Chinese near Chuhsien threaten Chekiang city siege
CHUNGKING Aug 26 AP Chinese counter attack claims occupation of a point four and a half miles from Chuhsien. Chinese high command says a concerted attack is developing to strike the strategic Chekiang provincial city from which Japan could be bombed. Six more Japanese ships are damaged and Stalingrad is described as in peril of siege.
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Chinese air field at Chuhsien and East China rail thrusts
The article reports on Chuhsien hosting China’s largest air field built by 200,000 laborers, and a Chinese advance reaching about 165 miles along the Chekiang Kiangsi railway. It notes Japanese forces moving toward Nanchang and recaptures around Tungjiang as part of broader East China fighting and strategic rail disruption.
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Germans Break Through Two Points Of Line
Moscow dispatch reports two German thrusts through Russian lines between the Don and Volga placing Stalingrad in peril of siege. German tanks advanced toward the city as thousands of workers from Stalin grad joined the Red Army on the Volga's west bank. Red Star said German vanguards breached toward a district northwest of Stalingrad while Soviet forces reformed behind tanks. Russian troops and cavalry claimed successes against the German assault, with German tanks and trucks knocked out in the western Caucasus campaign. The situation remained fluid with fighting near the Don bend and efforts to blunt the German salient.
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Encouraging Report Made On Solomons
The navy reports six more Japanese ships damaged in the Solomon Islands battle, including two destroyers and four miscellaneous vessels, with one destroyer damaged by dive bombers on August 23 24 and a second destroyer plus four ships left burning after attacks on transports cruisers and destroyers near Guadalcanal. The action raised total Japanese damage to more than a dozen as Marine and naval aircraft pressed operations to drive them from the Tulagi area while Guadalcanal defenders hold their positions.
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Single Planes Raid Germany and Holland in Daylight
RAF bomber command sent single planes to western Germany and Holland in daylight. Coastal command hit two ships in a German convoy off the Frisian Islands. Docks at La Pallice were bombed. One bomber did not return. A Hurricane attacked seven German boats off the French coast at mast height. In East Anglia a German bomb killed 12 in a shelter including a mother and her eight children.
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Axis transport hit near Cairo reported by RAF
British planes scored direct hits on an Axis transport in the Mediterranean and attacked a land convoy moving reinforcements toward the North African front along the Salum Matruh road. The Egyptian front was quiet aside from routine harassment by enemy patrols and working parties.
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Officials Detain 150 On Gripsholm For Questioning
Jersey City August 26. Government officials announced that about 150 passengers among the 1400 repatriates aboard the Gripsholm were taken to Ellis Island for questioning or had papers deemed unsatisfactory. The ship had docked under guard for intensified vetting by U.S. Immigration authorities.
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Allied Invasion Through Italy Feared In Rome
Rome reports from a Tribune De Geneve Rome correspondent say Allied transports and warships gather at Gibraltar and West Africa ports, seen as possible preparations for a second front. Italians suspect a Mediterranean surprise attack like Dieppe, with Tunisia viewed as most exposed.
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Hitler Deports Norwegians To German Prisons
Five hundred Norwegian workers who tried to quit Nazi fortification work were deported to Germany as prisoners of war. Stockholm dispatches say more contingents were shipped from southern Norwegian ports in recent days. Norway allegedly paid Germany at least 4 trillion kroner as costs of occupation, a sum described as three times the prewar national debt and double Norway’s last year of peace foreign trade.
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FDR to Broadcast Two Addresses on September 3 and August 31
President Roosevelt schedules two major radio talks, one on September 3 aimed at youth worldwide, and another on August 31 at the dedication of Bethesda Navy Medical Center marking 100 years of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. A Labor Day address on spiraling living costs and inflation is anticipated.
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Enemies The Roosevelt Strategy In World War II
Frederick Moore contrasts Roosevelt's wartime methods with Wilson's 1917 18 approach. He notes Roosevelt included GOP members in his cabinet, sought unity of command, allied with Britain, and embraced the term United Nations as the war expanded. The piece hints at partisan and diplomatic tactics shaping the allied effort.
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Oil Refineries Shut Down By C I O Strike
In East Chicago Indiana a CI O strike by about 2500 oil workers halted three oil refineries and a leading terminal. Refineries affected were Socony Vacuum Sinclair Cities Service and Shell. The union seeks a 10 cent hourly raise, with negotiations dating back to February.
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Fraser Commends American Troops
New Zealand prime minister Peter Fraser arrived in Washington at Roosevelt’s invitation for a ten day visit. He praised American fighting men as doing their best and on excellent terms with New Zealanders in the Southwest Pacific, citing their service in the Solomon Islands. Fraser met with Secretary Hull, Lord Halifax, and Walter Nash.
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Sinking lifts total to 441
The Navy reported a small Dutch merchant vessel torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean in mid August, raising the AP tally of Western Atlantic sinkings since Pearl Harbor to 441. One crew member died, four are missing, and 23 survived after fire and burns. Survivors were rescued 45 minutes after sinking by a U.S. Navy ship. The officer described the aft end as engulfed in flames.
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MacArthur's Fliers Enjoy Greatest Day
Melbourne dispatch reports Gen MacArthur's air and sea forces delivering heavy blows in the Solomons and New Guinea. Allied bombers destroyed 53 Zero planes on the Buna ground, hit Timor and New Britain bases, and shelled Buna area shipping. A naval convoy escort suffered a sunk gunboat and transports endured machine gun fire casualties while one Allied fighter was lost. The Solomon Islands sea battle is described as a decisive moment in the campaign with Japan mounting a major counter effort.
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New Secret Weapon For Use Against Nazis Revealed
London Aug 26 Brig Gen G M Barnes heads US army ordnance mission and says Britain and the United States are producing a secret weapon that will surprise the Germans. He notes strong allied munitions output and confirms ongoing collaboration but declines specifics on the weapon or shipping details.
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