Plans For War On Japs Are Before Meet At Quebec
At Quebec, Chinese Foreign Minister Soong arrived to join Roosevelt and Churchill as Allied leaders press plans for a major air war against Japan. Discussion focused on boosting bomber forces from eastern China to hit Japanese lifelines in the China Sea and on the Japanese mainland, with emphasis on disrupting supply routes via India and Burma and striking ports and industries at home.
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T. V. Soong
China
China Sea
Soong
Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Churchill
Britain
Japan
Germany
Fac
Anne
India
India-China
West
Burma
Netherlands East Indies
Knox
Pacific
Siaf
St. Lawrence
Saguenay
Aircraft Carriers Enter Gibraltar Reported By Vichy Radio
London reports that a Vichy dispatch from Algeciras says five aircraft carriers entered Gibraltar late yesterday and four headed into the Mediterranean during the night. The Associated Press recorded the broadcast.
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London
Vichy Radio
Algeciras
Spain
Gibraltar
Tew
Mediterranean
Associated Press
British Bombers Resume Attacks on Germany
London reports British bombers resumed heavy night assaults on Germany after a two night lull. Leverkusen near Cologne targeted as chemical works. Dusseldorf and other western Reich sites attacked. five bombers lost. Light bombers and fighters also carried out daylight sorties. East Anglia and southeast England saw scattered bombs. two enemy aircraft shot down. London alarm sounded but no incidents.
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Germany
Air Ministry
Leverkusen
Cologne
Dusselsdorf
Western Reich
Berlin
East Anglia
England
Wounded Pfc Calvin Cannon Reported In Sicily War
Yellow Springs parents receive a letter dated August 4 from Pfc Calvin Cannon stating his back wound in Sicily may be less severe than War Department reports. Cannon, 24, overseas over a year, survived Africa but was wounded in Sicily. He writes from an Army hospital and mentions being captured and recaptured, though parents have no knowledge of him ever being a prisoner. He is one of four sons in Army service. three others are in Mississippi, Tennessee, and awaiting duty.
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War Department
Clayton Cannon
Yellow Springs
Pfe
Calvin Cannon
Sicily
Cannon
Pfe. Cannon
U.S. Army
Sion
Frederick County
Mississippi
Tennessee
Pfc
Axis
Front line surgery speeds care in Sicilian battle
Allied reports from August 23 describe a new front line surgery technique by U S Seventh Army in Sicily. Mobile operating units operated within one to two miles of front lines, delivering rapid expert treatment for shock and severe injuries, while litter bearers evacuated wounded under fire and planes strafed nearby tents.
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U. S. Seventh Army
Col. Exweard FP
Chiechitl
Baston Mass
North Africa
Drouth Woes Before Farm Conference
Washington reports a regional farm leaders committee from Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Delaware met CCC officials to plan drought relief. Officials warned of a 50 million dollar crop loss and milk shortage, seeking 200000 tons hay and 600000 tons grain plus shaped CCC assistance and subsidized forage at about 20 dollars a ton.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware
Commodity Credit Corporation
T. B. Symons
Maryland University
Wieden Ane Ar
CCC
Dr. Symons
B. B. Detrick
Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association
R.C. F. Weaglery
Maryland Farm Bureau
Gordon Willis
L. M. Walker
Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
Larger U S Air Force To Give Aid To China
New Delhi August 22 Maj Gen George E Stratemeyer promised increased American air forces and equipment to back aid to China at his first press conference since taking command of the Tenth U S Air Force The general said coordinating air activities in the China India theater was the first step toward delivering expanded aid to China
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New Delhi
China
George E. Stratemeyer
U. S. Raf
China- India
Japs to open wireless with Vatican City
New York reports that Tokyo radio said direct wireless communications between Tokyo and Vatican City would begin August 25 following Japanese negotiations. The Italian declaration of Rome as an open city is noted, potentially restricting military use of Rome.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Vatican City
United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Changas
Rome
Delivery Resumed After NY Newspaper Strike Ends
New York Aug 23 delivery of the New York Times and Herald Tribune and other papers returned to normal today after a three day delay caused by a strike by 150 distribution workers.
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New York
New York Times
Herald Tribune
Mines Returned to Private Control for 33 Companies
Interior Secretary Ickes restored to private ownership the mines of 33 companies that had been operated by the government since May 3 under the Smith Connally act. The move follows John L. Lewis and UMW strike actions, with production disruptions cited and no immediate confirmation on contractor status. Lewis had vowed miners would work only if government control remained through October.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Interior
Ickes Tolay
Lewis
Ickes
John L. Lewis
Department
UMW
Ortener
Agile
Smith-Connally
Sinkwich To Be Dropped By Marines
Augusta Herald reports Frankie Sinkwich, Georgia All America back, to be discharged from the U S Marine Corps at Parris Island this week due to physical disability. Teammate Ken Keuper had earlier been discharged for a football knee problem.
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Augusta
Salerno Smashed In Day Night Allied Raids
Allied air and naval operations hammered Salerno and surrounding lines as rail yards and gateways to the Italian boot faced heavy destruction. British bombers targeted Crotone while Marauders and fighters clashed with German defenses, leaving multiple Allied aircraft missing and 34 enemy planes downed.
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Arial Juupernaut
Salerno
Car
Naples
Igtt
Middle East
Crotone
Cairo
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Halian Communiquue
Rome
Associated Press
Cape Colonna
Prevesa
Landing Fails Japanese Say Landing Fails Japanese Say
A Tokyo broadcast attributed to Japanese forces claimed their land unit defending Kolombangara Island repelled dawn US landing attempts. The report, unconfirmed by Gen Arthur’s headquarters, said enemy barges were sunk by Japanese fire as about 13 landing craft approached from the west. Kolombangara lies north of New Georgia and is near Vila, a potential next American objective after Munda.
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Tokyo Brcace
Douglas Mat Arthur
Kolombangara Island
United States
Kotombangera Island
New Georgia Island
Vila
Obj
Munda
Gas shortages hit Pittsburgh area as stations close
Pittsburgh area awoke to a gas crisis with most stations closed as gasoline supplies ran out after Saturday's demand surge. Oil officials said deliveries would be limited and barge shipments of gasoline unlikely before late in the week, leaving residents scrambling for fuel.
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Pittsburgh
Oil Company
Melbourne
Aus
Dean Curtison
Mause of Representatives
Labor Party
Pravda Urges Isles as Invasion Base for Allies
Pravda argues the British Isles should be the main base for an invasion of the continent. It says a European landing could be supported by a stronger air force and bomber fleets, with Britain needing to boost its sea and land forces for a Mediterranean invasion plan.
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England
European
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
British Isles
Germany
Turabion
Eadond
news+ Papyr
Coud
Vt Geetterey
Europe
Mediterraneas
Soviet Union
Water supply tightens as Fishing Creek reservoir drops
Water levels at Fishing Creek reservoir fell about 45 inches over the weekend, with supplies behind demand and hope for relief uncertain. Nearby towns show minor changes as Myersville plans to tap springs boosting output to 8 to 10 thousand gallons daily, while Brunswick Middletown report adequate or improving supplies and Emmitsburg Thurmont remain steady.
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Fishing Creek
Myersville
Brunswick
Middletown
Emmitsburg
Thurmat
Attacks by Sixty Japanese Planes Hit Szechwan Provinces
Sixty Japanese bombers swarmed Szechwan with two waves aimed at Chungking and Wanhsien near the Yangtze, muffled explosions heard in Chungking as Chinese planes challenged the intruders. The attack comes amid continued fighting and air raids across the region.
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Spineaby Steek
Szechwan
Chungking
Wanhsien
Yangtze River
Chinee
Movement May Foreshadow General Retreat By Enemy In Russia
The German high command admits loss of Kharkov in a withdrawal labeled orderly by Nazis. Russian pressure and new fortifications press Germans as Kharkov joins a string of recent losses. Analysts view Kharkov as strategic, enabling a double rail line from Moscow and threatening the Donets Basin and Crimea.
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Russia
London
Kharkov
Hoey
Uniesper
Moscow
Caucasus
Orel
Belogorod
Stalingrad
Associated Press
Mius
Tryum
Donets
Kuban
Crimea
Germany
Dnieper
Kharkev
Mosocow
Ore
Kursk
Belgorod
Local CEO Report Wins Harp Praise for Frederick Growth
Reno S Harp lauds Frederick leaders as postwar plans unfold in an interview with W B Leichert of the Frederick Committee for Economic Development. He urges pamphlets, civic outreach, and highway projects to modernize Frederick and its region while praising Lebheran leadership. A note adds Alaska deer numbers rising from 400000 to 600000 over 45 years.
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Reno S. Harp
Frederick Buck
Gkrk
Committee For Economic Development
Frederick
W. B. Leichert
Frederick and Magerstown
Layce Data
Hagerstown farmers cutting field corn
Washington county farmers cut field corn today as usual harvest starts in September. County crop reporter J A Miller said stalks are down and no further development possible, with yield about 50 percent of a normal crop.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
J. A. Miller
Miller
General Wainwright Turns 60 in Walla Walla
Walla Walla Washington August 23 observers mark the 60th birthday of Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright born 1883 at Old Fort Walla Walla where his father served. He was in combat on Bataan and Corregidor before being captured after Corregidor fell.
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Walla Walla
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Old Fort Walla Walla
Wainwright
Bataan
Maw Arthur
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