Madagascar Island Battles Expanded In War Effort
British forces, backed by naval units and planes, reportedly attacked western Madagascar ports including Majunga Ambanja and Morondava after a failed De Gaulle landing. The United States and Britain announce new operations on the island to prevent Axis penetration, with Madagascar to be restored to France after the war.
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Vichy
Madagascar
Charles de Gaulle
Reuters
London
British Ragency
Majunga
Ambanja
Morondava
Diego Suarez
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
United States
Africa
United Kingdom
United Nations
France
Morgenthau presses forced saving to fund war costs
Secretary Morgenthau says forced savings will be needed to supplement voluntary bond purchases as the gap between what people have and goods available is estimated at 20 to 30 billion dollars a year. He notes payroll deductions rise, but not quickly enough, and clarifies forced saving would supplement, not replace, voluntary sales. Senate finance committee scales surtax rates to raise about 33 million in revenue.
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Washington
LLP
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Morgenthau
Baruch Committee Urges Broad Gas and Tire Measures
The Baruch committee recommends extending gas rationing nationwide to cut tire mileage to 5,000 miles a year, plus a 35 mile per hour speed limit, compulsory tire inspections, and expanded tire replacement programs. It says the plan will cause some inconvenience but avoid real hardship for motorists. The President promises rapid implementation and officials push back against sensational reports.
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Iowa
Special Rubber Survey Committee
Bernard Baruch
James B. Conant
Karl T. Compton
Baruch Committee
British Armed Forces Pay Raise Announced
Sir Stafford Cripps announced a raise in basic pay for British armed forces at an annual cost of 43 million pounds after MPs heard a soldier named Tommy Atkins compare his pay to that of the United States army.
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Tommy Atkins
London
Sir Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
United States
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids area with rain and warmth
Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect warmer conditions Thursday night and Friday forenoon with scattered thundershowers by Friday morning. Humidity eased from 80 percent to about 75 percent by 2 30 p.m. Temperature 78 degrees. high 76 Wednesday 5 30 p.m. Thursday low 63 between 4 and 6 30 a.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Soviet Guerrillas Slash into Norway
A Moscow Reuters dispatch reported Soviet guerrillas penetrating deep into Norway through bogs marshes and dense forests as of Thursday with advancing patrols and disrupted defenses.
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Norway
London
Reuters
Moscow
Japanese drive toward Port Moresby in New Guinea battlefront
Allied war desk reports Japan mounted a major land push in New Guinea, closing to within 44 air miles of Port Moresby. The Japanese flank maneuver pierced Australian lines near Myola and Efolgi as MacArthur cautioned of a possible frontal assault, aided by air strikes while terrain limited artillery use.
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Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Owen Stanley Mountains
Douglas MacArthur
Sidney Rowell
Myola Lake
Gap
Tortu
Raiders and Blues Set for Cedar Rapids Playoff Games
Cedar Rapids hosts the Three-Eye league playoff series with Raiders facing the Blues starting Thursday at 8 PM in Hill Park. Two games planned in Cedar Rapids, weather permitting, with a possible Saturday game if needed before the finalists move to Madison for a best of three title run.
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Cedar Rapids
Madison
Hill Park
Soviet Bombers Hit Budapest Berlin and More
Soviet planes raided Nazi Europe Wednesday night reaching up to 1000 miles from bases, attacking Budapest and other Hungarian towns along with Berlin areas. Claims included iron works and rail yards hit while German radio downplayed impacts. British sources noted RAF raids on western Germany and a new fighter-bomber debut sank two German trawlers off the French coast.
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Berlin
Germany
Hungary
DNB
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Ural Mountains
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Coastal Command
Netherlands
Ra.f
R.A.F
U S Extends Solomons Push With Air Raid
The U S air forces bombed and strafed shore installations on Gizo island in the Solomons, marking a new phase of offensive action. The operation followed months of Guadalcanal fighting, with Marines pursuing fleeing Japanese detachments as bombers added to the campaign.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Gizo Island
United States
Guadalcanal
Navy
Solomons
Giza
Kieta
Bougainville Island
Buka
Gizo
Battle Front Rains Hit Stalingrad As War Drags On
The German assault around Stalingrad intensifies with tanks planes and heavy fighting as autumn rains set in. Soviet reports claim over 1,000 German troops killed or routed and 73 Axis divisions driven back since May, while fresh German forces mass for a possible clutch offensive.
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Associated Press
Stalingrad
Berlin
Great Volga
Fedor von Bock
Adolf Hiller
von Bock
Students Face Army Calls as They Reach 20
Washington Secretary of War Stimson announced that college students in the Army Reserve reaching the legal age for service will be drafted to active duty by September, with most called by term end. He noted possible ROTC use to train reserves and urged continued civilian study where possible.
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Detroit
White House
Washington News
Washington
Stimson
Army
War Department
Iowa Corn Crop Estimated at Record High in 1942
Des Moines report on September 1 conditions puts Iowa’s 1942 corn crop at 546 million bushels, the largest in state history, according to the Iowa crop and livestock reporting service.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Ivestock Reporting Service
Churchill Tries To Calm India Rebellion Amid War Tensions
Prime Minister Churchill warned of a Japanese fifth column in India and said reinforcements and white soldiers were at high levels. He urged measures to defend India while praising improvements in the unrest, and noted Bengal and Assam faced targeted attacks as RAF strikes continued in Burma. He rejected an immediate vote but hinted at a broader debate later.
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Japan
India
House of Commons
Britain
All-India Congress Party
Bengal
Assam
Burma
R.A.F
Akyab
Indian
Bay of Bengal
House
All-India Congress
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Emanuel Shinwell
Stafford Cripps
Cripps
National gaso line rationing urged by Baruch panel
Roosevelt’s rubber committee headed by Bernard Baruch urged nationwide gasoline rationing to conserve rubber and a full reorganization of rubber agencies. It called for a national rubber administrator, expanded synthetic rubber capacity, tire inspections, and a 5 000 mile per car driving cap. Printing of ration books was the main delay in nationwide rollout.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bernard M Baruch
Robert Horton
OPA
Horton
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
Congress
Baruch
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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