Allies Pin In German Forces Around Messina In Sicily Raid
Allied air and naval forces formed a ring of fire around the Strait of Messina as German troops began a wholesale withdrawal from Sicily. American and British units closed in on Randazzo Piraino Floresta Riposto Gloria Milo while heavy bombing targeted embarkation points around Messina and coastal crossings.
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North Africa
Strait of Messina
Sicily
Italy
Messina
Siles Geer
Randazzo
Piraino
Floresta
Riposto, Gloria and
Milo
Falcone
Piedmonte
Spadatoro San Martino
Evea
Marina de Valencia
Palma
Plaza
Marina del Valencia
FDR and Churchill Held Meeting Before Quebec
Roosevelt and Churchill conducted a preliminary meeting in the United States ahead of the Quebec talks. Churchill departed Wednesday night and briefly appeared at Niagara Falls before an undisclosed meeting with Roosevelt. The timing of their Quebec arrival and joint deliberations on war strategy could not be announced.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
Niagara Falls
N. X
Alr
Parla
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Bataan
North Africa
Rome
Green Scores AFL Vote On Lewis Case In California
In a tight AFL council session, William Green abstained as the vote to reinstate John L. Lewis’s affiliated minors failed. The private meeting sent the motion to the annual convention without recommendation, amid broader postwar labor funding talks.
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Chicago
William Green
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
ARL Executive Council
Old-Type B and C Gasoline Books Reissued To Replace
Washington announces old type B and C gasoline ration books will be called in for reissuance. After August 31 motorists must use new coupons reading mileage ration B for C to curb invalid or counterfeit coupons. Exchange possible from August 24 via local ration boards. expiration dates and stamp counts stay the same. Some boards recently issued old books by mistake and some old books will not expire by September 1, especially in the Tas.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Office of Price Adm
Yardstick for wage boost set by regional war board
The Fourth Regional War Labor Board announced wage yardsticks for Southeast wartime labor. Minimums become compulsory guides for wage applications while not covering all classifications. Notable rates include common labor 40–60 cents, truck river 45–75 cents, class AI mechanics 1.29, and office workers from 34 cents to 1.10 dollars per hour.
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Atlanta
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
M. T. van Hooke
Vai Hheeke
van Hocke
Reds Rain Greatest Barrage on Nazis
Soviet and Russian front dispatches report heavy fighting along the Kharkov area and a major offensive from Spas Demensk toward Bryansk. Soviet troops claim advances, capture populated places, and damage German forces, with reports of thousands of enemy casualties and significant material losses.
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London
Kharkov
Karachev
Bryanski
Spas Demenske
Spes Demensk
Wharlovy
Orel
Belgorod
Ukraine
Bitter
Pavlinoyo
Smolensk
Bryansk
Saben
Moscow
Many Fathers Face Draft Before Oct. 1
Washington reports a sweeping set of selective service orders aimed at using the labor force to boost war production. These measures seek to keep essential workers in war useful jobs, shift labor from unessential tasks, and provide recruits for the armed services without halting production. Chairman Paul V. McNutt notes the move as a key administration manpower strategy, with tighter controls on movement of women and mon workers.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Multhey
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
WMC
WMC Tightens All U S Job Transfers During War
The War Manpower Commission ordered a nationwide embargo on moving workers to new jobs without approval to curb migration and ease wartime shortages. It also relaxes some rules for higher pay, extends idle periods to 60 days, and requires employer and Employment Service consent before hires in many cases.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Prudent
War Labor Board
WLB
Paul V. MacNutt
UT “Employment Service
New Lee
Haliday
Rome Open City Edict Leaves Ike Free to Act
A British statement said Rome’s open city declaration does not restrain General Eisenhower. It asserted he retains full liberty of operation and command in the Mediterranean theater despite Italy’s status change.
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Landon P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Rome
McNutt Defends Father Draft Rule for War Effort
War Manpower Commission chief McNutt argues fatherhood does not exempt men from wartime service. WMC official Appley warns some pre Pearl Harbor fathers could be inducted on Oct. 2 without congressional action. Draft boards told to draft as needed to meet SS quotas, with an evening up plan to equalize father inductions across communities.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
WMC
McNutt
Wheeler D-Mont
Lawrence Appley
Congress
Appley
Army
Navy
Badoglio Declares Rome Open City After Air Raids
Rome announces it will declare the capital an open city without delay as Allied air raids mount. The Vatican intermediary and Stefani News Agency note the decision follows repeated bombings and aims to meet international law requirements.
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London
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Vatican
Stefani
Rome Vocale
Associated Press
Holy See
Allied Planes Stage Huge Borneo Raid
Allied planes from the Southwest Pacific bombed Balikpapan on Borneo driving fires through refineries and reservoirs in a record raid. The B-24 and other bombers flew about 2,500 miles, the communique said, with 172 tons dropped at Balikpapan and another Friday raid totaling 100 tons.
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Borneo
Southwest Pacific
Hage
Salamaua
Japan
Iena New Guinea
MacArthur
Jnvung
Solomons
Yank Subs Sink Seven More Jap Merchant Ships
Washington reports seven additional Japanese merchant vessels sunk by American submarines in a continuing attack on enemy sea power. Navy said five ships were damaged, bringing total enemy ships destroyed or damaged since the war began to 308. The campaign targets supply lines from Paramushiro to New Guinea, and some authorities say the Japanese may be unable to sustain bases distant from Japan. The results come amid heavy naval losses for Japan and speculation on possible actions against Kiska Island.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner
Paul V. iMcNatir
BleNubt
Churchill
Germany
Italy
Japan
Waener
Ita
Navy
Paramushiro
North Pacific
New Guinea
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Roosevelt and Churchill claim over 90 U boats sunk in 3 months
In a joint statement Roosevelt and Churchill said the Allies sank more than 90 U boats during May to July as heavy fighting continued. They warned German U boats remain and promised continued, improved anti submarine efforts to protect Atlantic supply lines.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Washington
Americansit Teaders
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Karl Deenitz
Germany
Russia
Chinchill
United States
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