OPA shifts to voluntary enforcement and fires a professor
The Office of Price Administration signals a policy shift toward cooperation with business and voluntary compliance, with General Manager Chester Bowles saying 95 percent of enforcement can be done voluntarily. He also fired Donald H. Wallace, a Williams College professor and former OPA price chief, as part of a broader purge of policy makers.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Mr. Bowles
Bowles
Conrad
Congress
Executive Department
Landing Dooms Japs in Central Solomon Bases
Allied forces seize Vella Lavella in the central Solomons in a surprise invasion. US troops capture 350 Japanese alive and unarmed as the move threatens the Vila air base and isolates Kolombangara and other islands. The operation brings US forces within about 80 miles of Bougainville.
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Southwest Pacific
Japan
Central Solomons
Rabaul
Vella Lavella
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Leif Erickson
Associated Press
Radio Tokyo
U. S
New Georgia
Munda
Kula Gulf
Vila Air Base
Kolombangara Island
Vila
Ganongga
Gizo
Wanawana
Arundel
Kolombangara
Erickson
William Hipple
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Bougainville
Ration Calendar Details for August and September 1943
The notice lists validity of red stamps T and U for meat and cheese through August 31, blue stamps N P Q through August 7 with R S T through September 20, Book 1 sugar stamp 13 through August 15 and stamps 15 16 for home canning, blue fruit and veg stamps, shoe stamp 18 through October 31, coffee no longer rationed, gasoline coupons by region with varied gallon values, fuel oil coupons valid through September 30 and new 1944 season units valid through January 3 1944 worth 10 gallons each.
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East
Blytheville Soldier Wounded in Pacific Action
PFC Fred P. Boggs husband of Mrs. Jessie E. Boggs Blytheville Arkansas was wounded in the Pacific theater the War Department announced. He was the sole Arkansan among 85 American casualties in various theaters.
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Washington
Fred PD. Boggs
Jessie E. Boggs
Blytheville
Ark
Pacific
War Department
Arkansan
Allied fleet sighted off Catania says Rome radio
Rome radio reported a large Allied invasion fleet off Catania on Sicily's east coast with invasion barges loaded with troops and tanks. The Canadian Broadcasting Company cautioningly noted no Allied source has confirmed the sighting.
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Ottawa
Rome
Catania
Sicily
Canadian Broadcasting Company
Historic Illinois mounds include tombs and effigies
The article notes that Illinois contains over 10,000 indigenous mounds used as tombs, building sites, and ceremonial figures. It mentions the first Flag Day association forming in Chicago in 1894.
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Illinois
First
Chicago
Rickenbacker predicts prolonged WWII into 1944
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker returned from a 55000 mile inspection tour and told reporters that Germany likely will not crack before fall 1944 at best. He warned it would take at least another year to defeat Japan, and urged belief in a possible miracle driven by American resolve and faith. He spoke as a private citizen, citing Stalin’s limited participation.
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New York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Germany
Pacific
Rickenbacker
Stimson
Stalin
Churchill
Great Britain clears coast as invasion talk grows
London reports Britain begins clearing non residents from barricaded south coast areas amid fear of a major new blow to Hitler’s Europe. RAF raids intensify while Italy’s isolation and Norway’s siege alarm allies. panic and vigilance rise as authorities tighten coastal controls.
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Great Britain
James F. King
London
Adolf Hitler
European
Britain
Russia
Mediterranean
T Blakans
English Channel
France
Norway
Italy
Switzerland
Chiasso
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Dunkerque
War Office
Whitehall
War Cabinet
News Chronicle
109 Degree Heat Sets New Local Records
The city sweltered to 109 degrees the hottest day since 1936 as July and August produced many 100 degree days. Rain briefly cooled conditions but sun returned by midmorning, with Experiment Station noting 22 days above 100 degrees in the last 47. Rainfall to mid August was well below normal, totaling 25.71 inches versus 33.16 inches.
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George Ware
Hope Boy in Jap Prison Card Reaches Mother
Mrs. T. H. Brumfield of Hope Arkansas learns her son Sgt. David W. Brumfield is in Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 1. The card says he is healthy and uninjured and wishes his family well. It is her first word in nearly two years.
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Navy
Sparks
Aviation Radio School
R. C. A. Sparks
Hope Boy
T. H. Brumfield
North Washington Street
Hope, Ark
Sgt
David W. Brumfield
Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 1
Army Air Base officers thank Hope chamber for watermelons
Captain William J. Chomski of the 355th Bombardment Squadron at Clovis New Mexico sends a letter of gratitude to the Hope Arkansas chamber of commerce praising local support during wartime. He notes the kindness of Hope residents and forwards a plaque of the squadron insignia. Joliet is noted as the first white man to travel between the Illinois river and Lake Michigan.
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Hope
Chamber of Commerce
William J. Chomski
Army Air Base
Clovis
N. M
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
Ensignia
Air Corps
355Th Bombardment Squadron
HAAF
Joliet
Ilinois River
Lake Michigan
Byrnes Signals Air Dominance To Lead War Effort
James F. Byrnes told NBC that major battles lie ahead and air power must lead the drive against Nazi Europe. He urged home-front sacrifices, price controls, and wage limits while noting progress, fuel reductions, and a likely coal shortage prompting an eight-hour day in some mines. Roosevelt echoed air strategy from Quebec talks.
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Moscow
Bryansk
Red Army
Red Star
Kharkov
Bry
Spas Demensk
Karhev
Karache*v
War Bulletin
Orel
Zhizdra
Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
James F. Byrnes
Quebec
Byrnes
NBC
Office of War Mobilization
King George
Great Britain
Churchill
Ploesti
Romania
Berlin
Tokyo
Allies end 38 day Sicily drive with Messina fall
Allied forces trap and capture Messina as the 38 day Sicilian campaign wraps up. American Seventh Army fighters reach the city amid hand to hand combat while British Eighth Army clears the strait south of Messina. Axis forces retreat to the Italian mainland as Allied naval guns bomb coastal routes.
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Belman Morin
North Africa
Seventh Army
Messina
Sicily
Ross Munro
Eighth Army
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Italy
Calabria
Naples
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Palermo
Santa Teresa Diriva
London
Hube
U. S
Milazzo
Gulf of Policastro
Cape Rizzuto
Messina Strait
Allied daylight raids pound western Europe in major air offensive
Large formations of Allied aircraft including twin engined American planes attacked western Europe from the Dover Strait after the RAFs Turin raid and other northern Italy bombings. British fighters struck France and the Low Countries while Londoners watched bombers fly over the capital.
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London
Europe
RAF
Turin
Italy
Dover Strait
Milan
Mont Cenis
France
Thames
le Bourget
Paris
Charles A. Lindbergh
Denain
Valenciennes
No News About Kiska Is Good News
Secretary Knox noted the navy had said nothing about operations on Kiska since July 30. He attributed the silence to bad weather at press conference, joking that “no news is good news.” The remark followed questions about continued bombardments and weather impact on actions near the island.
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Washington
Knox
Navy
Kiska Island
Kiska
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Beam
Naval Air Training Center
Corpus Christi
Texas
C. A. Sparks
Lyle M. Webb
the Star
California
New London
Conn
Solomon
Patton
NEA
George S. Patton
Lyle W. Bernard
Brolo
Col
Bernard
United States Army
Africa
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