Big Fires Hit Bremen and Budapest Raid Stirred War News
British and Soviet air forces struck Germany and occupied lands in a night of large bombing raids. Bremen suffered major fires while Budapest faced its first raid, with scattered reports of targets including Vienna and Breslau. Red Army counterattacked near Stalingrad and pushed toward Rzhev as soviet forces repelled German advances.
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Egypt
Germany
London
RAF
Bremen
Poland
Budapest
Berlin
Vienna
Austria
Koenigsburg
Prussia
Breslau
Silesia
Hungary
Russia
Camage
Vichy
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Danziger Vorposten Today
British Hold New Won Gains At El Alamein
British Eighth Army maintains gains on the central El Alamein front after repelling three strong Axis counterattacks. Allied commanders report Rommel failed to recapture positions lost Thursday night amid minefields and artillery bombardment.
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el Alamein
Associated Press
Cairo
8Th Army
el Alamein Front
Egypt
RAF
Harold Alexander
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Alexandria
Suez
Valley of the Nile
Desert Sands
Alexander
Drastic FDR Order Sets Wage and Price Limits
The War Today notes a new FDR wage and farm price order as a critical move against Axis demands. Advances in Atlantic U boat warfare and ship production are highlighted, with Navy officials saying July saw more ships built than sunk for the first time since February.
Unprecedented Move Aims to Halt Runaway Living Costs
Washington reports a sweeping executive order by President Roosevelt to curb rising wartime living costs. The plan creates an economic administrator to enforce wage, salary, and farm price controls and to promote debt repayment and higher war bond purchases despite conflicting price ceiling rules.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Bailey Opposed To Drafting Of Men Under 20
Winston Salem Sept 5 Senator J W Bailey opposes drafting men under 20 until its necessity for national security is clear. He cites army size and arming constraints, arguing an army of over six million could be built without under 20 draftees. Senator Reynolds seeks more information before stating his stance.
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Bailey
Winston-Salem
the Sentinel
J. W. Bailey
Robert R. Reynolds
Enjoiner to Prevent Kaiser's Firm Paying Over Ceiling Price
OPA won a consent decree permanently enjoining Henry J Kaiser’s West Coast Shipbuilding from paying above ceiling prices for steel. The suit cited a 564000 pound steel purchase and small carload shipments to evade caps. Kaiser and builders firm officials deny willful violation.
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Kaiser
Cleveland
OPA
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast
Office of Price Administration
Kaiser Co
Robert N. Wilkin
Kaiser Company
Wilkin
Builders Structural Steel Co
Kaiser Steel
China Gains Upper Hand in Chekiang Fighting
Chinese high command reported ongoing heavy combat around Kinhwa and Lanchi in Chekiang with Chinese forces gaining the upper hand. They described reinforced Japanese troops failing to break Chinese cordons and noted a capture of a port south of Tungyang as enemy trains fled.
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Chungking
Kinhwa
Lanchi
Hangchow
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Japan
Tungyang
Hanagchow
U S Army Air Force Praised In Australia
Lieut. Col. Victor E. Bertrandias of Encino California lauds U S Army Air Force crews in Australia for using American produced planes and equipment to build runways repair shops and hangars He believes ample planes will push back Japanese Zeros and praises Allied aviation efforts.
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Dean Schedler
Australia
United States Army Air Force
Victor E. Bertrandias
United States
Bertrandias
Encino
Calif
Air Corps
Eddie Rickenbacker
Engineer Division
Douglas
Bertrandia
Street Gun Battle Wounds Youth In Northern Ireland
In Belfast a 16 year old gunman, Gerald Adams, was wounded after firing on a police officer who returned fire, injuring the youth in the abdomen. Adams faces charges of illegal documents possession as police detain 31 to 100 IRA elements in a roundup.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Gerald Adams
Adams
IRA
British Merchant Vessel Sunk Raises Loss to 456
The navy disclosed mid August sinking of a British merchantman in the Caribbean, raising the AP total of UN vessel sinkings since Pearl Harbor to 456. Six crewmen were lost, 49 survivors were rescued, including a gun crew soldier. Last night the Leonidas M. of 4,573 tons was announced sunk in mid July.
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Associated Press
Caribbean
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Leonidas M
Lisbon
Navy Labor Day program to launch or keel 150 ships
More than 150 fighting ships and various vessels will be launched or have keels laid in a nationwide Labor Day program described by the Navy as a victory won by American workers. In 75 yards across 27 states, launches and keel layings include destroyers sub chasers motor torpedo boats and more with notable activity in New York New Orleans and California.
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Navy
Workers of America
Naval District
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Port Newark
N. J
New York Navy Yard
New Orleans
Chickasaw
Ala
Nashville
Los Angeles
United States
England
San Francisco
Texas
U. S
Washington
Rhode Island
Oregon
Franco Plans Government To Prevent War
Reliable private information from the Spanish border says Generalissimo Franco consolidates his government after ousting Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner. Aimed at keeping Spain out of war, the policy declaration may be delayed for about three months. German reaction remains muted as Berlin awaits Franco’s pronouncement.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Switzerland
Yeterday
Berlin
Revival Rum plan for pay as you go income taxes debated
Senate Finance Committee supporters predict a revival of the Ruml pay as you go plan for individual income taxes. Byrd says Ruml may be consulted next week as committee considers 1942 and 1943 tax payments and possible reform. Treasury objections include restricting tax relief to lower brackets and delaying higher bracket repayments while current-year taxes are paid. The committee adjourned six hours of discussion and will reconvene Tuesday to rule on a treasury counterproposal for a retail sales tax.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Beardsley Rumf
Federal Reserv Bank of New York
Clark
D-Mo
Ruml
Treasury
Senate
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University of North Carolina
International Student Assembly
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WPB
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Atlantic
Love
Hoboken
Middle East
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Emory S. Land
Leland P. Lovette
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Cleveland Company
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China
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