Parachutists Are Dropped Behind Reds
Moscow reports a major tank clash along the Stalingrad front as the Red Army hammers German forces. In the Caucasus the Germans claim advances into the Kuban area and air drops behind Soviet lines, while Red reserves and Cossack regiments counterattack near the Don bend and in the Rzhev region.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Batt Front
Belaya Glina
North Caucasus
Don Bend
Don
Caucasus
Sal
Rzhev Salient
Rouscow
Rzhev
Berlin
Kuban
Maikop
Russia
India independence debate shadows Allied cause in Bombay
In a London column discussing Queen Wilhelmina and India’s push for independence, the article cautions Gandhi and the All-India Congress Committee about risking the Allied war effort. It argues Britain cannot grant immediate independence without causing chaos and suggests awaiting postwar self-rule.
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Wilhelmina
Congress
All-India Congress Committee
Bombay
Britain
Congress Committee
Axis
India
Mohandas Gandhi
Holland
Cordell Hull
Congress Party
WPB approves 500 Mars freighter planes by Kaiser
WPB chairman Donald M. Nelson announced approval for Henry J. Kaiser to build 300 huge Mars type flying boats with an initial 100 ordered by the Navy. An additional 400 seventy ton cargo planes would follow if the first program succeeds, contingent on not hindering war plane production. Kaiser plans to build on the Pacific Coast likely Richmond, California, with Kaiser to determine materials and facilities needed. No other builder will participate under present plans.
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Waseington
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Uienry J. Kaiser
West Coast
Navy
Nelson
Kaiser
Pacific Coast
Nelson Adde
Washington
Richmond
Calif
San Francisco Bay
India Congress Appeals to FDR For Indian Independence
The All-India Congress working committee votes to appeal to Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek and the Soviet ambassador to Britain for support of immediate Indian independence from Great Britain. Azad to dispatch appeals after a mass passive-resistance resolution. Gandhi urges independence without fielding British or American armies. Jinnah counters that Congress is Hindu-led and aims to polarize Muslims, deriding Gandhi’s nonviolence plan.
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India Congress
FDR
Great Britain
Preston Grover
Bombay
All-India Congress Party
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ivan Maisky
Britain
India
Maulana Abul Kazan
Azad
Congress
Congress Committee
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
China
Russia
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Jinnah
Congress Party
Ten Japanese Planes Burned By U S Fliers
United States army bombers attacked a Japanese airdrome near Canton destroying at least 10 grounded planes. Lieut. Gen. Stilwell announced the surprise strike targeting Tienho milky way airdrome near the Shekki track. All American planes returned safely. the operation aimed to hinder Canton Shanghai air operations.
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Chungking
Aug
United States Army
Canton
Joseph W. Stilwell
Tienho
China
Kowloon Bay
Hong Kong
Woman Freeed in Case Involving Husband’s Death
Wilmington report states Nell Smith Veit a 32 year old boarding house operator was freed today of a murder charge connected to the death of her husband Charles Veit last June 12.
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Wilmington
Nell Smith Veit
Charles Veit
Review of Saboteurs Hearing Not Completed by President
Washington August 7 President Roosevelt said he had not finished reviewing testimony in the case of eight alleged Nazi saboteurs and did not know if he would finish today The White House said he has not yet concluded reading the testimony and reporters were briefed by William D Hassett The reports mention potential clemency for George John Dasch and Ernest Burger based on speculation rather than confirmed decision
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
William D. Hassett
Atr. Roosevelt
Fix
Mr. Roosevelt
Military Trial Commission
Hassett
George John Dash
Ernest Peter Burger
Dasch
Speyer
Finns Discuss Russian Peace
BBC quoted Juhu Paaskivi former Finnish minister to Russia telling Danish newspaper men in Copenhagen that in Finland the question of peace with Russia is often discussed. He said his mission to Moscow begun in 1939 to preserve peace is not finished yet and noted he retired as minister to Moscow in 1941. He led the mission that signed Finland’s ratification of the peace treaty ending the Winter War.
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New York
BBC
Juhu Paaskivi
Russia
Copenhagen
Finland
Paasikivi
Moscow
Trickle of U S materiel to Australia questioned
General MacArthur's headquarters reports that U S equipment sent to Australia is a trickle, potentially replaceable by three days of American wartime production. An unidentified source says Australia bears most defense burden and no vast sacrifices are being made for Australia. Public confusion stems from secrecy, with Australians and Americans largely carrying the defense load.
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MacArthur
Australia
United States
America
Southwest Pacific
Norman Stockholf
Melbourne Herald
Farm Senators Await Final Report On Rubber Bill
Washington Aug 7 Farm state senators said they favor results over methods and will wait on President Roosevelt's rubber committee to decide whether to back or veto their bill creating a government agency to boost rubber production. Senators Gillette and Thomas noted the commission may render legislation unnecessary and Thomas warned matters remain in flux. Roosevelt announced Baruch Conant and Comp ton would study supply needs and processing options and issue recommendations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New
Gillette
Iowa
Thomas
D-Ockla
Bernard M. Baruch
James B. Conant
Karl T. Compton
Reforms Urged for Morganton Hospital by State Board
A governor appointed board for the State Hospital for the Insane at Morganton recommended sweeping reforms to improve patient care and unify state mental institutions under a central board. They urged ending mistreatment, eliminating solitary confinement as punishment, and improving patient diets. North Carolina’s mental health funding was noted as ranking fifth in the nation, with testimony suggesting wilful mistreatment on disturbed wards. Governor Broughton noted he will study the report carefully after Charlotte’s Tom Jimison prompted the inquiry.
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Raleigh
Broughton
State Hospital For the
Morganton
Tom Jimison
Charlotte
North Carolina
F. B. Watkins
Frustration mounts as voters blame Washington for war delays
Ray Tucker notes President Roosevelt faces a hostile Congress upon return from recess. Constituents write in with widespread discontent over rubber, gasoline, submarine sinkings, the second front, cabinet misfits, and perceived political maneuvering. Public frustration mirrors editorials across the nation. Continued on Page 5.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Knox
Stimson
Perkins
Jine
FDR backs park cannon salvage drive for scrap
President Roosevelt endorsed the War Production Board campaign to gather scrap from parks nationwide including old park cannons and bronze statues. He cited WPB chairman Donald M. Nelson and noted a 7,000,000 ton steel shortfall in 1943. He urged collecting steel from abandoned buildings railroads farm machinery and domestic scrap.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Restrictions on explosives carrying trucks on NC roads
Raleigh August 7. Vehicles transporting explosives on North Carolina highways must display the word explosives on sides and rear or a red danger flag. Shippers must notify the department of motor vehicles when shipments move on state highways and instruct drivers to follow a 10 mile per hour speed limit on open highways and 20 miles per hour in towns and cities.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of Motor Vehicles
Telephone workers reach wage dispute agreement in Ohio
Cleveland reports striking Ohio Bell maintenance workers resume work after agreeing to let the War Labor Board hear their wage dispute. The Ohio Bell operators’ union threatened a walkout earlier. retroactive wage increases to July 1 were discussed.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell
War Labor Board
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Tobruk Harbor Raid by U S Air Force
Cairo Aug 7 The United States army air force bombers effectively attacked shipping and the harbor at Tobruk yesterday evening the RAF middle east news service reported. An earlier British communique identified the raiders as allied and said a large fire was set. The previous night RAF bombers had raided Tobruk starting dock fires and possibly hitting two ships.
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Cairo
United States Army Air Force
Tobruk
RAF
Middle East
London
Duisburg
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Low Countries
Germany
Rhine
Save Russia Parley Opens In Moscow
London reports a major United Nations conference forming in Moscow under the banner Save Russia and Win the War as Soviet troops face urgent pressures in the south. Sources remain anonymous while British and US envoys move among players, with Sir Archibald Clark Kerr and Admiral William Standley noted in departures toward Moscow.
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London
United Nations
Moscow
Russia
Archibald Cler Ixerr
Skuibsshev
Voluntary Bond Purchases Questioned In Testimony
Washington August witness Himil Schrim of the New York Stock Exchange told Senate lawmakers that reliance on voluntary bond purchases for war financing is unsafe. He warned that selling 30 billion dollars in bonds and higher banks activity could trigger inflation, urging lower capital taxes and reevaluated revenue schemes. Brooklyn Chamber urged cutting nonexpenditures by 1.2 billion if the new revenue bill passes.
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Washington
Aug
Himil Schrim
Pressone
N York Stock Exchange
Sena
Vi 4Enberg
R-Mich
Schram
Vandemburg
John W. Hooper
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
RAF Bombers Hit Duisburg and Ruhr Strong Force Strike
London reports a large RAF bomber strike on Duisburg and Ruhr targets last night. German raiders dropped explosives in Britain and Scotland. Casualties were initially unclear while the night raid sparked renewed Allied activity in the Ruhr.
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RAF
Duisburg and
Ruh
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Rostov
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New York Stock Exchange
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