Silence Over Marcus Island Raid Shrouded By AP
The Associated Press reports that official silence hid developments in the Marcus Island raid near Tokyo. It notes Japan acknowledged a large U S air and sea assault with bombers fighters and carriers. Tokyo broadcast enemy casualties and damage while U S planes were said shot down. The action signals Allied reach near distant routes and may threaten Japanese defenses or hint at future moves.
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Marcus Island
Japan
Tokyo
U. S
Take Forte
Lowe
Ickes Warns Gasoline Shortage Threatens Nation
Interior Secretary Ickes warned on a radio address that gasoline pumps in the east may run dry within days and urged essential travel only. He said the southwest and middlewest are "living on borrowed time" as fuel supplies tighten nationwide.
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Washington
Tekos
Ickes
Vna Radio Speec
Southwest
Middlewest
State 4-H Fair opens with crowds and events
Top 4-H members from across South Dakota begin the State 4-H Club Fair events in Huron September 8 9 with livestock canning crafts and clothing judging starting Friday and livestock Monday. The 4-H dress revue Wednesday and exhibits stay through Thursday. A major horse show under floodlights Monday Sept 6 features nearly 100 top horses from the Midwest with entries from multiple states. A war exhibit and air raid shelter display runs September 1 8 at Daum’s Auditorium offering dramatic sound effects and Army supplied gear for visitors.
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Midwest
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le Mars
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Redfield
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Clear Lake
Raymond
Frankfort
Huron
Victory, Expositions, Inc
Daum
London
United States
War Department
Solon Seeks Draft of Men Over Thirty Seven
Washington dispatch reports Representative Snyder of Pennsylvania urged resuming induction of men aged 37 to 45. He argued most future selectees would not serve in combat and that it would be better to induct fit men in this bracket without dependents rather than draft fathers under 45.
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Democrat
Pennsylvania
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War Department
Warren Darling Advanced to Captain in War Department Notice
Warren Lorain Darling MAC Fa von promoted from first lieutenant to captain in a War Department announcement via the Associated Press. Also elevated to captain is Warren Edmund Morrell QMC Pierre, formerly of Huron.
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Warren Lorain Darling
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Associated Press
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QMC
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Huron
OPA raises creamery butter points as fruit ration value changes
The Office of Price Administration boosted creamery butter from 10 to 12 points a pound and cut meat values. It revised other ration points to manage demand, raising blue-stamp values for four canned fruits and nine canned processed foods while lowering eight items. Effective Sunday, the changes weigh against shoppers while aiming to ease shortages.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Office of Price Aministration
Tomato Sauce And Cheese Go Blue
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will raise the ration price of an 8 ounce package of tomato sauce with cheese to four points, with the entire package colored blue. Previously cheese cost one point and tomato sauce two points.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Meat point values to rise slightly amid limited supply gains
August shows only a small increase in beef supplies, not enough to allow broad meat price reductions. OPA notes distribution remains uneven nationwide with anticipated more equal shortages in local areas. Only sweet brea? is raised in point value while lard and shortening points unchanged.
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Washington
Army Announces Sicily Casualties and Total War Losses
Washington September 2 7 Army losses in the Sicily campaign reach 7 500 killed wounded and missing lifting total Army war casualties to 70 872 and overall service losses to 104 668 since Pearl Harbor McCloy assistant secretary of war announced at a press conference detailing 9 209 KIA or DOW 20 159 wounded 21 724 missing and 19 740 prisoners of war Navy 21 593 Marines 7 099 Coast Guard 363 Merchant Marine losses 4 752 dead and missing in all services total 19 875 with 9 000 wounded recovered and returned to active duty. Authorities note British Canadian casualties not reported.
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Marina
Pearl Harbor
John J. McCloy
McCloy
Bataan
Corrigedor
Navy
Coast Guard
Dwight D. Eisenhower
World Events At A Glance From The War Fronts
World War II brief covers Nazi retreats in Donets basin with Soviet push along a 600 mile southern front from Smolensk to Taganrog. German losses exceed 35,000 killed and 5,100 captured across eight divisions. Taganrog reports the greatest single German defeat since Stalingrad. RAF night bombers strike Germany. Berlin reports 500,000 residents fled. Japan silent on key moves as US Navy attacks Marcus Island and Koeldmbangara shelling. New Guinea siege tightens at Salamaua. Italian southern front hit by two ton bombs. Denmark resists Nazi bids while sabotage grows. Washington awaits Moscow reply on three power conference.
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Donets Basin
Smolensk
Taganrog
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Stalingrad
Berlin
Stock+ palm
Japan
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Solomon Islands
U. S
Koelombangara Island
Kiska
Santa
Isabel Island
New Guinea
Salamaua
Italy
Naples
Denmark
Washington
Moscow
Red Army
Sea of Azov
Stalin
Allied Strike On Italian Front Intensifies
Fragmentary wartime note describes renewed Allied air and ground assaults against Italian positions. Report mentions intensified operations, continued combat pressure, and strategic efforts to disrupt Axis defenses. Further details are unreadable.
Yanks Open Fire On Kolombangara Island In Campaign
GUADALCANAL Aug. 31 Americans opened heavy artillery fire to soften southern Kolombangara Island for capture as fighter and bomber planes struck Japanese targets by air. Near Vella Lavella Army Warhawk planes attacked six to ten Zeros and 12 dive bombers shooting down five enemy planes. Lt Cyrus R. Gladen Guthrie Minn downed three dive bombers and possibly another. Capt Robert C. Burns Winfield had one confirmed and another probable.
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Kolombangara Island
Vella -Lavella
Cyrus R. Gladen
Guthrie
Minn
Robert C. Burns
Winfeld
Churchill and Roosevelt Meet Amid Moscow Hope
In Washington Churchill and Roosevelt discuss war generated political problems during a semi social visit as top diplomats await Russia’s on the record response to Anglo American overtures for a three power conference this year. Churchill arrived from Quebec with Mrs Churchill and staff and a White House dinner followed, stressing the visit’s informal nature.
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Churchill
Roosevelt
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Moscow
Quebec
White House
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Berlin Says Troops Needed Elsewhere To Face Allied Invasion
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army pushing German forces back along a broad front. Sumy and Lisichansk were captured, Kursk region freed, and a large number of Donets basin towns fell. Stalin issued multiple orders as Moscow claimed major gains north of Poltava. Berlin retreats were blamed on insufficient forces for a projected Allied invasion.
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Red Army
Ukraiian
Sumy
Donets
Lisichansk
Kursk
Kharkov
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
Joseph Stalin
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Grush~kovo
Stalin
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Ukraine
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Izyum
Sevsk
Rylsk
Taganrog
Yelnya
Dorogobruzh
Russia
Berlin
Allied pincers widen split in Salamaua defense
Allied headquarters report the southeastern pincers closing on Salamaua New Guinea airdrome as Japanese defenses crumble. Australians push toward the Francisco River mouth while smaller counterattacks occur on Kila Ridge. Santa Isabel Island may be evacuated, with American forces outflanking Kolombangara. PT boats and aircraft destroy barges and supply boats near Vella Lavella and Kolombangara. Air strikes off New Britain and New Ireland sink and damage several ships.
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William F. Bont
Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Enmy
Francisco River
Roosevelt Ridge
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Kila Ridge
Kiska
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Kisia
Aleutians
Santa Isabel Island
Rekata Bay
Liberator
New Georgia
Santa Isabel
Vella Lavella
Kolombane Fara
Kolome Bangara
New Britain
Vitlaz Strait
New Ireland
Marcus Island Attack Showing Nippon No Longer Safe
A fragmented report notes Allied forces striking Marcus Island with renewed emphasis on reaching the Japanese mainland perimeter. The daring action signals a shift in the Orient war dynamic as distant outposts are tested and forces bolster presence in the theater.
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