Marines Entrench in Solomons After Allied Assault
Allied forces report solid footholds in the Solomon Islands as Marines landings advance near Guadalcanal Tulagi. Navy communiqués note limited Japanese air damage and several ships sunk or damaged while Tokyo claims heavier losses. Australian briefings hint at ongoing operations in the South Seas with raids on Timor and shipping in New Ireland and surrounding waters.
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Tulgat
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Australia
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Japan
Tokyo
United Nations
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Bouth Sea Islands
Allert
Kavierg
New Ireland
Solomons
Timor
C. B.S
Port Moresby
South
Kokode
New Gutner
Suspect in L A Murder Surrenders in Texas Countryside
Alfonso Joe Luna, 35, accused of killing Mrs Lalitsa Marling in South San Antonio on August 4, turned himself in after a two week hideout in the forests south of San Antonio. He was described as repentant and was brought to the Firehouse office by ranch owner John Toudouze. Luna reportedly survived on river water and garden produce while hiding, and requested to be electrocuted after capture.
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San Antone
Alfonso’ Joe Lima
Firevifes
Lalitsa Marling
San Antonio
We Luna
Linas
Martinez
Cilef
Charles Peters
Alfonso
Peters
Alwys
Lune
John ‘Toudouze
Losoya
Luna
Mra. Martinez
U S Charges Reds Retake Blocking of Land Near Cheap Light
A government attorney told Senate patents committees that General Electric Westinghouse and utilities seeking to control fluorescent lighting faced a Hygrade Sylvania patent suit. He said a decision against Hygrade could yield in effect complete control of the industry. He cited utility agreements to restrain advertising for cheaper fluorescent lamps and Mazda products as part of a broader effort to boost electricity use. In Russia, Soviet forces recaptured ground near Stalingrad as heavy fighting continued along the Volga, with reports of storming hills and paratroop activity and German counterattacks west of Moscow.
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General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Public Utilities
John W.walker
Justice Department
Anti-Trust
Hygrade Sylvania Corporation
Hygrade
Westinghouse
Toft
Walker
Orea
Tan
Mazda
General Hicctrie
Front
Wildcat Strike Shuts Down Pennsylvania Steel Plant
A wildcat strike of cranemen halted operations at the Carnegie-McKain Steel ordnance plant in Warrell, Pennsylvania, leaving about 2000 workers idled. Company spokesmen cite pay disputes as the cause. leaders described the action as wildcat.
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Carnopie-Minnais Steel Corporation
Eaker lauded for first all American raid success
London dispatch reports Marshal Arthur Harris, RAF Bomber Command chief, congratulated Brigadier General Ira Eaker, head of US bomber command in Britain, on the first all American raid over German occupied Europe. Harris praised the operation and noted its bold achievement by strategic air forces cooperating with Allied units.
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London
al Marshal
Arturd J. Harris
Bomber Command
U. B. Army Air Forces
RA. A. F
Brig
Iraq
Eaker
U. S. Bomber Command
Britain
Chomber Command
Fellowa
Europe
Harris
Nazis Claim 14 Ships in 24 Hours
Berlin reports German submarines sunk 11 vessels totaling 72 000 tons, one auxiliary cruiser of 12 000 tons, and two barges carrying troops in the Atlantic Arctic and Mediterranean in the last 24 hours. Italian forces in the Atlantic sunk three merchant ships totaling 18 885 tons and damaged another of 10 09 tons.
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High Command
Atlantic
Arctic
Mediterranean
Brussels Fined For Uprisings
London report says Germany paid Belgium 5 million francs for eight armed attempts in ten days. A German Brussels paper reaching Stockholm notes Brussels University to close over hostile Belgian professors.
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London
Ad Today
Germany
Benasela
Brussels
Stockholm
Forecast Italy Feels Severe Lack of Newsprint
BERLIN Aug 18 The Transocean agency reports from Rome that 735 Italian radicals have been suspended and 1478 converted from weekly to monthly publication to conserve paper for the serious press. San Antonio and vicinity will have widely scattered thundershowers with no major temperature change Tuesday afternoon and night. Auxiliary Seth Picnic planned by Alamo City Lodge No 5 with showers likely in Brackenridge Park at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Berlin
Transocean Agency
Rome
San Antonio
East Texas
Alamo City Lodge
Ground Crash Claims Cadet Harald Matsle at Brooksfield
Aviation cadet Harald FP Matsle 22 of Rautoul Al died Tuesday in a two lane ground crash at Brooksfield. Cadet Richard J Downs 72, pilot of the second training ship, was brightly injured but not hospitalized. A board of officers is investigating the incident.
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Rautoul
Brooksfield
Richard J. Downs
Pauline Downs
Aurora
Downs
Hitler Hopes to End War This Year
London dispatch quotes Turkish press reporters who have just returned from Germany saying Hitler aims to end the war within the year by defeating Russia then seeking a compromise peace with the United States and Britain. Turkish journalists noted German morale mixed with food shortages and public uncertainty.
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INS
Hitler
Russia
United States
Britain
Daily’ Mirror
Germany
Jatepaten
Stalin's Son Heads Soviet Air Group
MOSCOW August 11 7 Col Vasaliy Stalin son of the Soviet premier is named to command a pursuit aviation group in the southern sector. An article in Red Star says he supervised fighter operations in an aerial clash over a river crossing recently. He was noted in June for receiving the Order of the Red Banner for bravery.
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Moscow
Vasaliy Stalin
Red Star
Stalin
Cupid Knows No Military Respect in Tampa Romance
In Tampa on Aug 180- a Drewler private courted a woman on a bus to marry MacDilfields. The couple wed two days after arriving, while the officer pursued a change of heart she failed to inform him. The lieutenant traced the marriage, retrieved the engagement book, and withdrew as the winner was neither sailor nor marine.
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Tampa
Fla
Ald MacDilfields
Gil
Vichy Reports Yank Planes at Gibraltar
Vichy says three four-engined American Halifax type planes and four twin-engined Hudson type planes landed at Gibraltar from the Atlantic yesterday and are expected to resume their flight eastward today as reported by a Vichy broadcast picked up by Reuters.
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INS
Reuters
Today
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Vichy
RAF Bombers Hit Osnabrück in August Raid
RAF raid on Osnabrück and surrounding areas in north western Germany during the eighth British air offensive this month. Five bombers reported missing, while attacks on Osnabrück targeted its industries and airfields in occupied territory. One enemy bomber claimed destroyed and another shot down. Casualties reported with claims of additional damage.
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London
Osambruvck
Germany
Ganabrucek
Osnabrueck
Osnabrucek
Ruhr
Oly Sterl Works
Britain
Jefferson County to Host Navy Blimp Base
PORY ARTHUR Aug 18 INS reports Madison Nichols of Neer will oversee construction of a Navy blimp base in Jefferson County. The project cost about 10 million dollars and will begin as soon as possible near the site.
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Pory Arthur
U S Bombers Raid Tobruk and Matruh In Egypt Action
U S Army Air Forces announces a new series of operations in the Mediterranean August 14 and 15 targeting Tobruk harbor and coastal installations. Medium bombers join heavy bomber strikes, hitting Axis shipping and torpedo boat moorings near Tobruk as American planes return safely.
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Middle
United States Army Air Forces
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Tald
Matruh
Asi
AML
Pil Missione
Ans
Satay TL
United States Army
Axia
Alrmen
Fghter
Cmnbat
Independent U S Air Raids Set to Speed War say Spaatz
General Carl Spaatz said independent American raids against Germany can be expected soon after the Rouen raid. He noted the plan, advised with British, will shorten the war. He described the Rouen mission as a step toward a full scale air offensive with RAF and US Army Air Forces.
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D. C G. Eaker
At. &. Bomber Command
Europe
Ra.fp
U.S. Army
Spaatz
Richard Peck
Burglar Quietly Disables Alarm and Steals Worth Over $200
A burglar entered the room of three women at 12L West Nut Street Tuesday, turned off the alarm, and walked away with loot valued over $200. Victims Maria Anderson lost a wristwatch, a gold chain and $30 in cash, Dorothy Anderson suffered two diamond rings a charm bracelet, and Jace Winans lost two pairs of glasses.
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Maria Anderson
Voser
Wrint
Dorothy Andereson
Jace Winans
Tay
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