Foggia Shattered By Allied Air Attack Heading Toward Kiev
RAF Mosquito raids on Berlin kept residents on edge as a third successive night of bombing hit the German capital. Allied forces also mined enemy waters while U S and British bombers struck targets in France including Rouen power facilities and air bases. A Berlin dispatch noted massive evacuation efforts limited civilian casualties, with reports of widespread fire fighting and rescue work.
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Foggia
Kiev
London
Stockholm
Berlin
Tidningen
Ile
Europe
France
DNB Today
Germany
Associated Press
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Villacourblay
Paris
Bern
Tribune de Geneve
Soviets Break German Stand as Zenkov Falls in Ukraine
Red army forces pushed west of Kharkov beyond the winter high water mark, seizing Zenkov and nearby villages as Germans retreat. Soviet units head toward Poltava and Lozovaya while Akhtyrka also falls after fierce fighting.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Kharkov
Kiev
Zenkov
Red Star
Kif
Poltava
Dnieper
Kenkov
Red
Oposhnya
Akhtyrka
London
Kharkos
Lozovaya
Germans Fire At Disturbance In Copenhagen
German troops and Gestapo faced renewed resistance as strikes spread from Copenhagen to Helsingor and Vejle. Praised by Aftonbladet for gunfire in Raadhuspladsen, the clashes reportedly killed about 30 and injured 50 across Denmark since August 16. Supply disruption hit Burmester shipyard. food shortages emerged in Fredericia.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
Aftonbladet
Helsingor
Vejle
Roskilde
Raadhuspladsen
Malmo
Daens Nyheter
Burmester
Fredericia
Berlin in Panic as Allied Air Raids Drive Evacuations
Berliners flee to forests and shelters as intensified Allied air raids terrorize the city. Die Nation reports Goebbels propaganda urging protection, with Berlin emptied of all but essential workers and trains packed with evacuees. Some travel hours from the capital while others shelter near Tiergarten.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Die Nation
NBC
John MacVane
London
Germany
MacVane
Hamburg
Die
Nation
Bavaria
Silesia
Vienna
Tiergarten
Little Hope Weed Prices To Climb Says Broughton
Governor Broughton returned from a Washington conference pessimistic that the weighted average ceiling for flue cured tobacco would rise above 41 cents. He said Office of Price Administration officials admitted a differential should have been set before the selling season between untied ungraded leaf and tied graded leaf on Carolina Virginia floors. Washington officials promised to reconsider the matter for this and next season, with a decision expected by the coming weekend.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Carolinas
Virginia
Parachutes Found In Denmark Believed To Be Commandos
Stockholm reports 20 parachutes found along the Aarhus trunk railway blasted in five spots. The papers link the find to airborne saboteur commandos flown from Britain to aid Danish resistance against German occupation. The line is a key German supply and troop route.
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Denmark
Stockholm
Socija Demokraten
Aarhus
Britain
Chutist Nurse Wedding In North Africa
A 22 year old American parachutist and a 23 year old flying nurse wed at Allied Headquarters in North Africa. 2nd Lt William G Kautz of Lockport New York and 2nd Lt Julie Corrine Riley of Oak Park Illinois joined in ceremony after meeting in the United States and traveling to Africa together. The groom cut the cake with a jungle knife as rice showers greeted them, and a horse drawn carriage transported them to a French style reception at a local schoolhouse with Lt Ernest T Siegel of Malone New York giving away the bride. Staff members and local crowds witnessed the unique fusion of American and African elements.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Africa
William G. Kautz
Lockport
N. Y
Julie Corrine Riley
Oak Park
United States
Ernest T. Siegel
Malone
Howard Godwin
Beverly Hills
Calif
James Lightbourne
Burlington
N. C
More Mutton And Lamb, But Less Pork For Civilian Tables
The War Food Administration announced September meat quotas with higher mutton and lamb allocations and reduced pork for civilian use. Beef and veal quotas stay near August levels while Class 1 and 2-A slaughterers gain about 85 to 90 percent of their September 1941 bases. Class 2-B quotas remain at 85 to 90 percent across beef veal lamb and pork.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
WAF
WEA
Hitler names Himmler interior minister in dangerous move
The article argues Himmler's appointment as interior minister signals Hitler's weakness and aims to crush rebel conquered peoples, tighten homefront control, and compel war workers to stay in danger zones amid heavy bombing. It notes Himmler's brutal record and warns of rising oppression.
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Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Fuehrer
Reich
Himmler
Hun
Spaatz Skips Formality To Award Airman MacNicholl
In North Africa the Allied raid on Foggia airfield prompted Lt General Carl A. Spaatz to award the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lt Col George MacNicholl of Memphis. Spaatz presented the medal on the field, bypassing ceremony as Doolittle and others watched. MacNicholl, dust-covered in flying suit with a green and red stocking on his head, saluted after a brief thanks.
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North Africa
Foggia
Carl A. Spaatz
MacNicholl
George MacNicholl
Memphis
Tenn
Spaatz
James H. Doolittle
Strategic Air Force
MacNichol
Translator Held On Charge Of Spying For Nazis
New York August 26 1940 translator Robert Lanas Vallecilla 35 employed by the federal coordinator of Inter-American Affairs in Washington is indicted for conspiring to commit espionage for the German Reich. He asked to plead guilty at arraignment before Judge John C Knox but was not accepted. Bruce Barton former congressman headed the grand jury. Indictment says the conspiracy occurred before U S entry into the war carrying a maximum 20 year term upon conviction.
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New York
Robert Lanas Vallecilla
Washington
Vallecilla
Colombia
John C. Knox
Bruce Barton
United States
Americans Australians Within Mile Of Salamaua
Allied forces including American and Australian jungle troops press within a mile of Salamaua airstrip in New Guinea. Japanese holdouts remain at Dotinlet area while counterattacks have been limited along the front south of the Francisco river. If captured, the airfield would bring Allied fighters within range of New Britain bases. weather limits air activity and no major shifts reported on New Guinea or New Georgia.
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Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Douglas MacArther
Francisco River
Bayern Bay
Dot Inlet
Nuk Nuk
New Britain
New Georgia
Nazi Warships Sink Two Swedish Boats in North Sea
Stockholm reports three German destroyers sank two Swedish fishing boats in international waters off northwest Denmark. If confirmed, Sweden calls the attack extremely serious, the worst since the Ulven sinking. About 12 Swedes may have died as flames engulfed the vessels sailing under the Swedish flag with blue and gold insignia. Fishermen said the ships struck from about 50 yards as the boats operated in close formation.
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Stockholm
North Sea
Denmark
Gothenburg
Foreign Office
Germany
Ulven
Forts Bomb Three Planes Amid Heavy Bomber Crew Wounds
Six of ten crew members were wounded as the Flying Fortress Jack Rabbit II returned home after dropping bombs on Villacoublay France. Despite damage to engines and cockpit, crew fought off three German fighter waves near noon July 14, with Lt Ralph Ward and Co-Pilot Joe Callender surviving a heavy attack. Navigator Clyde Halstead and Gunner Sgt Clifford Byrd provided aid and fire, while Callender was wounded in the foot and the aircraft lost one engine.
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Gladwin Hill
England
Villacoublay
France
Ralph Ward
Concord
N.C
Joe Callender
Hartley
Tex
Carson Hinkle
Vallejo
Calif
Clyde Halstead
Brookston
Ind
Hinkle
Clifford Byrd
San Leandro
Callender
Richard Nohlt
San Rafael
P-38 Pave Route With Tree-Top Raid Over Foggia
In a three wave operation from bases in North Africa and the Middle East American P-38s attacked Foggia and satellite airfields at treetop height. Liberators and Fortresses followed to bomb rail yards and airfields. About 200 to 300 enemy casualties reported. seven German fighters downed by Liberators. Lieutenant Colonel George MacNicholl led the raid and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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North Africa
Foggia
Italy
Africa
Middle East
Northwest African Air Command
Cairo
RAF Halifax
Crotone
George MacNicholl
Memphis
Tenn
Carl Spaatz
Afriican
Brewster Plant Workers Vote To Return to Jobs
JOHNSVILLE Pa Aug 26 Thousands of striking Henry Kaisers Brewster Aeronautical workers voted unanimously at a mass meeting to return to their jobs at once in line with orders from the War Labor Board and WLB member R J Thomas. The vote followed news of a military arrest of nine more plant guards, bringing to 29 the number in custody amid a three day strike over guard assignments and seniority.
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Johnsville
Henry Kaiser
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
War Labor Board
WLB
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Coast Guard Temporary Reserve
Navy lists Lieut. Marcis George as missing in action
MISSING WASHINGTON August 26 4 Lieut Joseph Marcis George US naval reserve son of Senator and Mrs Walter F George of Georgia today was officially listed on navy records as missing in action.
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Washington
Joseph Marcis George
U S. Naval Reserve
Walter F. George
Georgia
Navy
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Sweden
Fort
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