Russians Fight To Halt German Drive At Stalingrad
Moscow dispatch reports German thrusts through Soviet lines near the Don and Volga threaten Stalingrad. Thousands of workers join Red Army on the Volga bank to defend the city as German vanguards reach near suburbs and Soviet forces engage in heavy fighting.
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Henry C. Cassidy
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Volga
Stalingrad
Red Army
Red Star
Peper
Sant Ruston Treme
New Dealism under fire in New York nominating fight
Westbrook Pegler questions the New Dealism repudiated in New York as Democrat John Bennett seeks attorney general nomination and Roosevelt ally Senator Jim Mead is defeated. He alleges campaign ugliness and conflicts of interest involving White House figures, nepotism, and Youth Administration tenure.
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Charlie Michelson
White House
Joe Guffey
Pennsylvania
Harold Ickes
Frank Hague
Humanity
America
Warren Wins GOP Governor Nomination in California
Earl Warren, a leading California Republican, wins the GOP nomination for governor in a hot primary. Warren polled 166,152 votes on the Republican ticket and 117,661 in the Democratic race, while Culbert L. Olson led the Democratic side with 144,606 votes.
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Warren
California
GO P
Culbert L. Clean
Olean Whee Parece
Wiely
Olsoniam
Olson
Teket Warren
Rea
Gangsters Kill During Blackout in New York City
During a city blackout and a lunar eclipse, gunmen in a speeding car killed Salvatore Maggio on a Brooklyn street. Police hunted a black sedan as 10,000 spectators in Times Square watched the lights go out amid sirens and an air alert test.
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New York
Salvatore Maggio
Uit
F. H. la Guardia
J. K. Cannon
Metor
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Times Square
Una
Cotton Loan Plan Favored by Cotton Men in Dallas
A Dallas gathering of cotton growers and state agricultural commissioners backed holding the 162 cotton crop at a government ceiling price of 2147 cents until market levels justify. The plan, argued in a keynote by Senator John Bankhead, would divert about 200 million dollars to the cotton belt, with Texas farmers earning 60 to 75 million more and Oklahoma growers about 20 million more.
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Dallas
Tex
United States
John Bankheed
Alabama
J. BE. McDonald
Texas
Joe C. Scott
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Agricultural Commissioner
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Mississippi to draft married men for October quotas
Jackson Mississippi August 26 Married men with no dependents except wives will be inducted to fill October quotas. Lt Col Lawrence W Long state selective service director said local boards are finishing single registrants. He urged married men to seek officer commissions before reclassification. Local boards were told to classify registrants at 20 and continue reclassifications by dependency status.
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Jackson
Minx
Mississippi
Lawrence W Long
Selective Service
Hix
Senate and House in Fist Fight Over Tax Bill Clash
In Baton Rouge a brawl erupted between Senate and House members during a special session on a state sales tax to save Charity Hospital in New Orleans from closing. Tensions rose after Sen Dudley LeBlanc denounced Gov Jones as Rep Frei Heintz moved toward him, triggering a wider melee as lawmakers challenged each other and the chamber became chaotic.
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Senate
House
Louisiana
New Orleans
Dudley LeBlanc
Robert S Maestri
Sam Jones
Frei Heintz
Le-Blanc
Stat
Howe
Death of Duke of Kent Shocks Britain in Wartime Loss
Britain mourns as Duke of Kent, King George VI's youngest brother, dies on a wartime mission when a Sunderland flying boat crashes in northern Scotland. All 13 aboard are killed. An RAF inquiry is opened while the royal household remains in mourning.
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Britain
Duke of Kent
George
Ireland
Scotland
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Becoe
Air Ministry
Prem
RAF
Churchill to report on Moscow and Middle East mission
Churchill expected to address the House of Commons within about two weeks about his Moscow and Middle East tour. British sources suggest major changes in Britain's war leadership may follow his return as he vows to safeguard the Nile valley and support Allied supply efforts.
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London
Churchill
Moscow
Middle East
House of Commons
News Chronicle
Britain
United Nations
North Africa
Nile Valley
House recess ends amid fight over vote by mail bill
Southern lawmakers oppose Senate changes to a mail voting bill for armed forces. The Senate adopted an amendment exempting service members from poll taxes in several states, a move the House previously rejected. The measure also extends mail voting to primaries and general elections for federal officers. Representative Ramsey expects House action to follow.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Missssippi
Texas
Virginia
South Carolina
Arkansas
Ramsey
West Virginia
Maybank Leads in South Carolina Democratic Senate Race
In South Carolina Maybank holds a narrow lead over Blease in a close Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate as results from 1385 of 1536 precincts show Maybank with 102,093 votes to 98,679 for Blease. Johnston leads Manning for governor, with Hare Richards and McMillan ahead for renomination. most other incumbents run unopposed.
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Columbia. S.C
Burnet R. Maybank
Eugene 8
Blease
United States
South Carolina
Maybank
Brease
Olin D. Johnston
Wyndham M Manning
Sumter
Johnston
Manning
Butler Bo Hare
J. P. Richards
John L. McMillan
State Supreme Court
Cole L. Blease
Senate
James F. Byrnes
United States Supreme Court
1000 Enter Navy in New England Recruiting Drive
Inducted in a mass ceremony 1,000 young men began navy careers after Joseph P. Kennedy urged dedication to the home front. The ceremony at Symphony Hall capped a week of New England navy recruitment efforts.
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NAVY
Boston
New England
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
Symphony Hall
Gripsholm Detention of Arriving Diplomats Under Scrutiny
Investigators focused on the Gripsholm as it ferried 1400 plus repatriates from the Orient to Ellis Island. Passengers including Americans, Canadians, and Latin Americans were detained and questioned to prove loyalty before clearance, with some not cleared until at least midnight tomorrow.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gripsholm
Orient
Ellis Island
United States
Strangest suicide attempt reported by Broadway detectives
New York August 26 4 to 5 percent. Detectives Mansfield and De Farar found Vincent Newman 29 perched on a railing with a rope around his neck to supposedly fall asleep and hang himself He said he was separated from his wife Elizabeth of West Asheville NC and was taken to Bellevue hospital for observation The detectives questioned him about escaping and he asked if they would shoot him if he tried to run away
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Broadway
Joseph Mansfield
James de Farar
Vincent Newman
Newman
Elizabeth
West Asheville
N.C
Buddy
Bellevue Hospital
Nazi Airmen Cause Damage In England
London Aug 2. German airmen damaged property and caused casualties at a south coast town in a raid that cost them two Focke Wulf 190s. RAF fighters shot down both German planes. one crashed outside the town and the other into the sea. Pilots believed killed. British fighters returned after breakfast, crossing the coast near Folkestone and Dover.
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London
English
Fulkestone
Dover
Allies report secret weapon in production by Britain and US
London August 2 4 Brigadier General G M Barnes head of the US ordnance mission said both allies were producing a secret weapon that would surprise the Germans He noted strong US and British armament output and acknowledged eye opening new British weapons While declining to discuss shipping or exact weapon details he stressed secrecy of advanced munition work and denied any qualitative German superiority.
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London
United States Army Ordnance Mission
G. M. Barnes
United States
Barnes
United States War Department
Britain
Nurse stabbed in New Orleans by intruder
Mrs Marvin A Good 26 a former army nurse at Camp Claiborne was stabbed in the abdomen early today by a negro intruder who entered her apartment through a screen door She said she woke to find him bending over her and that he attempted to choke her before stabbing her The intruder fled Mrs Good served at Mercy hospital in New Orleans
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New Orleans
Marvin A. Good
Camp Claiborne
Eastland and Doxey Leaders in Mississippi Runoff
Former Senator James O Eastland leads the Democratic runoff for Mississippi with about 45 173 votes while Wall Doxey trails and faces Ross Collins for second place In unofficial returns Eastland holds a sizable margin in the split field and Bilbo supports Doxey while Governor Johnson backed Eastland
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Jackson
Miss
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Senate
Wall Doxey
House
Eastland
Doxey
Ross Collins
Collins
Roland Wall
WPA
Theo G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Chinese forces recapture Tungsiang as Japan withdraws
Japanese withdrawal continues toward Nanchang as Chinese forces reclaim Tungsiang five miles southeast. Tungjiang railway hub in Chekiang and Chuhsien air base near Li Shuei are key targets with hopes of regaining bases to bomb Japan. China's efforts focus on securing Chuhsien and Lishui amid retreating Japanese positions.
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Chungking
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Tungsiang
East China
Shangjao
Tungjiang
China
Bicon
Allies pressing in Solomons as battle widens
The clash in the Solomons intensified with Japanese reinforcements and allied air and sea actions. U S forces damaged enemy warships and planes in the southeastern Solomons while MacArthur's air strikes hit a Japanese convoy, signaling a broadening battle for naval supremacy in the Pacific.
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The
Solomons
Pacific
MacArthur
Japan
Tts
New Guinea
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Aleutian Islands
United States
Roosevelt Schedules Two Radio Addresses to Youth and Navy Center
President Roosevelt announced two major radio talks, one on September 3 for youth worldwide and another on August 31 at the dedication of the navy medical center in Bethesda Maryland. The White House also hinted at a Labor Day inflation plan message to Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Medical Center
Bethesda
Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Suregery
White House
Congress
International Students Service
United Nations
Stephen Early
Tire allotments must go downward in 1942
In Baton Rouge on August 2 the state OPA offices were notified by the War Production Board that tire allotments for the remaining months of 1942 must decline. Louisiana truck activity increases. Walter J. Trautman, state rationing officer, cites a critical rubber shortage and lists of eligible buyers to be cut.
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War Production Board
Louisiana
Walter J. Trautman
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Dalian
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