Japs at Bairoko Face a Bataan in Reverse
Allied dispatches from the Southwest Pacific report Japanese forces at Bairoko on New Georgia island encircled by U S Army and Marine units. The front line notes describe a closing steel trap on a last resistance area with possible night withdrawal to Kolombangara.
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Southwest Pacific
Bairoko
New Georgia Island
Bataan
Front Line
U. S
Navy
William Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Bairoko River
Bairoko Harbor
Enogai Inlet
Harry B. Liversedge
Pine Grove
Calif
Munday
Halsey
Caido
Kolombangara Island
Kula Gulf
Jim J. Lucas
Tulsa
Okla
Lucas
Salanaua
Hamburg
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Salamaua
Germany
Ration changes list for food and fuel during World War II
The notice details ration stamp validity for Book 2 red stamps for meat and cheese through August 31, blue stamps N P Q through August 7 with R S T valid to September 20, sugar Book 1 stamps 13 15 16 for canning through August 15 and October 31, shoe stamps through October 31, coffee no longer rationed, and gasoline fuel allocations by region. It also updates fuel oil period 5 coupons through September 30 and new season period 1 coupons valid through January 3 1944 worth 10 gallons per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Roosevelt Rebukes OWI for Moronic King Broadcast
The article notes President Roosevelt's rebuke of the OWI foreign radio division over a broadcast featuring a "moronic little King" remark. It mentions a small group of late game players who entered at a crucial moment and potentially harmed the Allied war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
OWI
Foreign Radio Program
All Income Tax Is Paid Says Grayson
State Health Officer W. H. Grayson said all taxable net income for him had been reported and paid. The claim followed a revenue review noting possible unfiled 1941 and 1942 returns. Grayson’s wife also sent in a 1941 return and paid $2.91. her 1942 income totaled $536.37, under the exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
W. 3
Grayson
State Administration
Federal Census Bureau
State Revenue Department
Harry L. Finn
Finn
Census Bureau
Churchill and King Open War Talks at Quebec Citadel
In Quebec the British prime minister Winston Churchill and Canadian PM W L Mackenzie King conferred with their staffs at the historic citadel, discussing Allied strategy and future invasions as Roosevelt’s plans are kept in the dark. The talks pair Churchill with top British chiefs and include Mary Churchill, wife of the premier, as they plan the next phase of World War II in Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Quebec
Britaan
Canada
Winston Churchill
Brittan
W. L MacKenzie King
Churchill
Roosevelt
Atlantic
North America
MacKenzie King
Mr. Churchill
Axis
United Nations
Grey Stone
Pacific
Russia
Mediterranean
Sicily
Italy
North Africa
Washington
Dudley Pound
Charles Portal
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Louis Mountbatten
Hastings Ismay
Defence
Mary
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Dominion
Citadel
Mrs. Churchill
Bombers Strike Nuremburg As War Ramps Up
British aircraft pounded Nuernberg a major railway and industrial hub in southern Germany and a Nazi rallying point. The raid followed heavy bombing of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen, with 16 bombers reported lost and several fighters shot down. The Air Ministry noted RAF totals of 136,100 tons dropped on Germany since the war began.
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London
Nurnberg
Germany
Air Ministry
Ministry of Economic Warfare
RAF Bomber Command
Ruhr
Nuernberg
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Britain
Berlin
Munich
Italy
Messerschmitt Fighting
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
East Anglia
RAF
Winds Bring Relief From Heat in Hempstead County
High winds and a brief rain drenched Hempstead County offering temporary relief from a heat wave that peaked at 107 degrees, a season high surpassing 106 degrees set on prior Sundays and Mondays. Rain varied by county with Nevada and Lafay ette reporting good showers while crops in Hempstead remained stressed.
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Hempstead
Hope
Nevada
LaFayette
No Restriction on Production of Food in 44
Washington reports that the War Food Administration expects the 1944 farm program to have no restrictions on food and feed crop production. It would mark the first year of unrestrained production since 1933. Plans include financing talks for 1944 and extension of the Commodity Credit Corporation with support prices to aid vital war crops and CCC purchases for processing at ceiling prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
War Food Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
CPA
Watermelon Feast for Civil Police Meeting Tonight
The Hempstead County Civilian Police will gather at 8 o'clock tonight in Fair Park for a watermelon feast. Secretary W. A. Mudgett announced the event to members.
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Hempstead County
Fair Park
W. A. Mudgett
Invasion of Kiska Imminent As Silence Persists
Reports from Washington note prolonged silence on Aleutian activity with speculation that U S forces may be preparing a final campaign to reconquer Kiska. Last action July 30. a Flying Fortress raid occurred July 31. Weather and strategic secrecy cited as factors. The Japanese garrison may lack reliable reports due to damaged communications.
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Washington
North Pacific
Kiska Island
Kiska
Aleutians
Tokyo
Helena Utilities Change Heads as Walton Purchases
Helena is sold to Gus B. Walton a Little Rock investment broker who acquired the Arkansas Utilities Company from Southwestern Public Service Co. for 1 725 000. The transfer covers electric water gas and ice operations in Helena West Helena and Marianna with no immediate personnel changes. Walton seeks to buy three Hot Springs utilities and has filed with the State Utilities Commission.
Red Army Drives Toward Kharkov and Bryansk In Fast Advance
Soviet communique says Red Army heavy offenses push toward Kharkov and Bryansk with multiple columns, capturing dozens of villages and inflicting German losses. Russian forces reportedly penetrate toward Suny and Bryansk rail lines while fighting across a 300 mile front.
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Moscow
Red
Kharkov
Brvyansk
Vilage
Suny
Bryanks
Smolensk
Yartzevo
Kirov
Berlin
Bryansk
Orel
Red Army
Saltino
Russia
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Vyazma
Belgorod
Fordyce Pilot Has Narrow Escape
Seven crewmen aboard a four engined bomber from the Walla Walla army air base were killed in a crash near Patterson Washington Tuesday and a second plane crashed near Happnne Ore. Three men in the Patterson plane parachuted to safety with only minor injuries including Sgt. William P Bryant from Fordyce Arkansas.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Walla Walla Army Air Base
Patterson
Wash
Happnne~ Ore
Paterson
William P. Bryant
West College St
Fordyce
Ark
Army Out of Medals for This Ace Pilot
At a U S bomber base in England on August 11 the army reports it has run out of medals for its top scoring gunnery ace Michael Arooth age 24 from Springfield Massachusetts. He already holds the Air Medal two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart and has been recommended for a third Oak Leaf Cluster the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Distinguished Service Cross. After shooting down three more German planes over Kassel army officials face a medal shortage.
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United States
England
Army
Michael Arooth
Springfield
Mass
Kassel
Mutual Grief As Italy Nazis Draw Closer
Italy and Germany drew closer amid grief cries and propaganda against Russia. Reports from Berlin Rome and Milan spoke of improved ties and military movements, while Italian press attacked Allied air raids and pondered larger strategic shifts under Badoglio.
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Bern
Italy
Germany
Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Russia
Berlin
Rome
Milan
Die Tat
Zurich
Brenner Pass
DNB
Stalin
Badoglio
Turin
Genoa
Mussolini
Heat Wave Linked to Three Fatalities Across States
Three deaths in the heat wave were attributed to exposure or heat stroke while laboring at Camp Chaffee near Fort Smith and Camp Robinson in Arkansas alongside a trainee death from a training exercise. Pine Bluff reached 109, with many cities over 100. Severe storms caused property damage in Murfreesboro and Prescott from wind and lightning.
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Little Rock
Robert E. Edmondokn
Dallas
Tex
Camp Chaffee
Fort Smith
Edgar Reynolds
Morton Tie Loader
Pvt
Eldon R. Cassady
Hemp
N. C
Camp Robinson
Pine Bluff
Mercury
Prescott
Dardanelle
Monticello
Stuttgart
Portland
Texarkana
Searcy
Batesville
Brinkley
el Dorado
Newport
Mena
Wynne
Murfreesboro
Tom Kid
W. M. Reeves
British Eighth Army Reaches Sicily Coast Near Italy
Allied reports say the British Eighth Army advanced seven miles along Sicily's east coast toward Taormina and Guardia, placing troops within sight of the Italian mainland. RAF and naval actions hit Castellammare, Cape Vaticano, and Messina approaches while Patton's Seventh Army moved on the north coast.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Eighth Army
Sicily
Bay of Naples
Rome
Mt. Etna
Guardia
Taormina
Messina
Castellammare
Cape Vaticano
San Giovanni
Naples
Isle of
Capri
Mt. Vesuvius
Acireale
Sicilian
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Italy
Randazzo
Seventh Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Rosmarino River
San Agata
Tunis
Bizerte
Verdun
Associated Press
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Victory Gardens
Victory Garden
S. Burton Heath
Nuremburg
U.S
Helena Utilities Co
G. B. Walton
Reds
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