Bombers Hit Axis Cruisers at Pylos in Sunset Raid
American four motored bombers attacked four cruisers at Pylos on the Greek coast delivering two direct hits on one Italian cruiser and setting another afire. A thunderous explosion occurred on a second cruiser and a third blew up after a near miss while planes returned at dusk from the 1300 mile Atlantic Mediterranean mission.
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Cairo
America
Pylos
Navarino
Greece
Middle East
Egypt
Mediterranean
Men in Armed Services Ask For Ballots
First requests arrive from armed services for ballots listing September primary candidates. Robert Routzahn says about six requests so far and ballots will be mailed once printed. Some for defense industries are ineligible for mail ballots and must vote in person. Election Supervisors plan 34 000 to 35 000 ballots, with 25 percent extra for safety, and designate September 1 for single voter registration day.
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Armed Services
Robert H. Rontzahn
Board of Election Supervisors
Routzahn
Secretary of State
Frederick
Unis Yeats
Army to restructure public relations to cut duplication
Secretary of War Stimson announced a broad reorganization of Army and War Department public relations bodies. About 75 of over 100 PR officers will be reassigned to troops, with reduced staff and centralized control by Major General Alexander D. Surles to ensure policy consistency and news reliability. He cited Mitchel Field rumors as a trigger and asked Lt. Gen. Hugh A. Drum to conduct a thorough probe.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Stimson
War Department Bureau of Public Relations
Alexander D. Surles
Services of Supply
Surles
Mitenci Field
Mitchel Field
Hugh A. Drum
U S Planes Fly 31 Sorties Over Europe in 48 Hours
London reports United States Army air forces have entered the European theater in strength with 31 operational sorties in the last 48 hours. U S fighter squadrons teamed with RAF units for three coastal flights over France, with twenty missions over the sea and eight interceptions off England.
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London
United States Army Air Fighting Forces
United States
New War Bond Sale Organization Formed in Region 2 Maryland
A regional victory fund committee, led by Holmes D. Baker, organizes for War Bond sales in Region 2 Maryland including Frederick County. Committees across Howard to Carroll counties target generous investments in the 2 percent Treasury bonds of 1962 67, with $12.48 million raised in Richmond district to date. The drive aims to help cover wartime needs as the government projects over 77 billion dollars in fiscal years 1941 43.
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Victory Fund
Federal Reserve
U. S. Treasury
Frederick County
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank
Hugh Leach
Richmond Bank
Holmes D. Baker
Citizens National Bank
Maryland
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Frederick
Carroll
Lie Tack
Tial Wirbaker
Hationing Board
Howard County
James Clack
Patapsco National Bank
Ellicott City
Montgomery County
Fred L. Thomas
First National Bank
Sandy Springs
R .F. Green
Farmers Banking & Trust Co
Rockville
W. Bagley
Bank of Bethesda Bethesda
F. L. Lutes
Suburban National Bank
Silver Spring
Washington County
Paul Smith
Potomac Edison Co
M P. Mollet, Jr
Hagerstown Trust Co
W. R. Howard
the Second National Bank
H. J. Stotelmyer
Farmers & Merchants Bank
John Hollyday
Nicodemur National Bank
Hagerstown
A. LeRoy MepCardell
Fredericktown Savings Inst
Albert Gilson
Farmers & Mechanics Nail Bank
W. H. B. Anders
Citizens National Beax
Carroll County
Norman B. Boye
Westminster Savings Bank
Joan H. Cunningham Kashier
Farmers & Mechanics Nau Bank
J. Pearce Wantz
Union National Bank
Dr. L. Woodward
Herbert C
Richmond
Control Of Tulagi Harbor Is Lost By Japs
The Yorkshire Post naval correspondent reports the Japanese fleet has lost control of Tulagi harbor in the Solomon Islands. He says the fleet has not returned after the naval action and appears kept clear of the landings, with Allied air superiority used at sea and on land. He provides no source details.
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London
Yorkshire Post
Tulagi Harbor
Solomon Islands
United States Forces Launch Global Offensive Across Fronts
United States troops planes and warships intensified offensives across Western Europe the Mediterranean and the Pacific with 31 bomber sorties from bases in Britain 20 sea missions and eight interceptions reported in Europe. American bombers damaged three Axis cruisers off Greece while Marines aided by ships won the Solomon Islands first round as Tulagi area fell from Japanese control. In China U S forces inflicted heavy damage around Yoyang in Hunan without losses.
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Associated Press
United States
America
Western Europe
Germany
U. S
Britain
Europe
Engish
Mediterranean
Greece
Pacific
Solomon Islands
Australia
Tulagi
Yoyang
Yochow
Hunan
Maryland Flooding Warns of Rising Rivers and Crops Damage
Heavy rains drenched Maryland from Cumberland to Annapolis with rising Potomac waters and three foot flood depths at York Road Parkton. Williamsport reports above normal levels as communities brace for more showers and potential damage to farms and roadways.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Williamsport
Potomaz
Parkton
York Road
Milton Rosier
Cumberland
Salisbury
Annapolis
Baltimore
Last Car Loadings Under Preceding Week
The Association of American Railroads reports 849 752 cars of revenue freight loaded in the week ending last Saturday. This shows a 13 776 car drop 1 6 percent from the prior week. Year over year totals fell by 28 753 cars 3 3 percent while comparisons with 1940 show a 122 679 car increase 16 9 percent.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Russian Warships Enter Turkish Black Sea Port
A Berlin dispatch datelined Istanbul says two Russian warships fully manned have entered a Turkish Black Sea port and crews are in Ere. The report cites a German controlled Paris radio broadcast.
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London
Paris
Istanbul
Ere
Italians Claim Loss To Convoy in Western Mediterranean
Axis planes and submarines reported by the Italian high command to have attacked a large British convoy in the western Mediterranean since Tuesday inflicted heavy losses on escort ships including aircraft carriers. The British said the Eagle was sunk yesterday. The German high command noted five merchant ships sunk in the eastern Mediterranean. A Vichy quote claimed British carriers Glorious and Argus with four destroyers entered Gibraltar.
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Rome
High Command
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
London
Vichy
Algericas
Argus
Japanese Transports Sighted With 20000 Troops
An army spokesman in Chungking said intelligence reports sighted Japanese transports carrying over 20 000 troops in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 7. No origin or destination given. Nearby Haiphong, a Chinese port on the gulf, was bombed by US planes last Sunday.
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Chungking
Gulf of Tonkin
China
Thailand
French Indo-China
Gulf of Tamkin
Haiphong
United States
Indo-China
Ern Asia
Burma
Indian
New German Drive on Stalingrad Expands Across Caucasus Front
Russian fronts report a widening German offensive from Moscow to Leningrad with a major push toward Stalingrad. Nazi forces mass 40 to 60 planes for raids on Caucasus towns as Soviet defenses in the Don bend buckle. Elista captured as Moscow reports break through by German infantry and tanks advancing toward Grozny, Novorossiysk, and Tuapse.
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Stalingrad
Moscow
Don
Caucasus
Grozny
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Tuapse
Kotelnikavek
Adolf Hitler
Elf
Caucasian
Cherkessk
Armavir
Berlin
Elista
Kalmuck Republic
Rostov
U S Carrier Wasp Reported Set Afire by Direct Hits
German high command claims the US aircraft carrier Wasp is ablaze after six direct bomb hits and is attempting to reach Malta following a major Allied convoy attack. Netherlands sub sinks two Japanese supply vessels as total losses. War Production Board halts electric power and light project construction to free copper and steel for the armed services.
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Berlin
United States
Wasp
Malta
Mediterranean
Washington
Production Board
Rural Electrification Administration
Armed Services
Major Roosevelt At Midway During Battle
Navy confirms Major James Roosevelt son of the president was at Midway Island during the battle of Midway in early June. No further information released.
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Major Roosevelt
Midway
Washington
Navy
James Roosevelt
Marines
President Roosevelt
Midway Island
Battle of Midway
Marines Break Japanese Hold In Solomon Islands Blows
U S Marines reinforced attack and air support break Japanese defense lines at Tulagi area in Solomon Islands after fierce hand to hand fighting. Australian reports note heavy clashes at Kokoda high plateau with continued Japanese efforts toward Port Moresby.
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New York
Tulagi
Solomons
Hayden Leonard
Australian Broadcasting Commission
CBS
Leonard
Kokoda
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Mainz Bombed Again As RAF Presses Night Attacks
The German industrial city of Mainz faced a second consecutive overnight bombing by Royal Air Force bombers. Five British planes were lost. fires burned, damage described in residential districts, and four bombers were shot down. London also endured a pre-dawn raid with seven killed and three injured.
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Auslia
Far
Mainz
London
Air Ministry
Greater London
Berlin
Royal Air Force
DNB
Troops May Be Sent To Break Bayonne Strike
Washington August 13 William H Davis chairman War Labor Board said after a White House conference troops might be sent to break the closed General Cable Company plant at Bayonne New Jersey unless the strikers end their defiance of a board order.
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Washington
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
White House
General Cable Company
Bayonne
N. J
Winky
Marines Face Savage Combat in Tulagi Area
An official Navy communique reports U S Marines landed on three unknown Tulagi vicinity islands as part of operations in the southeastern Solomons. indic ate initial heavy resistance overcome after six days of brutal hand to hand fighting. The Rabaul raid claims four enemy ships destroyed with several fighters shot down and no Allied bombers lost.
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Washington Navy
Tulagi
Solomons
U.S. Navy
Rabaul
New Britain
Bill Vetoed By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill authorizing temporary appointments or advancement of Coast and Geodetic Survey officers in war or national emergency. He said the measure would grant military benefits to all active Survey personnel, civilian in peace and war unless most functions are military. The Survey primarily maps coasts for the United States and possessions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
United States
Possessions
National O U A M Meeting Called Off
Owing to rationing of gas and rubber the meeting of the National Council O U A M which was to convene in Greenwich New York August 25 has been called off for a year by the National Councillor Clarence M Phreeger of Frederick RDS.
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National Council
Greenwich
New York
Clarence M. Phreeger
Frederick
Rds
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Sun
U.S
H. D. Baker
Middle Area
Turkey
Leningrad
Russia
Netherlands
General MacArthur
Survey
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