Decisive Front Emerges in War Theatre
The article weighs a possible Allied or Nazi strike in Egypt and Rommel's likely moves as the war shifts toward the North Africa and Mediterranean fronts. It notes Wilson’s tactics, Churchill’s reorganization visit, and the Commando front in France signaling bold war plans and high command decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Maitland Wilson
Hill
Egypt
Rommel
Middle East
Ers
Hitler
France
Thirteen More Vessels Sunk by Nazi Subs
The Associated Press reports a surface and undersea raid shifted to southern waters sinking 13 merchant ships. Toll climbs to 439 wartime victims in the Atlantic area. Brazilians, Britons, a American, a Panamanian and a Swedish national were among those destroyed. 171 ships have sunk since Pearl Harbor along U S east coast with no Canadian or Gulf of Mexico losses.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Caribbean
South America
U. S. East Coast
Pearl Arbor
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Southmerica
Cariban
Senate group trims dependent exemption in tax plan
The Senate Finance Committee voted 12 to 6 to cut the dependent exemption to 300 dollars from 400, raising federal revenue by about 220 million dollars. The panel kept married couples at 1200 and rejected linking dependent allowances to a higher single person exemption, with tentative action pending postwar refund and debt deduction proposals.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
George
D-Ga
Treasury
British Submarines Harass Axis Supply Lines
London reports British submarines harassing Axis supply routes sinking one merchant vessel in the Mediterranean after bombing by RAF and stopping at sea. A second vessel, leading ship in an Axis convoy off Norway, is believed sunk following a submarine attack.
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London
Mediterranean
Norway
Admiralty
Norwegian
Hughes Kaiser's Pact To Build Big Cargo Planes
San Francisco August 24 two west coast magnates Henry J Kaiser and 36 year old Howard Hughes announce a joint program to build massive cargo aircraft to outrun submarine warfare. Kaiser vows to provide men and materials plus 1500 aircraft engines monthly while Hughes brings 800 engineers and his Los Angeles plant.
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San Francisco
Henry J. Kaiser
Howard Hughes
Kaiser
Washington
Hughes
Hollywood
California
Huges
Kaiser-Hughes
Los Angeles
New York
Argentina Bowed to Move to Non Belligerency Status
Buenos Aires reports indicate a decree to grant Brazil non belligerent status in its war with Germany and Italy would be presented to the cabinet and expected for signature. The action mirrors Argentina’s stance when the United States entered the war, allowing use of its ports by allied nations while keeping them closed to the Axis.
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Argentina
Brazil
Peru
Buenos Aires
Germany
Italy
Mar Macilba
United States
Peru Proposes Permanent Continental Defense Consultation
Lima reports Peru extended non belligerency rights to Brazil and said it would propose other American nations hold a permanent consultation on collective continental defense. The move aims to coordinate defense measures amid the ongoing global conflict.
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Lima
Peru
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Uruguay braces for war spillover as Axis fears rise
The report notes Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu met with Castillo and briefed Brazilian Ambassador Rodriguez Alves on Argentina policy amid Brazil's war entry. Uruguay readies for risk along the River Plate frontier with scarce armed forces, reinforcing guards after German and Italian flight restrictions and reports of German submarines offshore.
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Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Castillo
Ruiz Guinazu
Rodriguez Alves
Uruguay
River Plate
Atlantic
Brazil
Argentina
Nazis Execute 35 As Terror Rule Expands
London reports 35 civilians from Czechs and Croats executed by German and Italian forces amid escalating terror. Two patriots, Vladislav Brazda and Frantisek Janik, executed in Prague for treason and aiding the enemy. Italian authorities reportedly executed 15 Slovene soldiers in Rome. A mobile tribunal in Croatia condemned 18 more across Karlovac and Stara Pazova.
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London
Croatia
Vladislav Brazda
Cersenice
Frantisek Janik
Preroy
Gestapo
Reuters
Rome
Havas
Budapest
Karlovac
Stara Pazove
Ministry of Interior
Unions Asked To Keep On Job On Labor Day
Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board urged AFL CIO leaders to arrange Labor Day observances so that essential mines industries and plants might operate if shutdowns would hurt the war effort He suggested schedules be rearranged to allow a holiday where possible to boost morale and commitment to increased output.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
CIO
West Virginia floods claim four lives in statewide disaster
West Virginia floods killed at least four people today. Three B and O train crew members died when a locomotive and 11 cars plunged into a creek after a weakened bridge near Clay failed. A 6 year old girl died after toppling from a swaying footbridge near H hundreds. Highway travel was interrupted and lowland crops were destroyed.
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Charleston
W. VA
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Clay
Hundred
Dual-Pronged Drive Threat To Two Cities
Chinese forces press a two pronged offensive in Kiangsi Chekiang and Kiangsi areas threatening Nanchang Jushang and Chuhsien as Japanese bases fall under siege. US planes aided the Chinese assault and guerrillas raided Hainan in July.
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Linchwan
Fu River
Nanchang
United States Army
Fukien
Chuhsien
Jushang
Chekiang- Kiangsi
J&ihang
Shangjao
Suichang
Lishui
Chekiang Province
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Kiangshan
Kiangsi Province
Huangkintu
Yukiang
Poyang Lake
Hainan
South China
Former German officer sentenced for black market deals
Werner Von Clemm, 44, a former German artillery officer, was sentenced in federal court to two years' imprisonment and a $10,000 fine for conspiring to sell Dutch and Belgian diamonds in the United States in violation of President Roosevelt's 1940 freezing order. He is related by marriage to Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. The pioneer import company he headed was also fined $10,000. both fines equal the maximum.
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New York
Werner von Clemm
Preston Roosevelt
von Clemm
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Pioneer Import Company
Luftwaffe Thrown Back by Allied Air Power
New York aerial strategists say one of the puzzles for Nazi forces is the Luftwaffe strength. Goering’s pilots failed for nine hours to gain air command, suggesting thinner squadrons on the French coast than thought. Hitler may have underestimated Allied daring and not deployed a switching system effective against the U S S R. If Nazis are not pounded again soon they will adapt eastern tactics to the Lowlands.
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Albert N. Leman
New York
Goering
Gwinners
Hitler
United Nations
U. S.S
Finland
Poland
Rumania
U S Fliers Repulse Japs Over Darwin
Allied P-40 fighters repelled a large Japanese raid on Darwin airfield with four bombers and nine Zeros lost against 47 attackers. The defense intercepted at 25 000 feet, destroying over a quarter of the enemy planes with no Allied losses. Additional strikes hit wharf area buildings near Buka Strait in the Solomons while Darwin raid was described as a tactical interception with light local damage.
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MacArthur
Australia
Darwin
Buka Passage
Buka
Timor
Philippines
Java
United States
Nip
Chicago
Tydings Defends Gas Ration For Traveling Salesmen
Senator Tydings told about 125 traveling salesmen and company reps that gasoline allotments unfairly hit their livelihoods. He argued the east would receive only about 15 percent of normal fuel use, while G H Ponder cited a Baltimore survey showing 173 firms affected and 2,142 traveling salesmen seriously affected.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Mo
United States
East
G. H. Ponder
Baltimore Association of Commerce
Baltimore
Six Negroes Die Drinking Wood Alcohol
ASHEVILLE Aug 24 Six Negroes were victims of lethal cocktails at a home on 11 Gudger Street. Claude Williams faces charges for selling the wood alcohol. Rosa Walker 42 was near death and another ninth man remained seriously ill as police continued the investigation.
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Asheville
Claude Williams
Gudger Street
Williams
Mission Hospital
Rosa Walker
Co. W. Dermid
Nine Firms Charged With Cheating Navy in Cable Scandal
Justice Department announced the indictment of nine companies and six officers for conspiring to defraud the government of more than 50 million dollars in insulated cable contracts with the Navy. Indictment returned August 17 in Newark and opened in federal court. One firm already refunded 250,000 on 2 million contract, with potential similar refunds totaling about 3 million. Named firms include Rockbestos Products, General Electric, Okonite, Collyer Insulated Wire, American Steel & Wire, General Cable, National Electric Products, Anaconda Wire, and Phelps Dodge Copper Products, with listed presidents and executives.
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Washington
Justice Departeent
Navy
Newark
N. J
Federal District Court
Rockbestos Products Corporation
New Haven
Bayonne
National Electric Products Corporation of
Pittsburgh
William G. Robinson, Sr
Anaconda Wire & Cable Company
Hastings-on-Hudson
N. Y
W. S. Sprackling
Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corporation of
New York
Hitler names chief justice to Reichs ministry post
Berlin Aug 24 Dr Otto Georg Thierack a prominent jurist and head of the German People's Court was appointed Reichs minister of justice by Adolf Hitler today. The move places Thierack in charge of the Nazi justice system as Germany tightens control over legal affairs and political prosecutions.
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Berlin
Otto Georg Thierack
German People’s Court
Adolf Hitler
Russians Defend Stalingrad Gap 40 Miles From City
Moscow reports a tight Don to Volga corridor battle as German forces crossing the Don threaten Stalingrad. A major thrust toward the city advances along the Kotelnikovski sector with heavy losses on both sides, while Soviet forces counter near Kletskaya to slow the German breakout.
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Moscow
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Kotelnikovski
Black Sea
Kletskaya
Don Elbow
Plants Warned Against Lack Of Protection
Atlanta August report: Regional Civilian Defense Director Charles H. Murchison urged southern manufacturers to strengthen plant protection. He offered OCD instructors, camouflage experts, and quick inspections of fire extinguishers. Speaking at a four day War Production Board clinic, he warned of foreign agents with arsenals and warned of air raids and German capabilities affecting American production facilities.
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Atlanta
Charles H. Murchison
OCD
Murchison
War Production Board
Germany
Atlantic
Hitler
Brazil Moves Brazil War Footing To Repel Germans
Rio de Janeiro August 24 The government tightens control over German and Italian nationals and prepares for possible submarine attacks off the coast. Naval air patrols widen offshore coverage near the Natal bulge as authorities impose blackouts and curfews in Sergipe. Rio officials vow close cooperation with the United States for a long war.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Natal “Bulge
Dakar
Africa
Santa Barbara
United States
Sergipe
Natal
Aracaju
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Pee Hughes
Chungking
Fuchow
Chinese High Command
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