Allied and Japanese Forces Clashing Near Port Moresby
General MacArthur reports heavy fighting 32 miles by air from Port Moresby as Allied and Japanese forces contest approaches to the vital Australian port. Japanese reinforcements and mountain guns amplify the struggle amid jungle terrain and aerial strafing support.
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Port Moresby
MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Vitalink
Ann Allied
Ioribaiwa
War today analysis on Japanese aims in Asia and Europe
The article questions General Hatas claim of East Asia war cooperation with Europe. It argues Japan may bluff to mislead rivals, or avoid risky campaigns like Siberia or India. It notes Stalin's fall could shift focus though Japan must balance Pacific conquests with American strength.
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Hata
China
Nippon
Russia
India
Hitler
Advace
Japan
America
Stalingrad
Volga
Siberia
Southwest
Pacific
Uncle Sam
Burma
Anti-Russian Named Foreign Chief Of Japs
Masayuki Tani, 53, a career diplomat and head of information, was named Japan foreign minister replacing Shigenori Togo. Tani's background ties him to the co prosper ity sphere policy and army expansion, signaling a consolidation of Tokyo policy. Observers note his stance on Russia unclear but not opposing a potential Siberian strike.
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Tokyo
Masayuki Tani
Board of Information
Hideki Tojo
Shigenori Togo
Tani
Foreign Office
China
Greater East Asia
Manchukuo
Russia
Siberia
Togo
Germany
Japan
India
Shunroku Hata
RAF sends 800 bombers over Ruhr to cripple German war plants
London reports massed RAF formations possibly 800 strong struck the Ruhr and Weisbaden in two night raids to curb Nazi war making. Thirty nine bombers were missing while many fires raged, as Britain pressed a long series of night attacks on the Reich this month.
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RAF
London
Germany
Ruhr
Soviet Russia
Adolf Hitler
Air Ministry
Weisbaden
Rhineland
German Armistice Commission
Reich
Frankfurt
Arnall Pledges Reformation For Georgia
Ellis Arnall Democratic nominee for Georgia governor pledges reform to reduce ridicule of the state. He plans to diverge governor power, free university board from the governor, have the legislature appoint the state auditor, and implement a merit system for the state patrol. He met President Roosevelt and Georgia lawmakers in Washington and awaited a hotel room amid wartime crowds.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Board of Regents
University
George
D-Ga
Congress
War Production Board plans accelerate industrial concentration
The War Production Board moved to quicken concentration of domestic industries, combining flexible German and British ideas to free resources for war and speed civilian output. Officials say delays cannot be tolerated as labor shortages tighten and production shifts intensify.
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Ray Tucker
United States
War Production Board
Ned
U S Attacks In Aleutians And Solomons
United States forces renewed aerial assaults on Japanese lines in the Aleutians and Solomon Islands. Navy reports show enemy losses of two ships and three submarines, damage to five ships, and about 500 troop casualties, while Pacific operations near Guadalcanal damaged two Japanese cruisers south of Choiseul.
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Associated Press
Washington
Aleutian
Solomon Islands
Pacific
U. S
Guadalcanal
Navy
Marine
Choiseul Island
Pacific Fleet
Aleutians
Kiska Harbor
Bell Airacobras
Kiska
Pacific Theater
Choiseul
Gudalcanal
Solomons
Four Convicts Shot Man After Stealing Auto
Four of ten escapees from the Watauga prison camp forced Luther Moretz to pull their stolen car from a ditch and shot him after an argument. Chief Prison Inspector Kyle Matthews said the convicts in prison clothes fled after the early morning incident near Boone. The Cecils, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Cecil of Bristol Virginia, reported the theft and later learned the men had stopped them briefly but returned their vehicle and baggage.
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Boone
Watauga
Luther Moretz
Kyle Matthews
Raleigh
Matthews
H. G. Cecil
Bristol
Moretz
Cecils
Infected Men Not Dangerous To U S Army
Chicago dispatch reports that AMA official Dr. Morris Fishbein and Major General Hershey announced the Army will induct some men with venereal diseases. They say cure and treatment allow these men to serve safely, with up to 2 percent of inductees infected, potentially adding 20,000 to 100,000 soldiers.
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U. S.army
Chicago
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selection Service
Army
Fishbein
Association
Hershey
Madagascar Governor General Resolved to Defend Island
A Vichy radio broadcast says the Madagascar governor general will defend the island to the extreme limit after requesting terms from the British.
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London
Madagascar
Vichy Radio
President Opposes Parity Change in Farm Price Policy
President Roosevelt declares unalterable opposition to any revision of the parity formula for farm prices. In letters to Senate and House banking leaders he notes amendments may be offered to anti inflation bills to raise parity levels, but he would not recompute parity now. Senate Republicans pledge cooperation to pass legislation stabilizing prices and wages as amendments loom.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House Banking Committees
White House
Wagner
DWY
Steagall
D-Ala
Farm Bloc
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
McNary
Oregon
British Forces Press Toward Tananarive in Madagascar Drive
British columns advancing from west coast ports push inland toward Tananarive as talks for armistice terms proceed. Paris protest reports cite a former Madagascar governor warning France that the colonial empire is endangered.
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London
Tananarive
Madagascar
Armand Annet
Berlin
Paris
Yorktown Survivors Recall Midway Last Stand and Hero Captain
Navy veterans recount the USS Yorktown’s brave defense at Midway as she fought to the end after suffering multiple hits. Captain Elliott Buckmaster saved a mess attendant, then stayed aboard to await rescue, while the carrier’s crew endured bomb and torpedo strikes until June 7.
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San Francisco
Yorktown
12Th Naval District
Elliott Buckmaster
A. E. Wendel
Erie
Buckmaster
Coral Sea
Midway
Hamman
C. E. Calloway
Carrollton
Paul Blane Rehlander
la Jort
Ind
Willkie Lands In Kuibyshev Heavy Losses
Moscow radio reports heavy German losses as Stalingrad endures siege pressure from vanguards and Nazi bombers. The invaders maintain advance near the city outskirts amid thousands of casualties.
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Willkie
Kuibyshev
Moscow
Stalingrad
American envoy Wendell Willide visits Kuibyshev
Wendell Willide arrived by air in Kuibysheva today as Roosevelt's volunteer messenger of American home unity. He traveled from Tehran via air tour through the Middle East and will proceed to China. He is to inspect a Volga hydroelectric project and new war industry sites relocated from the western war zone.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Wendell Willide
U.S.S.R
Teheran
Iran
Roosevelt
Middle East
China
Volga
Soviet Report Says Stalingrad Repulsed Axis Assaults
The Soviet information bureau mid day communique stressed defensive success in Stalingrad. Reports say enemy riflemen with tanks were repulsed on the northwestern outskirts, six German tanks demolished, and roughly 650 Germans slain in various sectors.
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Soviet Information Bureau
Stalingrad
Red Star
Rittau
Rzhev
Moscow
N C Blackout Planned Across State on Sept 29
Raleigh September 17 The entire state will blackout on September 29 between 7 am and midnight announced by State Civilian Defense Director Ben E. Douglas at a North Carolina defense council meeting. The date honors the 1919 breakthrough of the 30th division and Tar Heels over the Hindenburg line.
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Raleigh
Ben E. Douglas
North Carolina Defense Council
Douglas
North Carolina
Hindenburg Line
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