David Mangum On Hand For Sicily Drive
Cpl. David Mangum son of Mr and Mrs Rebecca Mangum 209 Phillips Street helped route Axis forces from Sicily He wrote his mother describing the invasion on July 10 saying they were bombed and captured many prisoners He notes weight loss from rations and fox hole living and that a bed will feel good if he returns home Mangum worked for Reliable Trucking before enlisting in June 1942 He overseas in June after commando tactics training and amphibious engineers These letters were written July 30 from Sicily.
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Cpl
David Mangum
Rebecca Mangum
Phillips Street
Sicily
Mangum
Cpl. Mangum
Reliable Trucking Company
Russians Drive West At Kharkov Front In Major Counteroffensive
Russian forces report heavy combat along a 500 mile front near Kharkov Bryansk and Spas-Demensk. Moscow claims destroying 875 tanks 1274 guns and 4200 trucks since July 5 while inflicting mass German losses including more than 300000 killed and 25000 prisoners.
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Kharkov
Moscow Bulletin
Bryansk
Spas-Demensk
Kursk
Soviet Monitor
Moscow
Orel
Belgorod
Karachev
Khakov
Britain
Red Army
DNB
Berlin
Russia
Red Star
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Lebedin
Ukraine Steel Center
Konotop
Ukraine
Stratemeyer Named Theater Air Officer in India Burma China
Maj. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, former chief of the air staff under Gen. Arnold, is appointed theater air officer for India Burma and China signaling expanded air war against Japan. In related duty changes Maj. Gen. Clayton L. Bissell relinquishes command of the U S 10th Air Force in India to Brig. Gen. Howard C. Davidson, with Bissell returning to America for an important assignment.
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New Delhi
George E. Stratemeyer
Henry H. Arnold
India
Burma
China
Clayton L. Bissell
Kane
U. S. 10Th Air Force
Howard C. Davidson
Washington, D. C
Bissell
America
Kerosene Renewal By Mail For High Point Applicants
High Point residents set for kerosene allotment renewals by mail. Holders must send the coupon stub with “renewal” written on it and update any address changes on the stub’s reverse. Merchants may accept unused coupons after the invalid date. renewals aim to match last period allotments and reduce board visits.
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High Point
OPA
Balkan Leaders Weigh Postwar Balkan Realignments
In March 1941 Sofia talks reveal Balkan leaders fear Allied victory, expect Bulgaria to keep Dobrudja if Romania consented, and acknowledge irreconcilable Yugoslavia and Greece. Axis population transfers halted at about 30 000 of 300 000 planned. They fear German withdrawal to defend the homeland, facing possible Turkish entry with Allied victory.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Dobrudja
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Macedonia
Thrace
Balkans
Allied air and sea actions hit Italy in multi-front attacks
Allied commands report British sea forces sank seven landing craft off Scalea in a close-range clash. On the northern side of a Naples triangle, Mitchell and Wellington bombers with Lightning escorts disrupted Italy's rail network. After striking Foggia's bottleneck, air forces focused on Naples area with raids on Aversa Benvento and Villa Literno as German fighters countered with a strong defense, including 40 to 50 fighters at Versa.
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Scalea
Hell's Triangle
Naples
Reggio Calabria
Foggia
Italy
Aversa
Benvento
Villa Literno
Versa
Publicity Men Named To Aid War Loan Drive
An advisory committee of publicity experts was named to assist the 15 billion dollar third war loan drive starting September 9. Led by Edward Bernays, the panel includes Howard Dietz Mort Blumenstock Harry Scherman Max Shuster Holcombe Parks B Lewis Posen and Clifton Fadiman. Fifty million Americans will be asked to buy at least one hundred dollar war bond.
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Washington
Theodore R. Gamble
Edward L. Bernays
New York
Howard Dietz
Mort Blumenstock
Harry Scherman
Max Shuster
Holcombe Parks
B. Lewis Posen
Baltimore
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Clifton Fadiman
Hungarian General Relieved Of Command
The Budapest radio reported Col. Gen. Gustav Jany, commander of the second Hungarian army, has been relieved at his own request after 40 years of service. Regent Horthy granted the request as Jany withdrew his troops in late April amid German demands for more war aid. Hungary’s casualties were not disclosed, though Swedish reports cited about 40,000 survivors from Voronezh.
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New York
Budapest
Gustav Jany
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Nicholas Horthy
Janys
Jany
Hitler
Balkans
Hungary
Voronezh
CIO Revives Plan for $25,000 Salary Cap as Sales Tax Debate Rages
President of the CIO unions, Philip Murray, urged backing a $25,000 individual income ceiling to offset calls for a sales tax amid Congress debate. He accused Senate and House leaders of campaigning for tax increases while noting opposition to expanding personal or corporate levies. Murray proposed income-tax exemptions to allow a modest wage for workers, arguing against a broad tax burden on low-income groups.
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Washington
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Murray
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Disney
D-Okla
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Roosevelt
Radcliffe
D-Md
Finance Committee
Reynolds
D-Nc
Funeral Rites for A B Campbell and Couzens Services
Funeral rites are announced for Arley Brantley Campbell from the home of his brother Jesse Campbell 108 West Bay Street to Reeves Chapel Baptist Church near Bonlee with service at 3:30 p m led by Rev FE W Byrley pallbearers listed A separate service will honor Haley A Couzens 65 at Trinity Methodist Church Trinity conducted by Rev R F Honeycutt Rev J C Gatewood and Rev W R Kelley with viewing from 2 to service time burial at Hopewell Cemetery A local man Joseph de Graff reported Beaucatcher black dragon pods from a Beaucatcher plant in his yard noting the pods green and black and described as resembling spider legs a former southern fashion bead Beaucatcher worn by Southern girls to snare beaux
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Arley Brantley Campbell
Jesse M. Campbell
West Bay Street
Reeves Chapel Baptist Church
Bonlee
FE. W. Byerly
W. P. Ingram
J. R. Newton
Archie Badalas
C. J. Sears
R. A. Wilson
James Wright
H. A. Couzens
Haley A. Couzens
Trinity Methodist Church
Trinity
R. F. Honeycutt
J. C. Gatewood
Trinity Baptist Church
W. R. Kelley
Main Street Methodist Church
Yowg
Hopewell Cemetery
Joseph de Graff
Walnut Street
de Graff
Electrician Killed By High Power Wire
Sam Houston Boy a 32 year old electrician from Forest City was electrocuted at Camp Butler hospital area when he touched a live high power wire on a pole Roy Boy brother of Carl A Boy Sr Duke University official was on the same pole and died instantly He had been in Forest City several years and worked for Huntington Guerry Co Inc of Greenville S C on the Camp Butner project for one week
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Bristol
Tenn
Forest City
Huntington- Guerry Co. Inc
Electrical Contractors
Greenville
S. C
Japan may shorten lines as war drags on
A long-range analysis argues Japan could strike in Siberia or Burma while retreating to inner fortifications. It notes Kiska's abandonment signals potential shrinkage of holdings and a focus on defending China and the home front, with Singapore Malaya Burma and the equatorial Pacific as likely battle zones.
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Japan
Europe
Hitler
Tokyo
Tojo and Company
Germany
Soviet
Siberia
Red Army
Wehrmacht
Kwantung Army
Manchuria
Siberian
China
Russia
Vladivostok
Burma
India
Ruhr
Hamburg
Rome
Naples
Singapore
Malaya
Pacific
Aleutian Campaign Shifts Focus Toward Kurile Bases
North American bombers and fighters backed by surface units sweep the Aleutians after a year of attacks that began in June 1942. Japanese evasion spots remain unclear as forces may retreat toward Paramushiro, the northern Kurile naval base, while strikes target Attu and Kiska to sever Japanese defenses and enable renewed operations toward Tokyo.
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Kuriles
Paramushiro
Tokyo
Aleutians
Dutch Harbor
Attu
Kiska
Agattu
Kurile Island
Japan
Balkans Invasion Routes Could Break Axis Hold
NEA writer Thomas M Johnson outlines three invasion routes beyond Italy. From Sicily, Allied forces could strike along the Adriatic and through Albania or Yugoslavia, linking with local patriots and pushing toward Skoplje Pass. Turkey’s entry could open a third path via Thrace and the Dardanelles, though its forces are under equipped.
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Thomas M. Johnson
NEA
Roosevelt
Churchill
Napoleon
Alps
Italy
Balkans
Germany
Finland
United Nations
Cairo
Crete
Sicily
Strait
Otranto
Adriatic
Near East
Albania
Yugoslavia
Salonica
Greece
Vardar
Morava
Skoplje
Aegean
Turkey
Thrace
Bulgaria
Dardanelles
Russia
Northwest Airlines Seeks Tokyo Route Details
Northwest Airlines asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to establish a direct air route to Tokyo via Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The plan would start at Seattle or Anchorage and stop at Dutch Harbor, Kiska, Attu, and Paramushiro before continuing to Shanghai and Manila, expanding beyond current Chicago Twin Cities Seattle service with a Winnipeg link.
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Washington
Northwest Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Tokyo
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Croil Hunter
Seattle
Anchorage
Dutch Harbor
Kiska
Attu
Aleutians
Paramushiro
Kurile Islands
Shanghai
Manila
Chicago
Twin Cities
Winnipeg
Canada
Two Acquitted Of War Fraud Charges In Newark Trial
In Newark New Jersey a federal jury acquitted Marine Maintenance Corp of Bayonne and Gregory Ferend of New York City former president on charges they conspired to defraud the United States Maritime Commission of 600000 for repair work on 12 vessels. Russell W. Michner of Dumont former treasurer was convicted on 12 counts of fraud but acquitted on conspiracy. He faces up to ten years in prison and a 10000 dollar fine on each count. The verdict came after 33 hours of deliberation in a five week trial of the firm and its two ex officials.
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Newark
N. J
Marine Maintenance Corp
Bayonne
Gregory Ferend
New York City
United States Maritime Commission
Russell W. Michner
Dumont
Postwar aviation plans outlined for airman readers
Washington letter explains smooth transition to peace time flying. CAB files 283 new route applications, hearings begin in September, and certificates may be granted by year’s end. Emphasizes feeder line concept with short helicopter hops every 10 to 15 miles, boosting job prospects for veterans in aviation roles.
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CAB
Post Office Department
Mass Flight To Honolulu IIs Success
NEW YORK Aug 21 Curtiss Wright says the longest non stop mass flight of single engine military aircraft in history 1300 miles from Midway to Honolulu was completed recently without incident under war department approval. P 40 fighters under Lieut Col Aaron Tyer flew at 10000 feet with auxiliary tanks in six and a half hours, some planes nearly ran out of fuel, five heavier planes escorted the P 40s.
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New York
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Midway Island
Honolulu
War Department
Aaron Tyer
Curtiss
Chilean Foreign Minister Arrives in Buenos Aires
Chilean Foreign Minister Joaquin Fernandez landed in Buenos Aires on August 21 en route to Washington. He said his main aim is to discuss post war problems fully with U S officials during his travels.
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Bundes
Soldiers Will Battle To Save Tomato Crop
Six hundred soldiers from Fort Dix will arrive at the Campbell Soup plant in Camden New Jersey to unload tomato trucks. They join 2,200 workers in a 10 day operation with a 72 hour leave system, to speed processing. Unloading rate rose to 100 trucks per hour cutting the line from seven miles to four and a half.
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Camden
N. J
Fort Dix
Campbell Soup Company
Camden- Philadelphia
Campbell
Frank L. McNamee
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Washington
War Department
India Appeals For Food To World At Bengal Famine
Calcutta August 21 The Calcutta Municipal Corporation decided to cable the president and seek relief as famine conditions prevail in Bengal. Officials said urgent international aid was necessary to avert widespread hunger and suffering among the population.
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Calcutta
India
Bengal
Calcutta Municipal Corporation
Presi
Immediate aid pledge for cereals and food from all continents
The appeal by Roosevelt and Churchill calls for the immediate shipment of cereals and other foodstuffs including milk powder from the Americas, Australia and Africa. The leaders urge rapid humanitarian delivery to affected regions amid growing need.
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Dent Roosevelt
Churchill
Americas
Australia
Africa
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