Germans Battle For Path To Stalin Grad In Don Bend
Moscow reports violent clashes as German forces cross the Don River loop near Kletskaya to reach Stalin grad The Red Star notes German bridgehead efforts met with fierce Soviet counterattacks while 17 tanks led a German assault elsewhere and many Axis casualties are claimed. Soviet air support and ground forces fought back hard in the Don Bend and Caucasus battles.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Don River
Kletskaya
Stalingrad
Tzvestin
Don Bend
Red Star
Red Army
Pravda
Krasnodar
Dieppe Proves Airpower Over German Forces
British observers hailed Dieppe as the first big air power dividend over Nazi Europe. A daylight raid saw 500 fighters over the French coast and US B-17s bomb Amiens railway yards with no Nazi fighters in sight. The operation, called a coordinated demonstration by land sea and air, marked a triumph for the Allied air campaign and the broader UN master plan.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
Dieppe
Britain
Channel
French
United States
Amiens
Russia
United Nations
Don Bend Clash Shapes World War II Fate
DeWitt MacKenzie column notes Don bend battle as decisive make or break for the two great powers. Moscow reports a strong communique despite earlier German advances south of Krasnodar and near Stalingrad. Readers warned against reading too much into a half day's gains.
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Winston Churchill
Dieppe
Russia
Den
Caucasus
United Nations
The
Don Bend
Moscow
Don
Stalingrad
Krasnodar
FDR Endorses Early Payment To Dependents
President Roosevelt signed a bill allowing living allowances for servicemen dependents to be paid as soon as bookkeeping allows. The change amends the allotment act delaying payments until after November 1. Navy officials say payments could start immediately. army dependents under the act include wives of married soldiers with $22 monthly from the soldier and $28 government addition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Navy Department
Army
Ickes halts Midwest rail gasoline to fuel East supply
Petroleum Coordinator Harold Ickes ordered a ban on railroad delivery of automobile gasoline in 20 Midwestern and Southwestern states to release 5,000 to 7,000 tank cars for eastern needs. Ralph Davies said rationing remains possible as rail diversions would boost East movement of fuel oil and gasoline to meet winter demand, with a pipeline to add more.
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East
Associated Press
Washington
Harold Ickes
Middle West
Southwest
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippie
Alabama
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Ralph K. Davies
New England
Camp Sutton
Davies
Officials Try To Head Off Alcoa Strikes
Government officials worked to avert a strike vote by the CIO Aluminum Workers of America in seven Alcoa plants while 300 workers idle at Vernon California protesting a lockout. In Detroit 475 AFL construction workers halted work at the Tank Arsenal on orders to fire CIO workers and hire AFL men, described as sabotage of the government. A Pittsburgh labor council study continued over a proposed general wage increase for 32,000 workers in seven plants. A U.S. labor conciliation commissioner urged delaying action to seek settlement and warned that stoppage would threaten airpower due to aluminum shortages. Delegates from New Kensington Detroit Edgewater Alcoa Tenn Bauxite Ark Badin N C and Bridgeport Fairfield Connecticut participated.
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CIO Aluminum Workers of America
Aluminum Company of America
Vernon
Calif
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
H. L. Weckler
AFL
Detroit Tank Arsenal
Ed Thal
Detroit Building Trades Council
Weckler
Thale
CIO
Pittsburgh
War Labor Board
Charles R. Ward
United States Labor Conciliation
George E. Strong
Army Air Corps
New Kensington
Edgewater
N. J
Alcoa
Tenn
Bauxite
Ark
Badin, N. C
Bridgeport-Fairfield
Publicity Plunge May End Hendersons Roosevelts Plan
Ray Tucker notes Leon Henderson faces political peril as OPA chief for clashing with unions and backing wage ceilings. He and Nelson risk removal as President Roosevelt contends with inflation and labor boards while Latin American tensions grow. Continued on Page 3.
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Ray Tucker
Leon Henderson
O.P.A
National War Labor Board
Davis Outfit
Roose
Roosevelt orders agencies to curb public debate
President Roosevelt directed all government administrators to refrain from public debate on policy controversies and to stop criticizing each other. He said disagreements should be submitted to him and that government policy should be announced by the President. He argued public airing aids enemies and wastes agency time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
Flying Fortresses Hit Japanese Warships Off Solomons
Allied air forces attacked Japanese naval forces amid the Solomon Islands as Marines hold at least three isles. MacArthur’s staff noted Timor bombing success with fuel dumps hit and crews availing beer in celebration.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Solomon Islands
MacArthur
Australia
Timor
Macbisse
Dili
Australan
Solomons
Bougainville
Navy Department
Washington
United States
Japanese Report U S Troops Landed on Makin Island
Tokyo reports via Japanese broadcast that some American troops landed on Makin Island August 17 at the northern Gilbert Islands and were repulsed completely, with no Allied confirmation. Makin lies 2,400 miles southwest of Hawaii. Gilbert Islands total 166 square miles.
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Tokyo
Makin Island
Gilbert Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Solomon Islands
U.S
Pacific
Imperial Headquarters
Roosevelt warns of fearful retribution for Axis barbarism
President Roosevelt declared Axis crimes against civilians would meet fearful retribution after receiving reports from The Netherlands and Yugoslav Luxembourg ministers. He urged judicial proceedings by future courts, noting the saboteur trial as an example, and said impartial justice should replace killings as the outcome for oppressors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States
United Nations
Two Young Girls Survive 13 Hours in Elevator
In Columbia South Carolina two girls Janet Wiles age 13 and Betsy Sipple age 14 were found alive after spending over 13 hours trapped in a State 9 State elevator. They were discovered about 7 am by their teachers father R Alex Wiles and J Sipple of Columbia with state police and family members having scoured the city all night.
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Columbia
S. C
Janet Wiles
Betsy Sipple
R. Alex Wiles
J. Sipple
Seek Dismissal CIO Members of Labor Advisory Committee
CIO members of WPB Labor Advisory Committee urge Nelson to dismiss three executives and other “dollar-a-year men” blamed for material shortages. The resolution accuses steel industry vested interests of blocking expansion and maximum utilization, and calls for reinstatement of Frederick L. Lib.
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CIO
Labor Advisory Committee
Washington
War Production Board
WPJI
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Nelson
Clinton Golden
United Steel Workers of America
John Green
CSO International Union
Frederick L. Lib
Germans Claim Heavy Toll In Raid On Dieppe
VICHY Aug 21 German reports claim Allied forces at Dieppe suffered 3,500 killed and 1,800 captured, mostly Canadians with some de Gaulle French. German dispatches cited 2,095 prisoners. Allies offered no corroboration. Vichy officials push the raid as a failed effort to start a second front after ten months of prep. Civilian deaths rose to 36 in Dieppe and 11 elsewhere as damage from the raid was described as great.
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Vichy
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Dieppe
de Gaulle
de Brinon
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Big U S Planes Down Six Nazis
London August 21 The United States Army Flying Fortresses destroyed or damaged XX German Focke Wulf 190 fighters over the North Sea in a 20 minute battle. The assault began when 20 to 25 German fighters attacked the American planes. One fortress was heavily damaged and returned to base.
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London
Germany
North Sea
U. S. Army
Britain
Willkie To Tell: Near East And Russia Truth
President Roosevelt announced Wendell Willkie will travel to the Near East and Russia to tell those nations the truth about the American war effort and the unity behind it. Willkie would also visit Egypt Arabia Palestine Syria Turkey Iraq and Iran as a special representative of the President carrying a comparison of Axis victory versus Allied victory.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Near East
Russia
Willkie
Egypt
Arabia
Palestine
Syria
Turkey
Iraq
Iran
Stalin
Axis
United Nations
Small merchant plan urged for Enterprise subscribers
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