Japan Admits Losses in Solomons Naval Battle
Japanese broadcasts report the loss of one destroyer and damage to a small aircraft carrier in the second battle of the Solomons. Tokyo and Rome claim U S losses from air attacks and note a Pennsylvania class battleship was damaged. U S communiques say several Japanese warships were hit but do not confirm any American losses.
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Tokyo
U.S
Solomons
New Guinea
OKYO
Japan
Solomon Islands
imperial headquarters
Berlin
United States
United States navy
Washington
King and Queen Attend Kent Funeral in London
King in naval uniform and the Queen in mourning train to London for the funeral of the King’s youngest brother the Duke of Kent who died in an air crash on active service. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester return on a special train as a small crowd gathers at the station.
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LONDON
Duke of Kent
Duke
Duchess of Gloucester
Map of Aleutians Shapes Strategic Reach Across U S
A National Geographic graphic outlines the Aleutian chain stretching from Washington to Kansas City with Attu at the western edge and Kiska southeast of Attu. The text notes dangerous navigation conditions due to islets, shoals, rocks and frequent fogs with Alta Island rising over 3,000 feet.
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United States
Aleutian islands
Washington, DC
Kansas City
National Geographic Society
Dutch Harbor
Unalaski island
Charlottesville
Hiska
St. Louis
Attu
Aleutians
Kurlie islands
Chisima
Alaska
Kiska Hes
Alta island
Vandergrift Leads Marines in Solomon Islands Campaign
Major General Alexander A. Vandergrift commands U S Marines in the Solomon Islands. The photo shows him as a colonel, with his promotion to general arriving last March. He began as a second lieutenant in 1909 and has served in Cuba Panama Nicaragua Mexico Haiti and China.
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Alexander A. Vandergrft
United States marines
Solomon Islands
Imade
General Vandergrit
marine corps
Cuba
Panama
Nicaragua
Mexico
Haiti
China
Japanese forces withdraw from Chungking airfield site
Japanese troops retreat eastward from the major Chinese airfield at Chungking as Chinese forces close in from the west and southwest. The Chinese central news agency reported a vigorous assault on the city outskirts and continued activity as Japan pulls back from the area near Chekiang.
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CHUNGKING
Chubsien
China
Chekiang province
Japan
pires
Gets Two Years In Prison For Grain Forgery
Edmonton Aug 27 Geram Arthur Chailler former grain agent at Girouxville Alta was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary on each of four forgery charges and one theft charge. sentences to run concurrently. Chailler was charged with stealing 2000 dollars and forging four cash grain checks belonging to farmers of the district while employed at Girouxville.
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EDMONTON
Geram Arthur Chailler
Girouxville
Alta
A. J. Millar
Chanler
Alberta Pacific Grain Co
arxi
Girnoxville Chaillers
Alberta To Provide Farm Labor Help
Ottawa reports Labour Minister Mitchell announced negotiating an agreement to supply Alberta with federal funds to ease harvest labor. Funds will cover recruitment costs and moving workers to fields, with cooperative plans led by W. E. Ross and the unemployment insurance commission. Local offices will assist as farmers are urged to cooperate.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mitchell
Alberta
federal treasury
iton
unemployment insurance commission
advisory committee on
harvest labor for
W. E. Ross
employment and claims office
unemployment Insurance Secsion af
Calgary
beng meee ter
Ross
commission
New Dornier 217 with tail airbrake in dive sequence
A picture sequence shows the Geran Stuka Dornier 217 in a dive with tail airbrake deployed. It contrasts earlier dive bombers whose airbrakes were on the wings, while this model uses the tail brake. The device applies braking force at the lowest point of the dive.
High Command Studies Dieppe Lessons From Raid
General McNaughton told Canadian editors at army headquarters that lessons from Dieppe are still being studied and that combined operations require land sea and air forces to coordinate and protect sensitive information. He praised training, noted early raids, and highlighted courage of Canadian officers and troops. He said the enemy’s dispositions suggest possible anticipation of action and that data on enemy dispositions was obtained before the raid.
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CHARLES BRUCE
ENGLAND
C.F. Cable
A. G. L. McNaughty
McNaughton
army
Dieppe
Canadals
Allied Airmen Smash Axis Move In Egypt
Allied airmen pierce calm of the western desert as reinforcements prepare on both sides of the Alamein line. Long range raids hit Axis transport west of Alamein, with British and New Zealand forces mounting moonlight raids and capturing prisoners. Rommel reportedly positions to push from El Alamein toward Alexandria as Allied strength grows.
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CAIRO
Alamein
tongther
Teady
Churenin
Britain
soi
Mediterranean
Hitler
Middle East
Egypt
Caucasus
British Exchange
London
Sidi Barrani
El Daba
ROMMEL
Erwin Rommel
El Alamein
Alexandria
North Africa
Daily Mall
Russians Drive Into Rzhev Area As Stalingrad Fights On
The Red Army pressed toward the Rzhev Vyasma railway thirty miles west of Moscow while Stalingrad remained critical. Soviet forces claimed gains near Mozdok and advances toward Grozny and Ordzhonikidze as they widened the central front drive halting a German push toward Moscow. Reports say German losses rose to tens of thousands with heavy combat at Rzhev and surrounding sectors.
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Rzhev
Grozny
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
OSCOW
Whiuile
Stalingrad
Russia
Rzhev-Vyasma
Moscow
Lower Volga
central Caucasus
Mozdok
Prokhladnenski battlegrounds
Ordzhonikidze
Rzhev-Gzhatsk-Vyazma
Volge
Reuters
Red army
Soviet information bureau
Red Star
tral Caucasus
Nazi ships hit as convoy attacked off Dieppe
London reports three German ships of 1500 tons each were severely damaged and a smaller vessel hit by Hurricane bombers in a five-ship Dieppe convoy strike. Escorts included Spitfires. pilots said they surprised the Germans and retired safely amid heavy anti aircraft fire. Incendiaries later scattered over East Anglia countryside.
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LONDON
Dieppe
air ministry
Six Killed As India Police Fire Into Mob
Six persons died when troops opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators attempting to set fire to private property in Bier province northwest India. The government ordered special courts to speed trials of those charged with crimes as disorders continued to spread.
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BOMBAY
Bier
India
Dieppe Raid Death of Capt Erskine Eaton
Capt Erskine Robert Eaton 27 of Les Fusiliers de Mont Royal reported killed in the Dieppe raid. A former Second Lieutenant in the Governor General's Body Guards he served in Europe with the Canadian horse show team and represented Canada at Olympia London and Dublin. He had lived in Montreal before the war and is the son of Col and Mrs R Eston of Toronto.
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Erskine Robert Eaton
Les Fusiliers de Mont Royal
Dieppe
Exton
Governor-General’s
Toronto
Europe
awly
Canada
Olympia
London
Dublin
Montreal
R. Eston
United States planes strike Lashio base in Burma raid
United States army aircraft raided the Japanese base at Lashio Burma yesterday. Two enemy fighters were shot down and two more were probably destroyed as Lt Gen Joseph W Stilwell's headquarters reported. The raid involved US fighters and was part of ongoing operations in the Burma theater.
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CHUNGHKING
Lashio
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chinese recapture 25 miles of Kiangsi railway in Hiangsi province
Chinese dispatches report the recapture of Tsinshen, shrinking 25 miles of the Chekiang Kiangsi railway held by Japanese forces. The gain places the front 35 miles southeast of Nanchang, the main Hiangsi base. Berlin, Danzig and Koenigsberg bombed by Russian planes.
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KIANGSI
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Tsinshen
Nanchang
Hiangsi
BERLIN
DANZIG
KOENIGSBERG
MOSCOW
Aus
Bern
Germany
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