Battle Of Don Valley Takes On Grave Turn
MOSCOW July 13. The battle of the Don valley turns grave as Germans push toward the Volga and Stalingrad from 200 miles away. They drive 170 miles east into Boguchar area with tanks and planes. Red Army defenses shift to a new line north of Rostov as two German thrusts threaten Rostov, the Caucasus, and middle Volga. Russians retreat with heavy losses, laying mines and inflicting German casualties.
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Moscow
Don Valley
Volga
Stalingrad
Bocuchar
Rostov
North Caucasus
Middle Volga
Lishchansk
Timoshenko
Red Army
Kantemirocka
Voronezh
Boguchar
Don Justi
Don
Caucasus
Restov
War Today reviews Pacific and Egyptian fronts and Aussie valor
The column notes Hitler gains in Russian territory but Red Army resistance remains strong and time pressures him toward the Caucasus. It also praises Rommel’s gains in Egypt but highlights Australia’s troops under General Auchinleck as a pivotal asset.
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Caucasus
Egypt
Wazi
Rommel
Middle East
Cairo
Eighth Army
Egyptian
Australia
America
Claude Auchinleck
Two Killed In Bomber Crash At Cherry Point
NEW BERN July 13 Two bomber crew members died when their four man aircraft crashed into the Neuse River near the Cherry Point Marine Base. The pilot and bombardier were killed. One crewman suffered a fractured skull while another escaped unharmed. Names were withheld pending investigation and next of kin notices. Mrs Frances Ulak of Newark said her son Second Lieutenant Eugene P Ulak was among the dead. Witnesses reported the plane appeared to attempt a landing before hitting the water and breaking apart.
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New Bern
Neuse River
Cherry Point Marine Base
Here
Frances Ulak
Newark
Von
Eugene P. Ulak
Associated Press
Atlantic
U. S
Caribbean
Carmen
Ciudad ‘Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Caspar Hernandez
Puerto Bergartin
Fire at Ordnance Plant Kills Three
Three of seven workers burned in a blaze at Radford Ordnance Works died in hospital. The Hercules Company plant makes smokeless powder for the government. Dead are Echols McClure of Richmond Virginia C N Harris of Radford and William H Moore of Willis Virginia. An army board investigates the cause of the sheet cutting unit fire.
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Radford Ordnance Works
Army Board of Investigation
Hercules Company
Echols McClure
Richmond
W. Va
C. N. Harris
William H. Moore
Willis
New Danzig Raid Shows British Air Potency
British RAF daylight raid on Danzig demonstrates new air power capable of striking Germany’s submarine yards. Lancasters led a 1,730 mile roundtrip, returning with minimal losses as crews hit Danzig and Flensburg amid bad weather and heavy defenses.
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London
Britain
Germany
RAF
Danzig
Augsburg
Free City
Flensburg
England
Civil Aeronautics Administration vs Army Air Corps Feud
A clash between the Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Army Air Corps heats as the CAA touts its role in pilot training and airfield construction while accusing the War Department of breaking faith with educated fliers. Army spokesmen critique CAA trainees as unfit for combat in an official memo.
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Tucker
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Army Air Corps
War Department
C.A.A
Army
Henry Hi
Happy) Arnold
Stimson
Department of Commerce
Chinese Laborers Used By Japanese
CHUNGKING July 13. Invading Japanese forces have impressed about 5,000,000 Chinese laborers in North China over five years and sent them to Manchuria and Japan to ease a labor shortage. Plans call for 2,000,000 more, with 1,500,000 to Manchuria, 150,000 to inner Mongolia, 100,000 to Japan, and 25,000 in North China. Shansi regime ordered 10 laborers from each village for training.
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Chungking
China
Manchuria
Japan
Inner Mongolia
North
Shansi
Houdry Describes New Process For Synthetic Rubber Base
Eugene J. Houdry, head of Houdry Process Corporation, told a Senate agriculture committee that his firm has developed a two step unit to convert butane into butadiene the base for synthetic rubber. He said the process yields high efficiency and heat utilization with simpler operations and lower plant costs, addressing war material priorities concerns.
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Washington
Eugene J. Houdry
Houdry Process Corporation
Senate
Houdry
Senate Agriculture Committee
Donald MM. Nelson
War Production Board
Arrests of 14 associates of Nazi saboteurs announced
Attorney General Biddle said 14 associates including six women, named as immediate contacts of the saboteurs who landed on Long Island and Florida coasts. FBI Director Hoover said arrests occurred in Chicago and New York over three weeks as investigations continue. one suspect helped buy a car for a agent and concealed part of $176,000 seized. Maria Kerling is identified as the wife of leader Kerling, with Haupts linked as a parent of another defendant. The Nazi saboteur trial continues on its fifth session.
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Biddle
Biddie
Long Island
Florida
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
New York
Hoover
United States
FBI
Atlantic
Maria Kerling
Edward John Kerling
Jacksonville
Haupt
Herbert Haupt
Kerling
Defense Counsel
Action On Farm Measure Stalled
Washington July 13 The House and Senate conferees on the agriculture appropriations bill adjourned a futile conference. Senator Russell D-Gal said the House refused to sign an admission of disagreement allowing more conferees. He warned he would report to the Senate and that either chamber could discharge its current conferees.
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Washington
uPi
House
Senate
Russell D-Gal
Russell
Safeguards To Tax Bill Made By House Committee
Washington July 13 The House Ways and Means Committee approved safeguards to keep the proposed 6.25 billion tax bill from being amended on the floor The panel with narrow margins backed asking the rules committee to allow only minor revisions by the committee itself The measure would raise corporate and individual taxes and boost federal revenues to about 24 billion dollars The plan shifts to source deductions and sets a higher top surtax while adopting a new corporate tax scheme with an 87.5 percent excess profits tax rate
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Donald A. Young
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rules Committee
Bil
Morgenthau
War Production Board
Army Begins Wartime Maneuvers in Carolinas Area
In Wadesboro on July 13 the U S Army launched its first wartime maneuvers in the Carolinas with Maj Gen E J Dawley warning this may be the last dress rehearsal before real combat. The exercise spans air ground and final cleanup phases on a 41 hour schedule and stresses joint action, cover finding, and interservice coordination as Red Army moves from Columbia area toward the northwest while Blue units converge near Asheboro. The program emphasizes training tied to current foreign developments and continued cooperation with state governments while reminding troops of the need to use available means.
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Wadesboro
U. S
Carolinas
E. J. Dawley
Dawley
Red Army
Columbia, S. C
Asheboro
United States
Lations
British Navy Bombards Matruh in Major Egyptian Action
Allied forces report a heavy Royal Navy bombardment of Matruh, a key Axis supply base on the North African coast, with ships firing salvo after salvo and numerous fires ignited among harbor installations. Air strikes accompanied the raid as observers praised the “magnificent” bombardment. The action followed Rommel's offensive and comes as Britain reinforces its Nile force near El Alamein.
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Egyp
Royal Navy
Egypt
Matruh
Tle
Matruhha
Royal Na
Erwin Roamel
Iles
Tobruk
Egs
Alexand
Mediterranean
Japanese Threat To Port Smashed In China Fight
The Chinese high command says Futuo Island near Fukien has been recaptured from Japan, fending off a major Japanese threat to a key port. Fighting spreads inland toward Wen Chow Chekiang as Japan presses for reinforcements. Ta Kung Pao urges US action to shift war momentum with a European front and Axis air power.
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Associated Press
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Foschow
Islaye
Wenchow
Chekiang
Angsi
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Asia
China
Manchukuo
Japa
Nanking
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