Army lays out 12 month service rule and release paths
The army plan allows enlisted regulars with three year terms expiring before December to be discharged unless they re enlist or qualify as non commissioned officers. It foresees an average 18 month total active service for National Guard and selectees and offers options to extend or reenlist. Officers to be released about 50 percent from active duty per February instructions.
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Regular Army
Army
Department
National Guard
Abolt Applications
German Advances From Odessa to Kiev Reported
The German column claims success around Odessa and the lower Dnieper with Soviet troops under siege at Odessa. Luftwaffe bombings crippled nine Soviet troop transports along four miles of the waterfront. In Ukraine near Kiev and Korsun, Germany says it captured 17,750 prisoners, 42 tanks, 123 guns and an armored train. Kingisepp fell, moving the frontline within 75 miles of Leningrad.
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Odessa
Lower
Dnieper
Sdessa
Flanders
Ukraine
Kiev
Korosien
Red Army
Kingisepp
Leningrad
Russia
Hull notes Stew in Tokyo discussed broader US Japan ties
Secretary of State Hull said Ambassador Stew’s Tokyo talks with the Japanese foreign minister went beyond allowing American citizens to leave Japan. Hull cited Grew reports of a general conversation, declined to detail content, and noted no new progress on evacuating more than 100 Americans.
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Hull
Joseph C. Stew
Tokyo
Japan
Grew
Hul
Victims of Plane Crash Buried in Common Grave
Eleven Americans of the trans Atlantic bomber ferry service and 11 others killed in a crash near Britain were laid to rest in a common grave. British arms buyer Arthur B Purvis and a Canadian who led an allied purchases commission were among the mourners, each in oak caskets with brass nameplates.
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Britain
North America
Brittain
Arthur B. Purvis
Allied
United States
National Guard Release Procedures Outlined
The department announced the release rules for National Guard officers and enlisted personnel mirroring reserve officers. It cited about 150,000 Guardsmen 20,000 selectees and 10,000 reserve officers nearing 12 months on active duty awaiting completion of the procedure.
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National Guard
Department
Inj
Churchill returns to London amid cheering crowds on safe crossing
London commuters on the platform hailed Prime Minister Churchill as he arrived with his wife after the Atlantic voyage. He praised Admiral A V Alexander and announced a broadcast to the empire next Sunday. Reports note relief at his safe return and discuss the Roosevelt Churchill meeting and naval considerations.
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Churchill
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
No. 10 Downing Street
Empire
B.S. T
Atlantic
Daily Herald
Hiller
Prince of Wales
British Broadcasting Corporation
New York
Reuters
Britain
Daily “Man
Times
FDR in the future would face a closed shop clause
L H Korndorff offered to turn the yard over to the navy to avoid a closed shop condition. In Michigan City the Pullman Standard Car plant strike halted about 6,000 workers as Carmen workers pressed for seniority terms and union joining rules. Eight hundred AFL building trades workers struck at Camp Lockett near San Diego seeking wage gains or room and board fee relief. Federal conciliators prepared to hear a Washington dispute risking nationwide strike by independent telephone installation men. CIO steel workers briefly protested at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point with injuries amid dispersed stoppage.
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Navy
Brotherhood of Railway
Carmen
Michigan City
Ind
Pullman Standard Car Maufacturing
AFL Building Trades
Camp Lockett
San Diego
Calif
Washington
CIO Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Sparrows Point
Mountain searchers crash amid low clouds
In Albemarle Aug 19 three year old Tommy Knight son of J B Knight drowned after falling into an abandoned well yesterday. An air crash report notes pilots unable to sight the airport through overcast. a Buenos Aires gallery exhibit of North American paintings is mentioned along with U S iron and steel supply to South Africa.
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Albemarle
Tommy Knight
J. B. Knight
National Museum of Fine Arts
Buenos Aires
Argentina
South Africa
United States
Unified Policy Board Studied
Washington reports Roosevelt studied plans to unify defense policies. One option would create a policy board with backing from the budget bureau and Judge Samuel J. Rosenman. Other sources say Roosevelt favored a single head for the defense program amid agency tensions and a split between Knudsen and Henderson over auto production cuts.
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Wwashington
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Samuel J. Rosenman
Defense Agency
National Defense Advisory Commission
Williams. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Leon Henderson
Defense Price
National Campaign on Accidents Urged in Roosevelt Proclamation
President Roosevelt urged every American to join a national campaign against accidents and waste. He asked the national safety council to lead an intensified effort, noting the rapid rise in accidental deaths and that this year may top 100000. Traffic fatalities reached 34500 last year with a 17 percent rise this year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Safety Council
Stepping Up Tank Production Urged
New York Aug 19 The American Machinist reports U S military authorities urge a sharp rise in tank production due to wartime needs. Plans aim to build medium tanks at 1000 per month by July 1, 1942.
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New York
Germany
Russia
U. S
America
American Machinist
Chicago produce market prices and receipts update
Chicago August 19 receipts show butter 1 195 615 pounds and eggs 7 591 cases with fresh grated and extra firsts locally. Market tone notes unchanged prices across items with current receipts 2614 and storage packed firsts 29 percent.
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Chicago
Acceleration Of Defense Is Urged
Dr John R Sampey president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary warned in Ridgecrest North Carolina that a single German Panzer division could shatter twenty American divisions as they are trained He urged faster defense prep and a return to core Christian values He said defense must begin in heart and mind and extend to armaments Dr F McConnell pastor of First Baptist Anderson South Carolina urged churches to mobilize their men or face defeat in life nbsp
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Ridgecrest
N.C
John R. Sampey
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
America
Sampey
F. €. McConnell
First Baptist Church
Anderson
S. C
Axis shipping losses total over four million tons
London reports the admiralty sites 4,067,000 tons of Axis shipping sunk captured or scuttled through August 16. German losses about 2,321,060 tons, Italians 1,533,000 tons, Finns 34,000, and 119,000 tons deemed useful to the enemy. RAF strikes on German shipping along Norwegian, French and Netherlands coasts contributed to a 616,000 ton loss since July 10.
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London
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Netherlands
Plan Disciplinary Action If Needed In Roxboro
Col Kirk Broaddus of Fort Bragg said military authorities would act promptly if an investigation showed Negro CCC camp members aided the Saturday disturbance at Roxboro jail. Gov. Broughton asked CCC officials in Washington to probe reports of marchers toward the courthouse to aid officers. No injuries were reported. Col Young of the Army’s Fourth Corps arrived and conferred with Mayor Winstead and Police Chief Robinson.
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Kirk Broaddus
Fort Bragg
CDC
CCC
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Gov
Broughton
Raleigh
Washington
Col. Broaddus
J. J. Hochsuim
L. W. Young
Fourth Corps
Atlanta
S. G. Winstead
George C. Robinson
Great Unemployment 10 Face Nation After War
New York Aug 18 R L MacDougall assistant WPA commissioner today predicted that after the present emergency defense program ends the nation will face the greatest load of unemployment in its history. He spoke to 75 field reps of federal agencies at a three day conference by the public works reserve to prepare a shelf of projects to absorb the unemployed after the emergency.
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New York
R. L. MacDougall
WPA
Bombings in Havana injure twelve across city
Havana officials tally twelve injured from overnight blasts damaging two shoe stores, a mirror factory, and a supply house in the central shopping district. Police describe a black sedan tied to the attack and two men seen throwing explosives as inquiries continue.
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Havana
Ha‘vana
Stock Market Back In Doldrums Again
Stock market today drifted to do nothing after scattered favorites. Early advances faded into declines as trading remained apathetic near mid session. Pessimism grew from war bulletins and U S Japan strain, with taxes and controls tempering optimism while bonds were uneven and commodities rose. Amusement stocks Paramount and Loew's hit new yearly highs as GM Chrysler Great Northern Texas Corp Standard Oil Boe ing and United Aircraft showed occasional strength.
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Victor Eubank
New York
United States
Japan
Paramount
Loew's
General Motors
Chrysler
Great Northern
Texas Corp
Standard Oil
Boeing
United Aircraft
Fire auxiliaries urged to swell for air attack defense
Boston Aug 19 Mayor LaGuardia national civilian defense director urged enlarging home defense fire fighting auxiliaries from three to five times the present professional forces. He told the International Association of Fire Chiefs to start training the auxiliary force immediately.
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Boston
LaGuardia
New York
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Robbing and kidnapping trio sentenced in Asheville
Robert Holland aged 17 of Bessenur City and Robert Charles Sargent aged 21 of New Bridge, were sentenced to from 10 to 13 years in a state prison after pleading guilty in Superior Court to charges of robbing and kidnapping Ralph Bailey of Charleston while he sat in his automobile reading a newspaper near Beaver Lake swimming pool last Thursday.
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Aldnaperks
Asheville
Robert Holland
Bessenur City
Robert Charles Sargent
New Bridge
Ralph Bailey
Charleston
3. C
Beaver Lake
Thursney
Axis Vessels Sink Merchantmen in Central Mediterranean Raid
Vairo Egypt August 11 AP The Royal Air Force announced torpedo planes sank a 6000-ton merchant ship, set a tanker afire and forced another vessel aground near Lamypedusa in a convoy of six ships protected by six destroyers. A raid by German fighter-bombers was repelled by American Tomahawk fighters. Washington August 11 AP President Roosevelt appointed Judge Samuel S Rosenman to study differences between the Office of Production Management and the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply.
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Egypt
Fhe
RAF
Fleet Air Arm
Mediterranean
Lamypedusa
Companique
Messerschmitt
Washington
Roosevelt
Samuel S. Rosenman
New York State Supreme Court
Office of Production Management
Office of Price Administration
Civilian
Makeshift gear used for uniform instructional program
Fragment notes a makeshift equipment approach while maintaining a uniform program of instruction. The text implies adaptability in supplies to ensure consistent teaching standards across the operation. Further details are not provided in the readable portion.
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