American Warships Bombard Southern Italy in Allied Push
Allied headquarters says American warships bombed bridges and power plants in southern Italy for the first time as German reports claim an invasion fleet massing in the Mediterranean. A London informant notes German troops moving into Italy in strength, while Allied air forces harry Axis lines in the northwest, and reinforcements shift along the French coast toward Toulon.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Messina
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Britain
Stockholm
Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Germany
Brenner Pass
Berlin
Tunisian
Bizerte
Madrid Radio
Dwight Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Churchill
British American Confab Continues In Ottawa and Quebec
Allied leaders Roosevelt Churchill and staffs discuss war strategy in Quebec and Ottawa as Soviet offensives reshape plans for a western invasion. Observers say a European invasion could come while Germany is stretched east, with timing tied to Russian momentum and western front options.
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Churchill
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Moscow
Wallace clarifies his talk on corporations
Vice President Wallace said his critique of corporations targeted a small minority and that free enterprise must be preserved in postwar life. He noted his Detroit speech was misinterpreted as a general attack on the corporate form.
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Washington
Wallace
Newsen
Detroit
Prices Fixed for Alfalfa Meal Nationwide
Washington August 19. The office of price administration ordered nationwide maximum prices for alfalfa meal used in poultry feeds. The action aims to stabilize costs for farmers and feed producers.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
13 Year Old Girl Locked In Shed 18 Days
New York police found Catherine Fitzpatrick 13 in a concrete floored shed behind her home after neighbors heard crying. She said she had been locked there since Aug 1 for punishment and let out only to do family washing, being fed bread and tea. Thomas Brennan 45 faces endangering health charges and appeared in Island City Court after admitting the shed confinement at his wife's request.
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New York
Thomas Brennan
Island City Court
Catherine Fitzpatrick
Dunkirk Man Killed in Marion Crash
Abe H. Harmon 76 of Dunkirk was killed when his car collided with a truck in Marion on August 19.
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Marion
Abe H. Harmon
Dunkirk
Allied Aerial Might Grow With Rising Casualties
Allied air forces report heavier bomber losses in Europe yet insist the loss rate is not rising. Officials say Britain and the United States are dispatching larger air armadas to strike Germany and occupied Europe. Recent raids on Berlin, Peenemünde, Regensburg, Schweinfurt, and Marseille area losses are cited as proof for the seeming paradox.
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Churchill
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Dudley Found
William Leahy
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London
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BBC
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Rationing of Heating Stoves to Begin August 24
The Office of Price Administration announced nationwide rationing of new domestic heating and cooking stoves that burn coal wood oil or gas will start August 24. The program replaces earlier coal and wood stove rationing in 32 states and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
District of Columbia
Steel workers return to jobs in three plants
CIO steel workers ended a stoppage at American Steel and Wire Co plants, restoring about 75 percent of production and moving toward full output as War Labor Board urged a return to work. Spokesmen said additional workers were coming back and full production was expected by night.
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War Labor Board
Nazis Claim Allied Losses Were Heavy in Sicily
Berlin broadcast a Nazi high command communique claiming about one third of Allied troops in Sicily were killed or wounded, many captured, with heavy material and shipping losses for Eisenhower's command. It cited 383 Allied tanks and scout cars, 63 guns, 52 planes, and 11 transport gliders destroyed or captured.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Death of Core S. Ireland Noted Cham paign Bank Leader
Urbana obituary reports Core S. Ireland aged 68 a prominent Champaign County Republican leader and president of Champaign National Bank died today August 19.
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Core S. Ireland
Champaign County
Champaign National Bank
Carbon Hill Man Named by Ickes
New members of district bituminous coal producers advisory boards appointed by Harold L. Ickes include F. W. Barnes of Barnes Coal and Mining Co. Co Shocton Clifford Hawk of Hawk Coal Co. Carbon Hill and John Owens of Columbus president of District No. 6 UMWA to the Ohio District Board Adolph Pacifico of Bellaire VP of District 6 UMWA to the West Virginia Panhandle board The boards advise Ickes on coal production and distribution in their areas.
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Washington
Solid Fuels
Harold L. Ickes
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia “Panhandle
ODT Challenges Hocking Bus Shed
Ohio schools face bus transportation cuts as the Office of Defense Transportation weighs halting or reducing fuel allowances for dozens of district vehicles. Delbert Woodford reports that certificates of war necessity are in dispute and that schedules in over 100 districts across 35 counties were questioned for alleged noncompliance with new travel rules.
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Columbus
Office of Defense Transportation
Ohio
Transporta
Delbert Woodford
Matt Tet
Woodford
Chicago
ODT
Eight Die in Army Plane Crash Near Kearney
Names of eight men killed in a four engine Army plane crash from Kearney air base near Wood River were announced by Lt. James E. Bolin. Victims include Jil B. Butler, 23, son of Mrs. B. Butler, and next of kin were listed.
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Crooksville
Kearney
Neb
Wood River
James E. Bolin
Jil B. Butler
B. Butler
Yanks Repulse Jap Effort to Regain Vella
Allied reports say American forces bloodily repulsed a Japanese sea-borne landing at Vella Lavella in the Solomons. About 1 500 to 2 200 troops spread across 200 to 30 barges were involved, with most failing to reach shore. American warships engaged the escort destroyers, sinking one and damaging others in a brief night battle off Vella Gulf.
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YANKS
Vella
William F. Halsey
Vella Lavella Island
Solomons
Vella Gulf
Penalties and Higher Wages for Miners
Washington officials eye a mix of higher pay and penalties to avert another coal strike. Secretary Ickes plans lengthening shifts to eight hours with time and a half, while the War Labor Board enforces compliance without contract signatures. President Roosevelt backed the WLB policy and enforcement actions.
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Treasury
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
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