U S Planes Enter Action In North Africa Offensive
Reuters from Cairo reports eight mile German push along the El Alamein front in Egypt as U S air forces join the battle. American medium bombers the B 25 pursue Axis transport while fighters disrupt German dive bombers amid a potential Nile valley turning point. Rommel’s spearhead reportedly includes four divisions and tanks as heavy fighting signals a major offensive near El Alamein and Bangasi.
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London
el Alamein Line
Egypt
Qattara
Reuters
Cairo
United States
Tokyo
el Alamein
Bangasi
90Th
McGrew Urges Crushing Japanese Military caste
A wartime broadcast echoed by Joseph C. McGrew calls for the utter destruction of Japanese militarism and the liquidation of its leaders. He argues the postwar task includes rebuilding Nippon into a civil, world‑oriented nation and warns against pacificing a swashbuckling Germany or Japan.
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Joseph C. McGrew
Nippon
Giving Nazis War Information Conspiracy Sentences
Three men, Richard Ernest Feber of Queens Richard Federick Freundt of Manhattan and Peter Franz Erick De ay of Staten Island, were sentenced in Brooklyn to 15 years each for conspiring to transmit defense information to Germany. They pleaded guilty earlier, using secret writings to send data from Mexico and South America and, in Donny’s case, a U S Army WU Field manual to the Nazis.
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New York
Arsenal seized as IRA plots loom in Belfast
United States troops ordered off Belfast streets amid tension over IRA attacks on American and British forces. Police reported a cache of explosives and a tommy gunman killed during a raid. Eleven detainees questioned as authorities press for a reprieve for IRA member Thomas Williams awaiting hanging for the patrolman’s murder.
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Belfast
United States
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Here
L.R.A
Tr.a
Crown
Ulster
Thomas J. Williams
I.R.A
Williams
Dublin
Nurses Exam Set Raleigh
Examinations will be given tomorrow Thursday and Friday here and at Winston-Salem for 414 persons seeking licenses to practice nursing in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Strikes Threaten Pittsburgh Steel Production
A wave of strikes by truck drivers timbermen cranemen and shop workers imperils steel production in a Pittsburgh area coke region. In Uniontown truck drivers and 5000 timbermen joined a walkout after wage demands, while coal and coke supply lines face disruption. Leaders warned predicted paralysis if the action lasts days and urged action through labor authorities.
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Marren Graham Pettsburgh
United Nations
Macksville
America
Uniontown
War Labor Board
Thomas P. McTigue
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
William T. Hynes
Chinese Forces Stop Japanese Reinforcements Near Kinhwa
Chinese forces storming Chekiang intercepted and routed Japanese reinforcements rushing toward Kinhwa. Tangki fell, expanding a Chinese nutcracker offensive along two rail lines toward the coastal base. Kiangshanchen on the Kan River fell August 29 as Nanchang looms closer.
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Chungking
China
Chekiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kinhwa
Lanchi
Tangki
Minhwa
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Kiangshanchen
Kan River
State Revenue Declines as Gas Tax Slumps in August
North Carolina revenue drops 5.38 percent from August 1941 as gasoline tax and inspection fees fall by 192.73 percent. General taxes rise 35.89 percent to 3,905,979.51 while gasoline revenue totals 2,299,298.89. Motor vehicle collections dip 16.19 percent to 203,335.21. Beverages and sales taxes rise. two-month FY totals hit 13.406 million versus 13.867 million prior year.
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Raleigh
Edwin Gill
T. Boddie Ward
Gill
Revenue Department
Allied Fighters Strafe Milne Bay Remnants in New Guinea
Allied fighter planes roared over Milne Bay eastern New Guinea strafing remnants of Japanese forces trapped in the jungle after an ambush. Bombers struck Lae from airfields at dawn, while skirmishes occurred at Salamaua and Kokoda.
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Milne Bay
Marling Spencer
McArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Marin
Lae
Salamaua
Kokoda
Owen Stanley Range
Port Moresby
MacArthur
Cattle Owners Rush Beef To Dodge Ceiling
Cattle owners rushed to market near a record 32,502 animals in Kansas City as meat rationing looms. Pens overflow and T bones will flow soon, with a likely shortage after the rush. Livestock leaders blame federal meat ceilings for slowing production and disrupting packing and feeding.
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Kansas City
E. C. Robbins
Belvedere
Kas
Kansas Livestock Association
Claude McCann
Victoria
Tex
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Washington
American convict in N Ireland manslaughter case
A United States military court sentenced Private William E. Davis of Cleburne Texas to eight years in prison after convicting him of manslaughter in the fatal knifing of a British soldier amid a dance hall brawl in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland
United States
William E. Davis
Cleburne
Tex
Washington by Frederick Moore political naval critique
The piece argues the battleship Iowa is an anti climax and outdated. It contrasts the aircraft carrier and air power with the dying relevance of capital ships after Pearl Harbor era. It notes Navy stoppage of similar giants and predicts future need for scrap iron as ships finish. Continues on page six.
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Washington
Frederick Moore
Ray Tucker
Iowa
Singapore
Congress
Navy Department
Heavy Losses Suffered By Axis Armies
MOSCOW September 1 AP The Soviet report said German forces deepened a wedge toward Stalingrad from the southwest and infiltrated the citys northwestern defenses as casualties mounted along the front. Midday communique cited at least 48 tanks lost and about 2,000 Germans killed with one Soviet unit withdrawing to new positions. The Red Army recaptured a Nazi occupied village south of Krasnodar while German naval parties probed the Caucasian coast. Soviet dispatches noted planes gun boats and torpedo boats striking German ports as new forces moved to bolster the Stalingrad assault amid a blistering heat wave and shrinking water supplies.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Germany
Kotelnkievski- Stalingrad
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Bend
Don
Caucasian
Krasnodar
Pravda
Black Sea
Communist Party
Volga
Welles Seeks Humane Treatment for War Prisoners
Acting Secretary of State Welles expressed hope that belligerent governments will honor the 1929 Geneva convention in treating war prisoners and civilians in occupied territories. He noted the United States has strived to meet standards, while Japan has fallen short, and declined to comment on Japan’s foreign minister resignation or reports of Manchukuo reinforcements. He also avoided remarks on possible rupture with Vichy and discussed Romanian army dissent and a forthcoming British lend-lease clarification announcement.
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Washington
Welles
United States
Japan
Shigenori Togo
Manchukuo
Soviet
Russia
London
Vichy
Germany
Caucasus
Togo Resigned In Protest To Future Plans
Chinese observers in Chungking report Shigenori Togo resigned as Japan's foreign minister over disagreement with Tokyo's Russia policies. They note cabinet members may push a hard line toward Russia, with fears of demands for assurances or possible Japanese attacks on Siberia.
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Togo
Chungking
Shigenori Togo
Japan
Tokyo
Russia
Siberia
Key To Victory In Middle East As War Enters Fourth Year
The Associated Press reports a central wartime idea: hold a bridge from Egypt through the desert to the Caucasus and defend Stalingrad. Observers say success there could enable Allied offensives in 1943, with a strong push in Europe and Pacific theaters dependent on sustaining the fight in the desert and at the Volga.
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Middle East
London
Hitler
Poland
Great
Caucasus
Nile
Rommel
Stalingrad
Lower Volga
United Nations
Europe
Pacific
Desert
Red Army
Scheck
Soviet Russia
Japanese Launch Attack In Kokoda
London dispatch reports Japanese forces launched a stout attack along the Kokoda front in New Guinea. Australian posts were abandoned under pressure but Allied lines were being restored. The main defense remained intact and the fighting caused heavy casualties in close engagement.
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London
Kokoda
New Guinea
No Man's-Land
Buna
Port Moresby
Reuters
Draft Quotas To Be Arranged To Summon Married Men
Maj. Gen. Hershey instructed state selective service directors to stagger inductions so married men are drafted later than single men in some localities. Local boards must finish initial classifications by Oct. 16 and focus calls on boards with more single men. The goal is a uniform method across towns and cities while following dependency deferments for those with wives and children.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
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