Reds On Initiative Over Several Fronts In War News
Moscow reports the Red Army halting a German pincers push toward Stalingrad from the northwest and southwest for the sixth day. Soviet troops fought in the Don–Volga corridor while inflicting damage on invasion machines and holding their lines. German claims of advancing toward Stalingrad contrast with reports of stalled tanks in key sectors.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Don
Volga
Paris
London
Steel City
Kotelnikovski
Russia
Central Front
Rzhev
Soviet Information Bureau
Berlin
Germany
Baltic
Lower Volga
Western
Caucasus
Prokhiadnenski
Don-Voiga
Allied fortunes weigh on Russia and tempo of war in Europe
The piece notes Allied signs of strain amid a shifting balance as United Nations strength grows. It cautions against assuming German and Japanese collapse, warns of potential fresh offensives, and stresses that Moscow reports hardening Red defense while Nazis show diminishing momentum.
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Moscow
Bolshevists
WPEB Officials Indicted For Fraud Charges
The Justice Department indicted two former War Production Board officials and three used machine tool dealers for conspiracy to defraud the United States and hinder war production. Named defendants include Robert B. Rhoads of Indianapolis Ralph L. Glaser of New Haven Louis F. Emerman of Chicago Frank L. O'Brien Jr. and Clarence J. O'Brien of Philadelphia. Proceedings followed a WPB request led by Donald M. Nelson and John Lord O'Brien. The charges allege plotting to block critical tool allocations to war contractors.
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Washington
Justice Department
WPB
United States
War Production Board
Robert B. Rhoads
Indianapolis
Ralph L. Glaser
New Haven
Conn
Louis F. Emerman
Chicago
Frank L. O'Brien, Jr
Clarence J. O'Brien
Philiadelphia
Donald M. Nelson
John Lord O'Brian
Rhoads and Glaser
Emerman
O’briens
Freight Rates On Livestock Get Reduction
RALEIGH August 31 Governor Broughton said the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered freight rate cuts for livestock and called it a decisive victory for North Carolina farmers. The ICC directed Western Southern and Northern Railroads to cut rates on fat and stocker cattle by December and allow in transit feeding. Reductions of three to 16 percent applied to cattle bees and sheep in the south and to shipments northward. Bedding charges dropped from 2.20 to 1.10 for single cars and 1.40 to 1.65 for double cars.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Western
Southern
Northern
North Carolina
Virginia
Free Southern
LCC
Indianapolis
Ind
Vargas Decrees War On Axis Across Brazil
President Getulio Vargas issued a constitutional decree declaring a state of war in all national territory. Brazil follows its Aug 92 declaration with four additional measures to mobilize for war including broader war footing actions.
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Vargas
Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Senate approves Higgin s for reappointment as U S attorney
Washington August 31 The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the presidential nomination of Carlisle W Higgin s for reappointment as United States attorney for the middle district of North Carolina The action clears the way for Senate vote on Higgin s tenure in the post held since 1940 with confirmation likely this session
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Carlisle W. Higgins
United States
Middle District of
North Carolina
Chinese Drive Reinforces Victories In Kiangsi Chekiang
Chinese forces push toward Nanchang nine miles away as new victories against Japan in Kiangsi and Chekiang spread. Southward, operations threaten Canton area with Kuntien within about 25 miles. Japanese counterattacks near Tsungfa repelled. Likiatu and Liangkiatu recaptured. Air bases at Chuhsien and Lishun retaken, with Lungyu and Lanchi reports indicating further advances.
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Chungking
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Nanchang
Canton
Kwangtung
Liangkiatu
Lientang
Central
Lungyuj
Chuhsien
China
Lishun
Lanchi
Lungyu
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Con
Washington as war capital of free world states
An opinion note by Frederick Moore argues Washington has become the war capital of the free world. It says the country’s supreme position was thrust upon it, crediting Allied appeals to Roosevelt and U S resilience amid wartime challenges. The piece references France Britain and China in support of American leadership.
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Poland
Denmark
Norway
France
Italy
Britain
Balkans
Russia
Libya
Washington
Frederick Moore
Ray Tucker
Free States
Berlin
Roosevelt
White House
Dunkirk
Winston Churchill
Wage Dispute Again Closes Wright Plants
Paterson New Jersey August 31 Work stoppages at two Wright Aeronautical plants resumed over a wage dispute. About 500 workers did not report for the day shift at the Fair Lawn plant and in East Paterson a department's bench work was halted. The union claims 100 to 200 absent at Fair Lawn. The company planned a meeting with union officials to resolve the dispute.
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Wright
Passaic, Valley
Fair Lawn
Savage
U S Bombers Raid Jap Held City Myitkyina Burma
American bombers raided the Japanese occupied city of Myitkyina and its airdrome in northern Burma, starting three large fires. The weekend also saw raids on French Indo China near Hoang Supsi and Psolu, plus Lashio with 32 hits and fires at the airfield and warehouse areas.
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Chungking
China
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
French Indo-China
Lashio
Hoangsupsi
Psolu
Indo- China
Rangoon
Island Raid By British Seen As New Drive
British sources acknowledged a swift raid on Antikythera, a small island between Greece and Crete, described by Italians as a minor patrol action. Italy said a small unit conducted the raid and fled when defenses intervened. Britain reported RAF raids on Sicily for over 24 hours, destroying Axis planes and ground targets, with ten planes destroyed in the sweep and a twilight attack on an Axis convoy.
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London
Mediterranean
Antikythera
Greece
Crete
Africa
Air Ministry
Sicily
Malta
Mer
IRA Calls US Troops In Ireland Aggression
The outlawed Irish Republican Army issued a manifesto denouncing United States troops in Northern Ireland as aggression and warning it may take measures to clear the territory if the British Irish and Americans clash. It warned responsibility would lie with those using northeast Ireland as a military base without Irish consent. The IRA, outlawed in both Eire and Northern Ireland, remains violently anti British and anti partition.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
United States
IRA
Ireland
Eire
Partition of Ireland
Minor Drop In Tobacco Prices Follows Ceiling
North Carolina tobacco markets showed a small decline after an OPA ceiling on flue-cured leaf. Farmers expressed skepticism about the ceiling while ware-house crowds sought price information. An agriculture expert cited a 5 to 8 cent drop, with some markets posting steadier early prices but an overall uncertain sales mood.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
OPA
Leon Henderson
State Agriculture Department
Wilson
Goldsboro
Jim Musgrave
Senate panel keeps most House tax plan on corporations
The Senate Finance Committee voted 11 to 8 to retain most of the House schedule of corporation taxes in the new revenue bill. It upheld a 90 percent excess profits levy and a 45 percent combined rate, rejected a 40 percent alternative, and approved an 80 percent tax cap on net excess profits income for small corporations under new treasury proposals.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Bailey
D-Nc
Treasury
George
D-Ga
Australians Crush Japanese at Milne Bay Peninsula
Allied forces under Gen. MacArthur report heavy Japanese losses after a trap at Milne Bay. Australian Maj. Gen. Cyril Clowes led ground troops with U S and Australian air support driving the invaders from a narrow Milne Bay peninsula. Some enemy forces likely evacuated by night, but heavy supplies and tanks were abandoned.
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Associated Press
M’arthur
Australia
New Guinea
United States
Milne Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Cyril Albert Clowes
Middle East
MacArthur
Port Moresby
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Washington
U. S
Taft Predicts Draft Age Change Approval
Senator Taft predicts Congress will act to lower the draft age to 19 and subject 19 year olds to the draft while 1? and married men are handled under a unified induction system. He urged a nationwide pool to exhaust eligible single men first and a fixed legal schedule rather than agency discretion.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Army
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