End of Sicilian Drive Is at Hand
Milan faces a renewed RAF attack as more than 100 two ton bombs hit the city in a night raid. Dispatches describe fires, rubble, panicked crowds, and thousands fleeing while Swiss reports note the destruction along major streets.
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Milan
London
Air Ministry
Italy
R. A. F. Pembers
Nevtral
Alps
Berlin
Switzerland
R.A. F
Deptie
Wreets
Miles
Britain
Trea Viaibin
Diepateee
Westbrook Pegler Attacks Comintern Document
The columnist dismisses the Resolution from the Presidium of the Communist International as a tool of deception and argues that Soviet interests guide all Communists. He accuses leaders of fearing Stalin and paints the Comintern as a fifth column, urging wary scrutiny of official claims.
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Communist
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Prominent Leaders to Speak at Southern Regional Farm School
Plans finalize for the Southern Regional training school of the American Farm Bureau federation at Bethel Frances Otley. United States Senator Liew J. Eilenier and Governor Sem H en among speakers. Tuesday features registration and a delegates gathering. Wednesday's program starts at 9 am with the federation president Donald Kub rick and administrative director Mrs Charlee W. Sewell. Governor Jones to address the crowd. Miss Jewell Garner chairs seminars.
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Raining School
American Farm Jure Federation
Betel Frances
Otley
Ticaretay
Momroe Gove Men
Prommavence
Marvin Joare
Vinnetrater
United States
Liew J. Eilenier
Seston
Pesiderite
South of
Staten
Arm Bureau Federation
Donald Kubrick
Federson
Mra Charlee W. Sewell
Aasucia
American Farm Greea Federation
IX ARE DROWNED AT NATCHITOCHES
Natchitoches Louisiana August 16 six persons drown near Cane River when a light motorboat overturned during a lake ride. Victims include H R Carter 52 Marvelyn Carter 28 Bobby Carter 7 Weldon Carter 31 Joycelyn Carter 41 and Billy Carter 5 all from New Orleans Gregon Texas and Morans Louisiana residents. Billy Carter still missing. The incident follows a family outing fault blamed on sudden overturning in feet of water.
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Natchitoches
Cane River
She
H. R. Carter
Marvelyn Carter
Bobby Carter
Gregon
Tex Weldon Carter
Joycelyn Carter
Billy Carter
New Oreans
Billy
Herron Carter
Morans
First National
Gasoline Ration Cut to Three Gallons in Midwest and Southwest
Government spokesman Chester Bowles announced reduced gas rations to three gallons per person in the Midwest and Southwest while Eastern regions face potential future adjustments. He noted West Coast stocks and Rockies reserves appear sufficient for now and hinted at a possible small increase for Eastern drivers in September if cooperation with driving restrictions continues.
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Washington
Gasohee Takien
Middle West
Rewley Mountain
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Tokes
Bowles
Rockies
Midwest
Southwest
U S Navy Names New Carrier Shangri La
The navy announced the designation Shangri La for a newly named aircraft carrier under construction at Portsmouth Virginia. The name reflects President Roosevelt's joke about the base Doolittle raid launched from. Treasury bond campaigns have used Shangri La in promotion.
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Washington
United States
Navy
United States Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Treasury
Open City declaration seen as possible ruse in Britain
British papers question the Italian declaration of Rome as an open city as a potential tactic by Premier Pietro Badoglio to avoid bombardment. The London Daily Express called for continued Allied air attacks until Italy quits the war as Rome worries over safety measures and civilian influx.
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London
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Great Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Italy
Winston Churchill
Canada
London Daily Mail
Badoglio
Fialy
Palytun
Occupation lines up as main sword for draft decisions
Washington Aug 16 The War Manpower Commission says occupation rather than family status will mainly decide which men aged 18 to 45 are deferred or inducted. A list of 149 critical occupations grants super deferment. 23 additional job activities join the non deferrable group. Transfers between civilian jobs will be aimed at strengthening war production while preserving essential workers.
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Washington
Primcpal
WMC
Paul Vo McNut
Selective Service Boards
Gould Family Member Drowns in Desert Pool
In Phoenix on August 16, Mrs. Glacia Gould Barker, a member of the Gould family, drowned after apparently slipping and hitting her head on the pool edge at a desert home. Wallace Barker, her husband, and the butler found the body within about 15 minutes. death attributed to drowning. The couple had resided at the home ten miles east of Phoenix for four years. Barker headed the War Price and Rationing board. Mrs Barker was the youngest daughter of George J Gould and Edith Kindon Gould of New York. marriage of her daughter Gross occurred last May in New York.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Glicria Gould Barker
Gould
Paul V McCaw
Deat
Wallace MacFarlane Barker
Barker
Phoenix War
Here
Churchill in Quebec for war conference with Roosevelt
Prime Minister Churchill returns to Quebec for a joint war strategy conference with President Roosevelt. White House notes say Roosevelt will join in Quebec this week as military chiefs plan a four point agenda including Europe war conduct and postwar collaboration with the United Nations.
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Quebec
Churchill
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
White House
Washington
Rocial
England
Europe
United Nations
Russia
Japan
Anthony Eden
American State Department
Foreign Office
Eden
Sumner Welles
Americas
Moscow
Welles
Atlanta
Germany
Japanese Planes Shot Down and River Body Found
A report notes 48 Japanese planes were shot down Sunday in air fights and a woman’s body was found in the Ouathita River near Wood Street Monroe. Cadets from Selman Field spotted the floating corpse and alerted police, with coroner Dr. J. T. French and local crews responding. The item ends with a continuation on the second page.
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Carrie Lee
Virgin Islands
James Curtin Mayes
Navy Marine Barracks
Fleet Port Office
New York City
Ouathita
Wood Street
Monroe
Selman Fleki
Harold P. Passaie
Paul Tucci
Harry Subkowsky
Paul Grow
Irvin Thorp
Parlor Department
J. T. French
Miro Ar
Five Departments
Davis
Questions On New Selective Service Rules and Plans
Washington Aug 16 War Manpower Commission issues Q A on selective service reforms. It outlines four main steps establishing critical occupations, stricter occupational deferment, new transfer standards, and extending non-deferrable roles to ensure essential workers stay on war efforts and fathers are drafted first if needed.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Army
Navy
Allied Air Gains Cap 44 Japanese Planes in Southwest Pacific
Allied warplanes shot down 44 Japanese aircraft over the Solomon Islands and northeast New Guinea, costing five Allied planes and up to three pilots. MacArthur signals sustained air power as ground advances press on, with raids on Balikpapan and targets near Lae Salamaua Kahili.
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Southwest Pacific
Pacific Battlefront
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
MacArthur
Balikpapan
Borneo
Komiatum
Lae
Salamaua
Kahili
Bougain
Gasoline Shortages Hit New Orleans Stations
New Orleans reports gasoline supplies running low at several service stations as tank wagons prepare replenishment after a weekend rush by motorists seeking to beat the ration cut. Secretary Ickes reduces coupon values from four to three gallons for the midwest and southwest, prompting protests by the Small Business Men and Service Station groups.
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New Orleans
Service Station Association
Lewistena
Glen Linn
Arthur Felix
Felix
Karachev Falls as Red Army Push Reaches Bryansk Road
Soviet forces breakthrough Karachev on the road toward Bryansk after severing escape routes for German troops in the Orel salient. Stalin awards a battle commendation to guard divisions and infantry units for the hand to hand fighting and seizure of the town with prisoners and war material captured.
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Moscow
Karechev
Bryansk
Orel
London
Karachev
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Kharkov
Red Army
Wombat
Fitic Meni
Stalin
Guards
Khvaxtovichi
Veterans chair resigns over draft policy in Wood County
Tom C. Wooden, a World War I veteran and chairman of Wood County's selective service board No. 1, resigned rather than support a draft policy targeting fathers. He stated he cannot be a party to a system that would remove family men from established homes. Colonel C. W. Goble of the state selective service directorate acknowledged the resignation.
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Bowling Green
Tom C. Wooden
Woodcounty
Selective Service Board No
C. W. Goble
Selective Service
Wooden
Body of S/Sgt Fred G. Hill recovered from Mississippi River
The body of Staff Sergeant Fred G. Hill from Hardingfield was pulled from the Mississippi River after he drowned when he fell from the life boat on the rear of the ferryboat Louisiana during a Wednesday evening incident. He was the son of Mrs. Mattie J Hill of Fries Virginia.
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Baton Rouge
Fred G. Hill
Hardingfield
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Hill
Mattie J, Hill
Fries, Va
Allied Troops Close on Messina in Sicilian Drive
Allied forces push to Milazzo 14 miles west of Messina with Barcellona within heavy artillery range. German retreats continue as Seventh and Eighth armies surge. Taormina and Castiglione captured while Axis ferries to the mainland face disruption.
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Relman Morin
North Africa
United States
Milazzo
Messina
Barcellona
Taormina
Castiglione
Raggi
Sicily
Berlin
NBC
Kagai
Seventh Army
Randazzo
Yugoslav Guerrillas Sabotaging Wheat Across Balkans
Reports from Istanbul dated August 11 describe Yugoslav guerrillas waging sabotage against German grain supplies in Serbia, Bosnia, and Albania as General Mihailovic’s forces rally to disrupt harvests. German efforts to form a 100000 strong Croat army to bolster the Dalmatian coast defense, and to punish noncompliance with forced labor decrees, are noted amid Italian withdrawal from Albania.
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Istanbul
Serbia
Iontenella
Bosnia
Albania
Balkans
Toda
Draja Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Dalmatian
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Lutheran Hospital
New York Journal-American
Paul Schoenstein
Patricia
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Contiu
Eighth Army
Halian
Pedritani
Associated Press
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