Japanese Attack At Kokoda Front. Allied Line Intact
Japanese forces launched a strong assault on the Kokoda front near Buna and Port Moresby. Australian posts fell under pressure, but the main defense line remained intact as Allied troops retook positions after heavy fighting. In Milne Bay, Lae air base was bombed and bases damaged while Allied forces continued to press Japanese units ashore and nearby skirmishes persisted near Salamaua.
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London
Kokoda
New Guinea
No-Man's Land
Buna
Port Moresby
Reuters
Lae
MacArthur
Australia
Milne Bay
Uline Pay
Salamaua
Kokoda Salient
Cyril Albert Clowes
Walter Lucas
London Daily Express
Clowes
Solomon Islands
Lucas
U S Planes Over Burma Bomb Japanese Airdrome
U S planes attacked the Myitkyina Japanese airdrome in northern Burma for the second day in succession. Bombers with fighter escort hit barracks and a warehouse area along the railway. fires burned along the railway storage area. All planes returned safely.
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Chungking
United States
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
They Were War Stamps General Not Cigars They Were War Stamps
Baltimore reports Capt. Jack B. Dunn promoted from lieutenant presented a cigar box at Third Service Command HQ. Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord congratulated him but declined a cigar, noting he did not smoke. Dunn opened the box to reveal 10 cent war stamps, which disappeared quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Third Service Command
Jack B. Dunn
Milton A. Reckord
Captain Dunn
Togo Not Tojo In Japanese Cabinet Shake Up
Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo resigned and Premier General Hideki Tojo took his office. Togo had led overseas affairs after Pearl Harbor while remaining in control of the Foreign Ministry. London observers say the move will not greatly alter policy and may reflect war dissatisfaction amid Allied wins in the Solomons and Milne Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Shigenori Togo
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo Radio
Togo
Berlin
Mossow
Pearl Harbor
Foreign
Tojo
Yoshitsugu Takehawa
London
Shigenari Togo
Solomon Islands
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Russia
Siberia
Planned To Attack U S and British Troops In Northern Ireland
Belfast authorities warned tomorrow to keep off the streets as tension rose over reports the outlawed Irish Republican Army planned attacks on United States and British forces in Northern Ireland. Police described a captured weapons dump near Belfast containing nitro glycerine and explosives, and said 17 people were detained for questioning as the investigation continued. A police statement noted the IRA manifesto condemning U S forces and warned the group had prepared for armed actions. For the looming hanging of IRA member Thomas J. Williams, security forces remained on alert amid the crackdown on the arsenal and potential disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
United States
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
United State
Crown
Ulster
Thomas J. Williams
Air Raid Drill Delays Workers In Capital
Washington September 1 Thousands of government employees on their way to work were delayed by the capital's first air raid drill during the morning rush. The 30 minute drill from 7 20 to 7 50 a m halted traffic and cleared streets when about 175 000 to 200 000 people were bound for work. The drill had been announced in advance and officials said workers should not be charged with tardiness.
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Frederick
Baltimore
Union Manufacturing Company
Frederick Iron and Steel Company
Frederick Tailoring Company
City Hall
Lloyd C. Culler
Court House
Washington
Draft Boards Ordered To Call Single Men First
Washington dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey ordered state selective service directors to speed up inductions by prioritizing boards with more single men and those with collateral dependents. By Oct. 16 initial classifications should be complete, with calls aligned to heavy local needs and a goal of uniform regional inductions.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Soldier Sentenced For Manslaughter In Northern Ireland
Private William E. Davis of Cleburne Texas was convicted by a U S military court of manslaughter in the fatal knife attack on British Private Owen McLoughlin of the British Pioneers after a dance hall brawl on Aug 1 in Northern Ireland. He received an eight year term with self defense questions marking the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Northern Ireland
United States
William E. Davis
Cleburne
Tex
Davis
Owen McLoughlin
State Bonds Sale Sets Record Low Interest in Maryland
Maryland sold its July bond issue of 401000 to Alexander Brown and Sons of Baltimore for 0.96 percent interest after opening bids. The investment firm bid 486,115.01, the lowest bid among those opened by the Board of Public Works. Bonds mature in 14 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
Alexander Brown and Sons
Baltimore
Board of Public Works
No Recovery Power in Today’s Stock Market
New York markets showed scant recovery power with widespread stagnation. Early trading had minimal pressure and many ticker moves hovered around flat to fractional declines, marking a lack of meaningful upward movement across the day.
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New York
Sept. T
Nazis Deepen Wedge Near Stalingrad In Axis Push
Soviet reports detail a deepening Axis wedge toward Stalingrad from the southwest and infiltration of the city’s northwestern defenses. Casualties claim 2,000 German dead and 48 tanks lost. Soviet units withdrew to new positions as tank crews repelled assaults. Red Army offensive and defensive actions persist around the Don bend with cavalry recapturing a village south of Krasnodar. Axis reinforcements and supply efforts intensify as transport planes and trucks aid the push toward Stalingrad and the Kuban coast.
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Moscow
Russsians
Stalingrad
Germany
Black Sea
Axis
Pravda
Volga
Senate Amendments To Bill Accepted In Vote On Absent Soldier Poll Tax
Senate and House conferees agreed to all Senate amendments to the soldiers absentee vote bill. The measure waives poll tax requirements for service members and extends absentee voting to primaries and general elections for Senators, Representatives, and Presidential electors. An amendment extending overseas voting for armed services members was also approved. A note on the Weather Bureau storm warning appeared for the Atlantic coast from Cape Henry to Cape Hatteras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Armed Services
Green
D-Ri
Joint Conference
Rankin
D-Miss
Pri
United States
Asma
Kavrofa
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Cape Hatteras
Second Front Rash Of Strikes Impedes War Work In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh area a wave of strikes by truck drivers timbermen cranemen and shop workers threatens steel output. In Connellsville region unions protested with walkouts affecting coal transport to coke ovens. Timbermen demanded wage hikes while United Mine Workers leaders urged action. Officials warned over 10 000 miners could be affected by week’s end.
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Pitsburgh
Pittsburgh
United Nations
Connellsville
America
Uniontown
War Labor Board
Thomas P. McTigue
United Ming Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
ST. Drynes
Jurors Drawn For September Term Of Court
Jurors for the September term of Circuit Court, starting September 21, were drawn in the court room this morning under Chief Judge Edward B Dela plaine. The districts list names including Shoemaker Bowers Richardson Renn Fisher Rhoads Poole Gordon Lenhart Adams Doland Horne Daub Selss Stull Wilhide Maxwell Poffinberger Catsail England Monshaur Etzler Quinn Smith Hurley Krise Saylor Flock Lachner Ecker Dean Remsburg Fraley Eyler Cline Metzger Lines Hooper Ghisan Green Martz Shafer Zimmer man Rodkey Karn Bartrick Hib Haddock Gordon. Grand jury cases loom with larceny and breaking in as usual, plus a notable Weightman case and bond issues.
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Edward 8. Delaplaine
Frederick—Henry R. Shoemaker
G. Hunter Bowers
John B. Richardson
John Renn, Jr
William L. O. Fisher
Clinton M. Rhoads
Jesse T. Poole
David Gordon
Clement Lenhart
Buckeystown
David A. Adams
Charles Doland
Middletown
D. Grover Horne
Roscoe K. Daub
Creagerstown
William R. Selss
Everett R. Stull
Emmitsburg
George L. Wilhide
Roy F. Maxwell
Natin Ds
Roy E. Poffinberger
Urbana
Walter A. Catsail
Edwin H. England
Liberty
Kenry M. Monshaur
Carl W. Etzler
New Market
Howard UV
Quinn
Clyde W. Smith
Hauvers
Charles C. Hurley
Woodsboro
Wilbur FL Krise
Charles €. Saylor
Petersville
D. Charles Flock
Mt. Pleasant
Charles L. Lachner
Greenberry Ecker
Jefferson
George L. Dean
L Roy Remsburg
Thurmont
Walter E. Fraley, Bruce
W. Eyler- Jackson
Wilbur J. Cline
Howard L. Metzger
Johnsville
Arthur T. Lines
Woodville
Charles W. Hooper
Singapore
Orla J. Ghisan
Lewistown
George W. Green
Tuscarora
Mehrie E. Martz
Burkittsville
Edgar Y. Shafer
Ballenger
Preston D. Zimmerman
Grand Jury
William Brightwell
Brightwell
Yinger Yberty
Weightman
Francis E. Weightman
Prince Georges County
J . Weightman
Suel
George Blake
Increase In Price Of Soft Coal Approved
Washington reports the bituminous coal division orders October 1 increases to minimum prices by district, ranging 15 to 30 cents per ton. Wheeler cites higher mining costs and allows requests for review by Secretary Ickes by September 10. The 20 cent hike applies to Maryland and a broad eastern region to Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and eastern Canada.
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Washington
Dan WH. Wheeler
Wheeler
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Floyd McGown
Maryland
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Canada
State Gas Revenue Increase in August
Maryland's gasoline tax revenues rose by 287 832.39 dollars in August as reported by Usnard Tawes. August gasoline tax receipts totaled 1 215 523.90 dollars, compared with July 769 151. The August figure shows a smaller decline than July 1941. Net revenue to the state treasurer for distribution was 1 124 900.38 dollars in August versus 818 597.91 in July. A new airspeed indicator in the 700 mile range was developed due to faster military aircraft.
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Maryland
U S Manned Planes Enter Fight in Egypt Western Desert
Allied forces opened a major engagement in the western desert near the Qattara low mood as U S and British units advance against Rommel. B 25 bombers with American crews joined the air battle while German armor pushes from El Alamein area. Axis strength includes multiple divisions and parachute troops amid heavy air and ground combat.
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Egypt
Wester Desert
Western Desert
United States
Britain
Wh Neway Attlee Curis
Qattara
Churchill
Marold Alexander
Bernard Law Montgomery
Rommel
el Alamein Front
London
el Alamein Line
Cairo
United States Fair Forces
Tokyo
el Alamein
Bengali
Nile Valley
Suez
Middle
Near East
Erwin Rommel
Russia
Jalian
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Italy
U.S
Kuban River
Anapa
Volga River
Rand Bais
North Africa
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