Gasoline rationing could cut NC road funds
RALEIGH Aug 21 The Road Commission studied a potential $9.55 million revenue loss from gasoline rationing that would affect North Carolina highways. The State Highway and Public Works Administration noted current gas tax receipts exceed $28 million yearly, and commissioners will avoid cutting road expenditures unless revenue shortfalls become clear.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State
Highway An Public Works Administration
Ben Prince
London experts view grave Russian position in war outlook
London experts regard the Russian position as grave as the third German offensive against Russia nears a close with big German advances on Ukraine and Leningrad fronts. They noted gloomy assessments despite lack of official confirmation on reports of a Dnieper crossing south of Dnieperopetrovsk and the destruction of the Zaporozhe hydroelectric dam.
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London
Russia
Ukraine
Leningrad
Dnieper River
Dnieperopetrovsk
Tremendous Losses Claimed By Nazis
Berlin reports semi official Russian losses at 5,000,000 men as the war enters its second full month. Claims include 14,000 tanks 14,000 cannon and 11,000 planes captured or destroyed. DNB notes 1,200,000 Russians captured and vast territory over 335,000 square miles conquered.
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Berlin
Germany
DNB
Protectorate of
Bohemia-Moravia
Principles Declared After Sea Meeting With Churchill
President Roosevelt reported to Congress on the Atlantic conference with Prime Minister Churchill. He said the agreed principles are clear and hard to oppose without accepting a Nazi-friendly peace. He warned such a peace would invite another war and domination over conquered nations. The message notes freedom of religion and information as essential, and adds lend-lease aid gains, with future conferences with Russia to aid defense against Germany. The eight aims were presented from the White House copy released last Thursday.
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Associated
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Asia
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White House
Congress
Invasion Of Continent Urged By Unofficial Strategists
Unofficial English, Polish, and Norwegian strategists urged a British invasion of Europe as the sole way to defeat Germany. Editorialist Frank Owen pushed for a second front beyond air power, suggesting an invasion of Italy or multiple coastal landings. Polish and Norwegian officers favored a Norway north of Narvik landing to open a corridor through Finland to Murmansk while Norwegian rebels awaited aid from outside.
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Germany
Frank Owen
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Owen
Italy
Norway
Narvik
England
Finland
Murmansk
Soviet Russia
Petsamo
Bcolster
Morale shift urged as Army needs raise
Washington columnist notes Civilian Defense head La Guardia plans to push Roosevelt on raising Army levels to lift morale. He cites low spirits among families of draftees, under trained National Guard officers, and high pay for defense workers. Proposes education for soldiers and expanded Army education facilities to stress wartime realities.
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Clinton J. Mosher
Ray Tucker
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Roosevelt
New York City
National Guard
FR Confers With Head Of Closed Kearny Shipyards
In a last minute bid to end a 14 day strike at Kearny New Jersey based Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock President Roosevelt met with L H Horndorff company president and Myron C Taylor former US Steel board chairman. They planned further talks with Secretary Knox Sidney Hillman and William F Davis to gauge next steps. A White House return was possible depending on the outcome of those talks.
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N. J
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Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Kearny Company
White House
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Korndorff
Navy
Knox
Sidney Hillman
OPM
William F. Davis
Defense Mediation Board
Hillman
Davis
Giant Truckline Merger Request Targets Eight Major Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission receives testimony supporting a plan by Associated Transport Inc to consolidate eight Atlantic Seaboard trucking firms. Proposed acquisition includes Horton Motor Lines Charlotte and others, with 56 million capitalization and 1.5 million preferred stock. Bridge site study ordered in Raleigh to assess a new French Broad River crossing from Asheville to West Asheville.
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Aug
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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New York City
Horton Motor Lines
Charlotte
N. C
Barnwell Bros., Inc
Burlington
D. C
Transportation, Inc
Atlanta
Sangley
Raleigh
Broughton
Highway Commission
Asheville
French Broad River
German troops near Leningrad reported in Stockholm radio
Bulletin from New York cites a Stockholm Aftenblad dispatch claiming German forces advancing from Gatschina toward Leningrad are about 20 kilometers away. The report says this is the strongest of three main thrusts at Leningrad and comes as Allied and Soviet actions continue.
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New York
Stockholm
Gatschina
Leningrad
Russia
Berlin
Aftenhladet
Rome Patrols Scout Turk Frontier
Foreign dispatches indicate two German army divisions landed in Bulgaria and Italian patrols scouted the Greek Turkish border as German aviators arrived in Sofia. Sources say aims include policing occupied Southeastern Europe and pressuring open the Dardanelles for Nazi supplies to Ukraine, with Italian garrisons near the Dardanelles increasing and Bulgarian airports being expanded. Diplomatic circles question Bulgarian willingness to fight the Russians.
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Berlin and Vichy Talk Peace Treaty For Bases
A BBC broadcast quoted by AFI says Vichy and Germany discuss a peace treaty giving Germany military and naval bases in France and North Africa and joint exploitation of the French colonial empire in exchange for partial German troop withdrawal from France.
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Vichy
New York
BBC
London
AFI Today
Adolf Hiller
France
North Africa
Three Cities Fall in German Drive Near Leningrad
German high command says Novgorod Kingisepp and Narva have been captured within 75 miles of Leningrad as the Red Army vows to defend the city to the death. Voroshilov warns of direct threat while German advances press from south west and a Finnish force nears from the north.
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Leningrad
Red Army Northwest Command
Klementi Voroshilov
Warsaw
Poland
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Russia
Novgorod
Kingisepp
Narva
Afteraon
Soviet Information Bureau
Soviet
Berlin
Novogorod
Soviet Russia
Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Kherson
Dnieper
Russaia
Gulf of Finland
Lake Peipus
Red Army
Lake Ilmen
U. S
Kerson
Hsien
Gomel
RAF raids surpass Nazi night bombing in eight weeks
London reports British air raids over Germany in eight weeks produced far more bombers in a single night than German raids on Britain during the peak period last autumn and winter. Two daylight waves crossed the channel and France, targeting shipping and shore objectives, while fighters escorted bombers and strafed French air fields. A coastal command bomber hit a hostile supply ship off Southern Norway as German jets crossed the channel with minimal damage to East Anglia.
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London
Germany
Britain
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France
Boulogne
Calais
Norwey
Air Ministry
East Anglia
Air and
Home Security Ministries
Fort Bragg Mock Battle Enters Second Day
Fort Bragg enters the second phase of a nine division mock battle amid drizzle and muddy roads with the 60th brigade from Fort Jackson taking command of the 60th. Brig Gen Merchant assumes leadership of the 60th as Don Scott is relieved after a car accident. Mission continues through the night with another phase planned for tomorrow.
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Ninth
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Tthe Reservation
Carl J. Dockler
Ninth Division
Rene de R. Hoyle
Tthe Ninth
Lake McArthur
T. E. Merchant
Don E. Scott
South Carolina
Tokyo militarist faction predicts war with U S
Radical Japanese papers, led by Kole min via Central Daily News in Chungking, say Japan cannot stay indifferent if Vladivostok becomes a pivot for British American aid to the Soviet. They warn an American Japanese war is inevitable and urge blocking supplies to Vladivostok while accusing Bangkok papers of British intrigue and incitement.
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Kolemin
Japan
East Asia
Vladivostok
Central Daily News
Chungking
United States
Russia
Thailand
Nichi Nichi
Asahi
Bangkok
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