Rommel's Push at Stalingrad Fails. Axis Routed Toward Start
Axis forces under Rommel suffer a crushing setback as his week long advance toward Cairo collapses. Allied air and ground action leave desert littered with wrecked transports and tanks. British mobile units harass retreating troops while the air war intensifies, signaling tough battles ahead for Egypt.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Marhal Erwin Rommel
Xis
Toeir
Aries
Sses
Rommel
Arass
Iminique
File
Egypt
Awever
U. S
Ommel
Roosevelt Threatens Action If Congress Fails on Inflation
President Roosevelt demanded Congress act by October 1 to stabilize living costs and farm prices or he would use war powers himself. He reiterated a seven point program, noting some parts require executive action while urging congressional action on tax reform and price ceilings at parity. He warned inaction could jeopardize the war effort and pledged to stabilize wages once farm prices are steady.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Labor Day Death Toll Drops Despite War Strain
Amid wartime traffic limits and gasoline rationing, U S safety officials reported Labor Day weekend fatalities lower than recent years with 174 deaths from all causes. Traffic deaths reached 110, rail travel rose due to troop movements, and officials attributed gains to reduced civilian travel and continued factory work despite war.
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Associated Press
Tion
National Safety
Lastar
New York Central Railroad
State Insurance Commissioner Dan C Boney Dies
Dan C Boney 47 the state insurance commissioner died in a Raleigh hospital at 5 am after two days illness. He was born December 6 1895 in Elkin and served in World War I losing an arm. He studied law at UNC and was appointed commissioner in 1927 by Gov McLean.
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Dan C. Boney
Raleigh
Boney
National Association
Elkin
Kinston
University of North Carolina
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France
A. W. McLean
Greatest Allied daylight raids on Nazi-occupied France
Allied air forces staged their largest daylight operations over occupied France with U S Army Air Forces losing two bombers and RAF losses in night raids on Duisburg and Ruhr. British observers urged concentrating air power for victory, warning of defeat if dispersed fronts persist.
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U.S. Army
France
Associated Press
London
United States Army Air Forces
RAF
Duisburg
Germany
Ruhr
Rhine
Allied planes hit Kokoda jungle positions in New Guinea
Gen. MacArthur reports swift Allied fighters bombing Japanese positions south of Kokoda to disrupt attempts to reach Port Moresby. Ground combat in the Owen Stanley area continues as patrol clashes turn into heavier fighting, with Australians at Milne Bay clearing remnants of the invasion force.
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Associated Press
M’arthur
Australia
Kokoda
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
MacArthur
Milne Bay
Big Launching Program Today To Set Record
American shipyards today will launch or lay the keels of ships numbering almost half the total of United Nations vessels announced lost in the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. Labor Day will see 174 new ships go down the ways and the keels of 49 others laid as the world record for maritime construction is set. Splashing into the waters on both coasts will be speedy destroyers and 10 500 ton Liberty Ships, torpedo craft and barges, as preparations to avenge submarine-caused losses totaling 456 are under way. Fifty two seamen on eight Allied merchantmen were killed in submarine attacks disclosed last week, with 295 rescued. The eight vessels destroyed included five British ships, one Dutch, one Latvian and one Greek.
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United Nations
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
Roanoke Island Prepares For Any Invasion
Roanoke Island plans for worst case as civilian defense expands. Dare County chairman Martin Kelley Jr calls for more volunteers to gap the defense unit. Manteo sets up a 24 hour air raid warning center. State chairman Ben E. Douglas notes island reps will attend a Chapel Hill training school to sharpen duties. Visitors see highway markers recount Burnside and 1862 events.
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Raleigh
Roanoke Island
Dare County Defense
Martin Kelley, Jr
Manteo
Ben E. Douglas
Chapel Hill
Roanoks Island
Burnside
Audacity and controversy swirl over U S air power
American aviators in Washington push to oust Henry H. Arnold as Chief of U S Air Forces while Lieutenant General George H. Brett arrives to command Pacific air forces. Debate over durability and maneuverability of aircraft rages among officers with Rickenbacker and McCloy defending the planes as possible congressional inquiries loom.
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Ray Tucker
Washington
Henry H
Happy)Arnold
U.S
George H. Brett
Pacific
Brett
Rickenbacker
China
Europe
McCloy
Middle West
Congress
Fighter Planes Down 3 Japs In Solomons
The Navy reported American fighter planes at Guadalcanal shot down two Japanese bombers and one fighter after a September 5 raid. The attack on Guadalcanal-Tulagi region caused minor damage to U S positions, with Japanese losses rising to at least 122 planes since the invasion began a month ago.
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Washington
Navy
Solomon Islands
Guada Canal
South Pacific
Guadalacanal
Guadalcanal-Tulagi
Chinese forces near Canton recapture key positions
Central news dispatch reports Chinese troops recaptured several important points near Samshui, terminus of the Canton Samshui railway, 23 miles west of Canton. Japanese forces reportedly retreated toward Samshui, with additional units from Lapao cornered. large booty said to have fallen into Chinese hands.
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Chungking
China
Samshui
Canton-Samshui
Green Offers AFL Support Wage Program
In Omaha on Labor Day President William Green of the AFL said American labor would sacrifice under the wage stabilization plan expected to be announced by President Roosevelt tonight. He pledged workers would accept the sacrifice for the nation’s welfare. Paul V. McNutt of the War Manpower Commission hinted at a universal service act study and said recommendations would be sent to the president when needed. Green urged labor to keep faith with Roosevelt not to strike for the duration.
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Omaha
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Green
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
rGeen
McNutt
Commission
Seven Axis Ships Sunk in Eastern Mediterranean Area
Alexandria Egypt September 7 seven Axis ships sunk and five damaged by British submarines in recent operations in the eastern Mediterranean British naval headquarters announced today.
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Mediterranean
Alexandria
Egypt
U S Merchant Vessel Sunk Off Africa Coast
A medium sized United States merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic about mid August by an enemy submarine several hundred miles off the west coast of Africa. Survivors have landed at an east coast port.
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Washington
Sept
Navy
United States
Atlantic
Africa
Nazis Trying To Break Into Volga Key City
Moscow dispatch reports fierce house to house fighting as Germans attempt to break into Stalingrad. Red Army repelled two attacks to the southwest and gained in the northwest. Sailors at Novorossiysk held a hill and killed over 100 Germans while German forces reportedly captured Novorossiysk. Battle lines drawn along Rostov to Mozdok as Russians claim gains and heavy casualties on both sides.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Berlin
Stockholm
Red Fleet
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Batum
North Caucasus
Rostov-Baku
Mozdok
Grozny
Terek
Volga
Unidentified Plane Triggers New York Area Alarm
An unidentified plane approached the coast near New York triggering a real air raid alarm that sent wardens to posts and lights out across the city and suburbs. The 9 minute alert ended when the plane was identified as friendly. One warden died of a heart attack and a officer suffered a fracture during the response. No widespread panic occurred per Mayor La Guardia.
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New York
New York City
Eastern Defense Command
First Army
Garden City
Riverhead
Long Island
White Plains
Westchester County
Newark
Paterson
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Aaron Polakow
Bronx
Edward Gallagher
F. H. la Guardia
Pearl Harbor
Highlights Of FDR Message To Congress
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt outlining inflation dangers in his congressional address. He warns that delaying heavy taxes and farm price stabilization risks the economy, wages, and cost of living. He stresses three guiding farm policy principles to curb inflation and preserve price balance.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
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