Important Discussions Reported From Hitler Headquarters
London reports German propaganda claims that major military and political talks have taken place at the Fuehrer’s headquarters in recent days. Berlin fears of mass air raids, strikes, and peace demonstrations are mentioned as a rising crisis amid speculation of a possible coup or leadership change.
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London
German International Information Bureau
Berlin
Fuehrers
DNB
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Martine Bormann
Nazi Party
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Karl Doenitz
Navy
Air Force
Erhard Milch
Hans Jesschonnek
Staf
Tetdat 'Ae
Alfred Jodl
Hiroshi Oshima
Adolf Hitler
Ribbentrop
Keitel
Oshima
Hitler
Germany
Reich
Car Impounded as Deserter Driver Held by Police
City police report an automobile impounded after a driver, identified as Robert Lee Anderson, was jailed as a deserter from Lowry Field Colorado. Authorities await military police from Denver to confirm ownership while Anderson remains in custody. Two other deserters, Walter Lee Dickson and Pauli Goan, were also taken into custody.
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Denver
Col
Deserter
Pottec
Robert Lee Anderson
Timy
Lowry Field
Colorado
Anderson
Marion Carmack
Walter Lee Dickson
West Fifth Street
Norman Dietz
Pauli Goan
West Patrick Street
Navy
Baltimore Waterfront Fire Cast Pall Over Docks
A two alarm blaze swept the Baltimore waterfront on August 7 burning out parts of the lower floors of a South Street building and filling the area with smoke. Fire crews battled the flames across the riverfront as residents watched from nearby piers and streets.
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Baltimore
South Street
Sailor's Name Revealed as Minor White in Plain Scribble
In Kansas City a volunteer at a community house questioned an apprentice seaman seeking trousers shortened. When pressed for a name the sailor replied Mine are white, and finally spelled Mino r White, revealing the name Minor White amid the comic exchange.
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Kansas City
Air Force tally shows 9 to 1 enemy kill ratio
Kunming reports Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault announces 14th American Air Force has 9 enemy planes destroyed for every 1 lost in the period from July 4, 1942 to Aug. 4, 1943, with 312 enemy air losses and 130 ground losses. US losses total 51. July shipping sunk 41,000 tons and 35,000 tons damaged, plus a 7,000 ton Tanteitor sunk in Hainan raid.
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Kunming
Claire Chennault
Ching
14Th
United States
Chennault
14Th Air Force
Hainans
County awards sewer repair contract to Waesche of Thurmont
The County Commissioners approve a contract with L A Waesche Company for Montevue sewer line leaks repairs on a per leak basis. Up to 8 feet excavation costs 75 dollars per leak, 8 to 14 feet costs 100 dollars per leak. Five leaks identified. deeper excavation unlikely. City Engineer Rothenhoefer notes about 600,000 gallons daily seep into the sanitary system, mainly from Carroll Creek. Investigators used mirrors and sand bags between manholes to locate leaks. some leaks may exist between manholes. One leak reportedly releases a large water flow.
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L. A. Waesche Company
Thurmont
Montevue
Jine
Waesche
Frank W. Rothenhoefer
Carroll Creek
Nazis Mull Quit Smolensk Base Threats From Russia and Switzerland
Reports from Moscow and Berlin describe German evacuations around Smolensk and a widening Russian push toward Kharkov and Bryansk. Russian partisans cite German material removal and civilian displacement as fronts in a large-scale struggle, with heavy losses including thousands of German soldiers, tanks, trucks, and aircraft.
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Moscow
Informa_tion
Smolensk
Russia
Orel
Yartsevoy
Vyazma
Kharkov
Sittlaatend
Khoelene Fens
Belgorod
Soviet Union
Uby
Zolochev
Ore
Bryansk
Kharkov-Bryansk
Zolachey
WAVES Officers Open School Program Here
Approximately five WAVES officers arrived in Frederic to begin a two week framing course at the Naval Training School housed at the Francis Scott Key hotel. WAVES are replacing Navy men, with training led by Lieut. Commander John R. Fitzpatrick and staff from various regions across the country.
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WAVES
USNR
Frederic
Duraton
Naval Training School
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Ptf
Callose
Pacific Coast
Schoal
Navy
Geemiaings
John R. Fitzpatrick
The Scent Of Death At German Frontier Railheads
A traveler reports at the German frontier that bright dummy rail stations failed to fool Allied bombers. He describes pervasive decay in ruined German cities including Duesseldorf, with electricity gone and many wounded veterans in streets, reflecting raid aftermath and chaos in Aug. 7 observations.
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Nag
Germany
Berlin
Reich
Duesseldorf
Allied World Strategy Aims To Keep China In War On Japs
Admiral King outlined an Allied world plan to keep China in the war against Japan and to divert German forces from the Russian front. He said the Pacific camp aims to pressure Japan through concerted operations and seize key positions, while stressing the need to deliver munitions to Russia and keep China in the war amid supply challenges. The interview framed China’s role similarly to Russia’s in 1941 and emphasized unremitting pressure on Japan wherever found.
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China
Washington
Ernest J. King
Japan
Russia
United States
Pacific
Traanaca
King
Firet
Navy Department
Iie
Guadalacanal
Eurove
Germany
Italy
Munda Airfield to be Rebuilt After Pacific Victory
U S Army engineers and Navy Seabees move to rush equipment and begin immediate reconstruction of the Munda airfield on New Georgia Island after its capture on August 5. The field, about 4400 feet long, could later accommodate heavy bombers with fighter protection as operations extend toward Rabaul. Nearby Vila air field on Kolombangara Island lies nine miles away, a target repeatedly bombarded but still contested.
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South Pacific
Army Engineers
Navy Seabees
Munda
Georgia
Rebaul
Southwest Pacific
Work Of Righting Huge Liner Is Begun Today
New York August 7 The salvage operation to right the USRS Lafayette former French liner Normandie began today announced by the Third Naval District Capt B F Manseau in charge said the righting is progressing deliberately to a planned schedule The liner sank February 9 1942. salvage work proceeded with naval and civilian crews slowly advancing. Stocks traded feebly with leaders in key groups slipping slightly as volume ran about 390 000 shares in a slow two hour session.
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New York
RS. Lafayette
Third Naval District
B. EF. Manseau
Isor Af Salvegce
Seid
Stas
War to Be Taken Into Japan Says Adm Halsey
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. told reporters at Naval Headquarters in the South Pacific that the United States will carry the war into Japan itself. He promised to destroy the enemy and push forward until the battle of the South Pacific becomes the battle of Japan, asserting confidence in ultimate victory and noting Allied forces have defeated the enemy in air and sea warfare.
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Naval Headquarters
South Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
United States
Japan
Halsey
Cratly
Vietory
Tax Schedule Echoes From 1918 Impose Odd Dues Then Repealed
Washington notes Congress seeks wartime taxes inspired by 1918 reverberations. Items taxed included dirk knives and brass knuckles at 100 percent of sale price, kimono pieces, purses, umbrellas, and art sales. Most levies were repealed in the following Congresses by 1928, with many starting points and rates changed or erased.
Nighttime air raid over Western Germany reported by London
British dispatch says a large force of heavy bombers crossed the English Channel and dropped bombs on targets in Western Germany. The Nazi high command claimed damage near Speek targets. no air raid casualties were reported despite persistent cold and 23 days of snow.
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London
Autotda
English Channel
Hesit
Geeett Rada
Speek
Britain
American Forces Storm Vital Mountain Fortress in Sicily
Allied headquarters report American First Division troops stormed and captured the mountain fortress town of Provua in central Sicily. Operations widened to trap 125,000 Axis prisoners as Troina and Messina actions intensified, with Ustica prisoners taken and civilian conditions noted on a 16 July campaign update.
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North Africa
Provua
Sicily
Biancavilla
Catania
Adrano
Troina
Mit
Iu. S
Messina
Astrea
Palermo
Taormina
7Th Armored
Herman Goering
Mt. Etna
Terry Allen
Mt. Elna
Allen
Mts Fall
Ruth
Germany
Mt Etna
Sicilian
29Th Motorized
Troma
Ustica
10 Bodies Found Four Others Still Missing
Sutton. West Virginia residents comb mud and debris after floods as Red Cross, Civilian Defense, and volunteers aid cleanup and search for four missing people. Seventeen victims have been recovered from rising waters in four counties. An Ottawa dispatch notes Nazi occupation steps in Hungary as German garrisons increase.
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Sutton
West
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