War power and patience mark Quebec conference notes
A columnist recalls the Roosevelt Churchill Quebec meeting, noting restrained disclosures and confident war plans. Both leaders speak with polished restraint while signaling progress and impending major actions, including plans for the Pacific and Japan. The article emphasizes the Allies' strategic posture and the cautious tone of the press conference.
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Mount Parnassus
Greece
Messrs
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Henry Ford, 80, Challenges Drew Pearson in Radio
Henry Ford at 80 disputes Washington columnist Drew Pearson in a Detroit radio broadcast. Ford, newly president of Ford Motor Co after Edsel's death, vows he can beat Pearson in any contest and names possible events like a footrace bicycle race or jumping contest.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Drew Pearson
Washington
Pearson
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Edsel
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Soviets Press From Kharkov Toward Poltava
The Red Army pushed south and west from Kharkov driving toward Poltava as German reserves rushed to the line. Berlin claimed heavy Soviet losses while Moscow reported 2000 Germans killed and 25 tanks disabled in sharp battles along the Kharkov front.
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London
Red Army
Kharkov
Poltava
Dnieper
Moscow
East
Berlin
Associated Press
Kiev
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Axis Leaders Picked by People in War Time
Washington report notes President Roosevelt says Axis people may choose leaders after unconditional surrender. Lend-lease totals near 13.97 billion for July 31 with Russia receiving the largest share. Exports to the United Kingdom and Russia cited, with fleet and ship production expanding rapidly as the war continues.
Deer hunting opens October 12 in Hoffman forest preserve
Onslow County game preserve will begin a 14 period deer hunting series in 1943 with the first hunting period on October 12. Hunting will occur every Friday and Saturday from October 1 through December 31 under the supervision of G. E. Jackson.
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Jacksonville
N. C
Hoffman Forest
Onslow County
G. E. Jackson
Jackson
Six More Guards Are Arrested At Strike Bound Plane Plant
Six additional guards were placed under military arrest at Brewster Aeronautical in Johnsville amid a strike that halted production and drew War Labor Board attention. The Coast Guard reserve members were paid by Brewster and charged after earlier arrests sparked the walkout. Workers, led by United Automobile Workers Air craft Local 365 CIO, demanded the release of the four guards and removal of 200 armed guards before negotiations could proceed. A mass meeting is planned tomorrow morning due to workers traveling long distances to the plant.
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Johnsville
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
War Labor Board
Fourth Naval District Public Relations Office
Coast Guard Temporary Reserve
Brewster
WLB
Navy
United Automobile Workers Aircraft Local 365
CIO
Thomas de Lorenzo
Japanese Admit Heavy Pressure In New Guinea
The Tokyo broadcast via AP acknowledged a major American push around New Georgia and landings in the Solomons, with heavy casualties but claimed all attacks were repelled. It cited over 10,000 American deaths and wounds in the Munda battles and said U S naval transports were lost at Vella Lavella to Japanese surface ships and planes, a claim not substantiated by Japan.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Munda
Vella Lavella
Allied air blitz hammers southern Italy as cruiser is sunk
Allied air squadrons pounded southern Italy yesterday with dive bombers and fighters, striking near Naples and San Sapri Castrovillari and Torre Annunziata. A-36 aircraft hit an Italian cruiser off the south coast, setting it afire as RAF and RCAF bombers hit rail yards and steel works. Spitfires provided cover. two formations hit Sapri tracks and a tunnel mouth while other raids targeted Bari and Castrovillari.
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Noland Norgaard
North
Africa
Italy
Naples
Middle East
Bari
Sapri
Gulf of Policastro
Castrovillari
Sibari
RAF
RCAF
Torre Annunziata
Gulf of Naples
Polio Epidemic Sweeps Chicago Amid Rising Cases
Chicago reports 13 new polio cases bringing total since July 1 to 200 with 86 in Cook County and 30 deaths. Dr Bundesen calls it the worst in city history and notes a weekly peak surpassed. Dr Gordon cites the fifth fly as a possible source while nationwide cases place Illinois high in incidence.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Board of Health
Cook County
Bundesen
F. B. Gordon
University of Chicago
Finais
California
Tena
Allied Drive Against Japs In Pacific Rages On
Allied forces press the offensive across New Georgia and New Guinea as MacArthur reports progress on both flanks of the 750 mile battle arc. In New Georgia, troops push toward Bairoko after seizing Munda airfield, while in New Guinea Australian units near Salamaua with river crossings and artillery support.
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Southwest Pacific
New Georgia
Bairoko
New Guinea
Salamaua
Douglas MacArthur
Munda
Kula Gulf
Francisco River
Americans Complete Shuttle Operation To English Bases
RAF mosquito bombers attacked Berlin after a heavy raid by Allied bombers. Berlin suffered another air raid as Germans claimed a nuisance raid. American Flying Fortresses completed a round trip from Regensburg to air bases in North Africa, landing in Britain to finish the shuttle mission described as the greatest operational flight to date.
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London
RAF
Berlin
Air Ministry
Radio France
Atlantic
Regensburg
Alps
North Africa
Bordeaux
France
British Isles
Fred L. Anderson
Eighth Air Force
United States Army Air Force
Patterson in Pacific Zone Predicts Early Offensive
Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson arrived at General MacArthur's Headquarters and forecast that stronger blows against Japan would come soon. He cited twin Allied offensives in the Solomons and New Guinea as key to forcing surrender, noting U.S. production of more than 7,000 planes monthly and growing striking power deploying to the Southwest Pacific. Patterson said he would confer with MacArthur and Australian leaders to report back to the United States with a firsthand view of the situation.
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Southwest Pacific
Robert P. Patterson
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Solomons
New Guinea
Patterson
United States
Australia
MacArthur
75 Percent Of Food Allocated To Civilians
President Roosevelt outlined in a quarterly lend lease report that 75 percent of the nation s food production is assigned to civilians for the current fiscal year. He noted shortages stem from domestic demand by both armed forces and civilians and explained allocations by the War Food Administration with civilians at home receiving the majority.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Russia
War Food Administration
WFA
Ile
WEA
U. S
Tobacco Growers Delay Offerings Await Price Conference
North Carolina bright tobacco markets opened lighter as growers held back sales pending the Office of Price Administration talks in Washington. Wilson reported under 1,000,000 pounds sold with 35 to 40 cent first averages. Kinston and Rocky Mount showed lighter activity and mixed quality with near 39 to 40 cent averages. Yesterday’s totals reached over 1.28 million pounds at $506,928 with an official average near 39 cents.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Office of Price Administration
Washington
OPA
Wilson
N. G. Blackman
R. S. Witherington
Kinston
Yesterndy
Rocky Mount
Roosevelt Gives Quebec War Conference Hint of Secret Plans
President Roosevelt told Ottawa crowds that if Hitler and his generals attended the Quebec war talks they would learn surrender would pay off. He said secret conference details would be shared later with Germany, Italy and Japan in due time. He praised Canada US cooperation and remarked on the two-race nation unity in French and English.
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Ottawa
Roosevelt
Canada
Hitler
Quebec
War Council
Europe
Dominion
United States
Churchill
Britain
Germany
Italy
Japan
Russia
Mackenzie King
Portal-Portal Pay Request Rejected by War Labor Board
The War Labor Board rejected John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers bid for portal to portal pay, voting 8 to 4 against adding 1.25 dollars a day for underground travel time. It approved other contract provisions including time and a half for the eighth hour. Labor members dissented.
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Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Portal
United Mine Workers
UMW
Illinois Coal Operators Association
WLB
Matthew Woll
AFL
William H. Davis
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U. S. Navy
Dewitt MacKenzie
F.D.R
John M. Hightower
John Bull
St. Lawrence River
Mr. Churchill
Hirohito
Tokyo Radio
Office of War Information
OWI
Chuki Suzuki
Kiyoshi Goki
Mineichi Moga
Isoroku Yamamoto
Axis
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
United Kingdom
Mediterranean
China
India
New Zealand
Allies Press
Pacific
Pacific Zone
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