Rommel’s Egypt Drive in Hitler’s Middle East Plan
The article outlines Hitler’s grand strategy to overrun the Middle East through Rommel’s forces in Egypt and the Caucasus. It notes potential moves to seize the Suez Canal and Alexandria, constraining British and Allied positions, while detailing concurrent Soviet actions near Stalingrad and German gains in the Caucasus. It reports renewed Allied reinforcements, Italian and German thrusts near El Alamein, and RAF/US air and naval actions amid a broad wartime crisis in early September.
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al. Romimiel
Earf
Egypt
Hitler
Middle East
Emmel
Russia
Stalingrad
Rommel
Fuehrer
Ommel
Kandria
Port- Said
Wi Canal
Caucasus Torthern
Henchman
Stine
Syria
Iran
Iraq
Caucasus
Middle-East
Rome
Mediterranean Sea
Market Report from St Louis and New York Stocks
Hogs and cattle activity mixed with price ranges for 180 to 240 lb hogs and various cattle classes. Field notes include war dispatches from Rommel era air operations and Allied bombing in the Middle East, plus New York stocks and grain futures reflecting small gains in a slow market.
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ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
U.S. Dept
Allied tanks aid British forces in North Africa battle
Dispatches report American tanks supporting Gen Harold Alexander's British imperial armies as Axis tank columns split under pressure. Allied air strikes hit rear lines, bombers and fighter groups attacking Nazi positions while heavy fighting rages on the front. One Allied pilot is reported lost amid the combat.
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Humber
United Staes Air Force
Cal. C. G. Goodrich
Augusta
Junker
Messerschmitts
RAF
Middle East
S. Atmy Dianes
Regit Id
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Aig
Harold Alexander
Alexider Wee
White Arm
8Th
58Th Pomitter A
When a Girl Marries Chapter XI Premiere Pain
Enid, eleven, wakes in heat heavy Bath Club day. She sketches a striking redhead Clare Adams, learns Hank intends Clare as his second wife. Enid's hope of connection with Hank vanishes as the hospital visit and dinner reveal her unspoken, growing disillusionment.
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Enid
Bath Club
Hank
Clare
Hank Holliday
Clare Adams
Hanse
Japs Strike in Kokoda Sector Advances Near Port Moresby
General MacArthur's headquarters reports intensified Japanese strikes toward Port Moresby in the Kokoda sector of New Guinea. Allied air raids at Milne Bay disrupted the Japanese advance but the communiqué notes no imminent major push, with heavy Japanese casualties at Milne Bay and ongoing jungle fighting in the Kokoda area near Owen Stanley range.
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MacArthur
Australia
Milne Bay
Port Moresby
Kokoda
New Guinea
Braunig
Alfied Muhters
Owen Stanley
Port, Moresby
United Nations
Bahr Sentenced to 30 Years as Nazi Spy Conspirator
Newark, Sept. 2 4 Herbert I Bahr was given a 30 year prison term for conspiracy to act as a German spy. Judge William F Smith said Bahr may have more Nazi contacts and did not reveal all information. Bahr, born in Germany, became a U S citizen after studying in the United States.
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Newark
N. J
Herbert I. F. Bahr
Germany
William F. Smith
Federal District Court
Bahr
Judge Smith
United States
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
Federal Bureau of Investation
Gestapo
Cities to Get $9,086 in Gasoline Turnback
Little Rock reports cities and towns will receive a supplementary turnback of 9,086 dollars from gasoline tax funds for 1941 32. The amount comes from balances in the road bond retirement and bridge retirement funds and will be divided equally between cities and counties with a regular distribution due next year.
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Little Rock
Sept
Bridge
Russian Front Advances and Caucasus Withdrawals
Soviet reports say Russian forces continued from the Don River area on the right bank, grinding down the foe. No major changes elsewhere. a further Russian withdrawal occurred in the western Caucasus below Krasnodar under pressure from numerically superior German detachments. A Leningrad front guerrilla detachment raided Finnish communications and killed about 960 frontier guards and punitive formations on a 450 mile march through marshes and forests.
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Don
Soviet Information Bureau
Caucasus
Krasnodar
Leningrad
Triumphs and cobblers price list with market notes
The report lists US No. 1 prices for buranks and triumphs across multiple states including Idaho South Dakota Wisconsin North Dakota Minnesota and Minnesota Hed fiyer Valley with varying price points and commercial quotes. Butter and eggs receipts are noted as steady with prices unchanged. Cotton futures in New York show a light rally early with liquidation and hedging, ending lower across Oct to July contracts.
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Burbanks
Parkel
Idaho
Susset Buranks US
Bliss Pumphs US
South Dakota
Bliss Trumphs US
Wisconconsin Cobblers US
Bliss
North Dakota
Minnesota
Hedfiyer Valley
New York
Nouminal
Willkie Arrives in Middle East
Wendell L. Willkie landed in Cairo en route to Russia India and China. He was welcomed by U S and British officials and carried letters from President Roosevelt. The 1940 Republican candidate planned tours through Russia China Turkey Arabia Palestine Syria Iran and Iraq to explain the American war effort.
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Cairo
Wendell L. Willkie
Russia
India
China
Willkie
Airpot
U.S
Egypt
Alexander Kirk
R. G. Casey
Middle East
Russell Maxwell
North Africa
Belem
Turkey
Arabia
Syria
Tran
Roosevelt
Stalin
Wilde
Lookado Seeks Lead ership of State Senate
Lookadoo Arkadelphia today announced his candidacy for president pro tem of the 1943 Arkansas Senate. A circulating round-robin reported 26 of 35 members had signed in support, needing 18 for election. He is a holdover member and former Clark county representative, aged 38, with ties to Henderson Brown College and State Teachers College at Conway.
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Lite Rock
G. W. Lookadoo
Arkadelphia
Senate
Lookadoo
Willis B. Smith
Texarkana
Clark County
Henderson-Brown College
State Teachers College
Conway
Smackover
Heavy Soil Loss Over Nine Billion Tons Removed Annually
The report states about 3,000,000,000 tons of soil are lost each year in the United States due to wind and water erosion. The figure underscores widespread land degradation and the need for conservation practices to protect agricultural resources nationwide.
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United States
Magnolia Mentor to Coach at Blytheville
Blytheville will have Avil Price Green, who revived Magnolia A M College football, directing the Blytheville Chickasaws, defending state high school champions. Green, Trinity University and State Teachers College product, succeeds Joe Didy who resigned last week to join Mississippi University as assistant coach.
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Blytheville
Uum
Avil Price Green
Magnolia A, & M. Colege
Blytheville Chickasaws
Green
Trinity
Workers Strike Against Selves In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on September 2 a strike of 200 Columbian Conserve Company workers was called by the APL Federal Labor Union. The plant’s 67 percent worker-owned board refused to guarantee 52 weeks of employment, despite management offering a wage scale 10 cents higher than requested. The plant closed with no comment from officials.
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Indianapolis
Dinnapolis
APL
Columbian Conserve Company
Tojo Says Change Not to Affect Policy
Tokyo reports Premier General Hideki Tojo stated that his move to hold the foreign portfolio after Shigenori Togo’s resignation will not alter Japan’s foreign policy. The abrupt cabinet shift followed Togo’s departure amid tensions with Russia, and Harehito Naishi also resigned. Teruichi Yamamoto was named his successor at the Foreign Office East Asia bureau.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Shigenori ‘Togo
Japan
Toro
Russia
Tojo
Siberia
Harehito Nieshi
Togo
Teruichi Yamamoto
Foreign Office
East Asia
Biddle Attacks Complaints On Subversive Allegations
Attorney General Biddle criticised broad claims of disloyalty in government and said 98 federal employees were discharged or disciplined after reviewing 4,500 complaints. He argued many charges were unfounded and that assigning investigators to such work with meager results was questionable. He cited the Dies list of 1,100 names and noted many accused had not heard of the organizations involved.
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Enid
Hank
Ang
Washington
Biddle
Congress
Middle
Federal Bureau of
Dies
Rae
Justice Department
House Committee On un-American Activities
D-Tex
French Leaders Arrested in Unoccupied France
Berlin reports from German broadcasts state Andre Blumel, former cabinet chief under Leon Blum, and Pierre Vienot, ex foreign ministry undersecretary, were arrested in unoccupied France. Dispatch cites the stated reason as given.
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Berlin
Andre Blumel
France
Leon Blum
Pierre Vienot
Blum
Foreign Ministry
Vichy
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