Jungle Fighters Push Nippon Retreat at Salamaut
Allied jungle troops drive Japanese forces from four strong points near Salamaut as they retreat toward the base. American and Australian forces report heavy losses for the Nipponese with 300 varied defense forces abandoned. Allied bombers and escorts strike the Wewak airfield, claiming several enemy planes down and several ground targets destroyed.
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Robertson
Cor
Natio
Australia
Salamaut
New Guinea
Mace Arthur Ponounerd Leday
Death Toll Rises In Kearny Blast
International News Service reports a blast at Congoleum-Natra plant No. 12 in Kearny New Jersey. Twelve dead and up to fifteen more feared buried as rescuers search the twisted wreckage after the explosion occurred Thursday during shift changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
Nevwa Service
Kearny
N. J
Pigeon Returns Home After Fatiguing Flight
A pigeon with a metal band arrived at a New Castle home Friday evening. The owners fed and kept it overnight. This morning the bird did not depart as the family released it, suggesting a long travel yet to complete or a need for further care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southport
Pe Newe
Haine
Haines
Daily Weather Report United States Summary
The four hour period ending at 94. mM reports a maximum temperature of 77 and a minimum of 58 with 0 inches of precipitation and an river stage of 5 feet. For the same date the rear age shows a maximum temperature of 8 and a minimum of 65 with no precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Second Front Cost Would Be Terrific In Man Power Loss
CAPT. JOHN TH. CRAIGE reports on plans for a second front as the Allies debate targets in Europe. Dispatches from Europe and Washington show conflicting views while the Russian front claims fresh advances toward Kharkov Smolensk and Buyansk. Russian pressure on the United States and Britain for a second front remains strong with Sicily and the Pacific cited as possible theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John TH. Craige
Japan
Germany
Europe
Far East
Quebec
Washington
United States
Britain
Sicily
Southwest Pacific
Mailers Still Sick as Newspapers Delayed in NYC
New York union members move to comply with War Labor Board request to return to work while mass illness continues to disrupt delivery of the New York Times Herald Tribune and 24 smaller papers. Other papers with their own delivery systems face no disruption.
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International News Service
New York
Independent Newspaper and Mail Deliveries Union
War Labor Board
New York Times
Herald-Tribune
Rome Governor Resigns Office
International News Service reports in a wireless despatch that Senator Dr Riccardo Motta has been named commissioner extraordinary of Rome after the resignations of Governor Prince Gian Franco Borghese and Vice Governor Carlo Manno. Motta, 65, headed the Italian state police from 1924 to 1925 and held posts under Count Dino Grandi.
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Internationnal News Service
New York
Tralian “Stefani
U. S
Riccardo Morta
Rome
Gian Franco Borghese
Ministry of Interior
Finns Criticize Peace Bid Delay
Stockholm dispatches report rising criticism of Finland’s government for delaying peace efforts. All non Fascist groups favor united peace action. 50 leading Finns urged active peace policies. Government may resign when parliament meets next month. diplomat Paasikivi named as possible new premier.
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International News Service
Stockholm
Finland
Helsinki
Farmer Party
Juju Toust Paasikivi
Teachers Salary Ruling Recalled in Harrisburg
Harrisburg reports that Attorney General James H. Duff will clarify a justice department opinion on cost-of-living teachers salaries granted by the 1943 legislature. The recall aims to clear widespread misunderstanding and does not guarantee a change in the original ruling.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Justice Department
James H. Duff
Duff
Francis B. Haas
Buses Idle As Chicago Drivers Protest Suspensions
Ninety seven Chicago Motor Coach Co buses were anchored at a North Side garage preventing service for about 50 000 riders. Drivers protested the suspension of four colleagues accused of trying to lead the Independent union into the CIO. Herman Bogen spoke for the drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLO
Chicago
Chicago Motor Coach Co
Herman Bogen
Chicago Motor Coach Co. Employes
Tons Of Tomatoes Pile Up At Plant
In Camden New Jersey Campbell Soup officials scrambled to save a bumper tomato crop with 2400 tons at the canneries. They advertised for 1000 workers and urged patriotic men to work four hours. Fort Dix soldiers, expected to help, had not yet arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Camden
N. J
Campbell Soup Company
Philadelphia
R. M. Budd
Fort Dix
Blood donors save twin boys lives in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on August 21, 12-year-old twins Robert and Donald Geraci faced dangerous hemorrhages after tonsil operations. A police blood-broadcast led to 25 volunteers offering blood. seven donors with the correct type saved the boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Geraci, at Passavant hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Robert
Donald Geraci
Lawrence Geraci
Passavant Hospital
Adam
Ronald Ferrogonid
Geraci
Deaths of James P Hagan Emma Tidball and Others
A 52 year old James P Hagan of 321 West Grant street dies. Emma Butz Tidball of 419 Mondy avenue is noted deceased. William Heisman aged 65 of West Liberty Butler county is listed dead. An infant Graham of North Sewickley is recorded as deceased.
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James P. Hagan
West Grant Street
Emma Butz Tidball
Mondy Avenue
William Heisman
West Liberty
Butler County
Graham
North Sewickley
High Water Mark Of 42-43 Winter Passed By Reds
Soviet front reports a push toward Kharkov Bryansk and Smolensk surpassing the 1942 45 winter mark as 118 German planes are shot down 124 tanks destroyed and over 1700 Nazis killed yesterday The drive continues from Leningrad to the Ukraine with new Soviet assaults on the Finnish front near Murmansk and six sectors reported as attacked
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Reds
Natalia Rene
T. N.S
Moscow
Leningrad
Ukraine
Kharkov
Bryansk
Smolensk
Spas Demensk
Soviets To Meet With Free French
A Soviet representative is en route from Moscow to Algiers to establish direct contact with the French committee of national liberation. The envoy will first go to London before moving to Algiers. The Russian labor magazine says the emissary failed to contact the Free French for over two months due to alleged Anglo American objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Moscow
Algiers
No Recognition for Puppet State by Pope Pius XII
Vatican radio reported that Pope Pius XII cannot recognize the Nazi puppet state of Croatia. Archbishop Stepinac of Zagreb said the pontiff cannot act against justice and decency and criticized suppression of Pope speeches by the Croat government.
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New York
Vatican Radio
Crerman
Pius XII
Croatia
OWI
Vatican
Stepinac
Zagreb
Lake Passengers Stranded On Boat
More than 400 passengers on the Eastern States, a Detroit to Buffalo lake boat, resumed their journey after 25 hours stranded on Lake Erie when the side-wheeler suffered mechanical trouble 45 miles from Cleveland. The crippled ship was towed to port by two tugs after an 11 hour haul. About 100 crew joined the passengers aboard the vessel during the delay. The group spent the day at sea calmly with good weather.
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Conternational
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo Lake
Lake Erie
Allied Warships Bombard Italian Ports in August Actions
Allied warships continued bombardment of the Italian Peninsula from North Africa bases. Bombers isolated Naples by wrecking rail and road links while targeting Benevento rail yards, with B 25s and P 38s inflicting damage on junctions, repair shops and rolling stock. four enemy interceptors were shot down in the engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre J. Huss
N.S
North Africa
Naples
Italy
Benevento
Mt Protective
Congress To Get Manpower Draft
Washington Aug 21 The Senate Military Affairs Committee has completed the Austin Wadsworth bill testimony as Congress prepares for a possible fall showdown on national manpower. Analyst Col Lewis Sanders warned voluntary labor is failing and shortages could cut 1943 objectives by 10 to 15 percent, urging a draft of both men and women for essential war work if needed.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Lewis Sanders
Fire destroys part of Chetumal city coast
Mexico City reports a 200000 fire sweeping the coastal town of Chetumal capital of Quintana Roo. The blaze leveled several blocks and destroyed the Pan-American Always building. Chetumal hosts multiple chicle gum base processing plants.
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Mexico City
Chetumal
Quintana Roo
May Try To Drive Japan Out Of War Before Nazis Fall
Quebec dispatch reports indications that Roosevelt and Churchill met to focus on driving Japan from the war before any invasion of Europe. The plan marks a radical shift in Allied military strategy since Pearl Harbor, aligning U S and Britain on a Japan first approach. The conference decisions, built on prior talks, suggest a coordinated push to end the Pacific conflict ahead of European actions.
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Japan
Arthur F. Hermann
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hitler
European
Pearl Barbor
United States
Great Britain
Checks No Good When Gas Is Out
New Yorkers outraged over meat ration stamps face a gas famine with about 90 percent of stations in Manhattan and the Bronx out of fuel. Gas dealers say relief will not come for two or three weeks and easing driving rules will only cause more drivers to find no gasoline at all.
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Q International News Service
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Drive On Italy Expected Soon
Washington reports fevered anticipation of a mass amphibious and airborne assault on the Italian mainland aimed at knocking Italy out of the war within weeks. Allied forces under General Eisenhower, fresh from Sicily, are expected to launch a triple envelopment at the Italian toe as the operation unfolds. Undersecretary Sumner was cited in the dispatch.
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Robert G. Nixon
N.S
Washington
Hitler
Europe
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Sumner
Cynteormecinie News
Aerolony
Chicago
Iny Wight
Food Distribution Administration
Ceys
Win Lyon Phelps Dies at 78 Yale Professor Emeritus
New Haven Conn August 21 Dr William Lyon Phelps professor emeritus of Yale University and leading educator died at his New Haven home at 78 after a cerebral hemorrhage last June. He had been released from hospital last month but relapsed last Sunday and died early today. Widely known as lecturer author and critic he retired from Yale English faculty in 1938 after wartime service.
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International News Service
New Haven
Conn
Wiliam Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Billy’’ Phelps
Sling
Phelps
Yale
Aviation Cadets Die In Two Courtland Crashes
In Courtland Alabama yesterday two aviation cadets died in separate crashes during landing attempts at Courtland field. Lieut Maxwell B Clever 22 of Louisville Kentucky a flying instructor was critically injured in one crash. James R Jansky 36 Vineland New Jersey died in the crash. Joseph Hemphill 23 Route 2 Tangent Pa was killed when his ship plunged during a routine solo flight six miles south of Hillsboro Alabama.
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International News Service
Courtland
Ala
Courtland ‘Army Air Force School Today
Maxwell B. Clever
Louisville
Look
Lfe
James R. Jansky
Vineland
N.J
Courtland Field
Joseph Hemphille
Roune
Tagentum
Hillsboro
Seabees Repair Munda Air Strip Near Guadalcanal
Seabees completed swift repair of Munda airstrip, enabling U S aircraft to operate from the base as of August 13, eight days after its capture. First landings included Major John E. Little and Lieutenants Cottsworth B Head Donald W. Davis and D P Works of the 13th Army Air Force. Japanese bombers failed to neutralize the strip, signaling a shift to the defensive in Solomon Islands airspace. Some missions for the Vella Lavella invasion used Munda air cover.
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Navy Headquarters
South Pacific
U. S. Navy
Munda
U. S
John E. Little
Cottsworth
B. Head
San Francisco
Donald W. Davis
D. P. Works
13Th Army Air Force
Solomons
Kahili
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
Vella Lavella Island
Miinda
Tax Experts View New Revenue Plan
Congressional tax experts study a drastic revenue plan to close the inflationary gap by raising income tax rates and launching a $40 billion war bond purchase program. The author declines to name but the plan likely features in Congress alongside the treasury's $12 billion tax bill. The proposal centers on normal individual income tax.
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QON SM
Washington
Treasury
Gas Stamp Books Stolen At Norristown Ration Office
Norristown ration board reports theft of 2850 gasoline stamp books valued at about 900000 gallons of gasoline from their headquarters. Entry gained by forcing a window and jimmying the office door. Missing books include 750 new B books 750 news books 350 0 books and 1000 present type B books.
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International News Services
Norristown
Norristown Ration Board
Yanks and Canucks retake Niska Island in Aleutians
Washington dispatch reports United States and Canadian troops seized Niska Island without opposition after landing August 13. Navy communique says Japs evacuated in haste, marking first tail turn without fighting in the war. Evacuation noted as part of broader North Pacific action since July 30.
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Jack Vincent
NOS
Biwift
Wastengton
Navy
United States
Niska Island
Aleutians
North Pacific
Wiska
Naval High Command
Court Upholds German American Woman Fight Over Expulsion
Mrs Olea Schueller, a German born naturalized U.S. citizen and mother of a navy boy, won a court challenge to an Army expulsion order. Federal Judge J Cullen Ganey ruled the order violated her constitutional and statutory rights, despite evidence of German society ties and a Hitler letter. The decision overruled Lieutenant General Drum's directive and barred removal from the Philadelphia area.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Olea Schueller
Navy
H. A. Drum
Eastern Defense Command
J. Cullen Ganey
Schueller
U. S. Coalition
Corn Roasts and Odd Sayings In Rural Nonsense
A fragmented reminiscence mentions corn roasts, odd phrases about benches rocks and logs, and a breezy line about weather at twenty three. The text blends rustic imagery with playful language and nonsensical lines, reflecting a rustic newspaper aside or poetry-like obsuration.
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Neat
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