
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