Churchill Stalin Moscow talks yield wartime decisions
Churchill and Stalin met in Moscow August 12 to 15 with Harriman present and American generals, reaffirming Allied aims and agreeing on urgent action for a Second Front in 1942. The talks produced unspecified but decisive wartime arrangements and a cordial, unified stance against Germany.
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U. S
Britain
Russia
Europe
Molotov
London
Washington
Churchill Party
Soviet Union
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
India
Russell R. Maxwell
Eferiouie
Wsl
W. Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
Churchill
Kremlin
Stalin
Maxwell
5. P. Spalding
Klementi E. Voroshilov
Moscow
Ferry Command
William Vanderkloot
Sarasota
Fla
Jack Ruggles
San Francisco
Calif
Joseph Stalin
Anthony Eden
England
Vyacheslav Molotov
United States
Adolf Hitler
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Alexander Cardogan
Foreign Office
Klementi Voroshilov
Archibald P. Wavell
New Adult Bicycle Rules Limiting Eligibility Announced
New adult bicycle restrictions went into effect at Rationing Road, mirroring fire and auto rationing lists. Eligibility now hinges on essential war effort roles, public health duties, delivery work, and proof of four days weekly bicycle need, with exemptions for professionals and service workers.
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Red Cross
Armed Forces
United States
OCD
Army
Navy
Office of Civilian Defense
Civil Air Patrol
Forest Fire
Tnited
War Production Board
Indian political crisis deepens over peace with Congress
Aug 17 Bombay reports no nearer solution to Indian independence as calls for peace with the All-India Congress Party clash with warnings from Jinnah and the Muslim League. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru urges British delegation talks while Gandhi’s movement continues. Jinnah threatens Muslim opposition, and London debates a peaceful path with Labour support for dialogue toward self government.
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Bombay
All-India Congress Party
Calcutta
Tej Bahadur Sapru
India
Allahabad
Britain
UK Uy
Aude Ali Jinnah
Congress
Jinnah
All-India Moslem League
London
Arthur Greenwood
Churchill
British Labor Party
Nazis Bested In Channel Fight
In the Straits of Dover last night British light coastal craft clashed with five to six German R-boats. A British victory saw one enemy boat set afire and sink, with German losses including the commanding officer and 15 sailors. Two more R-boats were severely damaged and another rammed but failed to reach base. Coastal batteries and Admiralty reports noted several British casualties but all British craft returned to base.
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London
Straits of Dover
Admiralty
No Black Market In Steel Reported By WPB
Washington reports that investigations into Higgins Industries Inc a New Orleans ship builder found no evidence of a black market in steel as the term is commonly understood in this country and England according to the War Production Board compliance branch. The Navy announced that a medium sized US merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine late in July.
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Washington
Higgins Industries, Inc
New Orleans
Steel
England
War Production Board
Navy
United States
Retreat Of Russ Army Continues Maikop Falls
Aug 17 Moscow reports a German push toward Stalingrad while Russians withdraw from Maikop oil fields toward Grozny. Soviets admit losing Maikop but claim oil facilities destroyed or removed as Germans fail to secure Soviet oil. fighting ongoing near Kletskaya and Kotelnikovski with heavy costs at Stalingrad.
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Maikop Falls
Moscow
Irow
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Maikop
Grozny
Kletskaya
Kotelnikovski
Russia
trans-Caucasus
Red Army
Vichy
Clam Don Bend
Germany
Battle of the Don Bend
Timoshenko
Doolittle to Return Soon to U S From Britain
Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle, who led the air strike on Japan, has been in London ten days and is expected to return to the United States soon. He will not be permanently attached to the European air command. This was his second wartime mission to Britain after arriving in 1941 on a prewar mission. He conferred with Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz and Brig. Gen. Ira Baker and visited American air bases in Britain.
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London
James H. Doolittle
United States Army Air Forces
Japan
United States
Secon Doolittle
American Air Command
Britain
George Brett
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Doolittle
Carl Spaatz
Ira C. Baker
Seaboard's Silver Meteor Collides in Clearwater
A Seaboard Silver Meteor bound for New York and a southbound train collided in Clearwater. One passenger from the Meteor was hospitalized. It is not yet known if other passengers or crew were injured.
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Clearwater
Fila
Seaboard
New York
Drag Quarry In Search For Missing Youth In Frederick
Frederick police and county authorities dragged the Shank and Etzler lime quarry in the eastern part of the county after a 17 year old boy disappeared while swimming with friends. The water is estimated at 20 feet deep and the search by Sheriff Morace M. Alexander Special investigator Allen Bortris and Reno Six was ongoing with a boat secured and reported at 2 o clock.
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Shank and Etzler Lime Company
Frederick Learly
Morace M. Alexander
Allen Bortris
Serch
Reno
Navy Planes Far Ahead in Air Minded Navy
In New Orleans Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn asserts the U S Navy is the most air minded for years, saying the air force is the best in the world and that the navy has consistently expanded aircraft and ship programs. He credits U S dive bombers and torpedo planes to the navy and says battleships remain essential as long as surface fleets exist. He notes limited manpower and recent expansion while touring naval installations.
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New Orleans
Navy
General Board
United States Navy
Arthur J. Hepburn
Naval Air Force
Admiral Hepburn
United States
Army
United States Fleet
Bureau of Public Relations
Passenger Train Collides With Freight Near Raisin Center
Adrian Michigan August 17 a westbound Wabash passenger train collided with a northbound New York Central freight near Raisin Center eight miles northeast of Adrian. One trainman killed another injured and more than 100 passengers escaped unhurt as both trains’ cars left the rails. The Wabash engine sliced through a freight box car scattering splinters for 440 feet and overturned a coal car while the passenger locomotive overturned blocking the double tracks.
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Adrian
Mic
New York Central
Raisin Center
Detroit
St. Lous
Jackson
Repairs Completed on Bridge in Mt Pleasant District
County road crews finished repairs to a small six foot span bridge on the old Annapolis road in Mt Pleasant district damaged by Friday flood waters. Another bridge damaged in Woodville district will be repaired. Heavy rains caused washouts but overall damage expected to be limited.
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Annapolis Road
Mt Pleasant
the Roads
Woodville
Allies’ Solomons win seen by London press
London Star correspondent Selwyn Speight reports that despite U S security cautions the Allies have won key land sea and air gains in the Solomons. He cites seizure of Guadalcanal Harbor and the large air base there as major objectives nearly achieved, signaling diminished Japanese chance to retake the island.
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London
Selwyn Speight
London Star
Sydney
Australia
United Nations
Solomons
Washington
Speight
U. S
Tuwlagi Harbor
Guadalcanal
Hotel To Be Base Hospital at White Sulphur Springs
An announcement from White Sulphur Springs WV says the government selected the historic resort as a base hospital and will use the hotel and properties, including 6750 acres, 750 guest rooms, staff housing, three golf courses, a casino, swimming pool, and stables, for Army medical use through August 1944. The War Department had no confirmation, negotiations pending a final conference this week as the surgeon general’s office sought the property.
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L. B. Johnston
Washington
War Department
Johnston
Surgeon General's Office of the Army
County Farm Site For Flyers Training School
An aviation training school for pilots will be established on the Harry C. Stull farm near Mountaindale with sanction of the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The field, to replace a coastal base near Baltimore, will be run by Baltimore interests as Stevens flying field. About a half dozen small planes were present last weekend with planned hangars. Training will include basic instruction and a portion of the program aims to train prospective Myers for the air services. A contract for about 164 acres is reported. Will Proated The will of Middletown resident M. Frank Holter was probated, leaving property to his sister and to the estate’s heirs, with executor Edward Holter named.
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Harry C. Stull
Mountaindale
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Baltimore
Stevens Flying Field
Airmed Services
M. Frank Holter
Middletown
Orphans Court
Florence V. Holter
Elizabeth Howard
Edward F. Holter
Elsie Derr
Viola Shue
D. Vernon Holter
Edward Holter
John W. Holter
Nora K. Holter
Battle in Pacific Theater With Timor Bombing and Haiphong Raid
The 11 day battle around the Solomon Islands remains obscure as US Marines push beaches previously announced as captured. MacArthur’s air campaign harasses Japanese bases while raids on Timor and Indo-China continue. Tokyo claims submarines sunk 10 Allied ships totaling about 90,000 tons mid-July to mid-August.
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Associated Press
Solomon Islands
United States
MacArthur
Timor
Melbourne Herald
New Guinea
Gowen Stanley Range
Port Moresby
Indo-China
Saigon
Hanoi
Haiphong
Tokyo
Martinsburg Cannon Sold For Scrap Iron
Martinsburg West Virginia August 17 the old cannon on city property by the water plant once set up after the first World War to mark war remembrance was sold for scrap iron to support the war effort. The Berkeley County Memorial Association, which helped obtain the piece, regained possession with city council consent and sold it to a junk dealer. The 10 576 pound cannon netted 37 03 dollars and the proceeds were given to the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary for patriotic uses.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley County Memorial Association
American Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary
CIO And Bethlehem Steel Sign Contract
CIO President P Murrey announced the signing and ratification of a union contract with Bethlehem Steel Company covering about 80,000 employees. The agreement brings wage and benefit terms to the steel workers and marks a major labor milestone in Pittsburgh.
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CIO
Bethlehem Steel
Pittsburgh
P Murrey
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bulls in Control in New York Stone Market Rally
Bullish forces retained control of the stone market today as selected rails and industrials advanced fractions to a point or more, hitting new highs for the year or longer. Indifferent performers were plentiful after the opening and dealings slackened later, price up moves dominated near the fourth hour.
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New York
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Great Britain
Pega
Gandhi
Pistermaritzburg
Union of
WPB
Clyde A. Farnsworth
Hepburn
Greenbrier Property
White Sulphur Springs
Flyers’ Training School
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