War Crisis Looms as Axis Pushes in Russia and Africa
The piece analyzes likely war turning points before November, citing British leaders and German reports on Russian front lines from Voronezh to Moscow. It notes Japan's potential rear attack plans and the need for new Allied moves, while reporting Rev. Albert YW Ashley's draft-related conviction and confinement details.
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Hitler
Russia
Caucasus
Jetory
Hitle
Leninsarad
Moscow
Baltic
Don
Bal
Berlin
Voronezh
Upper
Dan
Valdian
Winter
Caspian
Corman
Leningrad
Volga
Stalinegrad
English Channel
London
China
Japan
Southhwest Pacific
Thes Solomons
Washington
Sberian
Albert YW Ashley
Nashville
Corceutional
Ashland
MissLim Wus
Kentucky
U. S
District Court Clerk
Soviet Army Reels Before Smashing German Attacks
Russian forces face new reverses as German offenses press toward Stalingrad and Astrakhan. Front reports detail gains near Krasnodar and crossings of the Kuban river, with references to heavy fighting along the Volga corridor and the Caucasus. Authorities warn the Soviet defense remains mobile amid crisis.
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Red Army
Caucasis
Stalingrad
Astrakhin
Vilga
Caspian Sea
Kotelnikovski
Minot
Don
Kletskaya
Krasnodar
Caucasus
Kuban
Volga
Joseph Stalin
Moscow Radio
Stalin- Stad
Astrakhan
Astrathan
Persian Gulf
Baku
Russia
Fliers Trained At Tri-Cities For Army and Navy
Just half an hour from Kingsport at Tri-Cities airport student pilots speed training to become Army and Navy flight instructors and glider pilots under the Civilian Pilot Training Program. More than 76,000 civilian aviators may join the pool Uncle Sam can draw from for war. Pictures and full story on page five of the Kingsport Times.
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Kingsport
Tri-Cities
Army and Navy
U. S
Uncle Sam
Kingaport Times
Upper East Tennessee
Virginia
Time Is Short Says Eisenhower in Europe Front
London AP reports General Eisenhower warned the time is short and U S troops must endure intensive training for a potential European second front. He urged rigorous, all around preparation to form a superior army for future tasks, reflecting coordinated allied urgency. Military leaders anticipate rapid action against the Axis once ready.
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London
United States
L. A
J. D. Eisenhower
Europe
Britain
Russia
Army Steps Up Draft Program Needs Soldiers
Tennessee Selective Service Director T A Frasier announced heavy calls at state headquarters as war demands rise calling for expanded board operations to classify enough men. General Svrasier warned future calls will strain reservoirs in categories one to three, not yet tapping married men with children.
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Tennessee
Soards
Tennessee Selective Service
T. A. Frasier
Svrasier
Sprinkler Truck Accident Fatally Injures Teen at Naval Reserve Base
In Millington Tennessee a 17 year old Frayser boy Charles Ramey Roak Jr was crushed under a heavy sprinkler truck while working at the Naval Reserve aviation base. He died from the injuries sustained in the accident.
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Millington
Tenn
Charles Ramey Roak, Jr
Frayser, Tenn
Naval Reserve Aviation
Army Navy Honor Eastman Kodak Plant Workers
More than 20 000 Eastman Kodak employees in Rochester will attend a ceremony at International League Park for the Army Navy production award. Brig Gen Herman W Schull will present on behalf of the War Department. Read Admiral Woodard will give Navy pins to four plant representatives. The event spotlights Rochester division workers and will be broadcast on WHAM with WKPT rebroadcast.
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Rochester
Eastman Kodak
Robert P. Patterson
Hastman
Herman W. Schull
Ordnance Department
William J. Lehle
Lehle
Thomas J. Hargrave
Eastman
Clark Howell Woodard
Navy
Kodak
Frans J. Atwood
Rochester Ordnance Department
The
Eastman Company
Army-Navy
Harold W. McClelland
George W. Goodard
Army Air Corps
Eastman Kodaly Company
WHAM
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
WKPT
CityHousing Center Opens In Kingsport For Newcomers
A housing survey shows about 1,000 rooms exist in Kingsport and suburbs but no vacant apartments or houses. The Housing Information Center will open at Broad and Center Streets under executive director R B Key, with assistant Mrs Armstrong, offering trailer camp guides and newcomer housing details. The office will run 9:30 am to 5 pm daily, with limited hours initially due to utilities and supplies. Signs directing the service are being installed downtown and along highways.
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Thengsport Housing Information Center
Broad
Center Streets
R. 8. Key
Arm‘strong
Giles
U S Guns Bombs Smash Attacks In Aleutians
U S warships and naval planes battered Kiska harbor in raids on August 8 and 9, destroying a destroyer and three cargo vessels, with ten cargo ships, four submarines, and a destroyer reported in the enemy fleet. Big fires raged at the main camp as reconnaissance planes observed continued damage.
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Washington
U. S
Kiska Haror
Pacific
Alaska
Kiska
Rhodes
Eet
Fripoli
Bomber Crash in Peru Mountain Believed to Lose 24
An army cargo plane with state police reporting about 24 men aboard crashed Saturday night in Peru Massachusetts. Corporal Louis Perachier said the craft struck Peru Mountain among Berkshire hills, one of 11 cargo transports in the fleet.
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Peru
Mass
Berkshire
Louis Perachier
British fleet shells Rhodes in bold Mediterranean raid
Rear Admiral Philip L. Vian leads a British Mediterranean squadron to bombard Rhodes at dawn. The attack targets Mussolini era fortifications, seaplane bases, and harbor installations, with heavy gunfire and aerial bombing.
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Abnard
Rhodes
Britain
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Philip L. Vian
Onions
Bomers
Vian
Malta
Marines Claim Solomons Coastal Base Gains In Pacific War
Allied reports say U S Marine and Australian forces captured important coastal bases in the Solomons and began consolidating beachheads near key airfields. Tokyo quieted on battle news as observers cite renewed U S Navy and air support, while continued bombardment targets Timor and Kokoda in nearby theaters.
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MacArthur
Australia
United States
Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
Talant Ares
Batavia
Java
Solomon Island
Solomons
Tokyo
London
U. S
Francis M. Forde
U. S Navy Department
London Naval
Yorkshire Post
Giladale Canal
Islind
Walter Farr
London Daily Mail
Washington
Makamba
Gayutu
Tulagi
Reuters
Am Views
Solomons Islands
Douglas Macck Arthur
Gavrisons
Coal Movement At Record Peak In Louisville Rail Line
Louisville and Nashville railroad records show coal movements reaching a record peak in early 1942. Coal freight agent John K. Dent reported 18.5 million tons moved, up from 15 million a year earlier, with a forecast of possible coal shortages for the coming winter.
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Louisville
Louisville and Nasherville
John K. Dent
Dent
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James Conant
Karl Compton
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U.S. Army
Whdwin
Gardner
Vanderbilt University
Overton Williams
U. S. Naval Reserve
Hougainville
Vellalavella
Qeror
Floricas
Malaita
Miles
Coral Sea
Tula
Marambo
Guadal San Cristobal
Sam
Kukum
Starit
Mataite
Makambe
Gavutu
Florida
Aleutians
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