Traitor Must Hang in Federal Treason Case
Detroit federal court sentences Max Stephan to be hanged on November 13, 1942 for aiding a Nazi flier by a German-born American citizen. Judge Tuttle calls for tougher wartime justice, arguing harsh penalties deter fifth columnists and protect loyal soldiers amid the global conflict.
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Max Stephan
United States
U. S
Arthur J. Tuttle
Stephan
Milan
Mich
Tuttle
Germany
Soldier Shoots Wife After Quarrel in North Fayetteville
Fort Bragg private Henry C. Adcox 24 shot his wife Lucille Joyce Adcox 20 at her father's home ten miles north of Fayetteville after a domestic quarrel. He wounded her mother and sister. father-in-law A L Joyce killed Adcox with a shotgun. Adcox wounded but not fatally, arrested soon after. A murder charge expected.
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Fayetteville
Alton Dunn
Henry C. Adcox
60Th Infantry
Fort Bragg
Lucille Joyce Adcox
Here
Dunn
Adcox
A. L. Joyce
Betty Sue
James Joyce
Roxhorn
Route 4
Roosevelt vetoes grain rubber bill blocking war effort
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to create an independent agency to spur grain rubber production and formed a Baruch led committee to study synthetic rubber needs. Baruch, Conant, and Compton will advise on best production methods while WPB and OPA leaders met to discuss implications for wartime fuel and materials policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Baruch
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Capitol
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Robert P. Patterson
White House
Baruch Committee
Congress
Maybank Raps Gas Inequities In War Rationing
Senator Maybank TD SC protested to President Roosevelt that gasoline rationing created inequities in South Carolina. He said the president believed the facts in a presidential message to Congress would help relieve the situation. Maybank noted locals, like veterinarians and insurers, faced scarce gas while rivals from Nashville and Birmingham fed by unrationed areas moved into the state.
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Maybank
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Roosevelt
South Carolina
Congress
Nashville
Birmingham
Global oil scramble shapes Soviet front conflict view
Bay Tucker Fuels analysis notes Hitler's Caucasus drive as the third strike to seize oil and rubber from the Allies. Japanese conquest of Malaya and the Dutch East Indies compounds an economic blitzkrieg, threatening Allied supplies and transport. Washington and London experts warn of a geographically unbalanced postwar crude map and greater reliance on US and South American reserves.
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Bay Tucker
Hitler
Caucasus
United Nations
Japan
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Washington
London
Americans Bag Photo Joe At Gona Buna
American fliers who shot down six Japanese planes near Gona Buna in New Guinea reported capturing a target named Photo Joe. Lieut Kale of Washington and Seattle described the recon plane used for high altitude photography and noted their escort prevented the pursuit of Photo Joe. A formation of five bombers engaged Zeros, with Kale noting his tail gunner saw three fighters dive after Photo Joe, and later two Zeros were shot down in the ensuing combat.
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MacArthur
Australia
Gona-Buna
New Guinea
United States
J. S. Kale
Bellingham
Wash
Seattle
Joe
Kale
Sergt. Bemrick
Phain Joe
Two Divisions To Move By Air
WASHINGTON August 6 The first of several airborne divisions to move to a battle front by air was announced by Under Secretary of War Robert P Patterson The 2nd and 101st Infantry Divisions at Camp Claiborne La will be the first to be streamlined to about 8000 men each All weapons and equipment will travel by planes and gliders In action the airborne divisions will fight as infantry similar to German army units Brig Gen Matthew B Ridgeway commands the 2nd and Brig Gen William C Lee leads the 101st The first special service force described as a unique combat unit will include specialists in marine landings mountain desert warfare
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Wastington
Robert P. Patterson
S2nd
101St
Camp Claiborne
Matthew B. Ridgeway
William C. Lee
Special Service Force
Gandhi Policy Will Prevail For Indians
The All-India Congress Committee prepared to back Mohandas K Gandhi to lead a passive struggle for freedom. Britain’s Cripps pledged self government after the war but urged patience. Nehru explained the quit India resolution while denouncing opposition.
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Preston Grover
Bombay
All-India Congress Committee
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Britain
India
al- Nes
United Nations
London
Stafford Cripps
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
Agai
Second Front Speculation Is Increasing
London reports a rising tempo of second front speculation as Dutch exile leader Gerbrandy calls for active participation and Moscow broadcast signals that Britain U.S.S.R. plans may soon push for action. Nazi propaganda emphasizes defenses in western Europe amid pressure over oil fields in South Russia.
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London
Pieter S. Gerbrandy
Netherlands
Moscow Radio
Britain
Europe
Russia
Caucasian
Textile Wages Threaten Southern Mills Says WLB Hearing
A War Labor Board session heard South Carolina textile officials warn wage hikes would raise garment prices beyond average buyers reach and drive southern mills southward. Miller Perrin of Lincoln Mills argued increases would disrupt the economy of southern states, with loyalty from workers, while others urged separate wage standards by company. Trade unions push for 10–20 cent hourly raises, contrasting with panel recommendations up to 7.5 or 10 cents in parts of the North and South.
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South Carolina
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L. W. Perrin
Lincoln Mills
Gaffney
Perrin
Horace G. Hitchcock
Golden Belt Manufacturing Company
Durham
N. C
Charles D. McDuffie
Alabama
Huntsville
Ala
Cio-Textile Workers Union
New England
Southern
Afl-United Textile Workers
CIO
WYR
George Favors Junking War Contract Plan
Washington August 6 Senate Finance Chairman George Ga urged repeal of renegotiation rules for military contracts and an across the board cap on war profits. He called renegotiation unworkable and favored shifting excess profits taxes to non war contracts while pressing for a sale tax in revenue measures.
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Washington
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Henry B. Fernald
Montclair
Army
Taft
Ohio
Wendenberg
R-Mich
Treasury
Navy
UAW Threatens Overtime Policy Across Industry
The United Automobile Workers Union threatens to revoke its weekend overtime pay policy unless adopted industry wide within 30 days. Adopted at the convention amid opposition, the no overtime policy on Saturdays and Sundays applies when these days are part of a normal five day week. overtime remains for the sixth or seventh day. The policy, reportedly suggested by President Roosevelt, aims to keep plants running seven days during war. If universal adoption fails, the union may withdraw its commitment.
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Far East
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Britain
London
Great Britain
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Canada
Commonwealth of Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
British Commonwealth of Nations
UAW
Chicago
United Automobile
Agricultural Implement Workers Union
American Federation of Labor Unions
AFL
Big Cio Union
Roosevelt
Cawcio
Front Stable At Flanks But Center Pressed
Moscow reports that Soviet forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko began using reserves to blunt a major German offensive around Stalingrad. Battles raged along the northern Belaya Glina and Kushchevka sectors with counterattacks and stiff resistance by Red Army units and Cossacks.
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Moscow
Russia
Semeon Timoshenko
Stalingrad
Red Army
Kletskaya
Vkushche
Red Star
Tikhoretsk
Caucasian Raihway
Belaya Glina
Kushachevkad
Kotelnikovski
Tsimiransk
Don
Kuschevka
Maikop
Joseph Stalin
Tsaritsyn
Follett Bradies
United States
Caucasus
Rostov
Wushchevka
Belayya Glina
Kushchevka
Ruhr Raid on German Arsenal Continues
London reports RAF night bombers attacked the Ruhr Valley for the second night in a row aiming at Germany’s arsenal. The operation was not large scale and five raiders were reported missing.
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RAF
Germany
Ruhr
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