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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1941

Page

9

Allies claim massive German losses in renewed K assault

In the Ukraine front, Soviet and German reports clash over casualties and positions. The Red Army bulletin cites 20 000 German losses amid a vast troop deployment while Berlin claims Odessa trap and retreat toward the Dnieper.

Ukraine Red Army Black Sea Odessa Bug River Hitler Lower Dnieper Berlin Luftwaffe

Little Brown Dog Helps Child in Life Support Fight

In Philadelphia on August 18 a seven year old girl Geraldine Devlin battles a heart ailment as her terrier Sandy disappears. Mrs Thelma Fish offers a similar dog Brownie to comfort her. The father Walter Devlin says the dog improves Gerry and doctors have little to offer beyond faith and hope.

Philadelphia Geraldine Devlin Sandy Thelma Fish Geraldine Brownie Gerry Walter Devlin Devlin

Roosevelt statue urged for London by London Star editor

Wilson Midgley editorial director of the London Star urged erecting a statue of President Roosevelt in London. He argued it would carry a symbolic defiance of the blitz with Roosevelt’s famous face looking upward as if to endure the challenge.

London Wilson Midgley The London Star Roosevelt Henderson

Labor unrest across plants and new fires shock city scene

Seizure papers delivered to the president reveal a 16 000 worker walkout after management refused union maintenance clause. Other labor moves include a no walkout pledge by the ACW, a 20 percent wage boost at Fairfield Alabama, and a 25 cent day raise plus two year vacation at Bisbee Copper. A new wage deal averts a miner strike in Shattuck Dean Arizona. A six cent raise ends a week long Mack plant walkout in Allentown. A large fire destroys lumber stocks for army orders. Fire boat Fire Fighter helps battle the blaze in Manhattan with police and coast guard aid. Dense smoke covers the financial district at midday.

Nikolaev Bug River Odessa Knivoi Rog Dmieperopetrovsk Dnieper River 262Nd Sth Moscow Germany France Reich England London Britain Soviet Russia Iran India Far East Tokyo New York China United States Great Britain War Stimson Nichi Nichi Shanghai Wang Ching-Weis Nanking Wang Japan Joseph C. Grew Teijiro Toyoda Roosevelt Churchill East Asia Grew Toyoda Mediation Board Defense Association of Communication Workers Western Electric, Inc C. I. O. Steel Workers Organizing Committee Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Fairfield, Ala Shattuck Dean Copper Mining Corporation Bisbee, Ariz Bisbee Miners Union International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers United Automobile Workers Union Mack Manufacturing Company Allentown Manhattan Brooklyn Coast Guard Financial District

Three Die In Brooklyn Fire at Pier 27

A massive blaze at pier 27 opposite Governors Island swept through Brooklyn and Manhattan harbors. Flames leapt 125 feet as crew from the Cuba Line ship Panuco, unloading at the pier, were reported among the injured. Fireboats, coast guard cutters, and ambulances battled the flames for two hours.

Cuba Pier 27 Lower Manhattan Brooklyn Manhattan Coast Guard Panuco Governors Island Fort Jay Buttermilk Channel East River New York Harbor Harry Garcia Pier 32 Pier Garcia Cuba Mail Line Ward Line Tampico Progresso Mexico Seattle New York Brooklyn Bridge New York Navy Yard Navy Yard Greenpoint

Critics Target Henderson and Dies Committee in Debates

The piece blasts so called economists and questions the credibility of the Dies committee. It asserts the committee's sharp scrutiny of government departments and its exposure of Trojan horse tactics amid fears of Communist influence and political meddling.

Mr. Henderson Martin Dies Dies New Deal Department of Justice FBI Henderson United States

Watchman fatally beaten by burglars in Chicago factory

Mitchell Hetman, 45, a watchman at a northwest side furniture factory, was found beaten and strangled after burglars tied him to a post with rope and ransacked the safe. Police say robbers bound him then attacked him when no money was found. Hetman was a father of two.

Chicago Mitchell Hetman Northwest Side Herman Walter McGloon Hetman

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