Germans Press Vicious Attack On Stalingrad
Moscow dispatch reports a 15 day Russian drive on the central front toward Rzhev Vyazma aims to guard Moscow. Red Army recaptured four western communities, says German losses exceed 47,000. Stalingrad situation described as grave as German reinforcements pour in.
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Stalingrad
Lower Volga
Central Caucasus
Mozdok
Prokhladnenski
Grozny
Ordzhonikidze
Moscow
Rzhev - Gzhatsk - Vyazma_ triangle
Rzhev
Upper Volga
Battle turns at Caucasus as Red Star forecasts halt to Nazi push
The report notes heavy fighting near Moscow’s north sector and a Red Star prediction that Bolshevik forces will blunt the Nazi drive at the Caucasus mountain line. It discusses Moscow defense concerns, the Rzhev salient, and speculation on Hitler’s possible aim to seize Stalingrad before winter.
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Moscow
Red Star
Caucasian
FBI Raids Round Up 100 Aliens in New Jersey
Newark Aug 27 Nearly 100 aliens were arrested by FBI agents and local police in nine northern New Jersey counties. The operation targeted Nazi party members and supporters who refused to fight for the United States or wished to return to Germany, plus buyers of return-to-Germany marks. A former commander of a war veterans group in Hudson County was among the detainees, carrying a medal in 1936 in the Führer’s name.
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Newark
W. J
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New Jersey
E. E. Conroy
FBI
United States
Germany
Bund
Conroy
Hudson County
der Fuechrer
U S Soldiers Operate At Suez Canal In Transit Camp
U S troops arrive at Suez area for air force operations. The Stars and Stripes flies at a tented camp as hundreds of American air force mechanics stand at attention during a flag raising. The group traveled fast on a British troop ship, claiming to have sunk at least one submarine off South America with no casualties.
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Harry Crockett
United States Air Force
Suez Canla
United States
Airforce
South America
Third U S Merchant Ship Sunk in Caribbean Night
The Navy announced today a medium sized U S merchant ship was sunk in the Caribbean Sea early this month and survivors said it was the third ship going down in a single night. One woman and two men were believed lost. H P Smith, the captain, died in a Cuban hospital from pneumonia after exposure and injuries. Four crewmen listed as missing.
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Associated Press
U. S
Caribbean Sea
Navy Today
United Nations
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
West Indian
Navy
H. P. Smith
Nelson Takes Priority Power From Military in War Effort
Washington report says War Production Board chief Donald M. Nelson will strip armed services of authority to grant priority ratings. WPB gains sole control over material priorities, closing a key supply loophole. Letters sent to War and Navy officials and Army-Navy Munitions Board chair Ferdinand Eberstadt outline the change. The order, to be signed by Amory Houghton, will direct inspectors and procurement officers to apply to WPB for priority ratings after contract conclusion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
Armed Services
Nelson
WPB
Army
Navy
Robert F. Patterson
James V. Forrestal
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Army-Navy Munitions Board
Amory Houghton
Willkie Abroad as President's Representative
Frederick Moore reports on Wendell Willkie's overseas mission as special representative, aimed at countering Goebbels propaganda and presenting anti Axis unity. The piece suggests Willkie could play a major postwar role, with Washington weighing broader plans through 1944 and beyond as reconstruction looms.
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Frederick Moore
Ray Tucker
Wendell Willkie
Goebhbel
Europe
America
Egypt
Russia
China
Court Order Halts Kaiser Price Violation
Federal court halted Kaiser Co and Builders Structural Steel Co from further price ceiling violations on steel. The restraining order followed OPA findings that Kaiser bought 504000 pounds in one order but shipped in small lots to evade price limits. Officials said the conduct harmed the war effort and constituted illegal profiteering.
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Cleveland
W Kaiser Co., Inc
Henry J. Kaiser
OPA
Robert N. Wilkin
Office of Price Administration
Kaiser Concern
Builders Structural Steel Co
James C. Gruener
Kaiser Company
Gruener
Waiser Co., Inc
Builders Structural Steel Company
Deferment Sought for Irreplaceable Coal Miners
A special committee appointed by Fuels Coordinator Ickes met privately with Major General Lewis B. Hershey to halt further drafting of irreplacable coal mine workers. Hershey had advised deferring necessary men, but reports say many local boards still inducted such workers.
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Washington
Ickes
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Oil Refinery Workers Agree To Settlement In Calumet District
Striking workers at three oil refineries and a loading terminal in East Chicago resume work at midnight after a federal conciliator deems the stoppage of high octane gasoline production a war threat. Management will meet with union leaders at 2 p.m. tomorrow to discuss wage demands for 2,350 employees. The CIO Oil Workers Union Local 210 called the strike, which shut Sinclair Oil, Socony Vacuum Refining, Cities Service, and Shell loading facilities.
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Chicago
Ind
Calumet
William G. Murray
CIO Oil Workers Union Local 210
Sinclair Oil Company
Socony- Vacuum Refining Corporation
Cities Service Oil Company
Shell Oil Company
Japs Retreat Under Attack On Chuhsien
Chungking August 27 Japanese forces in Chuhsien the site of China’s largest airfield have begun a general retreat eastward under attack by Chinese forces. The Chinese central news agency says the advance from the west and southwest has formed a junction at the city outskirts and is vigorously assaulting the city. Fires inside the city burn from Monday night. The retreat also forces further Japanese withdrawals in Kiangsi Province and towns Sungyand and Lishui are being abandoned. All towns along a 200 mile belt are said to be fired as the Japanese retreat northward from the Chekiang Kiangsi railway. Shangjao Kwangfeng and Kiangshan are described as ruins.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Chuhsien
China
Chinese Central
Chekiang Province
Japan
Kiangsi
Sungyand
Chekiang
Fron Lishui
Shangjao
Kwangfeng
Kiangshan
Central News
OPA Considers Ceiling Price On Livestock
The Office of Price Administration is drafting ceilings on hog prices with plans for cattle later. P. O. Wilson of the National Livestock Marketing Association expressed hope ceilings would not be needed, saying the problem could be solved without such measures. Officials say ceilings would be a last resort to safeguard price controls.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
P. O. Wilson
Chicago
National Livestock Marketing Association
OPA
Wickard
Wilson
Leon Henderson
Agriculture Department
Allies Must Cross Channel For Victory
Canadian military headquaters in Britain Aug 21 Lieut Gen Andrew G L McNaughton predicts a western European front will open and powerful Allied armies must cross the English Channel to win the war. He notes possible Dieppe raids as prototypes and says America also has a strong army in Britain while urging preparation for a larger invasion. He adds the invasion will involve fighting across beaches and dismisses the idea of staying back.
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Britain
Andrew G. L. McNaughton
English Channel
McNaughton
Europe
United Kingdom
America
Senate Finance Panel Backs 3 Percent Withholding Tax
The Senate Finance Committee voted 13 to 7 to reject a motion to drop the 3 per cent withholding tax on wages and dividends, affirming support for the levy as provisioned in the House bill. Senator Taft plans next week to push a combination pay-as-you-go plan with withholding, arguing the levy alone is inconvenient and costly. The 5 per cent withheld would be credited against the 1943 income taxes due March 15, 1944.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Taft
Ohio
Allied Air Activity Signals Impending Desert Battle
Cairo dispatch notes intensified Allied air operations in the western desert near El Alamein as both sides position for a major clash. US Army airmen, cooperating with RAF, raid Tobruk, Crete, Suda Bay, and the Corinth canal, with long range fighters striking transport columns west of El Alamein. Prisoner recovery and prisoner-taking raids are reported. the outcome hinges on Mediterranean sea mastery and strategic moves toward Egypt.
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Cairo
el Alamein
Churchill
England
Mediterranean
Hitler
Middle East
Egypt
Caucasus
United States Army
Tobruk
Suda Bay
Crete
Corinth Canal
Greece
RAF
Anis
British Exchange
London
Jap Landing At Milne Bay Hit Hard By Allies
Allied air forces and ground troops clash with a Japanese Marine force at Milne Bay New Guinea. MacArthur's command reports destroyed barges and a transport, with several ships damaged, as the battle expands toward Port Moresby and Australian targets across the Coral Sea.
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Milne Bay
Washington
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Solomons
MacArthur
Australia
U. S
New Guiana
Port Moresby
Coral Sea
Buna
Allist
Pet
Moresby
Troot
Army To Form New Infantry Divisions
The Army will form two 22nd infantry divisions in October. One division of Negro troops will be led by Brigadier General Edward M Almond at Fort McClellan Alabama. The 84th division of white troops will form at Camp Howze Texas under Brigadier General John H Hitching. A noted Negro unit, an aviation engineer battalion in New Caledonia, earned commendation for rapid airfield work aiding the Coral Sea battle.
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Washington
Camp Howze
Tex
John H. Hitching
Stimson
Edward M Almond
Fort McClellan
Ala
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Drew Middleton
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