Second Front Debate Shapes World War Strategy
The Moscow conference underscored Stalin’s push for a single front until Allies can finance a second, while Japan’s threat looms in Manchuria. U.S. Britain fear a mis-timed second front, with attention turning to the Solomon Islands as a potential flashpoint drawing Japan’s forces northward.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Japan
Joseph Stalin
United Nations
Germany
Europe
United States
Britain
Siberia
America
Cor Rusy
Milkado
Kwantung
Amus
Uwssuri
Asia
Foster
Russia
Kremlin
Stalin Reyving
Vvolu
Sager Kwantung Army
Vladivostnk
Manchuria
Ater
Orient
Hier
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Japa
Philippines
Malaya
Pes Guinea
Ndi
Indonesia
Tokyo
Salamans
Afsutians
Huge White Slave Ring Is Uncovered
A federal grand jury indicted seven ringleaders in a major white slave ring centered in Canton Ohio with operations reaching New York City Saratoga Springs Glens Falls Meadville Miami Little Rock and other cities. FBI and DA Miller say the ring coerced women into vice and debauchery through threats of violence. The scheme spanned Jan 1940 to July 1942 with girls sent to Saratoga Springs during racing season and to Miami in winter. Indicted are Louis Morel Carl Breell Frank Breull Jack Johnson Sadie Cook Vera Miller and Joseph Evans.
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Cleveland
Don C. Miller
Miami
B Miller
Louis Peter Morel
al. Cleveland
Carl Theodore Breell
Frank Brueil
Canton
Jacek Johnson
Amsterdam
N. Y
New York City
Sadie Cook
Marysville
Vera Sili
Vera Miller
Lorain
Joseph Evans
Second Group 1-B Selectees Sent from Kingsport
Kingsport's August contingent of 1-B selectees left the city Tuesday to report for active duty at Fort Oglethorpe. Robert C. Warren Jr and James Buckles reported to Fort Oglethorpe. David S. Yoakley reported to the draft board in Rome Ga. The August 1-B group is the second from Kingsport. A parade will accompany I-A men from the post office to the bus terminal, with the American Legion color guard and Dobyns-Bennett band. The parade starts at 8 a m Thursday. Sales Increase For Eighth Period. Cincinnati Kroger reports a 23 percent rise in sales for the eighth four week period of 1942 over 1941.
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Kingsport
Fort Oglethorpe
Robert C. Warren, Jr
James BE. Buckles
David S. Yoakley
Rome
Kingspork
Draft Board
American Legion Color Guard
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Vargas denounces sinkings as piracy in Brazil
In Rio de Janeiro the anger over Axis submarine sinkings rises as President Getulio Vargas labels the acts piracy at a rally outside the presidential palace. Brazil reports 846 aboard five sunken ships, including 274 soldiers, with 157 survivors, and more details arrive from city to city. In London, Gen Harold Alexander is named British commander in chief in the Middle East, replacing Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck.
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Rio de Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
London
Harokd Alexander
Burma
Middle East
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Allies Prepare for Multi Front Offensive in Europe
British and American leaders signal a new war phase from Moscow and London. Churchill communicates with Stalin via four engine bombers as Harriman attends, while Pravda touts a political defeat for Hitler and planners eye a second European front in 1942. The Kremlin conferences and Solomon Islands advances are framed as the start of the allied victory trail.
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London
United Nations
Germany
Churchill
Moscow
United States
Fremier Stalin
Pravda
Moscow Radio
W. Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
Agi Hitlerite
Ge Associates
Europe
Japan
Daily
Sketch
Kremlin
Solomon Islands
BBC
Adolf Hitler
Housing Center Aids In Finding Rooms For Fifty
The Kingsport Housing Information Center opened at Broad and Center streets with R. & Key directing. It lists about 1,000 vacant rooms for war workers and there is space for trail fer listings. The free service is run by the Kingsport Merchants Association and aims to match rooms with those seeking quarters.
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Kingsport
Key
Kingsport i Merchants. Association
Aluminum Workers Weigh Strike Over Wages, Union Warns
Union chief Nick A. Zonarich says aluminum workers, led by CIO United Auto Workers representation, urge a general strike unless the war labor board reconsiders its wage decision affecting about 92,000 employees at seven plants including New Kensington Detroit Edgewater Bauxite and Bridgeport. The board denied a 1 per day increase citing the 15 percent rule from the Little Steel case.
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Fiuitsburgh
The
Aluminum, Workers Union
Tly
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Nick A. Zonarich
CFO
Domanda
Zonarich
CIO United
Auto Workers Union
Aluminum Company of America
Vernon
Calif
IA Apoktesman
Little Steel
Aluminum Company
Pia
CIO
New Kensington
Detroit
Edgewater
N. J
Aleca
Tenn
Bauxite
Ark
Badin
N. O
Bridgeport-Fairfield, Conn
Bank Extends Hours For Payrolls In Kingsport
The First National Bank of Kingsport will stay open from 5 to 8 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to handle Kingsport payrolls. This addition serves customers unable to use the regular hours 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.
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National Bank of Kingsport
Kingsport
Red Defenders Of Stalingrad Repulse Nazis at Stalingrad
Soviet dispatches report Se meon Timoshenko’s forces renewed pressure near Stalingrad and regained ground in the Kotelnikovski sector 95 miles southwest of the city. Red Star claimed tank and infantry gains in enemy-defended positions as Germans faced counterattacks and new setbacks on multiple fronts across the Eastern Front.
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Russia
Stalingrad
Volga
Semeon Timoshenko
Don
Kotelnikovski
Red Star
Adolf Hitler
Red
Moscow
Vyazma
Rzhev
Kozelnikoyski
Red Army
Heon Kletskaya
Western
Caucasus
Kuban
Krasnodar
Rostov-Balta
Grozny
Vody
United Nations
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Germans Claim 11 Ships Sunk In 24 Hours
Berlin reports German submarines sank eleven Allied vessels totaling about 72,000 tons, plus a 12,000-ton auxiliary cruiser and two rows of troop carriers in the Atlantic Arctic and Mediterranean in the past 24 hours. No independent confirmation. note contrasts with prior week’s lower Allied losses.
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Berlin
Atlantic
Arctic
Mediterranean
Brazil
Jost
South Atlantic
U S Forces Break Japanese Hold on Guadalcanal Tulagi
Allied naval and ground actions seize key Tolagi and Guadalcanal positions in the Solomon Islands as General MacArthur reports the first phase of the Pacific campaign ends in Japanese air and sea defeats. U S Marines land rapidly and establish shore positions while enemy air and naval attacks incur damage.
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General MacArthur
Australia
United States
Solomon Islands
Pacific
South Pacific
United Nations
United States Navy
MacArthur
Navy
Washington
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
Southwest Pacific
America
Japan
Trans- S
Ho Sai Gai Health Toast Sparks Mild Controversy
In New York City a radio host and fans sparked mild controversy by replacing the German health toast Gesundheit with the Chinese Ho Sai Gai during a segment. The heckling crowd and club members echoed the chant as listeners heard the phrase meaning good health to you.
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Habby Jim Barsons
Siger
Residential Rent Ceiling Ordered For 38 U. S. Areas
The Office of Price Administration froze residential rents in 38 defense rental areas at March 1 levels, effective September. The move expands federal rent regulation to about 45 million people in 1840 areas, with Clarksville Tennessee Kentucky and nearby counties among the listed districts.
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U. S
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Defense
Leo Henderson
Jill
Clarkville
Tennessee
Kentucky
Montgomery
Stewart
Bananas Scarce Spark Substitute at Philadelphia Zoo
Bananas, a favorite treat for the Philadelphia zoo's monkeys, apes, and chimps, have become harder to obtain. The zoo has introduced boiled sweet potatoes as a substitute, with Dr. Herbert L. Raelitte noting the animals have accepted the change in good grace.
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Philadelphia
Zoo
Herbert L. Raelitte
Official Says Too Much Flirting On Assembly Line
Seattle AP reports Boeing executive vice president Oliver West criticized women workers for flirting at the factory. He noted some women perform well but many seek social life over serious labor, proposing segregation into sub assembly on the second floor balcony to reduce distractions while maintaining production of the Flying Fortress.
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Seattle
Oliver West
Boeing Aircraft Company
West
Boeing
Tme
Yankee Flown Fortresses Hit France
An American bomber force from Britain struck Rouen’s rail yards in coordination with RAF and US fighters. Six additional fortresses attacked Dunkirk and Cherbourg while all eighteen returned safely. Named aircraft included Baby Doll Peggy, Johnny Reb and Yankee Doodle with pilots like Brig. Gen. Iva Baker and Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz praising the operation as the start of a sustained American bombing offensive.
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Britain
Germany
Europe
RAF
Rouen
France
Iva C. Faker
Dunkerque
Cherbourg
Uncir Base
Nahtere
Sergt
Kent L
West Blockton
Ali
Carl Spaatz
U. S&s
Force Of Habit Collects Rare Stamp For Man
A Missouri stamp collector Hy B. Barry receives a Florida postmark card sent to Liberty. William Jowell, college official, notes the stamp as a gem. The Florida post office ceases operations on July but the card bears an August cancellation due to a postmaster error.
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Liberty
Hy B. Barry
Wiliam Jowell College
Florida
Markt Twain
J¢ Young
Marty
Thomas J Wallner Dies in Pulaski Virginia
Thomas J Wallner 52 industrial leader and hosiery manufacturer died at his Pulaski home. He served as president of the Southern States Industrial Council and led the Virginia and Southern Manufacturers Association. Previously a hosiery maker in Pulaski, his death ends a long career in Southern textile trade.
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Pulaski
Thormas J. iWallner
Southern States Industrial Council
IMG
Virginia
Southern i Manufacturers Association
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Auchinleck Replaced
Wraouimb Sun
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Esex County
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Butcher Shay
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Richard ‘Stark
Midway
Johnny Reb
George A. Pucilowski
Deroil
James Sam
Thomas J. Wallner
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