American Pilot Sinks Axis Submarine Off Brazil
Brazilian officials announced United States pilots sank an Axis submarine off Brazil’s coast near Rio de Janeiro after prior attacks damaged several enemy ships. The report noted public protests, martial law measures, and calls for stronger actions as Brazil prepared for possible war with the Axis.
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United States
South Atlantic
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Joao Pinto Pacca
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O Caspar Dutra
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Stalemate on Egyptian Front Despite Moves by British Forces
AIRO Aug 19 The first dispatch since Gen Sir Harold Alexander took command reports the stalemate remains on the Egyptian front with only slight air activity and minor night patrol actions against scouts and working parties.
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AIRO
Harold Alexander
Itain
Seeds For Cover Crops Spread From Oregon To South
Oregon will ship 2 300 carloads of cover crop seed to the deep south to replace nitrate fertilizer lost to wartime needs. Every 35 pounds planted there yields a plowed under crop equaling 150 pounds of nitrates, boosting nitrogen, reducing erosion, and aiding the war effort.
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Oregon
AAA
Barney Mizzell
Chilton County
Ala
Corvallis
Ore
Deep South
Sam
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Hitler
Hirohito
South
American wartime aviation and manpower growth analysis
The article details the rapid expansion of North American Aircraft from eighty to forty thousand employees, including a massive Texas assembly plant, and notes Allied integration issues. It contrasts World War I and II aviation, citing General Arnold on the learning curve for American air units and the Pershing precedent guiding autonomy and coordination with allies.
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North American
Army
Texas
Treachery in Egypt Threatens Allied Hold in World War II
Albert N. Leman reports on a racial disturbance in Cairo as U S forces wheel into battle positions in Egypt. British censored news previously but now details emerge of Axis spies, incitement by Italian radio, and fears that Axis breakthrough could hit Auchinleck's lines. Military police raid elite clubs amid propaganda concerns.
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Egypt
Rommel
America
United Kingdom
Cairo
Auchinleck
Nile
Royal Automobile Club
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East
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Nazi Submarine Center Raided By RAF Planes
London reports RAF bombers targeted Flensburg the Nazi submarine and shipbuilding center near the Danish border. Four raiders missing. German bombers briefly over England, with east Anglia damage and slight casualties. Berlin says Russian planes attacked parts of east and West Prussia. Norwich named as a target. One enemy raider downed off the English east coast.
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Flensburg
Germany
Air Ministry
England
Ministry of Home Security
East Anglia
Berlin
East
West Prussia
Norwich
Senator Thomas closes Farm Bureau meeting in Raleigh
U S Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma closed a three day Farm Bureau training school in Raleigh with a call for full parity for farm prices and a strict anti inflation program. He warned inflation could emerge when government war spending climbs to 10 billion dollars per month next year.
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i-Pi
U. S
Elmer Thomas D-Oklat
American Farm Bureau Federation
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Far Reaching War Efforts From Australia Report
A wartime briefing describes Australia mobilizing 7 million people for factories farms and armed ranks with rationing and travel restrictions. Government plans mobile harvest squads, manpower shortages threaten food crops, and New York sources note a strategic push against Japan. A separate bridge game analysis explains a complex play sequence and tenace in defensive tactics.
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Australia
New York
Southern Pacific
Sydney
Ncessary
United States
America
General MacArthur
Virginia Dare Birth Anniversary Observed at Fort Raleigh
In Manteo August 18 the 333th birthday of Virginia Dare was observed at the Fort Raleigh chapel. Roanoke Islanders and visitors gathered to pay respects to Dare, the first child born of English parents in America. The service included hymns, a sermon by Rev. Madison W. Manness, and a wreath laid on the chapel altar by Bradford Fearing, president of the Roanoke Island Colony Memorial Association.
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Manteo
Virginia Dare
America
Old Fort Raleigh
Roanoke
Madison W. Manness
Bradford Fearing
Roanoke Island Colony Memorial Association
Death toll on North Carolina highways in July
North Carolina traffic deaths rose in July with 72 killed on state highways. Motor Vehicle Commissioner T B Ward noted 25 deaths were non collision and warned that despite rationing and safety warnings drivers remain the dominant danger on streets and highways. The piece also mentions Wake Island was discovered by the British in 1796.
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Raleigh
T. B. Ward
North Carolina
Ward
Wake Island
Presidential oath administered to multiple presidents
Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney administered the presidential oath to a list of presidents including Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln marking a historic rite of office.
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William Henry Harrison
John Tyter
James KK
Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Filmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Roger Brooke Taney
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