War Today by Dewitt Mackenzie on Japanese savagery
The column defends harsh judgments about Japan while acknowledging some readers object. It cites AP reports of Japanese bayoneting wounded soldiers, Hong Kong atrocities, and Pearl Harbor as evidence of savage tendencies, arguing for postwar punishment of leaders and a reckoning to prevent future aggression.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
West Coast
J. Norman Lodge
Associated Press
United States
New Georgia Island
Pacific
Nicholas
T. Kliebert
Japan
Hongkong
Nanking
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Hirohito
Tojo
Hitler
Mussolini
Kaiser
LaGuardia links Normandie salvage plan to Roosevelt sketch
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia said salvage methods for the Normandie are nearly the same as a postwar Roosevelt diagram. He recalled discussing the plan with the President at the White House two days after the fire, noting the diagram showed a ship divided into compartments for pumping. Pumping continued as the liner on her side reached a 45 degree angle, with questions about future moves and postwar justice lingering.
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New York
Frengl
Normandie
Roosevelt
F. H. la Guardia
la Guardia
White House
Hudson River
Kidnapping Case Tied to Local Hospital Escape
Details unfold of a suspected infant kidnaping by Mrs. Wright and her husband, Sgt. Jesse Wright, amid claims of a recent birth. Authorities linked footprints and a hospital bracelet labeled Gurney to the infant Judith, eight ounces heavier since disappearance. The case emerged after diapers appeared on a clothes line and a failed police visit to the Wright home.
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Weinrick
Portand
Wright
Wright Home
Judith
Union report on Lewis application sent to AFL council
A committee report on John L. Lewis United Mine Workers reinstatement bid moves to AFL executive council today. It offers no recommendation and may shift to the October convention. Tobin notes the council will see the report without urging action.
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Lewis
AFL Council
Chicago
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Daniel J. Tobin
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Tobin
Federation
Wil
Liquor Board limits wholesale supplies for hotels and clubs
Donald A. Behney of stale stores hints at possible gains in beverage supply while noting whiskey production has been halted. A week earlier chairman Frederick T. Gelder announced wholesale liquor for about 20 000 licensed hotels taprooms and clubs will be limited to 60 percent of each licensee s purchases in June July and August 1942.
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Donald A. Behney
Frederick T. Gelder
Liquor Control Board
Indiana Countians join Maxwell Field pilot training
Seven Indiana Countians begin Phase Three training as pilots at Maxwell Field Alabama. Names include Grant C Bell Wayne Avenue Indiana and Paul J Mig 353 Taylor Avenue Indiana among others. Also notes a second class of student officers at Dodge City Kansas for B 26 Marauder post graduate instruction and a group of 53 youths from Greensboro N C awaiting five months of pre flight training with several local recruits named.
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Maxwell
Indiana
Maxwell Field
Ala
Grant C. Bell
Wayne Avenue
Paul J. Mig
Taylor Avenue
Anthony Cannizzara
Shelocta
R. D
George M. Hamilton
Clymer
John &. Johnson
Dr. Heilwood
John S. Kinter
Homer City
William B. Bunga
Dixonville
Army Air Field
Dodge City
Kan
Freedom
Quinten W. Stiteler
Paul Stiteler
Smicksburg
Greensboro
N. C
Francis E. Lukehart
Cokeville
Robert W. Farmer
Angelo J.infantino
Punxsnutawney
California Power Problems Claim By General Hershy
Fragmentary OCR text notes General Hershy mentioning belief that California faces power craft problems. No clear event date or full context to determine specifics or outcomes.
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Thetathers
Hershy
California
Gurneys Reunite With Daughter Judith After Nightly Plea
Judith, kidnapped earlier, was restored to her parents Mr and Mrs B W Gurney who had urged kidnapers to surrender by press and radio. Mrs Gurney cried with joy and Gurney, a local labor union official, exclaimed with happiness. Judith slept later while the family and friends kept vigil through the night.
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Mrr
B. W. Gurney
Wallace says he will not head postwar agriculture program
Vice President Wallace, dismissing reports he could be called to run a postwar price and production control scheme, stated he plans to stay out of price and food administration decisions. He denied the Spade magazine claim he would head a new rationing setup and said he will speak in Chicago on Sept. 11 at a Ball Burton Hill Hatch rally.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Food Administration
lHe
Spade
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Chicago
Ball-Burton- Hill-Hatch
4-H Club Roundups and War News Mix in Farm Bulletin
Local 4-H meetings warn of pig sales and roundups with J W Warner and Roger Harrington guiding pig judging and transportation to Pittsburgh August 26. Concurrent war updates report bombers missing, MacArthur raids in New Guinea, Vila airdrome strikes, and Mussolini era political shifts in Italy and Balkans rumors.
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Germany
Ruhr
France
Low Countries
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Vila
Kolombangara
Solomons
Bairoko Harbor
Munda
Amboina
Italy
Chiazzo
Genoa
Rome
Mussolini
Geting
Balkans
Bulgaria
War Manpower debate over emergency measures for workers
A subcommittee heard about wartime rapid industrial growth and the need to suspend inducement for key aircraft workers as an emergency measure. Gen Hershey explained that states must survey plants and make amendments while fearing cuts to productive labor centers. Rev Costello pressed if farm labor would shift between states as a result.
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War Manpower Commission
John W. Costello
Calif
Gen. Hershey
Labor conflict over Johnstown plant steel ingots
A telegram from Eugene Maurice, USW district director, to WPB chair Don Ald Nelson reports Bethlehem Steel refuses acceptance of 4000 ton per month outside ingots destined for railroad car plates. Maurice claims similar telegram to the Truman committee, accusing executives of prioritizing profits over wartime victory and demanding a complete WPB investigation.
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Johnstown
WPB Steel
Bethlehem
WPB
Donald Nelson
Eugene Miurice
USW
Maurice
Truman Boeing Committee
Senate
RAF Heavy Bombers Hit Mannheim Ludwigshafen Raid
British air offensive over Germany reports say heavy RAF bombers struck Mannheim and Ludwigshafen for the first time since August with considerable damage claimed by German agency DNB. Western Europe sweeps also attacked St Didier France and Abbeville railway targets while a wing commander downed a German fighter over Belgium.
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France
Britain
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
Air Ministry
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Mannheim
Hirven
Rome
British press urges renewed Rome bombing over Badoglio regime
Wigain reports from the British press show alarm at Premier Badoglio's refusal to meet Allied surrender demands. Editorials press for renewed bombing of Rome and insist an urgent decision is needed, while Rome broadcasts suggest Badoglio will not sever ties with Hitler. The London and Continental papers call for tighter coordination with the Soviet Union and a united Allied advance on all fronts.
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Wigain
Premoir Pietro Badoglio
Rome
London Daily Express
Badoglio
Ba Oslio
Adolf Hitler
London
Dri O
Axis
Allied Axis battles widen as raids hit Italy and Kharkov front
Allied air forces bombard southern Italy and Messina escape routes while coast roads and railways near Riposto are attacked. Soviet troops reach Nikitovka and Slatino near Kharkov as Germans retreat. RAF targets Mannheim Ludwigshafen in heavy air raid amid first rain of explosives.
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Riposto
Acireale
Messina
Italy
Sivilisay
Lahay
Kharkov
Russia
Nikitovka
Slatino
Orel
Bryansk
Red Army
Smolensk
RAF
Mannheim - Ludwigshafen
Cites
Rhine
Frankfort
Major U S Steel and Allied Firms in Varied Market Moves
A list of prominent manufacturers and utilities including Am Can Am Tel Am Tel Anaconda Chrysler Calumet Edison General Electric General Motors Iron and Steel firms plus rolling stock and gas concerns show activity across sectors. Names such as Bethlehem Steel Kennecott Packard Radio Corp and Pure Oil appear among many others in a broad market roundup.
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al Chem & Dye Am
Pow Am Smelt & R
Am Tel & Tel
Int
Nick Cai
Tel & Tel Johns Manville Kennecott Cop
Lehigh Val Coul Leh
Val RR
Libby McN & L
Mentgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Paw
N Y Central RR North Almeria Northern Pac
Packard Motor Param Pictures
Enn RR
Pullman
Gas & Elec
Cal Stand Oil
Lookout Tries to Hang Self in Police Cell
Philadelphia woman Sophie Simons 28, mother of three, confessed to acting as look out while her husband Edward 26 and Frank Maleski 30 robbed two food stores and attempted a third. She was pulled down unharmed after hanging from a noose made from cell blankets. All three were held without bail on burglary charges. Police Chief Theodore H. Mallowell reported the incident at Elking Park station.
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Philadelphia
Elking Park
Theodore H. Mallowell
Sophie Simons
Edward
Frank Maleski
Hallowell
Service Men In Pre War Philadelphia Disperse Crowd
In Philadelphia a crowd of more than 200 service men and civilians gathered near City Hall after a scuffle between a Marine and a policeman. The Marine allegedly was beaten, leading to patrols dispersing the group. Some witnesses saw the Marine wielding a chair in the courtyard. Doors were locked as military police and Navy shore patrolmen restored order.
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Philadelphia
City Hall
Navy
Copy Editor Wright’s trial delayed to Sept. 30
Federal Judge Gaston L. Porter postponed the trial of Frederick Helzer Wright a 41-year-old copy editor for the New York Daily News since 1927 who is charged with acting as a paid agent for Japan before Pearl Harbor. Wright appeared without counsel asking for two months’ delay citing lack of time to collect evidence. He is accused of conspiring to hide his employment and failing to register as a foreign agent. The government said employers had no knowledge of his activities.
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New York
Gaston L. Porterle
Frederick Helzer Wright
Pearl Harbor
Wright
New York Daily News
Night Telegraph
Nilure
State Department
Illegal deer tilings denied amid meat shortages in Pa
Harrisburg dispatch quotes Seth Gordon of the Game Commission saying illegal deer tilings are less than normal despite meat shortages. He cites youth mischief, gasoline limits, and laws allowing seizure and sale of hunting paraphernalia to deter off season killings. Production notes cover produce prices and fruit and vegetable markets.
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Harrisburg
Seth Gordon
The
Game Commission
Pennsylvania
Gordo
Game Ortificia
RYO
Treasury balance and livestock market notes from Aug 10
Washington reports Aug 7 receipts 198.5 million dollars and expenditures 262.4 million, leaving a balance of 9.095 billion. Total debt stands at 146.744 billion, up 132.629 million from the previous day. In Pittsburgh livestock market, salable hogs and cattle prices show mixed activity with steady to weak demand and unchanged or slow selling. Elmer J. Holland, newly named major in the provost marshal's department, is highlighted.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Pittsburgh
Elmer J. Holland
U.S. Army
Hulland
Congress
State Assembly
Propaganda Fails to Swallow Sicilians in Sicily
Stars and Stripes reports Sicilians ignored Rome’s films portraying Americans as villains. Pvt. Gino Taglieri notes locals enjoyed propaganda reels but distrusted them, recalling letters from relatives in the States. Allied lines in Sicily face German asset destruction and blocked routes as final push toward Messina slows.
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Jack Fose
Stars and Stripes
Associated Frees
Sicily
Mussolini
Island
Gino Taglieri
Paterson
N. J
Tr Duce
Africa
Tunisia
Northern Ireland
America
Ankmen
North Africa
Mt. Btna
Tours
Messina
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