Red counterattack near Stalingrad halts Nazi onslaught
Soviet dispatches report Marshal Timoshenko's forces repelling the first great Nazi push toward Stalingrad as German tanks penetrated near Kretskaya 75 miles northwest of the city. In the Caucasus the Red Army voices growing losses for the invaders while counter attacks push at Voronezh Vyazma and Rzhev on the Moscow front.
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Red
Stalingrad
Don Be
Paris
Caucasus
Rostov- Baku
Caspian Sea
Grozny
Caucasus Range
Mt. Elborus
Steppes
Adolf Hitler
Feld
North Caucasus
Voronezh
Moscow
Leningrad
Red Army
Vyaz
Volkhov
Lake Simen
Lake Ilmen
Bryansk
Grozny Fields
Mineralnye ‘Vody
Cherkessk
Mineralnye Vody
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Krasnador
Canadian Pilots Down First Nazi Plane Seen
London Aug 14 UP two Royal Canadian Air Force pilots Sgt T C Rusty Gates of Miami Florida and Pilot Officer McKendy of Bathurst New Brunswick shot down a Dornier 217 heading for England. The bomber jettisoned its bombs and turned toward the sea before disintegrating and crashing into the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
T. C
Rusty” Gates
Miami
Fla
McKendy
Bathurst
N. B
England
Gates
Plane Crash Off San Diego Leaves Four Missing
A bombing plane from the Army's Hammerfield unit crashed in the Pacific off North Island San Diego. Four airmen are missing and the body of a fifth was recovered. The incident occurred near Fresno California on August 14.
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Ocean
Fresno
Calif
Hammerfield Army
Pacific Ocean
North Island
San’ Diego
Reinforcements Reach Malta as Axis Attacks Persist
British admiralty reports heavy Mediterranean fighting with losses including the cruiser Manchester and the carrier Eagle. Despite raids, Malta received reinforcements and new fighters as Axis claims were deemed exaggerated. Allies say several aircraft carriers and battleships accompanied the convoy, with uncertain losses on both sides.
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London
Mediterranean
Britain
Manchester
Eagle
Malta
Italy
Admiralty
French
Tunisia
M. N. Syfret
C.B
Trouble in sight in India amid Gandhi campaign unrest
Reports from Bombay and across the sub continent show a tainted calm with riots fading and a boycott affecting cotton mills and markets. Four killed in a Madras railway attack while New Delhi offered no hint of negotiations in a week marked by casualties totaling about 40 dead and 55 injured.
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Bombay
India
All-India Congress
Mohandas K.gandhi
Congress
Madras
The
Hompay Gasvuble
New Delhi
Old Delhi
Stabilize wages and farm prices, Henderson says
Montpelier Aug 14 Price Administrator Henderson urged wage and farm price stabilization. He warned against rigid wage freezes but emphasized the need for proof of necessity before increases. He defended price controls on military items and warned inflation must be checked without harming war production. He stated the price level may not stay rigid but inflation would be checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Henerson
OPA
United States
Henderson
Stock Market Index Edges Higher Across 60 Stocks
The index of 60 stocks rose to 36.6 yesterday from 36.4, signaling a small uptick in overall market performance. Traders watched notable moves in several sectors as the daily average shifted modestly upward.
Navy Seizes Bayonne Cable Plant in Wake of Strike
The Navy took control of General Cable's Bayonne New Jersey plant and plans to reopen at 4 pm. Admiral Harold Bowen announced compliance is expected and 800 strikers voted to end the walkout. President Roosevelt ordered the takeover after the strike blocked cable production for armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayonne
N.J
Navy
General Cable Corporation
United States
Harold G. Bowen
Daniel Uslan
Uncle Sam
Admiral Bowen
R. K. Robertson
Internal Security Division
Second Service Command
Governor’s Island
N.Y
General Robertson
Roosevelt
Bureau of Engineering
Federal Shipbuilding In Dry Dock Company
Kearney Ji
Teader
Michael Petrakian
War Labor Board
WLB
A.F.L. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Solomon Islands
Lawrence Lieutenant Takes Special Course at Edgewood Arsenal
Lieut. Leonard F. Dawson of Lawrence is enrolled in a 10th Unit Gas Officers class at the Chemical Warfare school in Edgewood Arsenal Maryland. A school teacher and farmer in civilian life he belongs to the 34th Bomber Group 7th Squadron USAF. He will stay through August 29 for the course designed to familiarize aviation ground officers with chemical warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood Arsenal
Leonard F. Dawson
Mississippi Street
Lawrence
Lieut
Dawson
United States Air Force
Japanese Claims On Solomons Outlandish War Totals
The Japanese claim massive Allied losses in the Solomons eight day battle while omitting land gains by U S Marines. Allied tallies say only one cruiser sunk and two cruisers two destroyers and a transport damaged, with Axis propaganda expanding as British admiralty disputes tales of large losses.
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The
Solomon Islands
United States
Tokyo
Coral Sea
Midway
United Nations
Solomons
London
British Admiralty
Axis
Mediterranean
Navy reports steady supplies to marines in Solomon Islands
Washington reports a steady flow of supplies to United States marines in the Solomon Islands as shore consolidation proceeds satisfactorily. Naval units protect lines of communication and escort supply ships while Army and allied air forces target Japanese bases and ship concentrations in enemy harbors. Authorities say American control of supply lines suggests reinforcements will follow as needed.
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Washington
Navy
Solomon Islands
Navy Department
United States
United States Army
Solomon
Tulagi
Yanks Win First Stage of Battle of Solomons
London report says American forces won the first stage of the battle of the Solomons with Marines entrenched at Tulagi, Japanese to risk heavy reinforcements in a prospective weeks long fight, and American control of Tulagi expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sydney
Evening Star
the Solomons
Tulagi
Tulagi Island
Germans Face Crisis Near Moscow Says Swedish Paper
Stockholm based Dagens Nyheter reported in a Swedish radio broadcast that a northwest of Moscow offensive has put the Germans in a crisis. The piece notes the struggle to decide how to balance forces between Don and Kuban fronts and the Caucasus while the Russians push a new offensive northwest of Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
New York
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
C.B.S
Don
Kuban
Caucasus
Rzhev
Wheat stored in Kansas as 18 million bushels await bins
Topeka reports Kansas farmers can obtain wooden and steel bin storage for about 18.4 million bushels of wheat piled on western Kansas ground. The WPB has shipped 14 million bushels of steel bins and 24 million more wooden bins sourced, with 16 million capacity accepted. Additional 4 million bushel wooden bins are ready for shipment to western Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
State Agriculture Board
Mohler
Grain Division
War Production Board
WPB
Federal
Former Democrat Named To Republican Finance Committee
Samuel B. Pettengill of South Bend Ind lawyer and four term Democrat congressman has been named chairman of the Republican national finance committee. Joseph W. Martin Jr announced Pettengill will establish New York offices for the fall campaigns. Pettengill is described as a leader against the supreme court bill and an opponent of the third term. Sinclair Weeks remains national committee treasurer. The party reports strong finances with little or no debt, contrasting past deficits.
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Washington
Samuel B. Pettengill
South Bend
Ind
House
Republican National Finance Committee
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Republican National Committee
Martin
Pettengill
Supreme Court
New York
National Republican
National Finance Committee
Sinclair Weeks
West Newton
Mass
National Committee
Japan Says India Used for Allied War Purposes
Tokyo reports government spokesman Tomokazu Horii told foreign press today that India is being used for allied war purposes and Japan cannot tolerate the situation. He added that a different question is when and what steps Japan will take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Tomokazu Hori
Government Information Bureau
India
Japan
Horii
Hill Will Revive An Eastern Paper
Chester Pennsylvania August 14 The Chester Times will resume publication Monday August 31 under new management. Alfred G Hill will assume full control under a lease with Charles R Long who is retiring as publisher The Chester Reporter will cease publication and all former Times employees except those in the armed forces or who took other jobs will return to work The Guild stipulates at least two thirds of new editorial and business staff be Guild members Hill a former editor at several papers and graduate of the University of Kansas outlines a return to a daily paper meeting public demand for adequate service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester Times
C.I.C. American Newspaper Guild
Alfred G. Hill
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
New York
Charles R. Long
Chester Reporter
The
Times
Guild
Hill
Fremont
Neb
Guide
Senate to drop poll tax clause on absentee military voting
Washington officials report senate elections committee plans to remove the poll tax requirement for soldiers sailors marines and coast guardsmen voting by absentee ballots within the continental United States. House already passed a related measure and the senate aims to report a streamlined bill with minor amendments for swift passage ahead of November voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Continental
United States
Pepper
D-Fla
Lucas
D-Ill
Senate
House
Rasay NE
Alaska
War and Navy Departments
Spaulding to Move Family to Chicago from Lawrence
Warren Spaulding former superintendent of Haskell Institute returned to Lawrence to prepare for a move to Chicago with his wife and daughters Warrene and Yvonne. The Indian office has relocated from Washington to Chicago to free space in the capital for war agencies. Spaulding now supervises Indian education at the Chicago national headquarters after a three month tour interviewing prospective teachers for the Indian service. The family plans to live in Evanston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Spaulding
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Chicago
Washington, D.C
National Capitol
Spaulding
Indian Office
United States
Indian Service
Washington
Dodgers edge Braves in opener as Davis wins
Curt Davis blanked the Boston Braves for his twelfth victory. The Brooklyn Dodgers won the first game of the doubleheader 10 to 9, while totaling 15 hits led by Dolph Camilli with his 18th homer.
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Davis
Braves
Brooklyn
Curt Davis
Boston Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Dolph Camilli
Senate Finance Panel Wraps Revenue Hearings
Washington August 14 The senate finance committee finished public hearings on the new revenue bill and plans a 10 day pause before debating revisions behind closed doors. Chairman George of Georgia said treasury and committee staff would draft proposals and hopes to bring the measure to the senate floor in September. Daniel Driesen speaking for the CIO maritime radio operators union and the American communication association opposed NAM plans for an 8 percent sales tax and 5 percent payroll withholding, arguing the tax would cut wages by six weeks of groceries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D. Ga
Treasury
Senate
Daniel Driesen
C.I.0. Maritime Radio Operators Union
American Communication Association
National Association of Manufacturers
N.A.M
OPA files first suit to halt steel black market
The Office of Price Administration seeks an injunction against Willard P. Markle for buying and reselling steel above ceilings. Judge Robert N. Wilkin granted a temporary injunction as the case ties to shipbuilding interests of Andrew Jackson Higgins. Markle, once linked to Markle Steel Warehouse in Houston, is described as operating from a mental office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Texas
Andrew Jackson Higgins
O.P.A
James C. Gruener
Willard P. Markle
Robert N. Wilkin
Gruener
Frank Higgins
Roosevelt
Higgins
Markle
Markle Steel
Houston
Tex
Eim
Steel and Industries, Inc
Plane Down in Pasture Near Nevada Missouri
A twin motor Douglas army plane force landed in a farm pasture nine miles southeast of Nevada. One crewman was cut by flying glass while the other escaped injury. The craft dragged through a barbed wire fence and hit a tree, damaging propellers and cabin. The pilots were on a routine Wichita flight. both planes reportedly lost their way.
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Nevada
Arthur Sass
Vernon County
Wichita
Kan
Springfield
Chanute
Gauck Injured Falling From Loaded Truck in Kansas City
H C Gauck operator of a transfer company on East Ninth Street fell from a truck loaded with furniture in Kansas City Kansas last evening about 5 30 PM. He fractured his hip and both arms and was taken to Trinity Lutheran Hospital. He slipped while on top of the cargo covering the furniture for Otto Furniture Company. Mrs Gauck traveled to Kansas City to be with him.
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H. C. Gauck
East Ninth Street
Kansas City
Kan
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Gauck
Otto Furniture Company
Ickes Permits Seven Firms to Pool Aviation Gasoline Info
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes authorized seven companies to pool technical information used in aviation gasoline and other war products and urged the pooling policy be adopted by the petroleum industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Pelley Begins 15 Year Prison Term in Sedition Case
Indianapolis Aug 14 William Dudley Pelley 52 formerly led the Silver Shirts of America began a 15 year sentence for sedition. He started serving today while still in Marion county jail after his conviction at a Wednesday trial.
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Pelley
Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts of America
Altho
Marion County
Training Employees In Plant Operations At Hercules
Hercules employees from this area are sent east to train for operating roles at the Sunflower Ordnance Works. About 20 selected workers have traveled to the east for training in recent days. Final operator training selections rest with J. M. Martin and D. S. Bruce. Bonds drive targets 10 percent of payroll. a booth and four salesmen aid sales. A. Bradford Squire of Lozier Broderick Gordon made a $2,000 bond purchase. A progress meter at Lozier offices shows progress vs schedule in multiple departments.
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Hercules Company
Hercules
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Improximatoly
J. M. Martin
D. S. Bruce
Kansas City
A. Bradford Squire
Lozier, Broderick and Gordon
Loszier, Broderick and Gordon
A. D. Rd
Raymond C. Laessig Called to Active Army Service
Raymond C. Laessig of Lawrence, a 22 year Standard Life Association insurer, is commissioned as first lieutenant in the army air corps. He reports August 19 to Miami Beach for training before joining Rome air base, New York. A World War I veteran, he led the Dorsey Liberty Legion post in 1939-40 and serves as Second district commander and state membership chairman of the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Laessig
Standard Life Association
Army
Army Air Corps
Miami Beach
Fla
Air Corps Administrative Officers School
Department of the Air Corps
Rome Air Base
Rome
N.Y
Laessig
Camp Funston
Dorsey-Liberty Legion
American Legion
Lawrence
Appeal to Willkie Warns Against Side Tracking
Walter S. Hallanan, a Republican National Committee man, urges Wendell Willkie not to get sidetracked on minor issues as the nation faces critical decisions. He releases telegram exchanges showing Willkie urging opposition to Syneseanrian Hamilton Fish Jr. and Stephen Day and calls for resisting New Deal bureaucrats exploiting wartime emergencies.
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Charleston
W.I Va
Walter S. Hallanan
Wendell L. Willkie
Hallanan
Willkie
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
Stephen Day
Illinois
Weather Update for Kansas South and Southeast
Showers and thunder showers affect the south portion tonight with southeast Saturday forenoon activity. Cooler air moves into the east and south portions tonight and Saturday afternoon for a brisker weekend outlook.
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Low Kretskaya
Big Volga Steel City
Adanr
Prograts
Rome Radio Today
U. S
Wasp
Lieutenant Dawson of
Maryland
Wild Jap
Perial
U. S. Solomons
Republican Committee
University of Kansas
Alumni Association of the University
Graduate
Journal-World
Save
Bond and Stamp Sales
Raymond Laessig
Gemperal Bre
Eseihaasehies
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