Fire At Sea Damages Big Naval Transport
The naval transport Wakefield formerly the Henry Manhattan burned severely at sea on September 3. Over 1,700 passengers and crew were evacuated without loss of life. The ship, a 24,000 ton former merchant liner, has been salvaged and towed to an Atlantic coast port. Several injuries reported. Built in 1932.
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Wakefield
Hner
Manhattan
Navy
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United States
Naval
Harold Gardner Bradbury
Port Angeles
Coast Guard
Wartime leaders declare Allies near military maturity
Roosevelt and Churchill speeches praise Allied progress as Allied nations grow toward victory. American war production surpasses expectations and troop movements accelerate while U boats are repelled in the western Atlantic. The blockade of Europe remains strong as Axis resources dwindle.
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Churchill
United Nations
Atlantic
Europe
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Two More Allied Ships Are Sunk
The Associated Press reports the sinking of an American freighter in the North Atlantic and a British merchantman in the Caribbean. Losses bring AP’s tally to 459 allied and neutral ships since December 7. Four sailors are missing from the American vessel. 46 survivors were rescued and mostly returned to the United States. The British ship’s 58 crew members were rescued by a US warship after scrambling into lifeboats.
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Caribbean
Navy
Atlantic
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United States
Long Range British Fighters Hit Axis Supply Routes
British fighters attacked Rommel supply lines along the Salam Matrua road destroying trucks tank cars and staff cars. Three German planes were shot down in air battles near El Alamein while ground fighting remained light. One Italian plane and an unidentified biplane were said destroyed on the ground. A southbound Axis convoy in the Central Mediterranean lost one destroyer and two merchant vessels to bomb and torpedo attacks.
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Africa
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Suda Bay
Crete
Sida Bay
Rommel Reported Seriously Ill Amid Desert Defeat
A Willkie party member in Ankara cites German officers captured in Africa claiming Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is suffering from a malady and may be relieved of command. The tale, relayed by British and Allied sources, also notes the death of Major General George Bismarck and a key Rommel aide killed while cheering retreating troops.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Turkey
Africa
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Germany
Wilkie
George Bismarck
Chinese push continues around Kinhwa and Lanchi bases
The Chinese high command reported ongoing fighting in the suburbs of the air base towns of Kinhwa and Lanchi in Chekiang province as Japanese garrisons hold a defensive stance.
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Chungking
Kinhwa
Lanchi
Chekiang Province
Wife of John L. Lewis Dies in Washington
Mrs. John L. Lewis wife of the UMWA president died after a lingering illness in Washington early today. Funeral plans will be announced later. Survived by husband a son John L. Lewis Jr a medical student and a daughter Kathryn secretary treasurer of District 50 of the United Mine Workers.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis, Jr
Kathryn
District 50
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United Mine Workers
Roosevelt meddling shifts Republicans in several states
The article argues Roosevelt's interference in local elections swings GOP loyalties in states like Wisconsin Minnesota and California. It notes his support helped elect Harold Stassen and Fiorello La Guardia while weakening Tammany Hall and contributing to Lehman’s loss.
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Treasury urged to raise individual income taxes in new bill
Treasury officials pressed the Senate Finance Committee to amend the revenue bill by increasing individual income taxes by 5 percent rather than adopting a 5 percent victory tax. The plan would raise about 3.5 billion yearly with 1.1 billion rebated as credits, and would cut exemptions for singles and married couples while preserving a dependent credit.
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Arsenal Shipments From England Show Lend Lease Evolving
A gun factory dismantled in a bombed English city was shipped to the United States under Lend‑Lease, Edward R. Stettinius Jr. said in the Saturday Evening Post. He notes it proves Lend‑Lease is not a one way aid program and highlights wartime financing pressures facing Allies.
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Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
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Saturday Evening Post
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United Nations
Goebbbels
Britain
One Dead Jap Is The Quota For M Arthur
General MacArthur told US troops in Australia that his only demand in action was that each man kill one Japanese. He praised the enemy as hard fighters, noted tactics of dispersing in small groups, and urged American forces to attack and not allow Japanese assaults. He compared Japanese to exploiters of weak troops and stressed readiness to strike.
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MacArthur
United States
Napoleon
American Warplane Output Surpasses Axis Nations Combined
Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson announced that U S warplane production last month exceeded Germany Japan and Italy combined. He said tank output would double by December and new designs would outpace current models. He praised U S air and ground forces and cited P-47 Thunderbolt and P-40 Hawk superiority in combat.
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Germany
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Japanese Troops Slowed At Mountain Pass Near Port Moresby
Allied lines report Japanese advance toward Port Moresby blocked by rugged Owen Stanley Range. MacArthur cites near 700 Japanese casualties at Milne Bay as Australian forces hold ground. battles in Kokoda vicinity continue with bayonet fighting and small-plot struggles for jungle positions. Allied air and sea forces attacked Japanese warships aiding the invasion.
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Tclriand Islands
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New Guinea
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Kure
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Kokoda
Explosion at Carrboro plant kills man and wounds several
An explosion at the National Munition Corporation plant in Carrboro killed Charles M. Rice, 27, of Durham and injured several others, none seriously. The blast struck a small mixing house at about 5:45 a.m. and rattled windows in Carrboro and nearby Chapel Hill. Plant officials planned to issue a statement later.
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North Carolina
Charlies M. Rice
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Carrboro Hospital
American flyer rammed Japanese plane to save commander
General MacArthur announced nine officers of the U.S. Army Air Forces awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Second Lieut. A. T. House of Long Beach California rammed a Japanese fighter with his crippled plane, destroying the enemy and returning to base.
United States Rejects Vichy Bombing Protest And Looming Rift
The United States rejected Vichy’s protest over American air raids on occupied France. Laval’s protest was delivered in Vichy and immediately dismissed by S Pinkney Tuck who said German military targets in France would be bombed at every opportunity. The exchanges revived talk of a possible break with Vichy as casualties were cited in Le Havre and Rouen.
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Rouen
Abbeville
Meaulte
United States
Wade Werner
Washington
Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
State Department
Laval
le Havre
S. Pinkney *Tuck
Germany
Tuck
German air and ground assaults intensify at Stalingrad
Reinforced German divisions probe the western defenses of Stalingrad while the Red Army holds in every sector. Soviet reports claim advances on the central front, 400 Germans killed with prisoners and supplies seized, and tank losses from a minefield west of Stalingrad. Southwestern actions near the Volga say Italian Romanian and new tanks joined fresh attacks.
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Stalingrad
Red Army
Volga River
Izvestia
Three Yankee Eagle squadrons credited with 73 enemy planes
London reports that three American Eagle squadrons serving with the RAF are officially credited with destroying 73 enemy aircraft. The tally covers operations over the English Channel and Northern France. Pilot officer Gregory Gus Daymond, now squadron leader, has seven credited victories and wears the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar.
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Air Ministry
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France
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Gregory Gus Daymond
Los Angeles
Daymond
Somme
Nazi Propaganda Film Misses Fire in Lisbon Premiere
In Lisbon critics panned the German propaganda film How We Dealt With the British at Dieppe as dull and unconvincing. Augusto Fraga, a leading critic, said the cameramen appeared surprised and the film relied on studio work and makeups that failed to impress local audiences invited by the Nazi legation.
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