Devastating raids heighten tension in Ulster
Belfast reports a time bomb outside a police barracks at Randallstown injuring two officers while Irish Republican Army guerrillas drew gunfire near the Northern Ireland Eire border. Police pressed 96 arrests of political agitators as U S troops, banned from Belfast, moved about the streets during the unrest.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Randalstown
Guerrilas
Eire
Ulster
Bellech
County Fermanagh
Irish Republican Army
Randallstown
Thomas Wiliams
United States
Franco's Purge in Spain Signals Possible Allied Benefit
The article notes Generalissimo Franco’s removal of pro Nazi Ra mon Serrano Suner from the Spanish Foreign Ministry as a bold internal move. It suggests this strengthens Spain's neutrality, offers potential gains for the Allies, and places Gomez Jurdana in the foreign ministry, amid Franco's cautious middle course with a German army near France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gelarissimo Franco
Spain
Suner
Hitler Scours Every Source For Manpower
Berlin reports indicate Nazi efforts to raise troops across occupied Europe as Hitler enters year four of the war. In Alsace Lorraine compulsory service expands to pre 1918 German territory, while Estonia grants permission for an Estonian legion. In Norway Quisling mobilizes limited numbers as Hitler seeks manpower for the Russian front.
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Bern
Norway
Alsace-Lorraine
Estonia
Hitler
Europe
Berlin
Neue Zuricher Zeitung
Alsace- Lorraine
Lorraine
Germany
Russia
Von Bock Uses Many Divisions In Heavy Blow
Soviet forces counterattacked near Stalingrad as Field Marshal von Bock deployed 25 divisions to breach defenses. The Red Army reclaimed ground northwest of the city while Axis forces reported slight gains at heavy cost. Reports note renewed tank, air, and artillery assaults across multiple fronts surrounding the Volga gateway.
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von Bock
Moscow
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Red Army
Tass
Red Star
Egypt
France
Volga Basin
Caspian
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Mozdok
Central Caucasus
Terek
Grozny
Caspian Sea
Cadhe M. Reeves
First Air Ground Support Command
Lynn Farnel
Mitchel Field
N. Y
U. S. War
War Department
Senate Finance Panel Eyes 5 Percent Retail Tax Revenue
Senate Finance Committee heard that a 5 percent sales tax could raise about 2.5 billion dollars annually. Treasury plans for broader taxes to reach 6.5 billion more revenue faced swift opposition from committee members. Senators Byrd and Morgenthau discussed options as the panel prepared to decide on a tax approach before finalizing the revenue bill.
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Senate Finance Committee
Associated Press
Washington
Congressional
Many Women To Be Needed In War Effort
Manpower Chairman Paul V. McNutt said one of every six women over 18 not in the labor force would be needed for the war effort and a 12 member women’s police committee was formed. He projected one in four housewives age 18 to 44 might be employed. Margaret A. Hickey was named chair of the women’s policy committee to mobilize workers and address training and recruitment in coordination with the manpower commission.
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Washington
Sept
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Margaret A. Hickey
St. Louis
Treasury battles a pay as you go tax plan debate
Fear of political dynamite in the Ruml pay as you go tax plan drives Treasury opposition. Administration backs a 2 percent general sales levy and wage withholding at source. Morgenthau experts see sense, but critics warn it could help upper brackets dodge full yearly obligations, risking losses to the government. Officials push for a plan that minimizes voter backlash amid war costs.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
Mr. Big
Capitol Hill
Jeyes
Germans Claim Three Ships Sunk Off Atlantic Coast
New York Sept 4 A German broadcast claimed U boats sank two coastal sailing vessels near the United States Atlantic coast and a medium sized American merchant ship that offered gunfire resistance though the DNB report cited Nazi sources had no independent confirmation.
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New York
United States Atlantic
DNB
Airmen hit Japanese bases in Kiangsi and Hunan raids
United States Airmen scored direct hits on Japanese headquarters at Nanchang and probably sank seven steamers while damaging others in the Singtve Hankow Channel. Chinese forces recaptured sites near Canton and pressed toward Sunki as Stilwell headquarters reported. Sky Dragons reportedly shot down five Japanese planes in a separate action over Kweilin.
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Chungking
China
United States
Nanchang
Lake Pooyang
Kiangsi
Hupen
Joseph W. Stilwell
Lanchi
Kinhwa
Chekiang Province
Canton
Sunki
Min River
Foochow
Fukien
Kweilin
Sky Dragons
U. S. Army Air Forces
Nelson Calls For Huge New Scrap Drives
Washington agency report notes WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson urged a nationwide scrap salvage drive at a meeting of about 200 publishers and editors. Lukens Steel head R W Wolcott warned steel stocks were near depletion, urging rapid action to avert plant shutdowns in Chicago San Francisco Pittsburgh and Youngstown. Walter Dear of the American Newspaper Publishers Association sought a committee to launch a plan modeled on a prior Omaha three week campaign.
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Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
R. W. Wolcott
Lukens Steel Company
Chicago
Wolcott
American Industries’ Salvaging Committee
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Walter M. Dear
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Jersey Journal
Jersey City
N. J
Combined unit action slows Rommel at El Alamein
Cairo dispatch says U S Army Air Forces RAF and British mechanized units press Axis left flank. Heavy air bombardment shatters records as Rommel concentrates forces near Ruweisat Hemeimat sector. Allies report several enemy planes down and fires at airfields while Axis supplies onto the front are bombed to stifle a forthcoming offensive.
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Associated Press
Cairo
U. S. Army Air Forces
RAF
Erwin Rommel
el Alamein
Ruweisat-Hemeimat
United States Air Force
United States
Rommel
United States Army Air Forces
B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Japan Refuses Neutral Ship Passage for Prisoner Aid
Tokyo reports the government refused the American Red Cross permission for a chartered neutral ship to deliver supplies to U S war prisoners. Domei says Japan cannot permit free information collection in war areas and notes it has not refused relief measures but restricts neutral ships in strategic waters. Japan says it treats American prisoners fairly under international law and denies any special need for extra comfort.
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Tokyo
Domei
Red Cross
Japan
American Red Cross
International Red Cross Organization
Geneva
Ouster of Serrano Suner Viewed as Allied Rebuke to Hitler
Allied observers described the removal of Ramon Serrano Suner as Spain’s Nazi-tinged foreign minister as a rebuff to Adolf Hitler and possibly a gain for the United Nations. Spain’s stance between British Gibraltar and German-occupied France attracted note, with Roosevelt’s postwar aid proposals and Madrid’s Latin links cited as factors. A wait and see mood was reported among Spanish republicans in Mexico City. Franco’s ally Serrano Suner’s dismissal shifted to Francisco Gomez Jordana as foreign minister, seen as signaling new relations with the United States.
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Serrano Suner
Adolf Hitler
Ramon Serrano Suner
Salange Reader
United Nations
Spain
Gibraltar
France
Roosevelt
Madrid
Mexico City
Indalecia Prieto
Francisco Franco
Egypt
Franco
Serrano Stiner
Falance
Francisco Gomez Jordana
United States
Alexander W. Wedell
U. S
Richmond
London News Chronicle
Five Jap Ships And 8 Planes Are Destroyed
American forces in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea area report heavy damage to Japanese assets. Five ships including a light cruiser were sunk or damaged by U S submarines, with 99 ships sunk or damaged since 1941. MacArthur's headquarters cited reduced Japanese air resistance in New Guinea and periodic small attacks in the Solomons. Allied bombers hit Salamau and other targets as ground troops mop up Milne Bay survivors and Marines bolster positions in the southeastern Solomons.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Navy Department
New Guianea
Solomons
U. S
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
Salamau
New Guinea
Upper Solomons
Faisi
Buka
Kieta
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Milne Bay
Navy
Plants Advised More Negroes Must Be Hired
Baltimore acts to ease labor shortages by urging employers to hire more African Americans and promote them to skilled roles. A. A. Liveright of the War Manpower Commission says plans must expand training and use of Black workers, though no compulsory legislation is implied. Baltimore serves as a test ground for wartime labor solutions.
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Baltimore
A. A. Liveright
War Manpower Commission
Liveright
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