Building Of 300 Flying Boats Gains WPB OK
Washington reports WPB approved Henry Kaiser to build 500 Mars type flying boats with 100 for Navy immediately. An additional 400 cargo planes would follow if the initial program succeeds without interfering with combat plane production. Kaiser plans to use Pacific coast plants, likely Richmond California, with no other builders involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast
Navy
Nelson
Kaisers Pacific Coast
Kaiser
WFB
Richmond
Calif
San Francisco Bay
Dle
Farm Case Before Court Locks In Hefty Injunction for Gaver
A landlord petitions Circuit Court to force an even division of a 162 acre Middletown farm’s hay crop and to curb Wise’s livestock and poultry practices. Judge Edward Dela plainé orders injunction unless Wise shows cause by August 27. Gaver alleges Wise keeps more cattle and horses than lease limits, stores the best hay, and contaminates a spring, harming fields. The case centers on a fair 40 acre hay division and alleged lease violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Edward
Delaplainé
Oscar F. Gaver, Jr
Middletown
Oliver M. Wise
Gaver
Wise
Ieaser
Edward D. Storm
Taking Heavy Toll of Axis Submarines
London reports First Lord of Admiralty A V Alexander praising a steady toll on Axis submarines while citing strategic limits on publishing details. He credited escort ships from the United States fleet and the combined aid of Allied air forces, including United Nations aircraft, in continuing the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
United States
United Nations
Five Agree To Make Sewer Connections
City Plumbing Inspector Edward 3. Mobley said eight warrants were issued for delinquent sewer connections and five have already visited his office to arrange hookups. He noted a June deadline set by the Board of Aldermen and warned that warrants will be served if elided. He urged proper permits and cautioned against direct washer connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Plumbing
Edward
Mobley
Board of Aldermen
Frederick
Boy's Confession About Fire False Police Say
Cleveland August 7 Detective Frank W Story returned from Pittsburgh with a suspect in the 5200,000 Ringling Bros. fire but said the 16 year old boy Te mandris Ford had nothing to do with the blaze. District Attorney Russell H Adame reported Ford admitted starting the fire with a companion but Story found his statements vague and disjointed. Pittsburgh police were convinced Ford gave a false confession.
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Cleveland
Frank W. Story
Pittsburgh
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Russell H Adame
Bitteburgh
Temandris Ford
Story
Ford
Tennessee Renominates Cooper And Stewart
Tennessee Democrats nominated Prentice Cooper for a third two year term governor, with incumbents Tom Stewart and Leon Jouromon chosen for United States Senate and State Public Utilities Commissioner respectively. Stewart won his first full Senate term after a campaign against Edward Ward Carmack, while Cooper defeated J Ridley Mitchell in Murfreesboro.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Prentice Cooper
Cooper
Tom Stewart
United States Senate
Leon Jouromon
Stewart
Senate
Edward Ward Carmack
Murfreesboro
J. Ridley Mitchell
Duisburg Bombed Again by RAF in Ruhr Raids
London reports a strong RAF bomber force hit Duisburg and other Ruhr targets last night, with Nazi air command acknowledging damage and some casualties. The raid follows multiple July attacks on Duisburg as phosphorus incendiaries and low level strafing incidents affected England and Scotland. The Air Ministry summarized July losses at 432 British planes and 420 Axis aircraft destroyed.
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London
Duisburg
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Low Countries
Germany
England
Scotland
Rhine
Finerman Maidane Alen Steven
Britain
East Anglia
Ministry of Home Security
RAF
Two Prisoners Flee Jail At Gettysburg
Gettysburg Pa Aug 7 Two prisoners escaped from the Adams county jail last night after overpowering a turnkey. Edward Wagaman 20 of Hanover R C awaiting larceny action and James Taylor 19 of Huntingdon R C West Virginia serving six months for assault with intent to kil fled after grabbing turnkey Joseph Cooley 64 in a corridor and rushing through a door into the kitchen. Cooley suffered a bruised chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Adams County
Daniel J. Wolff
Edward Wagaman
Hanover
R. C
James Taylor
Huntingdon
West Virginia
Wolff
Joseph Cooley
Wagaman
Taylor
Cooley
Telephone workers end three day strike in Ohio Bell dispute
Striking maintenance workers resume work after an agreement with Ohio Bell to let the War Labor Board review their wage dispute August 17. About 2,100 Ohio Bell employees had been on strike since Tuesday, with operators' union threatening to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio Bell
War Labor Board
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Telephone Operators’ Union
Major UN delegation converges on Moscow for grand strategy talks
London reports a large United Nations gathering in Moscow to discuss Save Russia and Win the War amid warnings of heightened Japanese pressure on the Soviet frontier. Ambassadors Standley and Kerr move between capitals as rumors of Churchill’s Moscow visit circulate.
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E. C. Daniel London
United Nations
Moscow
Russia
Archibald Clark Kerr
Kuibyshevo
United States
William H. Standley
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
David Low
Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
Minster Churchill
Geralissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yy Samanapynae
Laurene A. Steinhardt
Ankara
Steinhardt
Howver
Standley
Churchill
William C. Bullett
Japan
Far East
George Yeh
Ministery of Information
Yeh
Army Deserter Arrested Near Neve London
A deserter from the Army was captured near Neve London last night by order of the Commander of the Third Service Command. Sheriff Horace M Alexander held the individual in custody pending removal by a Military Police detachment from Baltimore, per sheriff's office release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Neve London
Third Service Command
Horace M Alexander
Baltimore
Sheriffs Office
Allied Bombers Hit Axis Tobruk Base
Allied heavy bombers attacked shipping and docks at the Axis supply base of Tobruk yesterday. There was little air or land activity on the Egyptian battlefront. RAF operations over the enemy lines were on a reduced scale, with ground forces in patrol clashes and minor artillery exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Tobruk
Roosevelt reviews saboteurs case amid clemency speculation
President Roosevelt told a press conference he has not finished reading the Leva Gh testimony in the eight Nazi saboteurs case and may not finish today. White House said he has not concluded reading the tribunal findings as debate over potential death or clemency for two agents continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
William D. Hassett
George John Dash
Ernest Peter Burgan
Plane Could Land At 10 Miles Per Hour
Washington reports proponents of a new air wing transport say the aircraft could take off and land at ten miles per hour or less, cruise at 29 miles per hour and remain virtually silent at 500 feet. Horace C. Young and Eric Langlands urged Senate subcommittee last week to back the project as especially useful for convoys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Horace C. Young
Eric Langlands
Aerodynamic Research Corporation
Senate
Nazi Defenses Ready For Parachute Troops
London Aug 7 German troops completed maneuvers in Holland focusing on defense against parachute troops. Air General Friedrich Christian sen, commander of German occupation forces, participated and with several German major generals inspected fortifications and heavy coastal artillery along the coast, according to the Netherlands news agency Aneia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Holland
Netherlands
Aneia
Friedrich Christiansen
War Manpower panel weighs college subsidies for war effort
A special War Manpower Commission committee is considering direct student grants to keep college enrollments high for Army Navy officer training and technical service. Educators warn enrollments could drop up to 39 percent without subsidies. Congress would need funding and approval, with action unlikely before fall terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Army
Navy
Judent
Congress
Ween
Appeal to President To Assist India Move
In Bombay the All-India Congress working committee voted to appeal to President Roosevelt Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and the Russian ambassador for Britain to press Britain to grant India immediate independence. Gandhi endorsed the plan and signaled a mass movement may follow, with a general strike not outside his contemplation.
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Preston Grover
Bombay
All-India Congress Party
Roosevel
Chiang Wai-Shek
Ivan Maisky
Britain
Great Britain
India
Mawana Abdul Kazan Azad
Ure Congress
Congress
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
China
Congress Party
Shin
Australia Receiving But Trickle Of Equipment
An authoritative source says United States war materiel sent to Australia is a trickle that could be replaced in three days by U S wartime production. The official could not disclose exact figures due to secrecy but noted Australia is carrying its own weight and that claims of others sacrificing for Australia are unwarranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Australia
United States
Australa
Americas
Mexicans Allowed to Aid U.S. Farmers Under Temporary Labour Plan
Washington reports urgent need for agricultural workers prompted a temporary and restricted Mexican labor program. An accord between the U.S. and Mexico, announced by the Office of War Information, aims to ease farm labor shortages and support the Food For Victory campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Borcesg
Mexico
Office of War Information
America
Munitions Plant Blast Kills Federal Inspector
An explosion at the Excel Foundry and Machine Co plant in Fall River Massachusetts killed a federal inspector and critically injured a former alderman. At least a dozen others were treated for shock as the blast damaged a small building at the munitions factory.
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Fall River
Mass
Excel Foundry and Machine Co, Inc
Wheels Of War War Wagons Crush Hundreds Of Infantry At Stalingrad
Soviet front reports a great tank battle on the Stalingrad line with massive German onrush halted. Russians claim counter attacks near the Don bend and heavy Cossack actions at Kushchevka and Rostov, while German airborne and ground forces push toward the Caucasus oil fields and Maikop region.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Don Bend
Don
Caucasus
Sal
Rzhev
Rahev
Berlin
Kuban
Russia
Kletskaya
Kotelnikoveki
Kushchevka
Rostov
Warthont
North Caucasus
Serling
Maikop
Krasnodar
Timashevskaya
Kropotkin
Maikop Fields
Ammavic
Builetin
Armavir
Baku
Yeisk
Sea of Azov
Destroy Ten Jap Planes In Attack Near Canton
United States Army bombers attacked a Japanese airdrome near Canton yesterday, destroying at least ten grounded enemy planes. Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's headquarters announced the surprise strike, noting hits on the airfield runway and that all American planes returned safely to base.
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Chungking
United States Army
Canton
Joseph W. Stilwell
Senators back rubber bill as Roosevelt forms study panel
Washington Aug. 7 Senators Gillette and Thomas said they favor results over methods and would wait on President Roosevelt's new rubber committee before seeking to override the veto of their agricultural rubber bill. Roosevelt named Baruch Conant and Compton to study supply and needs and make recommendations. Gillette praised the appointment but rued the delay since an agriculture subcommittee had urged action weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Gillette
Iowa
Thomas
D-Okla
Bernard M. Baruch
James B. Conant
Karl T. Compton
Gidletta
Dietrich And Gambrill Takes Over Company
Sykesville August 7 The Maryland Milling and Supply Company once a staple farm supply house in Sykesville will liquidate and pass from the scene on August 15. Dietrich and Gambrill Inc will take over its grain feed fertilizer and coal business and run it under the D G Farm Store name with Mathew P. Staley as manager replacing Francis J. Newman. The lumber portion goes to The Quincy L. Morrow Company of Yowson which has leased the local yard. Hundreds of obsolete files from a war plant are being refinished by sand blasting for reuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sykesville
Maryland Milling and Supply Company
Wade H. D. Warfield
Ineal
Dietrich & Gambrill, Inc
D. & G. Farm
Mathew P. Staley
Francis J. Newman
Maryland Mining
Quincy L. Morrow Company
Yowson
Canal Partially Reopened After Tanker Crash
The Chesapeake and Delaware canal, blocked July 28 when a tanker crashed into the bridge at Chesapeake City Maryland, has been partly reopened to traffic, Army engineers said today.
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Philadelphia
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Chesapeake City
Army
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