Roosevelt Edict Gives Teeth to War Labor Board
The White House unveils a sweeping policy to enforce War Labor Board rulings. It authorizes withholding priorities and war contracts from non compliant employers and may target unions over wage or disobedience. The plan, issued in a letter to WLB chair Davis and an executive order to Stabilization Director Vinson, marks a tough wartime enforcement shift.
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Jonn Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States, Gypsum Co
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Congress
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Vanitz
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WLE
Coxen
Wpe
War, Manpower Commission
WMC
WLP
Trinisa
Surprise Air Attack on Wewak Grounds Japanese Planes
Allied air forces struck Wowak in New Guinea, obliterating most of the Japanese air strength. About 225 planes were on the ground, 220 destroyed, with only seven reaching the air and three shot down. The raid involved 19,000 bombs from Liberators, Flying Fortresses, Mitchells, and Bostons, dropping more than 100 tons in predawn strikes.
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New Guinea
Mitchella
Boston
Associated Press
Vern Hauglund
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Wewal
Mitchell Mediam
Douglas MacArthur
Mir
Central New Guinea
Ennis
Whitehead
Southwest Pacific
Amiesking
Sclamuus
New Galoea
Wowak
Borum
Hoger
New Gaines
Port Morekby
Owen Stanley
Reds Resist Strong Nazi Counterattacks at Kharkov Front
Russian lines held firm as German forces mounted powerful counterattacks with troops tanks and aircraft along the Kharkov front. Allied battlefront dispatches report heavy fighting and sustained Soviet resistance in this tense World War II theatre.
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Kharkey
Red Army
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Bryans
Russia
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Eisenhower Reports Sicilian Losses Reach 167000
Allied Headquarters announced that Axis losses in the Sicilian campaign up to Aug 10 totaled 167000 including killed wounded and prisoners. Eisenhower estimated Axis strength on the island at 70000 to 75000 with at least 30000 lost, and Allied casualties around 25000 for the campaign.
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Dwight D. Eisen- Ssower
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Yreal
Messina
Wasi
Evecuatlion
Eisenhower
Montia
Les Eisenhower
Main Result of Sicily Conquest Debated in War Today
The War Today discusses Sicily conquest as a turning point with political and military effects. It argues fascism weakens globally, easing Allied plans, while noting Italy’s continued limits and that invasion timing hinges on weather and strategic aims.
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Sicily
Big Guns Duel Across Narrow Messina Strait
Allied forces in North Africa reported heavy gun duels across the Messina Strait as Allied troops advanced on Sicily. The capture of Messina was said to be ahead of schedule, with strafing runs, air bombardments, and destruction of German coastal defenses. American and British units expanded control, wrecking rail yards, bridges, and troop transports while pursuing isolated German and Italian soldiers in the Sicilian hills.
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Allied Air Attacks Hit Southern France and Italy
Allied headquarters reported heavy air attacks across southern France near Marseille and targets in Italy including Castrovillari Salerno Battapaglia and Messina. Nine enemy planes were destroyed, major damage claimed at Istres Le Tube and Selon airfields, and Axis ships totaling 308 were damaged in 12 days of evacuation pressure from Sicily to the mainland.
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Laage
RAF Stages First Peenemunde Raid Against German Base
RAF heavy bombers attacked the Peenemunde research and development center on the Baltic coast near Stettin in moonlit conditions. Mosquito aircraft raided Berlin as part of a broad night operation with intruder strikes into Northwest Germany France and the Low Countries. Four enemy planes were destroyed and some 41 bombers reported missing.
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Low Countries
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Aix
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Finost
Nuernberg
Stah
Sea Raf
FDR and Churchill Open High Level Allied Conference
FDR and Churchill arrive at Quebec for a pivotal Allied conference with top military leaders. Plans to accelerate the final strategy for unconditional Axis surrender are under discussion, with sessions expected to extend a week as staffs shape a new war tempo. Roosevelt, welcomed by Canadian hosts, joins leaders amid heavy security and wartime urgency.
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Churchill
Roosevelt
Europe
Far East
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Mackenzie King
Canada
Earl of Thions
Dominion
Chateau Frontenac
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United States
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Sicily
Russia
Pacific
Grocery Charge Stopped By Cabs
The Yellow Cab Company halted a groceries hauling surcharge after A R Brashear Jr, president, announced the charge violated city ordinance on taxi fares. City officials, led by Mayor Glen Bruce, reviewed the ordinance at a council meeting and informed the cab firm to drop the extra fee.
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Yellow Cab Company
A. R. Brashear, Jr
Brashear
City Cornell
Glen Bruce
Eab Company
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