U S Attack Maintained Amid Scarce Details in Pacific
Allied forces press assaults across the Solomon Islands front as Marines engage in close combat to widen footholds. Allied air strikes hit Japanese bases and shipping along the Tulagi area while official word remains sparse from Washington and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Solomon Glands
Atest
Washington
Tulgi
Salomons
Robert Lee Ghormley
Allied
New Delhi Mob Burns Town Hall in Riots
British send troops as violence spreads in India. In New Delhi an Indian mob burned the town hall and attacked government offices, while Bombay saw looting and calm after a day of deadly unrest. Casualties in Bombay reported at least 31 dead and over 250 wounded amid mass arrests. Martial law vastly feared as authorities pursue restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
New Dell
Todia
Alate
Mohandas EK
Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Nshot
Subcontinent
Roger Lumley
New Delhi
All- India Congress
London
India Office
Tokyo Still Claims Victory In Close Sea Battle
A New York broadcast claims Tokyo portrays the Solomon Islands clash as two warships colliding in near contact. Kamada asserts US defeat due to night fighting weakness while Washington hails Marines landing at Tunnel 95 and Allied advances in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Adsociatenness
New York
Solomon Islands
United States
Shilehi Kamada
Jit Shanghai
Kamada
Domel
South Pacific
Navy
Tunnel 95
Macarthur
Rapaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Timor
Dutch East Indies
Viking
Rabaul
Solomons
Tulagi
Ney Gtines
Samaral
Reveal Attempt To Kill Tojo
Washington, Aug 12. A U S representative of the Sino Korean Peoples League said he received a report from the Orient claiming a young Korean patriot shot at Prime Minister Tojo in Tokyo. Park Saowon reportedly wounded Tojo with the first shot as the entry to a ministry brick building occurred at 10 30 at night. a second shot is said to have missed. After hospital treatment Tojo returned home. Han claimed Hirata, ex premier and ex foreign minister, followed behind Tojo on the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roe
Washington
Nlewar Iinistry
Tokyo
Segond
Tajo
Haan
Hirata
London Admits Carrier Lost in Mediterranean
London reports the British aircraft carrier Eagle sunk in the western Mediterranean after four torpedo hits. Admiralty notes most of the 22,600 ton ship’s crew and planes were saved. the vessel began as the Almirante Cochrane and cost about 18.5 million dollars.
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SY Alsogareu
London
Hagle
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Urua
Witik
Garman
Almirante Cochrane
Chile
DNB
National Commerce Chamber backs 10 percent sales tax and 5 percent withholding
The U S Chamber of Commerce backs a new war revenue plan presented to the Senate Finance Committee proposing a 10 percent retail sales tax and a 5 percent withholding tax in addition to income tax to raise about 12 billion dollars for war needs. Ellsworth Alvord says the current House measure fails to finance the war or control inflation, urging a bold offensive on revenue sources for victory at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Commerce Chamber
Associated Yves
UDOT
Ellsworth
Alvord
Chambers Committee On Federal Finance
House
Senate Committee
Alvord J Saiid
Army Inductions After Fourteen Day Draft Furloughs
About sixty residents from the Union City draft district were examined in Erie and inducted into the United States Army. Thirty eight passed their medical exams and will leave for New Cumberland after a fourteen day furlough. Local Board No 3 listed inductees including John Balas, Smith Hixson, Jon Leals, Willis Craker, H Weldon, John Houghtling, and many others with further names such as Harold Burger, Steve Tinko Jr, Frank Lawson, Edward Sokulski, Carl Burger, Willard Williams, Walter Ross, Clifford Wales, Stephen Tiffany, Albert Obra, George Boster, Ralph Johnston, Edwin Chelton, and Herbert Geiger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Army of the United States
Erie
Mew Caumberlad
Eocal Board No
John 4. Balas
Smith Hixson
Jona Leails
Willis
H. Craker
Hubert H. Weldon
John D. Houghtling
Howard V. Kightlinger
Michael G. Mi Mahon
John ©. Lindberg
Harold L. Burger
Steve Tinko, Jr
Frank H. Lawson
Edward S. Sokulski
John F. Bejret
Carl R. Burger
Willard D. Williams
Walter Hi Ross
Clifford Wales
Stephen K. Tiffany
Albert
P. Obra
George J. Boster
Ralph ©. Johnston
Edwin J. Chelton
Herbert J. Geiger
Wallace A. Peters
Frank A. Messing
Robert L. Deyoe
Richard D. Densmore
James N. Harrison
John A. Coffman
Ralph L. Welsh
Wibue R. Gregory
Floyd M. Cox
Paul ¥. Pullom
Arthur M. Blair
Merril H. Foren
Harold L. Estes
Loren R. Gitihons
Industrial sugar users register for upcoming rationing period
Industrial and institutional sugar users may register for the next rationing period from August 17 to September 1 at the War Price and Fa tioning Board. Registration hours are 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 daily, with Saturday 9 to 12. Industrial allowance rises to eighty percent of base, institutional to seventy five percent. restaurants and commercial users fall under institutional.
Shots Fired As Prowler Escapes Near Aero Supply Plant
Guards fired three shots at a prowler believed to intend looting near Aero Supply between 1390 and 2 pm. The car door was found open, and the man vanished in fog as patrols searched the city. No one was hurt.
York County Jail Shooting Leaves Inmate Wounded
Aug 12 York Pa. A 26 year old prisoner Stewart Schaeffer serving a 16 year minimum for robbery was shot twice in the York County Jail. A guard said he fired after being attacked with a wooden object. He is hospitalized in serious condition with chest and abdomen wounds. Deputy warden B Pratt and guard statements surround the incident. District Attorney W Burg Anstine will review the case.
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Vore
W. Burg Anstine
Heltefenne
Stewart Schaeffer
York
York County
B. Pratt
Red Lion
Strick
Allies bomb Formosa amid renewed Pacific clashes
The report notes Allied air and naval actions against Formosa with unconfirmed rumors of bombers striking the island. It details Japanese losses in the Aleutians, asserting 21 ships sunk or damaged and unspecified aircraft losses, while outlining U S Navy and Army air operations and coast defense engagements near Kiska Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Pubmarines
Navy
Kiska
Uyél Pale Glanes
Suniken Hk
Une Hovtoy Wales
Pre-War Stand Fails As Primary Election Issue
Associated Press reports pre-war foreign views failed as primary results favored incumbents who opposed isolationist positions. Veteran Rep Hamilton Bush won the Republican nomination amid criticism of Roosevelt policy. Re-election comes as critics warn against reviving pre-war debates. Other New York congressmen like Daniel A. Reed withstood isolationist pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hamilton Bush
Pearl Harbor
Roosevell
Republica
New York
Daniel A. Reed
Dunkerk
Corry Teacher Accepts Oil City Auto Mechanics Post
Corry teacher Daviau rauay joins Oil City system as auto mechanics instructor. Ruth B. Dewey notes Maust under contract but awaiting term 1947 48 confirmation. Barnesville native Me. Pauxt identified as a sent ident.
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Daviau
Rauay
Ralph Vonational
Oil City
Selon
Pauxt
Barnesville
Snyil
Ruth B. Dewey
Maust
Wreck Ties Up Renovo Division Freight Traffic
A collision on the Renovo division of the Pennsylvania Railroad near Roystone west of Kane tied up traffic this morning. An eastbound ore train and a westbound freight train side wiped, derailing a locomotive and two cars. No injuries were reported as the Philadelphia Br ie Ayer was two hours late.
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Renovo
Roystone Traffe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roystone
Kane
Oelock
Corry Red Cross Chapter Plans Comfort Kits for Armed Forces
The Corry Chapter of the Red Cross expands war work by planning thousands of surgical dressings for the wounded. An 8 September quota aims for four hundred comfort kits for overseas servicemen. Executive committee met at the Red Cross rooms to map plans, with Mrs. Eleanor Mends chairing the surgical dressings committee and Mrs. Charles M. Stewart in charge of kit production. Materials should arrive in three days. donations to the kit fund are welcome at the Stewart Hat Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Red Cross
Red Crass
Ajax
Eleanor Mends
Barriets Clough
Pittsburgh
Charles M. Stewart
Stewart
Fm Red Cross
July parking meter collections top one thousand dollars
City receipts from parking meters exceeded 1 000 dollars in July with new peak totals despite gasoline restrictions. Seven months of 1982 show 4 975.47 dollars, above the 4 899.76 dollars for the previous year. Additional meters installed in April boosted revenue, with continued strong returns from Center Street devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuld
Mareh
la May
RTT
Kan
Tol Uly
Gad
Tene Mule
Nazi Chemical Center Bombed In Major RAF Raid
London reports a heavy RAF night assault on the German chemical center at Mainz and targets along the Rhine. Fires raged as sixteen bombers were reported missing, part of a large force following a weather reduced gap in operations. Docks at Le Havre and fields in other allied countries were struck, marking another Mainz raid not seen since 1940.
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London
Mams
German Chemical Industry
Gail
Rhine
RAP
World
le Havre
Logan Warns County Treasurers Against Deductions From State Collections
State Secretary of Revenue Edward B Logan urges county treasurers and county officials not to approve monthly settlements for Ross named political salary levies. Auditor General F Clair Ross defends the hires, saying excess personnel are needed. Logan claims 196 excess workers statewide and 273 in Philadelphia, with 89 percent yard leaders and committeemen tied to the Democratic organization.
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Logan
Ross
James Yes
Treasuers
Register of Sills
Commonwealth
F. Clair Ross
Logo
Legant
Dames
Tate
Philadelpola
Mre
Philadelphia Democratic
Bewdied
Moscow reports new Nazi drive on Stalingrad
Soviet dispatches claim massive German forces supported by air hit the northeastern Russian line 92 miles below Stalingrad and broke through Red Army defenses. The Red Star says the assault was stopped. Nazi communique concedes German units faced counterattacks near Stalingrad and Caucasus operations.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler
Don River
Caucasus
Volga
Katelnikovsis
Red Army
Red Star
Berlin claims million Russians captured by Associated Press
Aug 13 reports from Berlin say the German high command announced the destruction of much of the Soviet Army with 57,000 captured, over 1,000 tanks and 750 guns destroyed. It cites advances into the Caucasus and Don Bend, noting large Russian losses since spring and ongoing fighting near Stalingrad and Krasnodar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Associated Press
Serliv
Varufesh
Rzhev
Focknest
Moscow
Lake Imen
Vorkhoy
Special
Pep
Great
Don Bend
Eplach
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Reveal
Tojo
Union City Draft Board
Frisoner
York CO
Jail
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Maine
Acieiited Press
Harrisburg
Hhowesdry
Lst
Oyai Han
Biung Outdiale
Edward BD
Black
Caspian
Goucasium
Bisvk Sea
Novorossisk
Tuspee
Gromy
Oh Krasnodar
Krusiodar
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