Allied Bombers Hammer Rail Points Near Naples
Allied bomber fleets struck two railway targets near Naples with no Axis opposition. Liberators from the Middle East attacked Bari, downing 14 enemy planes. one Allied plane was lost. Wellingtons bombed Bagnoli as Britain’s air forces hit Sardinia and Cagliari. RAF and RCAT fighters assisted, with fires and damage reported at rail yards and barracks. Two French light cruisers La Fantasque and La Terrible operate with Allied forces in the Mediterranean.
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North Africa
Naples
Middle East
Bari
Mone
RAF
Rcat Wellingtons
Bignoil
Sardinia
Ernest N. McConnell
Aln
Brel
Bnet
Lindog
Rhodes
Soin
le Terrible
la Triomphant
Kingsport Merchants set new Wednesday hours
Solomon, secretary of the Kingsport Merchants' Association, announced that August 25 will be the last midweek closing at 1 p.m. Beginning September 1, Wednesday hours change to match other days. Stores will be closed on Labor Day per the regular custom agreed by the board.
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Soloman
Encanager
Kingsport Merchants’ Association
Kings Port
Coleman
The
Associion
Allies Close To Salamaua Base In New Guinea Offensive
Allied Headquarters reported Australian troops probing defenses within two miles of Salamaua New Guinea as naval guns joined the fight for the northeastern island. Light warships bombard Finschhafen on the Huon Peninsula while Australians push toward the Franciscco River crossing and near Bayern Bay as ground combat against retreating Japanese continues.
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Southwest Pacific
Francisco River
Salamaua
New Guinea
Tuesdry
Bouslns MacArthur
Old Bobhdubl
Salamaua Tila
Dampier Strait
Finsehaaten
Huon Peninsula
Finschhafen
Bayern Bay
Himmler Given Interior Minister Post In Nazi Shakeup
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler appoints Heinrich Himmler head of the Nazi police and minister of the interior and chief of the Reich administration. Wilhelm Frick moves to Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. Konstantin von Neurath out as foreign minister. Hans Pfundtner named minister without portfolio.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Societ Service
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Himmler
Reichieader
Wilhelm Frick
Bohemia and
Moravia
Czecho-slovakia
Konstantin von Neurath
FBI nets two women and a man on espionage charges
The Justice Department announced the Detroit arrests of Grace Buchanan-Dineen 24 Theresa Behrens 44 and Dr Fred William Thomas 41 on wartime espionage counts for gathering details on American war plants and production. The case links to Grace Behreng and a German espionage network.
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Y Honington
Justice Department
Detroit
J. Edger Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
CFBI
Hoover
Alien Enemy Heating Board
Grace Buchanan-Dineen
Theresa Behrens
Fred William Thomas
U. S
J. Stanley Hurd
Theresa Behreng
Pullsman Company
Chicago
Dr. Thomas
Western Electric Company
Ohio
United States
Grace Baehenan-Dinieen
Congressional Stop Order Only Means To Halt Dads' Draft
Congress may review the draft halt option after September 14 as Selective Service Director Hershey shows 807,000 men would be inducted in the last half of 1942 and 1,878,000 for the period July to December, with many fathers among the draft-age pool. Facts stress the debate over using fathers in the war effort.
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Congressional
Washington
Selective Service
Lewis EB. Hershey
Navy
Hershey
Senate
Harger Stuthpans Ontil
Bershey
Quebec War Conference Yields Hints of Tri-Partite Talks
Churchill and Roosevelt closed the Quebec war conference with a statement hinting at a future three-way meeting with Soviet Russia. They said decisions were taken to aid forward action of Allied fleets armies and air forces and to report results to the Russian government. They anticipated further talks by year’s end and planned to brief on outcomes as the war effort intensifies.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Russia
Britain
United States
Europe
Japan
French Committee For National Liberation
Seid
Mackenzie King
I Canada
King’s Terrace
Casablanca
Aince
Washington
Pacific
St. Lawrence
China
T. V. Suong
Chiang Kai-shek
Ewo
Chuschill
Sicily
Atlantic
Nur
Berlin Trembles Under Hamburg Type Air Raid
Berlin fears a Hamburg style air raid as Allied bombing targets the city. Italy says Rome will be demilitarized and treated as an open city to avoid further destruction. Badoglio government broadcasts plan to neutralize defenses and remove military functions, while Allies await formal notification.
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Berlin
Hamburg
RAF
Italy
Rome
London
Associated, Press
Pietro Badoglio
Allica
Vatican
Stefani
Holy See
Washington
Rowe
Changes In Shoe Buying Regulations This Week
The OPA issued new rules September changing how detached shoe stamps from ration books may be used. A stamp detached by error can be exchanged for a special shoe stamp valid for one pair, if the board is convinced the stamp was taken inadvertently. Consumers may present their case in person or in writing.
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OPA
Iso
Jacke
Reds On Drive To Free Donets Basin
Soviet forces pushed into Kharkov and advanced toward Kiev while driving along the Donets front. Reports say the Red Army captured villages, seized large German stocks, and inflicted heavy losses as they sought to free the Donets Basin from invaders. Moscow celebrated with a 30 volley salute under Stalin’s order.
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Reds
Donets Basin
London
Faller Aharkay
Jiney
Donets
Sea of Azov
Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Kiev
Dnieper River
Kharekov
Letin
Sharskov
Dored Methodieca
Stalin
Russian Teader
Rede
Appeal for Volunteers in Clothing Drive for Russian Evacuees
The drive seeks volunteers to sort and pack warm garments for Russian war relief. Richard B. Schram directs packing at the Chic Auditorium under Mrs. C. B. Schram. times to be announced. Housewives urged to donate clean repairable clothing and shoes Thursday and Friday as trucks deliver contributions to city collection points.
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OCP
Stelephone 283
C. B. Schram
Chic
Russian War Relief, Inc
New York
Russia
Boy Scout
Free On Bond In Kentucky Parental Slaying Case
Jo Ann Kiger is freed on a 25000 bond after waiving the preliminary hearing in Boone County. The 16 year old girl is the daughter of Carl G Kiger and sister of Jerry Kiger. She admits firing at an intruder on the second floor of the family home near Devon Kentucky. The mother was wounded in the hip during the incident. Three guns were sent for lab tests at Northwestern University.
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Jo Ann Kiger
Burlington
Pretty Joe Ann Kiger
Boone County Court House
Jacz Se
Carroll C. Cropper
Jo Ann’ Eaza
Boone Circuit Court
Eirl
Boone Besht
Carl G. Kiger
Ington
Jerry
Devon
Jo Ann
Kiger
Jennie Kiger
Northwestern University
Evanston, Il
Berlin Raid Twice as Heavy as Any Capital Strike
Allied air raid on Berlin involved more than 1 800 long tons of explosives and incendiaries, with 58 bombers shot down and RAF and Allied crews participating. The attack marked the strongest offensive against Berlin to date, delivering heavy destruction across residential and public buildings as German defenses struggled to repel the force.
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London
RAF
Berlin
U. S
Haeburg
Hitler
Air Ministry
Suy
RCA
Cénedian
Lowell Bennett
Midlands
RA Sjiers
Empire
Dover Strait
Arlernoon
France
Hamburg
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Mannheim
Germany
Aitmey
Elis Berlin
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