Russians Report Crushing 62nd Army in Don Bend
Berlin reports the destruction of the bulk of the Soviet 62nd Army with 57,000 prisoners taken and over 1,000 tanks and 750 guns captured or destroyed in the Don Bend battle. Allied fronts claim 1,044,741 Soviet prisoners since spring fighting as German forces advance toward the Caucasus amid heavy air attacks.
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Berlin
Don Bend
Caucasus Mountains
Dbvea
Voronezh
South Central Front
Rzhev
Moscow
Lakemen
Volkhov
The
Great Don Bend
Kalach
Kerch
Slavyansk
Krasnodar
Red Army
Voyonezh
Don Basin
Caucasus
Treason Indictments Possible Against Naz Aid Suspects
Attorney General Biddle to announce whether treason indictments will be filed against about half of 14 suspects linked to saboteurs. Ten face general charges of aiding saboteurs. two may testify. The case follows the near 130 year precedent and the noted Max Stephan conviction. The market meanwhile shows a cautious see saw as war news weighs on prices.
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Washington
Biddle
Justice Department
Max Stephan
Detroit
Canada
George John Dashh
Ernest Peter Burger
New York
10 Per Cent Sales Tax Is Urged By D. C.
Washington August 12 The Chamber of Commerce of the United States denounces the new revenue bill as a failure and proposes a fiat retail sales tax of 10 per cent with a 45 per cent withholding tax plus income tax. The plan would raise over 12 billion dollars for war needs, on top of existing taxes and government spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Ellsworth C. Alvord
Chamber
Committee On Federal Finance
House
Senate
Treasury
Srower
Pelley Sentenced to Fifteen Years for Sedition
William Dudley Pelley founder of the Silver Shirts of America was sentenced in Indianapolis to fifteen years in prison in the first major sedition case since the United States entered the war.
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Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
The
Silver Shirts of America
America
Prewar Views Upheld and Defeated in Primaries
Primary results across four of five states favored incumbents who backed wartime policy while opponents labeled isolationists faced defeats. In Ohio and Nebraska, key figures including Rep. Martin L. Sweeney and Senator Harry B. Coffee lost, while Hamilton Fish and others who opposed prewar isolationism won renomination. Delegates for New York Democratic Convention began shaping pledges for Mead and Bennett amid presidential influence signals.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
New York
Pearl Harbor
Hamilton Fish
Fear Harbor
Alginic
Wendell L. Willkie
Fish
Sweeney
Ohio
Martin L Sweeney
House
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Michael A. Feighan
Charles H. Elston
Cincinnati
John M. Vorys
Columbus
Edwin A A. Hail
Binghamton
Daniel A. Reed
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
New York City
William B. Barry
James A. O'Leary
Martin J. Kennedy
Coffee
Nebraska
Harry B. Coffee
Senate
Foster May
Omaha
George W. Norris
Kenneth S. Wherry
Norrig
Dwight Griswold
Charles W. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Karl Stefan
Norfolk
Charles McLaughlin
New York State
James M Mead
Don J. Bennett, Jr
Eagle Sunk in Mediterranean Battle. Many Rescued
London reports the British aircraft carrier Eagle has been sunk in the western Mediterranean amid battle with Axis submarines and warplanes. Admiralty confirms loss of HM S Eagle with many crew saved, next of kin to be informed, and notes one German U-boat has been sunk in the area.
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London
Eagle
Mediterranean
Admiralty
DNB
High Command
Board of the Admiralty
H. M. S. Eagle
L. D. Mackintosh
DSC
Board of Admiralty
Almirante Cochrane
Chile
Scrap drive may send World War cannon to war uses
Baltimore August 12 A regional War Production Board official Jack Ewing searches Maryland Virginia Delaware and DC for scrap metal to fuel wartime needs. Old bridges rails ships and fences are bought for war use. The potential removal of the World War I cannon in Memorial Ground is discussed by the Francis Scott Key American Legion and local groups as a possible donation to the war effort.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
Jack
Ewing
Bureau of Conservation
War Production Board
Old Southern Railroad
Lynchburg
National Park Service
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Cumberland
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Organization For Action the Legion
Legion
Albert S. Branson
Philadelphia Ordnance District
War Department
Chamber of Commerce
Branson
Secretary of War
Legion Home
Legion Post
Jacob Rohiback
Allied Planes Raid Formosa Reported Quietly
Rumor without confirmation claims Allied warplanes bombed Formosa, a key Japanese staging island off the east China coast. The Formosan attack would impact regional troop concentrations as tensions rise in the Pacific theater.
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Chungking
Formosa
East China Coast
Japan
Mainz Raid Deepens RAF Attacks on German Rhine Center
London reports a heavy RAF raid on Mainz the Rhine rail center and chemical hub with docks at Coblenz and airfields in the Low Countries. Sixteen bombers missing suggest up to 400 involved. several French coast strikes and English targets noted. one German bomber destroyed.
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London
Rhine
RAF
Air Ministry
ULF
Coblenz
le Havre
Low Countries
Mainz
Germany
French
Calais
England
Appeals Board Upholds Classifications in Hagerstown Cases
Two county Draft Boards had all registrants sustained in 1-A by the Selective Service Board of Appeals in Hagerstown. Charles Miller Lease and eight others from Frederick, Woodsboro and surrounding areas remained in 1-A. One 2-A reversal occurred for Norris David Bachtell, with Parke Leo King and William Wilson Duvall sent back for further local board review. Former Judge Hammond Urner led the proceedings in place of ill Thomas W. Pangborn.
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Selective Service Board of Appeals
Hagerstown
Appeals Board
Charles Miller Lease
Unionville
Leroy Clinton Barrick
Woodsboro
Glenn Lee Palmas, Jr
Thurmont
Robert Theodore Reed
Charles Francis Troxell
Emmitsburg
Charles W
Smithsburg
Parke Leo King
Germantown
William Wilson Duvall
Gaithersburg
Hammond Urner
Thomas W. Pangborn
Haserstown
Marker hoax cases dropped as not affecting defense
Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, commanding Eastern Defense Command, said alleged air marker incidents tied to a First Air Force release at Mitchell Field had no hostile motive. The cases were dropped. reasons for the release and photographs are under investigation with action to follow.
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New York
Hugh A. Drum
Eastern Defense Command
First Air Force
Mitchell Field
Marines strengthen Solomons foothold in six day battle
London reports US Marine landing parties in the Solomons have been strengthened and are making progress. US Marines and shock troops hold bridgeheads at Tulagi area as operations continue in the six day fight. Tokyo denies decisive outcome while King and Allied dispatches claim opening for a southern Pacific offensive.
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London
London Star
United States
Solomon Islands
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Solomon Island
Australia
Navy
Washington
South Pacific
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Tulagi
Tus Lagi
Solomons
Tokyo
Shoichi Kamada
Shanghai
Tojo Shot By Korean In Tokyo Melee
Washington advocate Haan reported that a 31-year-old Korean, Park Soowon, wounded Premier General Tojo in Tokyo with a fist shot at the old War Ministry entrance. A second shot hit former Premier Hirota. Tojo and Hirota survived. Major Fujita and two photographers were wounded. Soowon died. Police detained 92 Koreans as rioting spread.
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Wwelh
Tojo
Haan
Hirota
Yuzo Fujita
Japan
Nichi Nichi
Hochi
Soowon
Hituta
Fujita
Uniforms For Minute Men Appropriated Funds
County commissioners approved up to 1400 dollars from the emergency fund to furnish uniforms for seven Minute Men companies outside the city. Whe Minute Men officials appeared before the board to seek the aid. Frederick aldermen last week authorized buying as many uniforms as needed for three city companies, about 200 uniforms at roughly 30 dollars each.
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Minute Men
Board of Aldermen of
Frederick
India Riots Spread Across Cities Amid Martial Law Fears
The India Office said India has the situation under control and warned against distorted views of widespread disorder. In Bombay violence prompted more troops and police, with New Delhi described as ugly as an Indian mob reportedly burned the town hall and troops fired on civilians.
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London
India Office
India
Bombay
New Delhi
United States Planes Bomb Nanchang and Return Safe
United States pilots bombed the Japanese airfield at Nanchang, claimed to have shot down one enemy plane and probably destroyed another, then returned to base without loss, according to a communique from Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's headquarters.
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Chungking
United States
Nanchang
Joseph W. Stilwell
Plant Working On Plane Parts Resumes Work
Cleveland reports production of aircraft parts is back near full force after a 16 hour strike at the Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co. plant. Superintendent Harry E. Fuller said he is pleased with turnout as workers returned for the 11 p m shift. A fire alarm sounded during a thunder shower at a farm on New Design road near Frederick, with no confirmed fire reported by neighbors.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co
Harry E. Fuller
Independents
Harvey Burns
New Design Road
Frederick
Ie Place
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Mead
Bennett
James A. Farley
John Thomas
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Arkansas
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Jack Holt
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