Allies Launch Giant Commando Assault On Nazi-Held Coast
Allied forces including United States Marines Canadian British and Fighting French Commandos attacked the Nazi coast near Dieppe at dawn. The operation involved land sea and air action with tanks and a vast aerial umbrella. British officials framed it as a raid rather than a full invasion and some commandos returned to Britain in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Landstrom
London
United States
Dieppe
Europe
Britain
War Today by DeWitt MacKenzie
DeWitt MacKenzie analyzes World War II developments for the War Today column. The piece surveys strategic position, battlefield reports, and political implications, offering concise impressions from a veteran observer. International lines, Allied momentum, and potential shifts are evaluated with a focus on clarity and context.
Commandos Strike As Allied Forces Gird for Liberation
In a wide World War II column by DeWitt MacKenzie and Glenn Babb, Allied commandos led by British, American, and Canadian troops clash with German defenses at Dieppe. The raid is portrayed as a full dress rehearsal for a broader western assault, signaling unified Allied strategy and Churchill’s role as a key liaison among the United Nations.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
MacKenzie
Glenn Babb
United Atoms
Ger
Adolf Hitler
Louis Mountbatten
Uehrer
Asia
Dieppe
Army Seizes Boston Machine Plant on WLB Dispute
Acting Secretary of War Robert P Patterson, by order of President Roosevelt, directed Major Ralph F Gow to take possession of the S A Woods Machine Company plant in South Boston and run it for the War Department. He said defiance of a War Labor Board order threatened vital war material production and urged compliance with arbitration and union membership rights for CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Roosevelt
Ralph F. Gow
Boston Ordnance District
S. A. Woods Machine Company
Boston
Mass
War Department
Patterson
War Labor Board
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
WLB
Allies Search For Submarines Off Curacao
Allied Navy and army forces began a search off Curacao after two enemy torpedoes exploded on the beach. Explosions were heard in Willemstad and water spouts were seen where torpedoes struck. Depth charges were dropped. Curacao is an oil refining center garrisoned by US and Dutch forces. This followed two prior West Indies submarine attacks on Aruba and Bullen Bay.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Netherlands West Indies
United States
West Indies
Aruba
Bullen Bay
Two Ships Sunk In Atlantic By Sub Raider
The Navy confirms a German surface raider in the south Atlantic with survivor stories from a U S merchant vessel. Rio reports a U S bomber sank an Axis submarine off Brazilian waters after five Brazilian ships were torpedoed recently. A second sinking of a small British merchant vessel near the northern South American coast is noted with 41 of 44 crew survivors.
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Associated Press
South Atlantic
U. S
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Brazilian
Atlantic
South America
Pearl Harbor
Naval Ministry
All Brazilian Soldiers Recalled From Leave War Threat Grows
Rio de Janeiro Aug 19 All Brazilian soldiers on leave were urgently recalled to duty today and the navy forbade furloughs for regular reserves as the nation at the gates of war moves to meet the Axis submarine threat. A Brazilian official said one submarine off the coast was destroyed by a United States plane after five Brazilian coastal ships were sunk.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Allied Commandos Hit Dieppe Raid Achieves Main Objectives
London dispatch reports Allied Commandos believed to be in combat around Dieppe as night fell, with officials stating the raid’s chief objectives had been achieved in what is described as the greatest assault of the war.
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London
Dieppe
France
FAS rationing urged as temporary fix for market strain
Proposals by FAS to ration meats aim to avert a collapse in market ceilings until fall slaughter. Leon Henderson notes rationing would affect prices charged to retailers and what retailers can pass to consumers. Middlemen terms and stock raiser payments fall outside these rules as summer scarcity and high demand pressure processors toward losses. North American Aviation data show airplane industry expansion since 1939, though tied to Kindelberger's trip and continued on Page 5.
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Leon Henderson
J. H. Kindelberger
North American Aviation, Inc
Germans Pour Reserves Into Caucasus Fight
German forces massed reserves to push toward Stalingrad and the Baku rail line as fighting raged from south of Voronezh to Pyatigorsk. Soviet communique claimed 1,250,000 German casualties since May 15 and noted heavy Russian losses nearby. Russian counterattacks slowed the advance while Cossacks killed about 300 Germans in a surprise raid near Pyatigorsk.
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Moscow
Don Bend
Caucasus
Voronezh
Pyatigorsk
Stalingrad
Baku
Caspian
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Don
Maikop
London
Don River
Rostov-Baku
Mineralyne Vody
Georgievsk
Grozny
Krasnodar
Novorossisk
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Bryansk
Information Bureau
Carolinians On Liner Due To Land Aug. 25
The Gripsholm, carrying 1,451 American and other nationals from the Western Pacific, is due in New York on August 25. Passengers will be allowed on the pier after examinations. Listed North and South Carolina travelers include Dorothy Smith of Raleigh and Grace Farr of Jonesville among others.
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Washington
Gripsholm
Western Pacific
New York
State Department
North Carolina
Dorothy Smith
Raleigh
John A. Abernathy
Statesville
Charlies S. Broadhurst
Smithfield
Jane A. Hyde
Walnut
Luther G. Cooper
China Grove
Anastasia E. Sullivan
Lincolnton
Francis Augustus Cox
George P. Stevens
Monroe
Richard D. Eppes
Henderson
Frank T. Woodward
Arthur R. Gallimore
Lexington
Jesse D. Hall
Wilminston
Lucius B. Olive
Apex
Joan Wesley Parsons
Winston- Salem
Culfoca Ivgene Barratt
Greenwood
Charlotte A. Dunlap
Winnsboro
Grace Farr
Jonesville
Martha L. Franks
Laurens
Lydia E. Greene
Columbia
Ruth May Munroe
Myrtle Beach
John E. Jackson
Johnston
William Andrew Meckwaine
Heath Springs
Aurine W. MclYiwaine
Frances Stribling
Walhalla
Grace Wells
Sumter
Flora L. Young
Due West
Nazi Raider On Loose In Atlantic
An armed German surface raider is active in the South Atlantic, with 10 survivors from a sunk American merchant vessel confirming severe losses. The second officer reported about 15 killed and 20 captured, while the raider, described as a five hatch steamship, may wield six guns including eight inch calibers, and possibly deploy motor torpedo boats. The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. with the raider fleeing at about 20 knots.
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Atlantic
South Atlantic
Germany
American Sub Sinks Japanese Ship in Western Aleutians
Navy announces in communique No. 108 that a U S submarine has sunk a Japanese cruiser or destroyer in the Western Aleutians, bringing total ships sunk or damaged in the area to 23. Identification of the vessel type was not possible due to conditions.
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Aleutians
Washington
United States
Navy
Navy Department
North Pacific
Aleutian
Pelley Faces Another Count In D. C. Court
Washington Aug 19 At least four of 28 indicted July 23 on conspiring to impair armed forces morale will be arraigned tomorrow in federal district court for the District of Columbia William Dudley Pelley leader of the Silver Shirts who last week was sentenced in Indianapolis to 15 years for sedition is among those to be arraigned He will be brought from Indiana by U S marshals for appearance before Justice Matthew F McGuire Others include Hudson De Priest Court Asher Ralph Townsend under sentence two years for violation of the foreign agents registration act and six others held on 35000 bond all to obtain counsel within 20 days
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Washington
Federal District Court
District of Columbia
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States Marshals
Matthew F. McGuire
Hudson de Priest
Wichita
Kans
Court Asher
X-Ray
George Sylvester Viereck
Elmer J
James F. Garner
James True
Arinngton
Oscar Brumtback
Charles B. Hudson
Judge Sinclair Dies in Fayetteville at 79
Fayetteville Aug 19 Superior court Judge Neil Angus Sinclair died at his home at age 79 after months of ill health. A Cumberland County native, he began law practice in 1890 and served as emergency judge on the state superior court bench since 1922. He led the North Carolina Democratic Executive committee during Gov. W. W. Kitchin’s era and held posts as Cumberland County election board chair, district solicitor, state senator and presidential elector at large in 1916.
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Fayetteville
Superior Court
Neil Angus Sinclair
Sinclair
State Superior Court
Cumberland County
North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee
W. W. Kitchin
Cumberland County Election Board
Dieppe Landing Debacle Reported by German Agency
Deutsche News Agency reports a large Allied landing attempt on the French coast near Dieppe failed. By evening, no armed British American or Canadian forces remained on the European continent. German forces claimed over 1,000 prisoners and said Allied losses were very high and not yet surveyed.
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Berlin
DNB
Dieppe
U S Rangers Taught Brutal War Skills In Britain
U S Rangers undergo intense training in Britain alongside Canadian British and Fighting French Commandos. They practice stealth kill methods with knives and firearms, scale 20 foot cliffs, navigate 4000 foot mountains, and simulate Dieppe style raids as part of their wartime preparation. The unit mirrors Rogers' Rangers from the French and Indian War era.
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Rice Yahner
United States Rangers
Britain
Sam
Hitler
Europe
Dieppe
Rogers’ Rangers
America
Robert Rogers
Massive air assault fronts in France with Rangers first into Europe
Night fell as over 1,000 United States Army RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft hammered targets from British airfields to the French front. The dawn start meant no breaks in the air offensive with volunteers called the Rangers first into German soil since 1918, escorted by British and Canadian fighters as two squadrons led the effort.
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Army
RAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
France
Britain
Rangers
Europe
10000 Nazis Taken Prisoner In Two Months
Cairo Aug 19 Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck says Rommel has lost 10000 Axis troops in prisoners in two months in Egypt. Auchinleck warns the enemy on the defensive as Harold Alexander becomes Middle East commander and US troops bolster Allied reserves. Quiet on the front, little air activity and minor patrols noted.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Claude Auchinleck
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Middle East
Harold Alexander
Britain
United States
Alexander
Reuters
Change In Leadership In Middle East Signals Major Action Ahead
London reports a leadership reshuffle in the Middle East as Churchill visits Egypt en route to Moscow. General Alexander takes command replacing Auchinleck, with new U S air force units arriving in Egypt. The shift suggests a forthcoming major operation in North Africa amid Rommel’s threat and the wider theater.
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Middle East
London
Britain
Middle Eastern
Churchill
Moscow
North Africa
United Nations
Alexandria
Hitler
Trans- Caucasus
Egypt
Joseph Stalin
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Claude J. FE. Auchinieck
United States
Soldier Shot and Killed in Winston-Salem
In Winston-Salem Forsyth coroner's jury ruled Sergeant Julius A. Wooten's fatal shooting justified. Wooten, visiting next door to John W. Wilhelm's home, mistook the wrong house and was shot through a door during an apparent attempt to enter a residence. Wooten had worked at Hanes Hosiery Mills since 1921 and was on leave from an Army camp in Texas.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth
John W. Wilhelm
Julius A. Wooten
Wilhelm
Forest Hills
Wapoten
Old Town
Wooten
Hanes Hosiery Mills
Texas
Charles D. Livengood
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