German Planes Hit Kursk Base as Offensive Opens
Moscow reports a major Luftwaffe raid on the Kursk base, with Soviet air forces claiming about 93 German aircraft shot down and anti air defenses destroying 30 more. Russians admit 30 of their planes lost with incomplete casualty tallies. Other reports note German losses in the Kuban and new land actions around Sevsk as air battles intensify.
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Moscow
Kursk
Yester
Kuban
Novorossisk
Ketinin
Sevsk
Associated Press
Berlin
Ukraine
Donets
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Pravda
U S Planes Sweep Pantelleria Base Amid No Opposition
US war planes over Pantelleria reported little opposition, destroying a port area building and damaging others while raiding radio installations and troops in southern Sardinia. Marauders Lightnings and Warhawks led an unopposed assault noted by a Middle East air bulletin.
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United States
Pantelleria
Will Yeserday
Soutern Sardinia
Mussolini
Cap Bon
Nautheen Sardinia
San Antioco
Prince
Aegean Sea
Middle East
Italian High Command
Rome
Sardinia
Porto Torres
Car Sale Freeze Edict Nulls Trade Contract Terms
Mrs. Clare Hartnagel sued Leighton Chevrolet, asking to recover the $125 paid and a $125 credit on a new car after a government car sale freeze began Jan 1 1942. Judge C N Hall awarded $50 plus costs, saying the contract became impossible by law and nullified the intended trade terms.
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C. N. Hall
Clare Hartnagel
Third Street Southwest
Leighton Chevrolet Company
Hall
Hartnagel
Nazis Gunned For Churchill In Airliner Attack
London reports say Germans pursued Prime Minister Churchill during the attack on a Britain bound airliner carrying Leslie Howard and 12 other passengers from Lisbon. Nazi planes reportedly crowded the Bay of Biscay region as the bomber was struck. Observers speculate the goal was to reach Churchill returning from Washington.
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London
Churchill
Leslie Howard
Lisbon
Bay of Biscay
Washington
Southwest Pacific
U. S
New Guinea
War Developments At A Glance Across The Fronts
Allied destroyers sunk two Axis merchants and a torpedo boat and drove a destroyer ashore off Sardinia. Pantelleria resupplied as Italy’s fortress island endures renewed assault. German experts fear Allied invasion of southern Europe as Japanese advances falter on the Yangtze and in New Guinea raids.
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Associacd
Rics Mediterranean
Pantelleria Island
Europe
China
Ichang Hungking
Yangtze River
Tokyo
World Food Output Agency Approved by UN Conference
The United Nations food conference ending after 16 days approved resolutions urging 44 nations to plan postwar food programs. It backed creating an international agricultural authority to boost production distribution and consumption. Soviet delegate A D Krutikov praised the outcome as a foundation for future cooperation and near wartime victory. Conference chairman Marvin Jones cited over 1.6 billion people covered and anticipated further talks.
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Russia
Marvin Tones
United Nations
Jones
AFL CIO Ask Roosevelt to Intervene in Price Office
AFL and CIO leaders urged President Roosevelt to intervene in the Office of Price Administration citing Prentiss Brown's failure to meet rising food prices. They protested Lou Maxon as deputy price administrator arguing his policies oppose price rollback and stabilization. The labor board, led by William Green and Philip Murray, did not raise the coal strike at the meeting.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
Roosevelt
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss Brown
Combined Labor War Board
Brown
Lou Maxon
William Green
Philip Murray
Scattered Rains Lift South Dakota Crop Outlook
Scattered rains continued across South Dakota with reports of 2.20 inches at Lemmon 1.67 at Brookings and 3.5 inches at Mitchell. Other towns receiving showers included Mobridge Huron Watertown and Pierre with lighter amounts. The weather boosts optimism for state crops as showers persist.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Lemmon
Brookings
Sioux F
Mitchell
Mobridge
Huron
Watertown
Pierro
Chinese Forces Drive to Yangtze Left Bank Ichang Front
General Chiang Kai-shek’s troops push to the Yangtze right bank opposite Ichang, claiming 30,000 Japanese casualties and a retreat along the upper Yangtze front. Chinese advance recaptures Changyang and Chukiang, with U.S. air power aiding strikes on Japanese bases.
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Associated Press
Chiang Kai-shek
Yangtze River
Chiang
Stalingrad
Japan
Tokyo
China
Tungting Lake
Ichang
Changyang
Yangtze
Chukiang
Tebang
U. S
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S. Air Force
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Wewak
New Guinea
Pardon Board Hears 33 Applicants in State Hearings
The state board of pardons in Sioux Falls closed hearings on 33 inmates seeking pardons. Applicants include F. Duffy serving life for manslaughter from Brown County, Charles Fowler with a 15 year manslaughter term from Lawrence County, and Reuben Heimark of Meade County serving a murder sentence since 1928. Board members are Judge E. D. Roberts Attorney General Mickelson and Secretary of State L. M. Larsen.
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Sioux Falls
State Board of Pardons
State Penitentiary
F. Duffy
Brown County
Charles Fowler
Lawrence County
Reuben Heimark
Meade County
E. D. Roberts
Mickelson
L. M. Larsen
Taxpayers Await FDR Decision On Pay-Go Bill
Washington dispatch reports Congress approved a pay-go plan affecting 44,000,000 Americans. If signed, 25 percent of the lesser 1942 or 1943 tax would be due, with a full abatement for small balances and new withholding of 20 percent on wages starting July. Quarterly payments on 1943 estimates begin Sept. 15.
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Congress
Jack Bell
Washington
Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
White House
Senate
Seventy Ships Pass Gibraltar Dispatch Reports Clearing
Dispatches from La Linea say Gibraltar is nearly free of Allied shipping with seventy merchantmen and six tankers plus a hospital ship moving to North Africa. No aircraft carriers or battleships guard the rock as harbor traffic dwindles to a few freighters. In Sioux Falls a newborn baby girl’s body was found in the river after being in the water several days, Sheriff Vandiver says.
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Madrid
la Linea
Gibraltar
Strait of Gibraltar
Atlantic
North Africa
Metis
Rock
Sioux Falls
Sioux River
J. A.vandiver
Bombing Experiment On Hitler Reported Progressing
An Anglo American bombing experiment against Hitler is described as proceeding according to plan. Destruction of industrial cities is expected to take weeks to affect the front, with continued daily raids aimed at breaking Germany’s war production and weakening the Nazi leadership.
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Hitler
Dewitt MacKenzie
Lon
Fuehrer
Newspapers In Key Jobs in War Effort
A special report from the American Association of Teachers of Journalism says newspapers hold a key position in the total war effort and are more necessary than ever during crisis. The report, distributed through the U S Office of Education, argues newspapers are essential for democracy and morale.
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Washington
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
Newa
U. S. Office of Education
Ethiopians Seek Command Role In Allied Invasion
A London Ethiopian Legation spokesman says trained Ethiopian commandos should be chosen to lead an Allied invasion. Ethiopians are eager for revenge for Italy’s 1935 to 1936 invasion of Ethiopia.
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London
Ethiopia
Labor Leaders Called Early Action Not Seen
President Roosevelt summoned the War Labor Board and AFL CIO leaders to the White House amid signs of possible action to end the coal strike led by John L. Lewis. The WLB order to pause negotiations stands as the White House weighs steps, with Byrnes and White House aides backing a resolution to the stalemate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cicafl Labor War Board
White House
John L. Lewis
United Mince Workers
White Horse
James F. Byrnes
WLE
Stephen Early
War Labor Board
William Green
AFL
Phillip Murray
CIO
Julius Emspak
CIO Electrical Workers Union
R. J. Thomas
Pres Dent
CIO Automotive Workers Union
George Meany
AFE
Early
Cone
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Reppad
WLB
United States
WLS
Wayne L. Morse
Morse
Congress
Byrd
Virginia
President Roosevelt
Army Dismantles CCC Camp At State Fairgrounds
Army begins removing buildings from the CCC camp at the State Fairgrounds, vacant for about two years, for use at an army base. The facility once housed 250 men who built the city dam at Third Street bridge and the James River Spink County dam projects, road and soil conservation work nearby, with plans to reconstruct at Sioux City.
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CCC
State Fairgrounds
City
Third Street Bridge
Cother
James River
Spink County
Stony Run
Lake Byron
Sioux City
Tennessee orders induction of absent miners
Governor Prentice Cooper authorized local draft boards to reclassify Tenpenses miners away from work for possible induction into the armed forces. Deferments for essential workers would be removed, making Tennessee one of the first states to act. About 10,000 miners in the state face idle status amid the coal dispute.
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Nashville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
Tenpesses
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Marcel Peyrouton
Gabriel Prix
Syria
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Guenerala Giraud
Alphonse George
Jean Monnet
Rene Massigi
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Pardon Board
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