One Two Japanese Destroyers Sunk by U S Planes
The Navy said American aircraft off the Solomons attacked a squadron of four Japanese destroyers. One large destroyer was sunk and another probably sunk after dives by Douglas planes from Guadalcanal. A third destroyer was badly damaged and burning.
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Washington
Navy
Solomon Islands
Santa Isabel Island
Florida Island
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
United States
Solomon Archipelago
Ration Board Opens Emmitsburg Station Soon
Holmes D. Baker announces a second rationing station for Emmitsburg to be in operation in about ten days or two weeks with E. M. Kershner in charge. A location and opening time will be announced later as residents of northern Frederick await details before completion.
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Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Holmes D. Baker
Focal Rationing Board
E. M. Kershner
Baker
Frederick
German Officers Sent From Africa To Russia
An anti aircraft battery officer Lieut William Schaaf captured south of Krasnodar said he arrived in the north Caucasus with other officers from the Egyptian Libyan front on August 2. He noted his fighting began in Libya and that several African desert officers were moved to aid the Caucasian campaign.
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Moscow
Krasnodar
William Schaaf
Red Star Today
North Caucasus
Shaaf
Red Army
Libya
RAF Fighter Swarm Crosses Channel In Fresh Assault
RAF fighters swept across the English Channel toward France in a renewed daylight raid. Gunfire and roar of engines signaled ongoing combat as attackers pressed German targets, with observers noting heavy activity over the Channel.
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RAF
Folkestone
England
English Channel
France
Nazi Transports Sunk In Barents Sea by Soviet Navy
The Soviet information bureau said Red Navy ships sank two German transports totaling 12 060 tons in the Barents Sea. Soviet mid day communique reports enemy tank thrusts repulsed northwest of Stalingrad and counter attacks pressed the Germans back. Fierce fighting continued against tanks and infantry penetrating deep into defenses.
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Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Navy
Barents Sea
Stalingrad
Berlin
Lake Ladoga
High Command
Kaluga
Caucasus
May Need New Law To Hold Down Living Cost
Washington observers anticipate President Roosevelt will outline a drive to lower living costs in his Labor Day message and a subsequent radio address. Some Congressmen doubt immediate results and seek details on flexible stabilization of wages and farm prices while awaiting a Justice Department powers summary.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hawk Rensealelatise
Congress
Department of Justice
Romania and Hungary Launch Winter Clothing Drives
Transocean dispatches from Bucharest report Romania and Hungary have begun campaigns to collect clothing to keep soldiers warm in the approaching Russian winter. The broadcasts note both nations are mobilizing surplus clothing for the front.
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Berlin
Rumania
Hungary
Transocean
Bucharest
Dodgers Meet Packers In Twilight Exhibition Gridiron
Brooklyn's professional football Dodgers clash with the Green Bay Packers in a twilight exhibition at 613 p.m. in Brooklyn. The game marks the Dodgers attempt to score their first win over the Packers.
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Brooklyn
Dodgers
Green Bay Packers
Gotham
Chinese Offensive North of Canton Gains Ground
Chinese forces push along the Canton Hankow railway north of Canton capturing Pangkung and advancing to Kutungshan and Nangchanngau while Japanese troops retreat. In Chekiang Kiangsi, Chuhsien and Lishui are recaptured with heavy Japanese casualties as UN planes may bomb Japan.
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Chungking
Canton
Chuhsien
Lishui
China
Central News Agency
Canton-Hankow
Dispatch
Pa‘kong
Kutungshan
Kweitouling
Nangchanngau
Chekiang Province
United Nations
Japan
Hankow
Kinhwa
Latchi
Shangjao
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Claire L. ‘Chennault
Newborg
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Tokyo Radio
Domei
Soviets Repel German Attacks Near Stalingrad
Soviet troops launched vigorous counterattacks above and below Stalingrad while German tanks and infantry pressed in on the city defenses. Red Star reported heavy losses for Germans, fuel shortages for tanks, and fresh Nazi divisions moved into action as fighting persisted along the Don line and near Rzhev.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler
Laywatia
Red Star
Don Bend
Volga
Red Army
Checks Illegal Sale of Military Insignia in Baltimore
Major General Milton A. Reckord, third service command chief, orders a close military agents probe in his district into illegal sale and wearing of insignia and decorations. A warning reports illegal manufacture or sale can bring a 250 fine or six months imprisonment. Buyers must show credentials. manufacturers need Army permission.
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Baltimore
Milton A. Reckord
Third Service Command
War Department Won't Observe Labor Day Work
Secretary Stimson announced no Labor Day holiday for the War Department. Washington and field employees will work regular hours with possible field exceptions if federal operations are affected. In Argentina, the Central Bank halted USD dealings except by special authorization to aid the U S government in drying up dollar currency seized by Axis forces.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
U. S
Buenos Aires
Central Bank of
Argentina
United States
Axs Avants
Fighting In Milne Bay Grows In Intensity
Allied forces in Milne Bay along the New Guinea coast press the Japanese as veteran Australians and U S air power strike beach heads. The communique notes heavy fighting in mud and jungle with fires from bomber raids and continued Japanese attempts to consolidate a hold in the southeastern tip of New Guinea.
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MacArthur
Milne Bay
New Guinea
United States Service
Increase in Farm Prices Then and Now
The Agriculture Department reports farm prices at 163 percent of prewar levels as of Aug 15. Meat animals livestock products tobacco and truck crops drove a 9 point rise in the month, lifting the index 32 points from a year earlier. All groups above parity except cottonseed grain fruit and dairy. chickens and eggs rose from 11 to 45 to 356 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Two Large Axis Ships Sunk In Mediterranean
London reports British submarines in the Mediterranean sank a large tanker and a large supply ship while scoring hits on three more supply vessels. Four U boats were credited, including Commander J W Linton’s crew which attacked a convoy of two large supply ships with three destroyers. results were not observed at the time.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
S. One
J. W. Linton
New Commander Long Active in American Legion At Cumberland
McMullen of Cumberland was elected commander of the Maryland Department American Legion at its annual convention in Cumberland. The new commander is a member of the Cumberland Post significant in post activities, with work tied to the host post for the gathering.
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American Legion Atairs
McMullen
Cumberland
Maryland
American Legion
Russian factories boost output as war demand grows
Pravda reports that despite losses of regions and manpower, Soviet factories increase production. Airplane and motor plants rise 7 to 8 percent in August as eastern provinces boost output for war emergencies. Life returns to school for millions Sept 1 with lower grades returning first and supplies produced in Irkutsk Omsk Vladivostok and other Siberian cities.
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Moscow
Pravda
Ural Mountains
Ile
Irkutsk
Omsk
Vladivostok
Siberian
Russia
Helsinki Bombed Last Night Kills Five, Wounds Twenty
London dispatch cites a Vichy radio report that Helsinki was bombed last night with five dead and twenty wounded. The report follows news that a U S merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in mid August in the Caribbean. survivors reached a Gulf Coast port with no casualties reported.
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London
Helsinki
Washington
Navy
United States
Caribbean
Gulf Coast
Earthquake toll rises in Italy with 33 dead
From Rome reports by DNB say 33 people were killed and 1,200 made homeless after the August 27 quake. casualty figure described as preliminary. In Baltimore a 16,000 ton oil tanker Sachem was launched at Bethlehem Sparrows Point shipyard, the fourth Bethlehem yard launch in a week.
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Bern
Switzerland
DNB
Rome
Baltimore
Sachem
Bethlehem- Sparrows Point
Bethlehem Wars
Ship burns at pier near Philadelphia harbor
A medium-size merchant ship burned for almost four hours at a Delaware River pier before capsizing from the weight of water sprayed by four fire companies and a fireboat. Casualties unclear. The event occurred early today.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Fire harms apartment above Princeton Shoe store
Morning blaze caused minor damage in an upper apartment on West Patrick Street above the Princeton Shoe store. A curtain in the breakfast room caught fire but firefighters quickly extinguished the flames.
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Princeton Shoe
West Patrick Street
Nazi Industrial Targets Hit By British Bomber Force
London reports a major RAF raid on Nuernberg and Saarbruecken as part of three assaults this week on German industry. Thirty bombers failed to return from the Nuernberg mission. the operation involved hundreds of aircraft targeting naval and railway facilities with near perfect visibility aiding pinpoint strikes.
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London
Nuernberg
Hitler
Saar
Saarbruecken
Air Ministry
France
RAF
Germany
French
Metz
Gdynia
Danzig
Baltic Sea
Kassel
Wiesbaden
Frankfurt
Nan
Saarbuecken
1Ich Saar
Saar Valley
Royal Canadian Air Force
Uniformity Sought In Guns For Planes
Washington reports Air Force and British ordnance experts work toward standardized guns and ammunition for allied aircraft. Production needs hinder complete interchangeability, but General Arnold notes efforts toward common parts and training where possible across the United States, Army, Navy, and allies.
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Washington
Britain
America
Alr Force Aliers
Henry WW. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Army
Navy
United States
Axis Planes Attack Alexandria And Cairo
Axis planes raided Cairo and Alexandria with four deaths in Cairo and no casualties in Alexandria. Egypt seeks 50 000 volunteers for civil defense. RAF attacked Axis motor vehicles in the central Egyptian front as enemy air activity rose, with night patrols and harassing actions along the front and minor artillery in the south.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Japanese radio overstates Solomons losses claims
A Tokyo radio report claimed 43 U S ships were sunk or damaged at the Solomons with three large warships seriously damaged, a claim not supported by other sources and contradicted by U S Navy Department notices. Buyers nibble in New York stocks but gains fade as session closes, with low turnover.
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Tokyo
United States
Solomon Islands
Tokyo Radio
U. S. Navy Department
New York
Falling Machine Gun Wrecks Jap Zero Plane
Melbourne reports that a machine gun fell from an American bomber and shattered the propeller of a Japanese Zero at Milne Bay. Gun crewman J P Papp and correspondent F C Folkard confirm the incident with civilians aboard. The Zero was destroyed after the falling gun struck its propeller and it dove into the water.
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Melbourne
Milne Bay
Melbourne Herald
F. C. Folkard
J. P. Papp
Papp
Tvat
English Coast Raid Reported by German Bombers
Berlin reports from German broadcasts indicate nightly raids on Sunderland on England’s northeast coast as a follow up to daylight strikes on Cardiff and Bristol along the west coast, according to DNB dispatches.
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Berlin
Sunderland
England
Cardiff
Bristol
DNB
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Solomons
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