Japanese cruiser or destroyer sunk in western Aleutians
The United States Navy reports a submarine sunk a Japanese cruiser or destroyer in the western Aleutian area. Identification could not be exact due to conditions. This marks the 25th enemy ship announced sunk or damaged in that theater.
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Washington
United States
Aleutians
Navy
Navy Department
North Pacific
United States Sumarine
Aleutian
Axis Sub Sunk By U S Plane Off Brazil
Brazil braces for possible war after five Brazilian ships were sunk off the coast. An American plane, piloted by Capt. Jack Lacey, attacked a submerged Axis submarine 50 miles off Brazil, forcing it to surface and finishing it with hazardous devices. A surface raider was sighted near Trindale Island. Official counts list 836 aboard the five ships with 185 saved and several lifeboats reported ashore.
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Rio de Janeiro
United States
Ernant
A. R. Amaral Peixoto
Brazil
Jack Lacey
Diario Carioca
South Atlantic
Trindale
Joao Pinto Parca
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
All Brazilian Soldiers On Leave Recalled
Rio de Janeiro August 19. All Brazilian soldiers on leave were urgently recalled to duty today as the Navy barred furloughs for regular reserves. Brazil moves toward war as Axis submarines threaten its coast after five ships were sunk. a Brazilian official noted a U S plane destroyed one submarine offshore.
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Rio de Janeiro
Navy
United States
Successes For U S Growing In Solomons
General MacArthur's headquarters report rising U S naval and air pressure in the Solomons as Japanese units are sunk or flee. New Zealand reports indicate accumulating successes and preparations for weeks of bitter fighting ahead. Stock market opens bullish then eases with profit taking and a fall in American Telephone shares.
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Auckland
New Zealand
South Pacific
United States
Solomons
Caroline Islands
New Zealand Press Association
Robert Lee Ghormley
MacArthur
Pacifc
Australia
Kavieng
New Ireland
Pacific
United States Navy
New York
British Lose Four Warships in Great Convoy Battle
London reports the anti aircraft cruiser Cairo and the destroyer Foresight sunk in recent Mediterranean convoy battles. The Eagle and Manchester were previously announced losses. At least 66 Axis planes were shot down. eight British aircraft were lost with four pilots saved.
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London
Cairo
Furesigui
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Eagle
Manchester
Malta
Chinese Forces Recapture Wenchow from Japanese
Chinese high command announced that Chinese forces retook Wenchow, a strategic southern Chekiang port, from the Japanese who had seized it a month earlier. The same communique said Chinese defenders abandoned Suichang under heavy Japanese pressure, noting the two events occurred last Saturday.
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Chungking
Wenchow
Chekiang Province
Chinese High Command
Suichang
Chekiang
Roosevelt May Compromise For New York Governor Nomination
President Roosevelt reportedly ready to back a compromise candidate to ease party tension as the New York Democratic state convention opens in Brooklyn. Edward J. Flynn echoed possible White House guidance though he declined comment. The session adjourned after about an hour with nominations for Governor and other tickets postponed until tomorrow.
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New York
Roosevelt
Brooklyn
Edward J. Flynn
National Democratic
Bronx
Stata
Old Red Flannels On The Way Back
Baltimore reports a predicted winter demand for red flannel underwear and other shades due to anticipated fuel oil delivery difficulties. Dr. Robert J. Riley notes households kept too warm last winter and that country homes with warm clothing can stay healthy without central heating.
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Baltimore
Robert J. Riley
State Health Department
London Warns It Is Not Second Front in Dieppe Raid
United States troops joined Allied forces in a major commando assault on Dieppe with Canadian British Fighting French units using tanks and heavy weapons. Over 1,000 Allied planes attacked as Canadians and other troops pushed ashore while British and American air forces dominated the skies. The operation aims to test defense organization and plan feasibility for larger landings, with no claim of a new front despite its scale.
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South Pacific
Tokyo
United States
Japan
London
France
Dieppe
United States Army Air Forces
RAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
Channel
Beachy Head
England
Paris
United States Army
Allied
Combined Operations Headquarters
Special Service
Europe
Rangers
Rogers’ Rangers
BBC
Moscow
US Bombs Enemy Base At Abbeville During Dieppe Raid
U S Flying Fortresses attacked a German fighter base at Abbeville as part of Dieppe raid operations. Two squadrons, escorted by RAF and RCAF fighters, bombed buildings runways and dispersal areas with good visibility. All bombers returned safely.
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London
United States
Abbeville
Dieppe
United States Army
RAF
RCAF
United States Army Air Force
U S And United Nations Headed For Shortage
Washington reports that Hampton Fulmer of the House Agriculture committee warns the United States and allied nations face an acute food shortage by late 1943. He blames a shrinking farm labor pool and officials who ignore farmer problems until a crisis hits.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Hampton Falmer
U-S.c
House Agriculture Committee
Carolina
Fulmer
Son of Gandhi Aide Arrested in New Delhi
Devadas Gandhi son of Mohandas K Gandhi and editor of Hindustan Times was arrested under the defense of India rules in New Delhi. Mohandas K Gandhi was earlier detained by the British on August 9 after the Congress party named him generalissimo of a civil disobedience drive for independence. In a separate report, a British merchant vessel was torpedoed by an enemy submarine in early July in the Atlantic off the northern coast of South America with survivors landed at a Gulf coast port.
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New Delhi
Devadas Gandhi
Hindustan Times
Defense of India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Washington
Atelantic Ocean
South America
Gulf Coast
British And Russ Planes Attack Nazis In Air War
British and Russian aircraft blasted targets in northern Germany near Flensburg and Danish border areas. Four raiders went missing as German bombers struck East Anglia with limited damage and light casualties. Berlin claimed Russian and German air activity over East and West Prussia and Norwich as a raid occurred over England.
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London
Flensburg
Germany
Air Ministry
England
Ministry of
Mome Security
East Anglia
Berlin
East
West Prussia
Norwich
English
Army Seizes Machine Plant in South Boston
President Roosevelt ordered Secretary of War to seize and operate the 5 A Woods Machine Company plant at South Boston Massachusetts after a management labor dispute halted war production. The War Labor Board had pressed for arbitration and union membership maintenance with CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Slimson
CIO
United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers
WLS
WLB
Stamp 8 Good For 5 Pounds Sugar Purchases
The county Rationing Board announced Stamp No. 8 will be valid for five pounds of sugar from August 23 to October 31. The plan retains the weekly half pound per person but allows larger purchases, aiding stock disposal and avoiding repackaging.
Germans Plan All-Out Drive Against Stalingrad
German forces pour strong reserves into the Don bend and the Caucasus while targeting Stalingrad and the Baku rail line. Soviet commanders report heavy casualties, retreat in the Don bend, and renewed Russian counterattacks near Pyatigorsk, as Berlin and London sources note German progress and stiff Russian resistance.
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Stalingrad
Moscow
Don Bend
Caucasus
Voronezh
Pyatigorsk
Baku
Caspian
Russa
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Don
Maikop
London
Don River
Berlin
Rzhev
Vyarma
High Command
Luftwaffe
Raid on German coast sparks big interest in Frederick
Interest rose in Frederick as reports of the Commands raid on the German held French coast spread. Citizens watched bulletins from the Associated Press about large scale attacks and speculated on whether local men were involved as American troops and planes were in action.
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Frederick
Frederick City
United States
England
News-Post
Associated Press
Miss Carmichael Named W. Md. Dean of Women
Westminster reports the appointment of Katherine Kennedy Carmichael as dean of women at Western Maryland College to succeed Dean Bertham Adkins. Carmichael, a Birmingham Southern graduate with English studies at Vanderbilt, previously taught at Vanderbilt and Texas State College for Women. Adkins, a Salisbury native and Western Maryland alumna, served five years as dean and will move to Bradford Junior College.
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Westminster
Katherine Kennedy Carmichael
Western Maryland College
Bertham
Adkins
Fred G. Holloway
Merchant Vessel Sunk in South Atlantic Off Africa Coast
Suir SUNK Navy reports a medium sized United States merchant ship was sunk in mid July in the South Atlantic off the West African coast. Survivors have been landed at an eastern seaboard location.
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Suir
Washington
Navy
United States
South Atlantic
Africa
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