Red Offensive Seals Path to Fall of Orel
As a major Red Army push nears Orel the German garrison retreats westward from north and south of the city. Moscow reports British Reuters dispatches that the escape corridor west of Orel narrows to around 13 miles and a Stalingrad scale disaster seems possible for Germany. The German high command says tank attacks southwest of Orel were repulsed while heavy fighting continues near the Mius river south of the line.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Orel
Reuters
Stalingrad
CBS
High Command
Mius
Kuibyshevo
Allied Hopes Of Control Over Italian Fleet Rise
Washington reports rising Allied confidence in capturing or destroying most of Italy's fleet, with implications for the Burma campaign and the broader war against Japan. Analysts cite ships at Spezia Taranto and Adriatic movements, noting potential shifts of Mediterranean ships to Burma as Italy's navy is neutralized.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Italy
Tokyo
Mediterranean
Pacific
Japan
Burma
Spezia
Taranto
Italian
Corsica
Adriatic
Tyrrhenian Sea
Medi
The War Today Allied bombing yields potential victory in Europe
The piece argues Allied bombing of Germany may force victory in Europe by crushing war resources and disrupting communications. Swiss and Swedish dispatches compare it to 1918 hunger-driven morale collapse, predicting a broader collapse as industries and supply centers are steadily destroyed.
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Germany
Stockholm
Wallace Says He Wants To Get In Fight
Vice President Wallace urged opposition to corporations he said back after the war to a capitalism of scarcity. He spoke at the Iowa State Federation of Labor Convention claiming all-out production as the only program for agriculture labor and business. He said the administration backs labor and would oppose profit seeking giants. He welcomed a “glorious fight” and said the sooner the better.
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Des Moines
Wallace
Iowa
Hitler
Conner Leads Mississippi Democratic Primary Race
Former Governor Martin Sennett Conner led the Mississippi Democratic primary with 36 425 votes in 862 precincts. Lieutenant Governor Dennis Murphree and former House Speaker Thomas Bailey trailed, while Lester Franklin placed fourth. A run off is set for August 24 between Conner and the top rival.
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Jackson
Miss
Martin Sennett
Mike) Conner
Mississippi
Dennis Murphree
House
Thomas L. Bailey
Lester Franklin
State Tax Commission
United States
Theodore G Bilbo
Conner
Murphree
Bailey
Franklin
Roosevelt
Washington
South
Paul Johnson
Johnson
Ballet Dancer Fired from OEW Principal Economist Post
John Bovingdon, described by Rep. Dies as a ballet dancer, is terminated from his $5,600 annual job as principal economic analyst for the Office of Economic Warfare. Crowley states continued service not in the agency’s best interests and cites a disputed resignation.
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Washington
John Bovingdon
Rep. Dies
Office of Economic Warfare
Bovingdon
OEW
Leo T. Crowley
OFW
Crowley
Crowley Bovingdon
DFW
Dies Committee
Two Major Potentialities In War-Financing Revenue
Washington reports on August 4 indicate Treasury and Congress favor income tax increases and possible excess profits levies for individuals with high wartime incomes. A coalition may back a 10 percent federal sales tax to avoid deeper income deductions, while the Ways and Means Committee eyes $12 billion more revenue beyond $38 billion anticipated.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Congressional
Congress
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Taw
The
Coughton
Morgenthau
Senator Thomas Opposed To Gas Cut In Oklahoma
Tulsa dispatch reports Sen. Elmer Thomas warns that cutting gasoline ration coupons will trigger wide black markets and resignations of rationing boards. He telegraphed the President that reduced supplies amid stock on hand could provoke vigorous protests and economic upheaval.
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Tulsa
Okla
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
North and South Carolina leaf growers face hopeful and wary forecasts
Tobacco farmers in North and South Carolina anticipate sales starting soon amid mixed outlooks. North Carolina growers fear the 41 cent ceiling may undercut profits on a crop about 7 million pounds below its target, while South Carolina planters expect flue cured grades to fetch around 60 dollars per hundred. State Grange seeks a higher ceiling of 48 dollars per hundred on border belts to offset rising costs. Weather and pest issues delayed planting and curing, with barns packed to capacity as crop losses mounted.
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North
South Carolina
Border Belt
Pamplico
Darlington
Lake City
Kingstree
Mullins
Dillon
Loris
Conway
Timmonsville
Lawson Jordan
Chadbourn
Clarkton
Fair Bluff
Fairmont
Lamberton
Tabor City
Whiteville
Harry Caldwell
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
Wesley Singletary
South Carolina Warehousemen's Associ
Hershey To Present Army Draft Views
Los Angeles August 4 The House Military Affairs Subcommittee on manpower invited Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey to present the Army side of the personnel picture at hearings. Rep. John M. Costello said Hershey would appear Saturday after draft director conferences in Sacramento. Donald Douglas reported that new selective service regulations would make 57 000 Pacific coast aircraft workers eligible for induction. Douglas plants would withdraw manpower equal to producing more than 600 A 20 attack bombers in six months and would lose engineering personnel totaling 20 400 man hours weekly.
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Los Angeles
House Military Affairs Subcommittee
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Army
John M. Costello
Calif
Subcommittee
Gen. Hershey
Sacramento
Donald Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Co
California
Douglas
FBI Arrests Teacher of Draft Evasion
The Justice Department reports the arrest of Stephen Weinberg a 50 year old man accused of teaching New Yorkers how to evade the draft by simulating deafness mental incompetence and organic disorders He operated under the alias Stanley C Weyman and had offices in a mid town New York hotel He allegedly instructed clients to feign disability to gain deferments and was said to be attempting to discharge men already in service His fees ranged from a few hundred dollars to over 2000 depending on service.
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Washington
Department of Justice Today
Stephen Weinberg
Department
Hoover
Weinberg
Stanley C. Weyman
New York
H Hoover
Seven Men Killed in Warden Train Wreck
Milwaukee Railroad passenger train collided with a Moses Lake branch line train near Warden Washington at 1 a m. Seven men were killed and 12 injured in the crash. Superintendent M A Meyer reported both locomotives overturned in the sideswipe incident.
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Seattle
Wash
Warden
Washington
M. A. Meyer
Meyer
Milwaukee
Moses Lake
Allied air and sea hammer Etna line in major assault
Allied bombers fighters and warships joined in a vast coastal bombardment against Axis defenses around Mt Etna in Sicily. Eisenhower reports advances, with Caronia Centuripe Agira and Cape Orlando targets achieved as heavy cruisers and destroyers shell coastal routes and high ground.
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Belman Morin
North Africa
Mt. Etna Line
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mt. Etna
Mt Etna
Catenanuayva
Catania
Centuripe
Agira
Naples
Sicilian
Cape Orlando
Messina
Argentina Defies Blockade Authority by Allowing NY Trade
Argentina will ignore the German submarine blockade and permit merchant vessels to use New York Harbor after more than a year. The change cancels a Castillo government decree toppled in a bloodless June revolt, signaling belief that Nazi Uboat warfare has failed.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
New York
Castillo
U S Forces Press On At Munda Air Strip
Allied dispatch from August 4 reports U S infantry reaching the eastern edge of Munda air strip on New Georgia as Japanese defense stiffens. Air bombardment aided by bombers and fighters has pounded targets at Bairoko Harbor and along the coast while Australian and American units shell Salamaua. Naval and air strikes also wreck nearly 200 Japanese barges near Cape Gloucester and Finschhafen.
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New Georgia
Bairoko Harbor
Munda
Salamaua
New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Finschhafen
RAF Intruder Flights Pause as Bombing Campaign Reasserts
RAF intruder planes carried out their usual forays over the continent while Britain's heavy bombers rested after two weeks of near continuous action against Hamburg and other German targets. Typhoons reportedly set ablaze a supply ship and escort vessels off Le Havre, with one plane lost. Whirlwind bombers attacked Guipavas near Brest, with three Spitfires and Typhoons escorting the raid missing. The Air Ministry noted Allied airfleets dumped a July total of 21,520 tons of high explosives on Germany and occupied Europe, far above Nazi raids on England.
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London
RAF
Britain
Hamburg
Germany
Channel
Air Ministry
le Havre
France
Guipavas
Brest
British
British Isles
Europe
Eisenhower's Malta Command Center Fueled Sicily Invasion
Allied reports place Malta as Eisenhower's operational HQ for the Sicily attack. He arrived with staff days before launch and stayed in a 1540 palace hosted by Field Marshal Lord Gort. Malta's fighters and anti aircraft crews downed over 1 000 Axis planes since June 1940 as the island endured near 2 000 air raids and severe rationing.
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Malta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Knights of St. John
Lord Gort
Malta Air Force
United Nations
Malta Air Command
Italy
Mediterranean
Gort
Eisenhower
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