Commandos of United Nations Hit Dieppe in Major Raid
Gluan Babb reports a large scale Dieppe raid by United Nations commandos with Americans Britons and Canadians using new equipment. The piece frames the operation as a dress rehearsal for a Western front offensive while noting German anxiety and Churchill Stalin and Allied coordination shaping the broader war effort.
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Jo Kn
United Nations
Ranger Battalion
Adolf Hitler
Louis Montatlon
Fuhhrer
Haast
Asia
Dieppe
Ameri
Canadiana
Europe
Tedio
Nile
Uni
Brvo
Afton
Winston Ghur
United States
Toray
Churchill
Myst Emler
Ny W
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
East
Hitler
Russia
Gurra
Alexandria
British Middle East
Miritain
Solomons battle nears final push as pacific ops intensify
Tokyo faces a stern test in the Solomons as U S Marines consolidate ashore and naval air forces probe Japanese defenses. Reports from Auckland and New Zealand say U S forces won sea stores and the blow is set for weeks or months of tough fighting. Ghormley and MacArthur command fleets and air armada patrols sweep the Pacific seeking to seal the island wedge and prevent Japanese countermoves. In Tennessee, Greer Garson visits Kingsport on September 3 for a War Bonds rally at J Fred Johnson Stadium at 8 p m with ticketing tied to bonds purchases and industrial workers urged to attend. Garson will visit Knoxville, Johnson City, and Heabettton before Kingsport.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Auckland
New Zealand
South Pacific
Solomons
Caroline Isands
New Zealand Press Association
Robert Lee Ghormley
MacArthur
Pacific
United States Navy
War Savings
Kingsport
Greer Garson
America
J. Fred Johnson
Miss Gartson
Miss Garson
Upper East Tennessee
Knoxville
Johnson City
John Sevier Hotel
Pepper
Kingsul Theatres
Charles Brooks
Kiwanis Club
CC. Hamlett
Rotary Club
J. W. West
Civitan
Allied Attack On France Opens Second Front
Allied forces assault Dieppe in daylight commando raid with United States troops among attackers. Heavily supported by RAF and RCAF bombers, the operation targets German positions around Dieppe while plans for a full invasion remain unconfirmed.
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France
U. S
London
United States
Dieppe
United States Army Air Forces
RAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Army Air Force
Abbeville
Rouen
Egyptian Front Still Stalemated in Middle East
Cairo reports the British command under Gen Sir Harold Alexander continues to face stalemate on the front with minor air actions past day. A US navy statement says a medium merchant vessel was sunk in mid July in the South Atlantic near Africa with survivors landing on the East Coast.
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Cairo
RAF
Harold Alexander
Britain
Middle East
Axix
Washington
United States
South Atlantic
Africa
Allied forces battle subs near Curacao and Atlantic coast
Bulletin reports Allied navy and army units began a search for enemy submarines along Curacao south coast after five torpedoes washed ashore. A small British merchant vessel was torpedoed by an enemy sub off the Atlantic coast. Globo claims planes sank a second Axis submarine off Bahia. US submarine claims a Japanese cruiser or destroyer sunk in the Western Aleutians, total ships sunk or damaged rising to twenty eight.
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Willemstad
Ghao
Netherlands West Indies
Curacao
Wardinghe
R— Fhe
Atlantic Ocean
South Americ
Gulf
Frort
Globo
Bahia
Washington
United States
Aleutians
Army Seizes South Boston Plant Over Labor Dispute
Acting Secretary of War Robert Patterson ordered Major Ralph Gaw to take possession of the S. A. Woods Machine Company plant in South Boston Massachusetts, to operate it for the War Department after officials refused to obey a War Labor Board arbitration order. Patterson said defying the board jeopardizes vital war material production and warned no company or labor organization can ignore tribunal mandates.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Roosevelt
Ralph F. Gaw
Boston Ordnance District
S. A. Woods Machine Company
Boston
Mass
War Department
Patterson
Wear Labor Board
War Labor Board
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
U. S and UN Warn of Food Shortage in 1943
The United States and the United Nations face an acute food shortage says House agriculture committee chair Hamiton Bulmer. The War Production Board urges government allocation of meats to shops to ensure fair regional distribution amid wartime demand and price ceilings.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Hampton Bulmer
S. G
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Brazil Mobilizes to Meet Axis Threat at War Gates
Brazil recalled soldiers on leave and barred naval furloughs as Axis submarine activity and sinking of Brazilian coastal ships stirred anti Axis demonstrations. A US plane reportedly destroyed one submarine off Brazil with bombs, and RAF planes were said to have attacked another near the northeast coast. Public unrest grew as authorities urged calm and readiness while coastwise shipping reported safe arrivals from the submarine zone.
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Rio de Janeiro
Navy
United States
Atlantic
Ernest A. R. Amaral Peixoto
British Guiana
RAF
South Amercan
South America
Par Ities
2Il
South Atlantic
Trindale
Brazil
Liew
Joan Pinto Paces
Enrico Gaspar Dutra
Nazis Fling Reserves At Russians Don Bend Caucasus Drive
German forces poured strong reserves into the Don bend, Caucasus, and near Pyatigorsk in a broad push toward Stalingrad and the Caspian rail lines. Russians fought back fiercely as losses mounted on both sides, with Soviet reports claiming heavy German casualties and substantial German materiel losses in May through August. The campaign described includes actions near Voronezh, Rostov Beka line, Georgievsk, and Gronzy along with contested Don River crossings.
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Moscow
Don Bend
Caucasus
Voronezh
Pyatigorsk
Stalingrad
Baku
Caspian
Rfsercely
Commaunique
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Dan Bend
Maikop
London
Don River
Rostov Beka
Mineralyne Vody
Georgievsk
Gronzy
Gronay
Krasnodar
Novorossisk
Dor
Unicoi Man Held After Uncle Is Shot To Death
Erwin residents report Charley Roberts 25 held after his uncle Charley Roberts the elder known as Big Charley Roberta was shot five times at his Little Higgins Creek home nine miles north of Erwin. Coroner Gouge said the younger Roberts claimed the affray arose from a pasture dispute.
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Erwin
Charley Roberts
Big Charley
Roberta
Little Higgins Creek
Unicoi Sheriff's Department
Jake Gouge
Young Roberts
Nazis Say Raid Broken Berlin Broadcasts Report Debacle
The German DNB agency reported tonight that a large-scale landing attempt on the French coast near Dieppe ended in debacle with no armed British American or Canadian left on the European continent.
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Berlin
DNB
Dieppe
Davis Warns Of Tax Effects After War
Senator Davis warns lean postwar years require a higher tax levy. He urges the Senate finance committee to modify the House approach to avoid defeating vital postwar industry. Davis backs retaining 1941 rates of 8 and 7 percent and criticizes the proposed 6 percent credit against excess profits.
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Washington—.P
Davis
Senate Finance Committee
House
Clark
Beardsley Ruml
R. H. Macy Co
Isc
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Claris
Pennsylvania
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Gluan Babb
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Special Service
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Rogers’ Rangers
Flrat
B. B
Jon
St. Nazaire
Bulletins
Clark Gable
Miami Beach Army Air Force
W. E. Clark
Selma
Aia
Andrew J. McIntyre
Hollywood
Lester
Gable
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