Soviets Hammer Back Nazi Army Holding Bryansk
Moscow dispatches report German counterattacks on two fronts near Kharkov while Soviet forces hold firm. Russians advance in Bryansk and surrounding areas, with broad gains east of Bryansk as German defenses crack. Red air force destroys German units and transport, threatening Bryansk from the northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SY Heney
Cassidy Moscow
Kharkov
Red Army
Bryansak
Pes Damensk
Bryansk
Red Air Force
Applications Seek Over 150 Soldiers to Harvest Peanuts
Howton County plans to mobilize more than 150 soldiers for peanut harvesting totaling about 2000 mandays. County Agent C M Ling says applications will be mailed Thursday via Army transport and feeding arrangements, with housing likely at a nearby camp. Each group will be led by a commissioned officer as deadlines loom for worker labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howton
C. M. Ling
Ling
Kahor
Biltler
Allied and Axis actions spark Europe air and sea raids
Reports recount bombardments across Europe with Allied shuttle raids from England to North Africa and attacks on Regensburg Marseilles and Berlin. British bombers sweep Berlia, while Italian and German forces lure counterstrikes as Axis stores and fleets strain under sustained pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yres
Europe
Hitler
Ng Axis Invastor Jittere, A
Engisch
North Africa
Secnd
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Fhat
France
Marmille
Britten
Berils
Aral
Catenin
Golty
Axio
Micky
Axis
Plans Shaped For Next Alabama State Salons
Alabama's 1943 legislature adjourned July 2 but plans already form for 1945. Gov Chauncey Sparks discusses six interim committees with lawmakers to develop a program for the 1945 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Maynor Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Capitol
Mession
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Governors Office
Aingly
Iit
Chauncey Sparks
Registration Set For Ration Book 4
CHICAGO NATION wide registration for War Ration Book No 4 will run from October 90 to November 1. Edward Stegen regional rationing executive announced. Book 4 replaces Book 3 and will be used briefly alongside it. Book 3 becomes effective September 12 with its limited stamps, while Book 4 will add stamps, values, and product credits without disclosed details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward
Stegen
Dt Tha
Ia Possibls
Brager
Nts
Mente
Mita
Sila
Cad Mt Voles
Vandenberg Pushes Adequate Social Security for Vets
Washington AP Senator Vandenberg pledges to seek adequate social security for veterans. He plans rapid action after Congress reconvenes to separate veterans measures from broader Wagner social security plans. Wagner’s bill extends unemployment insurance, disability and death benefits, covers small businesses and self employed, and raises old age payments. it also credits veterans’ wartime service toward social security and offers weekly unemployment payments of 12 to 30 dollars for 36 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Wagner
Roosevelt
Wager
Sam L Spivey Dies Former Houston Coroner
Sam L Spivey died at his home after a three month illness. He served as Houston coroner and was a member of Memphis Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters and four sons, along with two brothers. Funeral plans announced pending relatives, with Rev A J Cane officiating at Memphis Baptist Church. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elght
Hoteton
South Foster Street
Memphis Baptist Church
George Lowe
Dothan
Robert. Swicegood
Burlington
Ralph Schnarr
Elyria
Ohio
Roy Spivey
Tempe
Fia
Leon Spivey
Columbus
Brinson Spivey
U. S. Army
Kingsman
Wilma Spivey
U. & Army
Camp Shelby
Mia
C. J. Spivey
Porter Spivey
Phenix City
A. J. Cane
Duria
170 Jap Planes Wrecked In Air Raid On Wewak
Allied reports say 225 Japanese planes were caught on the ground at Wewak New Guinea in an August 18 raid. About 120 were destroyed and 50 severely damaged with an estimated 1500 air personnel fleeing. Only seven planes reached the air and three were shot down. The attack used more than 10 tons of bombs from Liberators Flying Fortresses Mitchells and Bostons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Yates McDaniex
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Associated Press
Vern Haugsend
U. S Fifth Airforce
Tara
FDR and Churchill Map Next Strategy
President Roosevelt enacts a drastic policy to enforce War Labor Board decisions. Unions face loss of contractual rights and dues collection penalties, with funds redirected if noncompliant. The policy, effective immediately, targets both unions and employers under the Connally Smith act and a White House letter to WLB Chair Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
Roosevelt
Boarc
Connally-Smith
White House
William Ho Davis
Fred M Vinnon
Roosevelt and Churchill Confer at War Conference in Citadel
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill meet with Allied high command at the Citadel in Canada to map war plans and seek a formula to defeat the Axis. They anticipate Ottawa visits next week and resume talks with key advisers as Anthony Eden and other officials join Raw to discuss strategy.
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Douglas B
Cornell Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Citadel
Allied High Command and
War Plans
Canada
Ottawa
Walil
Dam
Chateau Fron
Hingston
United
W. S. MacKenzie King
Earl of
Infant Son Of Napier Crash Victim Receives Bond
Clifton Jr. Benoit, son of the late Lieutenant Clifton J Benoit of Maple Wood, will receive a $500 War Savings Bond funded by fellow officers and ground staff who honored his father’s service. The bond, held in trust by Mr Benoit, marks a public gesture of friendship and support for the infant and his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napier
Curton J. Benoit, Jr
Lfe
Clifton Jr
Clifton J Benoit
Mapler Wield
Bennoit
Benoit
Clifton, Jr
Allied Big Guns In Sicily Pound Italian Coast
Allied forces pound the Italian coast as Messina falls and Sicily preparations accelerate. Heavy air attacks strike Battipaglia, Castrovillare and Angitola while Allied planes target supply hubs. Italian high command reports a failed heavy battle as front lines shift toward the Calabrian coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Daniel Deluce
North Africa
Asis
Acros
Measinag Strait
Deginto
Messina
Maleland
Battipaglia
Naples
Castrovillare
Balerno
Angitola
High Command
Lalang
Communique terms reveal brutal battle at Orel in ruins
Henry G. Cassidy Orel report details Soviet summer offensive words turned real as front lines, mines, and dugouts define fighting around Mtsensk. Describes occupation meaning through ruined landscape where only a log cabin and a few animals remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry GC
Cassidy Orel
Red Army
Orel
Mtsensk
Boris Terpnovsky
Italian Premier's sadie address warns of enemy superiority
The Italian premier Pierro Badognio spoke to rally Italians after a setback, urging Sicilians to stay faithful as Allied forces press on. The remarks referenced fear of ruin but urged reconciliation with the Italian people and emphasized national unity amid wartime shocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pierro Badognio
Italy
Itelinus
Bombers Pound Peenemunde and Berlin in Night Raid
London AP reports RAF heavy bombers hit the Peenemunde missile works and Berlin targets in a moonlit raid. Forty one bombers and one fighter missing, with intruder attacks across northwest Germany, France, and the Low Countries by fighter squadrons.
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London
RAF
Peenemuende
Stattin
Berils
Air Ministry
Iacgent
Adnd
Germany
Berlin
France
Low Countries
Relda
Ameri
Fathers Fight to Bar Draft of Prewar Dads
Washington lawmakers and party leaders pressed for legislation to bar the induction of fathers with children. Rep Dewey and Rep Cannon argued against separating families, while Rep May introduced a bill to shield pre Pearl Harbor fathers. War Manpower Commission directs selective service boards to reclassify fathers for October induction unless deemed essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lemay
Washington
Rep
Dewey
Cannon
D-Fla
Dietrieta
Congress
Chicago
Hep
Peetudy
Ramapack
D-Ga
Hele House
Dampecralia
May D.ky
House Military Committee
War Manpower Commission
CWMC
WACs Open Recruit Sub Station Here
Second Lieutenant Exel Dyar of the Montgomery recruiting office announces a Woman’s Army Corps sub-station to interview prospects. Open Mondays to Wednesdays from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm with Lieut Dyar and Corporal Virginia Taylor in charge on the third floor of the post office building. Recruits aged twenty to fifty are sought to staff WACs and engage with individuals or groups to explain activities. For each trained man one woman is needed to speed combat duty and keep American fathers at home with families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Army Corps
Exel Dyar
Montgomery
Prospec- Alive Recourte
Lieut i Dyar
Virginia Taylor J
Lieut
Dyar
WACS
Hemes
Ovurvens
Allied Casualties In Campaign Put At 25 000 Stage Set For Next Task
Allied casualties from the Sicily campaign total about 25 000 as Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower declares the campaign over while signaling future blows. He cites German losses, praises the Allied navies and air power, and says the American Seventh Army forms a powerful partner to the British Eighth Army ready to act at any minute. The report notes Axis casualties and equipment losses through Aug 10 and underscores confidence in coordinating two major Allied armies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relman Morin
North Africa
Biery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sina
Eisenhower
German Informations Information Bureau
Propaganda Agency
Berlin
Associated Press
London
Sicily
Mienhower
Eighth Army
Harold L. Alexander
Alfied
Themelves
Mediterranean
Mir Herold Alezandar
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Bay of Naples
Sam L. Spivey
Houston
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United States
Britinkh O
Acre Powers
Wmalster Af Productions
Oliver Lytteliep Ani
Wie
Iieilein
United Sistas
Britain
Oddaf
Blanding
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