Japs Girding For Big Scale Offensive In Pacific Area
Allied reports note a dip in Japanese air activity in the Southwest Pacific and ongoing Chinese recapture of Lupao near Canton signaling a possible new Japanese push. MacArthur headquarters cite unchallenged Allied air strikes on two major bases while Marauders hit Lae. In Chekiang, Kinhwa battles continue as Japanese reinforcements arrive near the last air base. Australian forces rest as Allied bombers attack in New Guinea near Kokoda.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
China
Japan
Pacific
Russia
Siberia
India
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
United Nations
Buka
Solomon Islands
Lae
New Guinea
Key Point
Lupao
Canton
Siberian
Manchukuo
Kinhwa
Chekiang
al- Nied
Kokoda
Port Moresby
RAF Bombs Karlsruhe to mark war anniversary raids
London reports a strong RAF force hit Karlsruhe with flame setting raids centered on its railway works. Eight bombers missing. fighters and bombers also hit Nazi defenses in northern France. German agency notes bombs dropped near the Rhine. Dover sirens echo the three year war mark as Spitfires patrol the coast.
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London
Britain
Germany
Rhineland
Karlsruhe
France
DNB
Berlin
Rhine
Karlsruks
Saarbruecken
RAF
Strait of Dover
Calais
Dunkerque
Roosevelt tells world youth Nazis, fascists offer only death
President Roosevelt addressed the International Student Assembly in Washington warning that German Nazis, Italian Fascists, and Japanese militarists offer only death. He urged unity of the United Nations, urged unwavering resolve, and spoke to U.S. fighting men about defending homes and freedoms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
Asis
Axis
International Student Assembly
Europe
Hitler
Gestapo
America
White House
U.S
Last 2 Months Best In Allies U Boat War
London reports that Suly and August were record-breaking months in destroying Axis submarines while British shipyards have largely repaired heavy warship losses. First Lord A. V. Alexander said the German U boats have shifted offensive back to their usual haunts, signaling a change of submarine pressure from the western Atlantic.
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London
Suly
Britain
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Camp Named for Roosevelt Rises in Belgian Congo
American technical forces arrived in Leopoldville to begin building a large camp named for President Roosevelt in the Belgian Congo to host expected troop arrivals. Veterans plan a Sept 3 reception as word from London confirms American troops landed in the colony near the Allied Africa supply route to Egypt.
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Leopoldvile
Belgian Congo
Roosevelt
London
Africa
Egypt
Leopoldville
Miani
Fla
United Nations
Middle East
United States
Belgium
Thidd Oren
Bengial
Shires to Manage Walt Whitman Hotel in Camden NJ
John A. Shires resigns after twenty years at the Francis Scott Key hotel Frederick and will assume management of the Walt Whitman hotel in Camden New Jersey on Saturday He succeeds Joseph E Mears who will head the Benjamin Franklin hotel in Philadelphia Shires active in Rotary Columbia Lodge and the American Hotel Association and a Frederick Chamber of Commerce director plans to move with his wife and son to Camden around Sept 12.
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John A. Shires
Walt Whitman
Camden
Joseph E Mears
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
American Hotels Corporation
Shires
Frederick
Fim
Rotary Club
Columbia Lodge
No 35
Diy Ke
Ak Iy
American Hotel Association
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
All Saints Episcopal Church
Hoffman Hotel Company
Bedford and State College
Walt Whitjan
Elm Street
Candem
Labor Demands Place At Top Of War Board
Organized labor pressed its claim to a seat at the top of guiding production policy and labor representation on the War Production Board. AFL and CIO leaders from 20 unions urged WPB influence after last weeks conference on shortages. Nelson met with a six man labor committee for an afternoon of frank discussion.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
AFL
CIO
WPB
Nelson
West resigns from Public Service Commission post
Harold E. West resigns as administrative assistant and examiner for the Public Service Commission after serving with the commission since 192h. The notice from Baltimore is dated September 3.
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E. West
Baltimore
Harold E. West
Public Service Commission
Showdown Battle For Nile Fails To Develop
Cairo Egypt Sept 2 Rommels African corps faced intense air raids artillery fire and mobile attacks but the showdown battle for the Nile had not developed four days after the British expected a Axis offensive. British forces held strong points along the 40 mile El Alamein line while Rommels armored columns penetrated minefields. Allied bombers pounded communications and troop concentrations and Axis losses included six German dive bombers and nine fighters. Montgomery said the enemy had not penetrated the Eighth Army defense, and the main forces had yet to clash as Rommels attack potential centered near Qattara depression and El Ruweisat ridge with a possible left-flank turn.
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Cairo
Egypt
Caulious
Erwin Rommel
African Corps
the Nile
el Alamein
Ruweisat-Himeimat
Rommel
Mm A Neeque
B. L Montgomery
Eighth Army
Qattara
el Ruweisat
Morgenthau seeks $6.5 billion tax boost with postwar rebates
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Finance committee a plan to levy $6.5 billion in additional individual taxes atop the House bill, plus a $4.5 billion postwar rebate. The proposal would lift total tax collections to about $30.5 billion for the year, targeting consumer spending with high penalties on luxury items and raising exemptions to $500 for individuals, $1,000 for married couples, and $25 per dependent credit.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
House
Women War Workers To Be Doubled Says Stimson
Washington reports Secretary Stimson says War Department may double women war workers to address manpower shortages. About 300,000 women already in war plants. policy favors women in all qualified roles, with training for new entrants. Men still employed where eligible. age 18 to 50, married women allowed, civil service standards apply. Also notes authorized aircraft and equipment designs, war relic salvage, and regional salvage contributions from Sixth Service Command in Chicago and Eighth in San Antonio with 62 cannons noted.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Army
Quartermaster General
Sixth Service Command
Chicago
Eighth Service Command
San Antonio
Texas
White House May Get Row Over Oil
Washington reports say the government requisitioned all remaining tank cars carrying gasoline from the Midwest and Southwest to avert shortages possibly prompting rationing. Harold L. Ickes, Petroleum Coordinator, is favored for a unified wartime oil administrator role amid calls to end regulatory fragmentation. Industry sources note Ickes would centralize authority, despite past criticism of federalizing the oil sector.
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Washington
T-Petroleeum
Harold V. Ickes
Midwest
White House
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
Petroleum Industry Wars Council
Victory Garden film project under U.S. Agriculture
A government sponsored color movie near Middletown and Liberty town documents the Victory Garden program and the steps to plant vegetables. It features Miss Jane Dudeverar and Richard Walter with adviser John W. Unlter, shot by George Ortley and George W. Acker, with Miss Florence Williams coordinating home demonstration efforts.
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Feountry Gall
War Diatocnation Service
Department of Age
Row
Hasdeedl
Sonar
Department of Agiaecure
Washtington
Tech
Flo
Phi
George Ortley
George W. Acker
Mr McClure
Sotpuit
Richard Walter
John W. Unlter
Imcoun Middletown
Department of Agriculture
Florence Willams
Dr May Named Dean Of Hood College
Dr May named dean of the college succeeding Helen Braggdon. A NYC EdD trained leader with degrees from New Jersey State Teachers College Columbia Cornell University and NYU she has guided adult education programs and youth leadership across fourteen states. She has served on national committees and taught at Michigan Minnesota and other universities.
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Henry Irvin Star
Traad
Carmen
American Youth Commission
American Counc
Natonal Citizens Committee
May
Helen D Bragdon
Ed D
Head Conflege
Lake Ere College
Dorothy I Marris
Hear J
Callege
Services Held Today For Westmoreland Davis
Funeral services were held today for Westmoreland Davis aged 84, former Governor of Virginia, at his Morven Park estate in Loudoun County with burial in Boxwood Cemetery. Two services were conducted by Rev. J Manly Conk, rector of St James Episcopal Church, Leesburg. Davis, a World War I veteran, had recently been treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, before his death.
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Leespure Va
Westmoreland
Freighter Founders Near Manitou Island in Lake Superior
The freighter Steelroucer foundered about 15 miles east of Manitou Island in Lake Superior today. At least 46 of the 23 crew were saved by nearby vessels as the Coast Guard coordinated rescue efforts from Cleveland.
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STP Fountifrs
Cleveland
Army Bounces 2 Officers For Market Hoax
At Mitchel Field New York on September 3 1941 Col Dasche M Reeves commanding officer of the First Air Ground Support Command and Major Lynn Farnel public relations officer were relieved from duty by the Eastern Defense Command and First Army following a press release in August that claimed saboteurs planted ground markers under Reeves command and were discovered by forces under his supervision
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Fivers
Reeves
Baltimore plants to work on Monday
Baltimore authorities said most war industries will continue operations during Labor Day. Reported open plants include Glenn L. Martin Company Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard Bendix Corporation and divisions of the Kappers Company.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Company
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard
Bendix Corporation
Kappers Company
German Pressure Thwarted North of Stalingrad by Soviet Guns
Soviet forces defend the approaches to Stalingrad as German assault from the northwest stalls near the Volga city. In the southwest, Red Army tanks drive a wedge into fortified positions while a nightly battle near the northwest sees an anti aircraft battery hold off German tanks. Red Star reports heavy air combat with 23 enemy planes shot down and 200 tanks and divisions massed below Stalingrad as Hungarian and Romanian units move east toward the front.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Red Army
Ceetar
Black Sea
Novorossis
Lyvestia
Butle
Red Star
OPA Acts In 16 Cities On Meat Prices
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will file actions in federal courts in 18 cities today against more than 100 meat packers and wholesalers. The cases focus on upgrading and overcharging, with charges of incorrect and unsent invoices. The agency seeks injunctions to enforce price ceilings and proper grading and stamping of beef and veal.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
GPA
Advancing Tendencies in New York Market Today
In New York today advancing tendencies appeared among selected stocks as utility preferreds and communications issues stayed in favor. Prices moved narrowly with a cloudy trend and overall dealings remained negligible.
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New York
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