Germans Smash Through Defences Near Maikop Oil Fields
German columns drive on the Kuban river loop toward Maikop oil fields as Red Star reports a heroic Soviet defense but a dangerous breakthrough in the Armavir area. Nazis pour tanks and bombers into attacks from Krasnodar to Kushchevka, threatening Stalingrad as Don and Kuban Cossacks hold new lines amid heavy fighting.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
OSCOW
A.P
Maikop
Caucasus
Red Star
Kuban
Armavir
Krasnodar
Kushchevka
Russia
Kletskaya
Stalingrad
Kotelnikovski
Volga
Red army
Belaya Glina
Don
Krushchevka
Don river
elktow Red Star
Rosalie Journalist James Bank and His Cracked Old Eye
The piece profiles James W. Bank, Rosalie Nebraska publisher of The Rip-Saw known as the old egg for his Cracks From an Old Eye column. It recalls his feisty reporting style and his parish of entertaining local items including a funeral service and a fire scene described in brief notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie
Nebraska
James W. Bank
Marchal
Rez
gui no ein
major
Plane Crash Kills Three Near Macleod
Three airmen of No. 7 Service Flying Training School are killed in a mid air collision east of the landing field at Macleod. Two planes crashed from about 100 feet during approach and burned. a third aircraft tried to aid the wreckage. The dead include one pilot officer instructor and two students believed recent arrivals from High River. Names withheld until next of kin are notified.
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MACLEOD
No. 7 Service
Alex McDonald
CPR
secong
Australia
High River
Kanesi
Hawani
GOVT. OF INDIA
INDIA PARTE
NEW DELHI
government of India
All-India Congress party
Bombay
BOGAN
CRAIG WOOD
MISSISSAUGA GOLF CLUB
Ont
IC.P
Ben Hogan
Mto
Ralph Gridah
C.P
Toronto
Lamsdowne Path
RAFION BOOKS
OTTAWA
U.S
NEW YORK
New York harbor
Long Island Sound
Federal Bureau of toventigeren
UStW
LONDON
Beyma
Rome redie
EDMONTON
CP.1
Cadermin
Thoreday
E. A Braithwaite
MONTREAL
Lody
carl
Hechclaga Street
Oftiur W. G. Remaie
Calgary
LAC
F. S. Kote
mach
Krydor
Sask
J. E. Todd
Semins
Great Crisis Faces Australia to Castile Join
In Sydney on August 8, Australian minister Francis M Porde warned of a great crisis in history and said Japan may try invasion to knock Australia from the war. He noted a breathing space to prepare ahead of Castile's joining, promising a significant difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SYDNEY
Francis M Porde
Australia
Castile
Allied Air Bombs Hit Rabaul and Lae In Daylight Attacks
Allied airmen dropped 15 tons of bombs on Rabaul and used 2 000 pound bombs at Lae in daylight raids aimed at Lae airdrome and Vunakanau. Seven of 20 Japanese fighters were shot down with one Allied plane lost. Australian troops then launched an overland assault on New Guinea’s north coast, achieving 38 of 40 mortar hits after a grueling advance through swamp and mountain terrain.
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ALLIED
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Lae
New Guinea
Vunakanau
MELBOURNE
FTC Files Complaints Over Cigarette Advertising
The Federal Trade Commission announced it has issued complaints charging Pinup Morris and Company Ltd Inc and R J Reynolds Tobacco Company with misrepresentation and false advertising of cigarettes and smoking tobacco.
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WASHINGTON
The
federal trade commission
Pinhp Morris and Company, Ltd, Inc
R J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
U S bombers sink 109000 ton Mediterranean ship
Cairo reports that United States air force bombers sank a 109000 ton ship in the Mediterranean during an attack on a large convoy. The action was described as part of an aggressive air offensive.
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CAIRO
United States air force
Mediterranean
Gandhi Urges F D R Action On India Independence
In Bombay the All-India Congress endorsed Gandhi's independence resolution with only 13 of 360 dissenting. Gandhi also appealed to the United States to act quickly to recognize Indian independence and aid the Allied cause, urging American friends to support civil disobedience to end British rule.
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BOMBAY
All-India Congress
Mohandas K. Gandhi
F.D.R
Gandhi
United States
India
Truckers Vote to Halt Hauling Over Payload Cut
Delegates of the Alberta Motor Transport Association voted unanimously to cease operating as soon as any order to reduce payloads takes effect in Alberta. The move follows the Alberta Highway Traffic Board order to cut maximum loads by one third, effectively halving payloads, which took effect Aug 1 before being rescinded amid protests from truckers.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta Motor Transport Association
Alberta
Northern Alberta
Alberta Dieter Transport Association
Alberta Highway Traffic Board
Explosion at Glasgow barracks kills five soldiers
An explosion during a West of Scotland barracks demonstration killed five soldiers and injured fifteen. In Milton Ontario a separate report notes two teens escaping from jail after breaking blanket straps and scaling a 320 foot wall.
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GLASGOW
Scoland barracks
MILTON
Reginald Wanlon
Toronto
Roy J. Gerow
Oshawa
Aliion
Canada’s Tribute To Malta Highlighted By Legion Address
Lt Col D E Macintyre presented a Canadian Legion plaque honoring Malta’s fight for the George Cross island. Lt-Gen Sir William Dobbie and Harold MacMillan attended as Col Agius accepted the address on behalf of the Malta government.
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Canadian Legion
LONDON
ICP
George Cross island
Malta
D E Macintyre
ces
Harold MacMillan
Macintyre
William Dobbie
MacMillan
ahaigier
gil
Col AFP Agius
Britain builds one plane every two hours says minister
Burford England Aug 8 Colonel J J Liewellin minister of aircraft production disclosed in a speech that more than one factory in Britain is turning out an aircraft every two working hours. He cited July factory holidays yet noted production was the second highest month of the war.
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BURFORD
England
C. P. Cable
Col
J. J. Liewellin
Britain
Airmen raid Canton again in China destruction reported
U S airmen raid Canton area early this morning destroying several targets and shooting down two Japanese planes with a third possibly downed. The operation hit the White Cloud airdrome docks and harbor buildings while nine enemy fighters engaged a bomber escort. The unit nicknamed the eco dragon by the Chinese earned praise for bringing hope to occupied regions.
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CHUNGKING
Aug. t
United States army war places
Canton
Joseph W
White Cloud
leas
Ta Rime Pao
Wartime Saboteurs Executed as Two Earn Life Terms
Six Nazi saboteurs were executed by electric chair in Washington two months after a military commission began trying them. Ernest Burger received life imprisonment with hard labor, and George Dasch was commuted to thirty years. The eight came to the U.S. by U boat to damage vital war sites in Florida and Long Island. The White House said the sentences followed full review and recommendations noting Burger and Dasch aided U.S. authorities. the other six faced death.
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ASHINGTON
White House
Ernest P. Burger
George John Dash
United States
District of Columbia
Florida
Long Island
Tourcement
tum
judge advocate general
army
Burger
Ife
Dasch
ROOSEVELT Continuca
U S Attacks Jop Islands In Pacific and Aleutians
United States naval forces launched heavy attacks on Japanese installations in the Solomon Islands and the Aleutian chain. Air and surface units supported a forceful offensive in the south Solomon area and bombarded targets at Kiska Attu and Agattu in the Aleutians as ships and shore facilities were engaged.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Solomon islands
southwest Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
navy
Aleutians
Kiska
Attu
Agattu Islands
China forces press Linchwan comeback in Kanesi province
Chinese high command said Saturday its forces continued pressing the Linchwan area in a comeback campaign in Kanesi province and were advancing toward Hawani, 12 miles southeast, as part of a broader strategic push amid the ongoing conflict.
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U SAW
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Misako
Steffani
Burma
Wreral Maite Sey
Egypt
George John Dasch
Henry Harm Hemeck
Richard
GANDEI
Contauee
Canada
Conunoea
Roosevelt
U.K
s Supreme Penalty
Jop Islands
Solomons
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