Nazi Loss Estimated at Two Billion
London reports unofficial estimates placing war damage from mass bombing at two billion dollars to cripple German industry. The raids used about 4250 planes targeting Cologne Essen Bremen and Hamburg with 1200-plane strikes. German production fell at least 20 percent, while costs include bombs fuel and personnel across multiple raids on the Reich.
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Londor
Britain
Germany
Cologne
Essen
Bremen
Hamburg
Reich
French
Air Ministry
Russians Capture New Nazi Weapon Debuts on Bryansk Front
Soviet information bureau reports a new single-shot German mortar seen in action on the Bryansk front during a four day battle southwest of Moscow. Red Army troops recovered damaged and destroyed Nazi equipment, including the mortars, after the fighting.
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Muecow
Bryansk Front
Bsavlet Information Bureau
Redurn
Moscow
Germans Flee into Poland as RAF Raids Rise
The Polish Telegraph Agency reports RAF raids into western Germany forced about 20 100 Germans to seek refuge in Poznan Lodz and other occupied Polish centers.
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Poland
RAF
London
Polish Telegraph Agency
Germany
Poznan
Lodz
Baer's Grandma Is Dependent He Collects Laundry For Her
Armchair memoir style piece by Arthur Bugs Baer recounts a humorous self portrait as he faces military exams. He jokes about being dependent on his grandmother, collecting family wash, and potential service paths toward Army Navy or Marine options while poking fun at his own quirks and the wartime draft context.
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Baer
Arthur
Bugs
Radio City Music Hall
Army
Smithsonian Institution
George Bye
Navy
Marine Exeams
Coronel Carter
Stolen Auto Falls Into Sunken Garden
J B Pravicis of 621 West Magiotos drives reports his car stolen from the 200 block of East Houston Street Friday night. He found the vehicle missing on return about 1058 p m, with the car believed to have plunged into Brackenridge Park Sunken Garden theater embankment. Police began search for culprit.
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Partor
J. B. Pravicis
Ground Forces Assigns S A Officer to G 3 Post
Lieut Col Josian T Dalbey of San Antonio is assigned to G 3 of the Army Ground Forces by Lieut Gen Lesley J McNair A G F commanding general. Prior to the reorganization on March 3 Dalbey served with the War Department General Staff.
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Josian T. Dalbey
San Antonio
G-3
Army Ground Forrea Os Nexistant
Lesley J. McNair
Dalbey
Wiewat Department
Police Chief Shoots Man After Slaying in Brenham Case
Houston man Esai Edsall, 26, faces murder charges after a fatal shooting linked to a debt dispute. Alvin Ablon, 20, died at a Brenham hospital from a gunshot wound amid Edsall’s attempted getaway and subsequent carstop attempts. Chief Arthur Sternberg reported Edsall walked into Cotton Motor Buses, fired with a shotgun, fled in a borrowed car, and shot at passing vehicles before being confronted by Brenham police.
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Houston
W. GC. Esai
Houston Weber
Alvin S. Ablon
Brenham
A. C.thornton
Edsall
Trouston Auto Company
Thornton
Cotton Motor Buses Company
Ablon
Brenchant Police
Arthur Sternberg
St Abt
Gin Price Hikes under OPA Plan Amid Gas Decrease
The Office of Price Administration announces price increases effective August for gin, whisky, cordials, and liquor to offset added costs from distillery conversions. Retail gin may rise at least 14 cents per quart, with other spirits rising variably. Eastern gasoline rates will see a 23.3 cent per gallon rise rescinded soon after.
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Washington
Aug
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Production Front Strong Kilday Urges Unity and Frankness
Representative Paul Kilday told an audience Friday that to lessen war dangers and keep public trust there must be absolute frankness by officials. He praised unity achieved despite political bickering and said officials must safeguard unity and dispense with personal prejudice while combatting war production propaganda.
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Paul Kilday
Dan Antonio Rofarlang
Hilday
Kilday
RooTe
Ntrang
Canned Music Supply Sufficient As Ban Begins
In New York on August 15 the Petrillo recording ban took effect, halting new musical recordings and transcriptions for public use. Despite expanded stacks, listeners may not notice immediately as the Dubes’ soundscape waits for the ban to bite. President of the AFM told Elmer Davis the last appeal to rescind the ban is dead.
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New York
James Oses
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
APL
Elmer Davis
Raiio
Ban on Records Sparks Fight Over Morale and Jobs
A dispute erupts as Davis and Petrillo clash over a music ban aimed at boosting morale and employing more musicians. The union argues the halt idles 138,000 members while recording and radio industries weigh actions. a federal suit is anticipated in Chicago. Meanwhile Columbia film work shows Frankie Albert teaching Shirey Patterson for The Aspire of Stanford as transit fleets count tens of thousands of street and subway cars.
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Davis
Petrillo
Diddle
New York Times
Chicago
Heroes of Democracy
A 1942 publication by Faarat Publications outlines civic themes and wartime American ideals. The work emphasizes participation, unity, and national service as core democratic values during an era of global conflict.
Movie Star Files Suit for Divorce
Lorraine Gourley Jessel, known as Lois Andrews, sues George Jessel in Los Angeles for divorce alleging cruelty. She seeks custody of their 8 month old daughter Jerilyn and a property settlement. He previously signed a June 23 agreement paying $100 weekly plus $50 for Jerilyn and notes Norma Talmadge as his second ex-wife.
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Los Angeles
George
Jenseb
Lois Andrews
Gay Francisco
Jessel
Miss Andrews
Detroit
Jerilyn
Hirm
Jossel
Norma Talmadge
Bind
Mexico
Aleutian War Echoes Zanuck Praise of Troops
Darryl F. Zanuck, former studio executive in the army air corps, praised American soldiers on the Aleutian front comparing them to England's Commandos. He cited two wars there against the Japanese and the weather, noting extreme flights to bomb Kiska amid fog and harsh conditions.
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Kiska
London
Berlni
Community Circus Ends After War Headlines
In Gainesville the Depression era community circus, once run by teachers, grocers and locals, has ceased as the war takes center stage. After 12 years unpaid performers could not spare time from work and the 1842 season was called off.
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Gainesville
Aug
Gainesvile
Released French Prisoners Go Home
Berlin radio reports 200 French war prisoners freed from German camps arrived yesterday with another 200 passing through Paris on their way to occupied France. The same report says about 1000 French workers, men and women, have left Marseille in recent days to work for the Germans.
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Farrlin
Braadcastis
Ale
France
Berlin
Maria
Leader in Jap Invasion Plot Nabbed by FBI
In New York a Filipino-American, Mino de Guzman, 42, of Washington DC, accused by the FBI of helping organize a Pacific Movement to aid Japan in an invasion. He faced charges for failing to return a draft questionnaire after arrests and was held on 10,000 bond.
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FBI
New York
United States
Japan
Black Dragon Society
Mino de Guzman
Washington, D.C
America
JAFS
Foxworth
de Guinan Seryed
United States Navy
Coast Guard
Hed & Jong
Washington
de Guanon Lins
de Guzman
Leonard
Robert O.) Jordan
Harter Segra
Omaha Boy Organizes Red Cross Show with Stars
Jerry Young, 14, staged a backyard Red Cross benefit with Bud Abbott and Costello impersonations. Admission raised 27.2 and included a charity auction of photos with Abbott and Costello. Lou Costello and Abbott were involved, theater appearances arranged, Father Flanagan attended.
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Omaha
Jeny Young
Red Cross
Bud Abbott
Low Castello
Jerry
Costello
Bath
Abbott
Lou
Father Flanagan
Boys Taw
Coatello
Cubans Register for Army Service
Cavada reports about 400 000 Cubans aged 18 to 60 began compulsory military service registration. Draftees receive four months training before returning to civilian status and will not be sent outside the country.
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Cavada
What You Bus With WAR BONDS
From primary trainer planes the air men of the Army and Navy advanced to larger trainer planes. Navy training in larger planes costs about 440000. The text praises improved training gear and urges purchase of War Bonds to support aviation readiness.
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Army
Navy
Hetgre
Itwa
Honda
Tampa
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