Red Planes Raid Berlin During Night
A Berlin night raid is reported by a Soviet-linked source claiming Red Air Force attacked Berlin. British and German officials dispute who bombed Berlin while Britain claims raids on Essen Dortmund Hamm and other targets. Additional actions include docks at Boulogne and bases in Denmark and Northern France as the air war continues.
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London
Red
Berlin
Essen
Dortmund
Hamm
Reich
Air Ministry
Germany
Boulogne
Denmark
France
Red Air Force
English Channel
Britain
Wuftwaffe
Berlin Fails To Identify Air Raiders
Berlin reports another air raid with unofficial tally eight. German high command offered no identification of individual planes, hinting British involvement while denying RAF target status. Russians may have carried out the raid, with over 600 miles flown to the target.
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Associated Press
Berlin
RAEF
Vichy urged to seek German aid for North Africa
Le Nouveaux Temps, the Paris collaborationist mouthpiece, urges Vichy to press beyond armistice limits to seek German support for reinforcing North African defenses. The piece warns the United States would retaliate and implies French West Africa Dakar and Morocco could face danger if German collaboration replaces the armistice regime. It notes Vichy officials doubt US prospects and seek foreign policy guidance.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygan
Paris
le Nouveaux Temps
United States
French West Africa
Dakar
Morocco
Prices Kept Up On Weed Marts
Valdosta Georgia markets show cheaper leaf varieties with slight price dips yet buyers hold 30 cent levels for prime cigarette leaf. Nashville bids ranged 42 cents to 3 cents. volumes moved 20 to 30 cent bracket as inferior grades appear on floors. In Moultrie Warehouses quantities rise while prices stay steady. yesterday's average 21.19 on 428,208 pounds sold for 90,768.24. Statesboro sold near 21 cents with 35 to 3 cent range. Adel 23.46 average on 255,362 pounds. Tifton steady from 3 to high 30s. Few growers reject top price as buyers pass along warehouses of 17 Georgia and 2 Florida sales centers. Prices yesterday ranged from 41 cents to a penny. bulk typically 22 to 30 cents. USDA notes these prices match Wednesday for better leaf while lower, green grades fetch 2 to 3 dollars per hundred more than Wednesday.
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Valdosta
Georgia- Florida
Nashville
Moultrie
C. E. Isom
Statesboro
Adel
FE. P. Roycroft
Tifton
Georgia
Florida
U. S. Department of Agriculture
War Debate Pushes Indefinite Military Extension
Congresswoman Cox argues for indefinite service extension for all in uniform as war seems inescapable. House opens seven hours of debate while opponents call the effort a conspiracy to entangle the nation globally. Senate backed 18 months but House weighs an open-ended term with pay increases and broader reach.
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Washington
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
House
Georgia
Fish
Warmaker
War Stimson
Senate
E.S.T
May
D-Ky
Sailors from Red Navy See Baltic Front Action Recapture Village
Sailors from the Red navy have been deployed on lung duty with the Red army on the Baltic front and have recaptured a village, per a Baltic fleet dispatch tonight.
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Moscow
Red Navy
Red Army
Baltic
Sealed Moscow trip sought aid pledge to Stalin and Soviets
The White House moved to reassure Stalin and the Soviet people that the United States would aid their war effort. Roosevelt faced pressure over supplying weapons while fearing German capture and delaying promises. Behind the scenes, Ambassador Oumansky and Parry faced communication gaps as Moscow pressed for rapid deliveries. Immediate action prioritized Soviet war orders, sealing the understanding. In a separate note, Chief Justice Harlan Stone aims to restore prestige to the court by limiting public activity among justices after past political controversy.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Joe Stalin
United States
Hitler
Balkan
Stalin
Reich
Oumansky
Parry
White House
Eos
Harlan Stone
Supreme Court
Apparl
Defense Propeller Plant Shut Down By A F L Strike
Several hundred AFL members walked out at the Curtiss Wright propeller division plant in Caldwell New Jersey over defense work. Workers sought higher pay but did not file written demands. The strike followed an AFL International Association of Machinists walkout while a CIO strike blocked shipbuilding in Kearny. The Caldwell plant already faced jeopardy to defense orders as Knudsen planned to inspect it.
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AFL
Oan
Curtiss- Wright Corporation
Caldwell
N. J
CIO
Kearny
Roosevelt
Afl-International Association of Machinists
John Hart
National Labor Relations Board
Curtiss-Wright
Clifton
Propeller Craft
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Bloodiest World War II drive says costs run high
From Vichy France a report cites combined German and Russian eastern front losses around 3.5 million, with daily average deaths and wounds about 70 thousand. Neutral observers estimate German losses at 1.5 million and Russian at 2 million in the first 49 days, noting Smolensk battles with about five thousand German killed daily.
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Vichy
France
Smolensk
Carolina Firms Win War Department Contracts
Washington reports North and South Carolina companies awarded war department contracts. Erwin Cotton Mills Co של Cooleemee N C supplies 300 000 yards of twill cloth for 103 410 dollars. Seward Cotton Mills Twe Rockingham 1 000 000 yards of drilling cloth for 222 500 dollars. J A Jones Construction Co Charlotte undertakes Fort Jackson finance office work for 6 500 dollars. Other firms and quantities listed for unbleached cotton drilling cloth and related projects.
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Washington
War Department
North Carolina
South Carolina
Erwin Cotton Mills Co
Cooleemee
N. C
Heriaabong
Southeastern Cotton, Inc
Yadkin
Seward Cotton
Caoleemep
Pee Dee Mfg. Co
Rockingham
WN. C
Arkwright Mills Cooleemee
Opelika Mills
Greenville
Brown Paving Co
Charlotte
Camp Davis
J. A. Jones Construction Co
Nnance
Fort Jackson
S. C
Morgenthau proposes all-out tax bill for defense
Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to widen the tax base and cut personal exemptions to raise revenue from the House bill from about 3.206 billion to at least 3.5 billion, signaling appetite for a higher levy on millions of low income earners and stricter taxes on married couples and corporations. He warned exemptions must be reduced to the bare minimum, arguing broader equity and necessity as the bill would add about two million new taxpayers.
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Washington
Defense
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Seaway and Florida Canal Approved for Rivers Bill
Washington August 8 The House River and Harbors Committee approved the 255.006 million St Lawrence Seaway and 169.000 million Florida Ship Canal for inclusion in an omnibus rivers and harbors bill. Votes were 12 to 6 for the Seaway and 14 to 10 for the Florida canal, both framed as defense projects by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
House
St. Lawrence
German high command claims capture of Soviet commander
In a Berlin bulletin dated August 8, German forces midway between Kiev and Odessa said they had seized the supreme commander of the sixth Soviet army, annihilated his assault group, and taken 30 000 more prisoners. The report notes encirclement southeast of Uman and indicates the southern offensive aims at the Black Sea port Odessa.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Kiev
Odessa
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Black Sea
Uman
Balkan
London
Hull Says Germany Aiming For Western Hemisphere
Secretary of State Hull stated Germany sought greater influence in the Western Hemisphere while blaming Japan for any Pacific encirclement. He dismissed Berlin and Tokyo claims as propaganda and warned against being deceived, noting Germany’s past conquest of about 15 European nations.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Japan
Pacific
Berlin
Tokyo
Presi
United States
Britain
China
Netherlands
Europe
Japan Eyeing German Method To Break Encirclement
Tokyo debates using the German fashion to pierce a world encirclement by the United States Britain China and the Netherlands East Indies. Naval expert Ishimaru envisions leveraging Manchukuo Indo China and Thailand for iron coal rice and food while pressures on Malaya and Burma rise. Foreign envoy for Indo China is being chosen and Thai and British military moves are noted as Japanalarming.
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Associated Press
TOKYQ
United States
Britain
China
Netherlands
Japan
Ishimaru
Hochi
Manchukuo
Indo-China
Thailand
Netherlands) Indies
T Ie
Ishii
Anthony Eden
Singapore
Malaya
Asia
Bangkok
Domei
Burma
Burma Road
Chungking
British May Bolster Reds
A British source said Britain would send divisions of Indian troops via Afghanistan to bolster Russian defenses in the Caucasus. Afghanistan reportedly planned a protest but would likely consent. Route via India through Afghanistan and Iran key in British axis rivalry. Iranian mobilization cited as Britons depart the country.
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Turkey
Britain
Afghanistan
Caucasus
Russia
India
Iran
Middle East
Ankara
Germany
Persia
Teheran
Berlin
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Kearney
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Secretary of Treasury
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