State 4-H Fair and Military Show Highlight Wartime Schedule
South Dakota will not hold a state fair this fall but the state 4-H Club Fair runs Sept 6 to 9 with a horse show on Sept 6 and a war department exhibit Sept 7 and 8. The event features 400 plus 4-H trainees and a large garden exhibit, plus clothing foods and home life displays, with additional livestock shows and sales planned later in the season.
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South Dakota
C. B. Hansen
War Department
South Dakota Shorthorn Breeders Association
South Dakota Hereford Association
South Dakota Swine Growers Association
Tyra , Thompson
Parity payment rates announced by War Foods Agency
The War Foods Administration announced parity payments for 1942 farm program cooperators. Corn in the commercial area gets 7.2 cents per bushel, flue-cured tobacco 41.02 cents per pound, cigar filler and binder tobaccos 42 to 55 cents per pound, and wheat 13.7 cents per bushel. Payments, along with market returns and soil conservation, aim to reach full parity. Cotton and rice are excluded as farm prices and soil conservation payments already meet parity levels.
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Washington
War Foods Administration
WEA
U S Bombers Hit Japs Near Hanoi
Liberators of the 14th Air Force raided a Japanese troop and supply concentration point near Hanoi, wrecking more than 28 large buildings and many smaller ones at Mangshih. P-40 Warhawks dive-bombed fuel dumps at Maongshih, starting large fires. all American planes returned safely, headquarters said.
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Cnungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Hanoi
Mangshih
Maongshih
Warships Shell Italian Mainland First Time
Allied communique reports American warships shelling the Italian mainland for the first time with targets at Gioia Tauro and Palmi. Air forces attacked roads, railways, and bridges in southern Italy while ground activity remained sporadic across the Strait of Messina. Casualty tallies from Sicily show heavy Axis losses. Allied losses also noted.
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Axis
Belman Morin
North Africa
Gioia’ Tauro
Palms
Italy
United States
Seventh Army
Sicily
Gioia Taure
Palmi
Gulf of Gioia
Messina
Alace
Angitola
Ponticci
Staletti
Strait of Messina
Plane Crashes Into San Diego Home Killing 3 Children
An Army P-38 collided with another plane over San Diego and crashed into a house, killing Nicholas Schumacher five and Margaret Schumacher three, and Kathleen May Long five. A pilot died and another child perished. the second pilot survived with minor injuries. The Schumacher family had recently moved from Hettinger North Dakota.
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San Diego
Calif
Hettinger
N. D
Nicholas Schumacher
Margaret
North Dakota
Kathleen May Long
Clifford Long
Schumacher
W. A. Schumacher
Curtis ¥. Green
Allied air might grows as bomber losses rise over Europe
Washington reports mounting losses of Allied heavy bombers over Europe, yet officers say higher total losses reflect larger air armadas being sent by Britain and America. RAF and U S Eighth Air Force tallied many aircraft missing in raids on Berlin, Regensburg, Schweinfurt, and targets near Marseilles, prompting questions about profitability and German opposition.
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Europe
William Frye
Washington
Army Air Forces
Britain
America
Germany
Euro
RAF
Berlin
Peenemaende
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Regensburg
Schweinfurt
North Africa
Marseilles
Mid
Fles
Army Weapons Exhibit Slated For State Fair
Army weapons and equipment will be displayed September seventh and eighth at Dawn's Auditor ium during the State 4 H Fair. The traveling exhibit occupies about 6000 square feet and is brought by Tierory Expositions Inc for public education on American military tools and war effort funding. Admission at the door is 40 cents for adults and 20 cents for children, with advance tickets 30 and 10 cents.
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Dawn's
J. S. Tschetter
Tierory Expositions, Inc
U. S. War Department
Warfronts blaze as Allied invasion looms and Europe nears upheaval
AP world briefing reports Italy facing Allied bombardment and a royal abdication call, while an Algiers broadcast urges rapid invasion prep. In the Solomons US forces claim heavy Japanese losses at Vella Lavella as ships clash and barges are destroyed. Soviet forces press forward from Bryansk widening gaps and overrunning villages as Berlin notes a fourth summer offensive near Izyum.
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Associated Press
Italy
Halian
Mediterranean
Vittorio Emanuale
Badogliio
Algiers
Europe
France
Solomon Islands
Vella Lavella Island
Russia
Kharkov
Bryansk
Berlin
St Izyum
Germans Pour Troops Into Italy in Major Move
British military informant says several divisions have moved from France and Germany into Italy, aiming at the northern end of the country. Indications Germany is shifting troops along the French coast toward the Italian border, while Allied broadcasts urge occupied Europe to prepare for a possible invasion. Berlin claims a large Allied fleet raid damaged Bizerte port, though no Allied confirmation.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Italy
France
Germany
French
Toulon
Par
Europe
Britain
Stockholm
Berlin
Associated Press
Tunisian
Bizerte
Speed Up Of Invasion Plans Seen As Purpose Of Quebec Conference
Allied leaders and command staffs in Quebec accelerate Europe invasion plans to exploit the Russian push against Germany. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill weigh fast tracking operations as Stalin is briefed, with plans made months ago and speed to be assured to allied chiefs.
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Quebec
John M. Hightower
Europe
Germany
Roosevelt
Churchill
Sicily
Salian
Ugsian
Chateau Frontenac
Chiefs of Staff
Stalin
Anthony Edep
Russians Forge Path to Last Kharkov Nazi Escape Lines
Soviet forces pressed toward the final railway escape routes from Kharkov as Red Army troops widened gains south of the city. They reported capturing or advancing along main supply lines, killing about 1,200 German troops and threatening the Kharkov-Losovaya and Kharkov-Krasnograd corridors. Street fighting persisted in Kharkov outskirts while Bryansk region saw heavy German losses and village seizures.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Zmyev
Losovaya
Kharkov-Krasnograd
Kharkov-Poltava
Giant Air Armada Heads For Europe
A massive Allied air formation crossed the English Channel in daylight to resume the aerial offensive against Europe. Bombers and fighters led the sweep over the Strait of Dover, with engine roars heard along the coast as fighter-bombers conducted missions. The raid aimed to strike strategic targets and disrupt enemy activity.
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London
English Channel
The
Strait of Dover
YHA
Beitiat
Rat Hitler Gums Ends At Shipyard Short Circuit
A rat at Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp yards in Long Beach California disrupted a finishing dock by biting an electric cable and triggering a transformer short circuit. The rat was electrocuted.
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Rat
Hitler
Yanks Block Jap Landing at Vella Lavella
American forces repelled a Japanese sea assault on Vella Lavella island in the northern Solomons. U S and Australian units sank most barges, with four Japanese destroyers driven off. An estimated 1,500 to 2,200 troops aboard 20 to 30 barges failed to reach shore. few reached land. Ground action on the island had not yet begun. The clash occurred off Velia Gulf as part of the New Guinea theater developments.
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Associated Press
William F. Halsey
Vella Lavells
Solo“mons
Dougas MacArthur
Velia Gulf
Gor Home
Gan
Salamsus
New Guinea
Jap Morale Holds Up in Warfront Report
New York dispatch reports Brig Gen Pedro Autos to Del Valle of the US Marine Corps said morale among Japanese forces shows no slackening. He affirmed American troops are better fighters, noting Americans adapt quickly to terrain and can defeat the Japanese in jungle combat.
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New York
Pedro Autosto del Valle
United States Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
War Today Yanks In Pacific Doing More Than Hold
Dewitt Mackenzie reports that Allied forces in the Pacific have not only held positions but pressed the offensive. Bombers damaged or destroyed about 215 enemy planes, weakening Japanese airpower and edging toward neutralizing Truk’s fleet base in Micronesia as part of the broader push in New Guinea and surrounding areas.
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Pacific
New Guinea
Truk
Islands
Portheast
Gee MacKenzie
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