American forces shell Kiska in first Aleutian bombardment
Washington reports U S destroyers and cruisers hit Jap shore batteries on Kiska Island in a surprise raid on August 8. Air attacks by U S Army and Navy fliers helped sink or damage at least one cargo ship, bringing total Allied sinkings or damages to 21 in the north Pacific Aleutians.
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Aleutian Island
Washington
North Pacific
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
U. Ss. Army
U. S
Dollar Day Prep Sparks 44 New Castle Stores
Merchants stock shelves and plan sales contests as 44 New Castle stores brace for Dollar Day shoppers tomorrow. Weather optimism and bright window displays set the stage for a big buying day with crowds expected downtown and from surrounding districts. police prepare to handle traffic and foot travel.
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New Castle
Dollar Day promotion draws shoppers to savings event
FOP VICTORY Thursday promotes Dollar Day for bargain purchases. Bus routes between Washington street and Long avenue changed for about a week during street car rail removal on South Mill street. Buses were rerouted via Grove street and White street to showcase coal piles for winter buyers, then up Friendship street to.
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Washington Street
Long Avenue
South Mill Street
Grove Street
White Street
Friendship Street
Gantz Reunion To Draw Crowd
Former teachers and pupils of the Martin Gantz school reunite at the Scottish Rite Cathedral on Thursday. Activities begin at 5 PM, dinner at 6:30, followed by a program. Hon. Charles B. Mayne leads the reception committee with many local volunteers listed.
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Martin Gantz
Charles B. Mayne
George Bollinger
J. Albert Hewitt
W. G. Ayers
Riley Bollard
Carrie Buchner
W. E. Caldwell
McSweeney Wins In Ohio Primary
In Columbus Ohio on Aug 12 John McSweeney former Ohio congressman won the Democratic governor nomination as State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson pressed the count finishing second in a field of five. Ferguson vowed support in the fall while Dr John W Bricker the Republican nominee was renominated without opposition. Ferguson estimated McSweeney’s margin near 7500 votes with Cleveland strength blamed for Ferguson's loss.
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International News Service
Columbus
John McSweeney
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
McSweeney
Ferguson
Vo McSweeney
John W. Bricker
Sweeney
Cleveland
Funds of Steamfitters Union 449 Frozen by Court Order
A court froze funds of Local 449 of the Steamfitters Union in Pittsburgh on August 12 pending a formal accounting and next month’s probe of past expenditures. The move followed a request by James A. Ahearn and his brother John alleging improper spending.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Steamfitters’ Union
James A. Ahearn
John
Jackson Called To Army Service
Lieut. Col. W. Fulton Jackson of Edgewood Avenue received orders to report for army duty August 25 at Camp Pickett Virginia for temporary duty then with the Baltimore district in the Third Service Command. Jackson, a dentist and New Castle school board member, resigned from county defense leadership to join the Army. He served in World War I in the dental corps with the 37th division in France and the Army of Occupation and has been in the Officers' Reserve since 1922.
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W. Fulton Jackson
Edgewood Avenue
Camp Pickett
Baltimore
Third Service Command
Col. Jackson
New Castle
Lawrence County Council of Defense
Army
Colne
William R. Walton
County Council of Defense
Dental Corps
37Th Division
France
Army of Occupation
Officers’ Reserve
Hamilton E. Fish Is Re-Nominated in New York Primaries
In New York on August 12, Hamilton E. Fish Jr. won renomination by nearly three to one over Emerson D. Fite in the 26th District. Isolationist incumbents led Democratic and Republican ballots with early leads noted for William B. Barry and others, including Joseph L. Pfeifer James A. O'Leary and Martin J. Kennedy, as pre Pearl Harbor sentiment shaped contests.
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International News Service
New York
Wendell Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Hamilton
Fish Jr
Emerson D. Fite
Vassar
Roosevelt
Fish
Hyde Park
New York City
Queens
William B. Barry
William F. Brunner
Board of Aldermen
Joseph L. Pfeifer
James A. O'Leary
Martin J. Kennedy
Indian riots quelled by British repressive measures
In Bombay and across India the Gandhi arrest riots draw harsh suppression. Public whippings and death penalties rise as authorities enforce calm. Major cities resemble armed camps with soldiers deployed, and Bombay reports a death toll of 34 with around 100 wounded or detained.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Party
Gandhi
India
Logan challenges Ross over 126 extra tax staff hires
Secretary of Revenue Edward Logan demands audit and court defense of the 126 excess mercantile and inheritance tax staff appointments. He orders county treasurers and registrars to cut staff to April 1941 levels by dismissing unneeded employees and notes potential legal questions unsettled by Pennsylvania courts.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Revenue
Edward “‘B. Logan
F. Clair Ross
Arthur H James
Logan
Explosion Kills Two At Coatesville
An explosion in the Lukens Steel Company pump house in Coatesville Pa killed James Campbell 30 and left two electricians Charles Troupe 47 and George Hensel 42 in critical condition. The blast occurred while they were working on motors. details of the cause were not disclosed.
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International News Service
Coatesville
Lukens Steel Company
James Campbell
Charles Troupe
Kinzer
George Hensel
Strasburg
Six Spies Testify To Fairness Of Trial By Nazis
Six Nazi saboteurs who died in the District of Columbia electric chair drafted and signed a testimonial praising the fairness of their military trial. John Edward Kerling, 33, headed the group and wrote the long-hand draft. all six signed the draft and later the typed copy after it was prepared by a Justice Department stenographer. Copies were given to seven U S generals as proof of their claim of fair treatment.
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Washington
America
John Edward Kerling
Florida
District of Columbia
Military Commission
Department of Justice
Local Deaths Notice Includes Merchers and New Castle Residents
Death records list David L. Heckathorn 80 of Mercer R D 2. Frank C. Douds 79 of Castleton Hotel. Peter S. R. Black 70 of New Castle R D 5. Norman J. Allen street. Mrs. Rebecca J. Martin 93 of 319 Park Avenue. Patterson 67 of 611.
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David L. Heckathorn
R. D
Mercer
Frank C. Douds
Castleton
Peter S. R. Black
New Castle
Norman J. Allen
Rebecca J. Martin
Park Avenue
Patterson
Stalingrad Threat Admitted Serious
Russian retreat deepens in the Kuban Valley as cities and wheat fields burn. Soviet forces set fire to lands while withdrawing before German armor, leaving desolate oil region foothills around Armavir and Cherkessk as the German advance pushes toward Baku.
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Cherkessk
Armavir
Moore Dry Dock Fires Six Workers for Loafing
Officials said six shipyard workers at Moore Dry Dock in Oakland were discharged at the navy's request for chronic loafing. Charles C. Adams, the personnel director, suggested the dismissals align with the work or fight order and that most men’s names were sent to draft boards for possible induction.
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International News Service
Oakland
Cal
Moore Drydock Company
Navy
Charles C. Adams
Germans Claim Large Soviet Prisoner Totals in Don Battle
Berlin reports 1,044,741 prisoners captured since spring offensive with 6,271 tanks and 10,131 guns taken. It claims 6,056 planes destroyed and Saloyanskia seized in the Cau casus as the Don bend west of Kalach is cleared of Russians amid Soviet losses.
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Berlin
Saloyanskia
Caucasus
The
Don Elbow
Bomber Armada Plasters Mainz
The Royal Air Force bombed the Mainz rail junction on the Rhine in a night raid. An estimated 300 to 400 bombers participated and the air ministry said the attack was successful. Sixteen British planes failed to return. Mainz hosts major rail lines and war material factories for the Reich.
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Leo V. Dolan
I.N.S8
London
Mainz
Rhine
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Reich
Cologne
Mannheim
Germany
British Admit Carrier Sunk
The British admiralty announces the loss of the aircraft carrier Eagle in the Mediterranean after U-boat action. Many crew members were saved and next of kin have been notified. At least one U-boat in the area was destroyed. Continued on page nineteen.
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Admiralty
Eagle
Mediterranean
International News Service
London
British Admiralty Today
Jail Break Plot Nipped In Time
Hartford August 12 The state attorney general's office disclosed a prison break plot in the county jail. Four inmates attempted to tunnel between cells and broke a second door lock but the plan was stopped. Three German American Bund leaders Gerhard Wilhelm Wolfgang Ebell and Otto Willmaneit are jailed on espionage conspiracy charges. Dr Knit E Molzahn Philadelphia pastor is also on trial.
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International News Service
Hartford
Conn
Aus
Gerhard Wilhelm
The
Bund
Wolfgang Ebell
Fl Paso
Tex
Otto Willmaneit
Chicago
Marines Advance Under Heavy Fire In Bitter Fight
Marines hold footholds on Tulagi, Florida and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands as Gen. Douglas MacArthur directs heavy aerial bombardment. Allied naval gunfire and 2,000-pound bombs strike Japanese reinforcement bases, with cautious optimism rising in Australia amid bitter fighting.
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I. S.S
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Tulagi
Florida
Guadalcanal
Solomon Group
United States
Pacific
Allied invasion awaited by French public in exile report
Ninety percent of the French people are waiting for an Allied invasion seen as a catalyst for a large uprising against the Nazis, a shopkeeper escaped from occupied France said on Tuesday. In China, Japanese forces were driven from western Linchwan’s outskirts by Chinese attackers, the government announced. Tokyo quoted Kichisaburo on the inevitability of war due to U S pressure.
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Intentional News Service
London
France
Chungking
Linchwan
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Kichisaburo
Kraut Keeps Winter Season Bright As Weather Stays Warm
In a lively verse, the speaker notes priorities shift with winter fret and jokes about kraut. The lines celebrate preserved foods lasting through cold, touting sauerkraut as matching fancy meals while the season remains unexpectedly mild at eighty four.
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Revenue Secretary
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John Paget
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