Fresh Nazi Push Toward Stalingrad Intensifies Front Fight
German reserves pour into the Don bend and Caucasus battles from Voronezh to Pyatigorsk as they press a major drive along the Baku rail line toward the Caspian. Russians resist fiercely, reporting heavy German gains since May 15 with mounting casualties. London reports progress toward Stalingrad with resistance stiffening in the Caucasus and rail corridor advances aimed at Pyatigorsk and Grozny.
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Moscow
Don Bend
Caucasus
Voronezh
Pyatigoris
Stalingrad
Baku
Caspian
Hercely
Tussa
Hitler
Europe
Bon Bend
Pyatigorsk
London
Don
Rostov- Baku
Gaucasus
Bayard Pyatigorsk
Minoralnye Vody
Geargleval
East Coast States Stage Blackout Demonstration
Pennsylvania and New Jersey conducted a nationwide blackout demonstration lasting 25 minutes affecting Atlantic coast to Lake Erie. Officials called the event a success with about 15 million people participating, while scattered outages and failures were reported.
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Fialadelmhia
Fennylvania
New Jersey
Atlantic
Lake Erie
Man Dies After 88 Operations In 13 Years
Chicago report of Alexander Williams Jr. 25 dying after 88 operations over 13 years for osteitis and related conditions with partial improvement earlier, and mustard gas invention mention ties Hastings death in Hartford to a former U S chemist role.
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Chicago
Alexander Williams Jr
Williams
Mustard Gas
Hartford
Genn
Henry P. Hastings
United States Rusher Company
Pe Ee Ee
Jury Deliberating In Tribune Espionage Probe
A federal grand jury in August considered evidence related to a Midway battle story published July 7 by the Tribune. The government says the article disclosed confidential information in violation of the 1917 espionage act. Jury deliberations began after 3.5 hours of testimony from Tribune managing editor J Loy Maloney and war correspondent Stanley Johnson.
Reds hail pledge of aid from U.S. forces
Moscow reports broad initial reaction to a broadcast statement attributed to W Averell Harriman that Americans would fight on a front with the Red Army. Harriman, Roosevelt's representative, spoke for recording and broadcast as he and Prime Minister Churchill arrived in Moscow on August 12.
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Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Red Army
Harriman
Roosevelt
Churcheill
Brazil at Gates of War as U S Plane Sinks Sub
The Brazil government declares the nation on the gates of war amid repeated Axis submarine attacks in the South Atlantic. A U S plane reportedly sank one submarine off Brazil’s coast near Trindade, while other reports claim a second was damaged and a third sighted. Police orders tighten as anti Axis demonstrations flare nationwide and regular reserves are kept at duty.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Comdr
Eonanj A. R Amaral Peixota
Ris de Janeira
Government
Brazil
Diario Garioca
Sermces
British Guiana
South America
Braun
South Atlantic
Trindale
Joao Finte Pacer
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Ciiies
Bedi
Gethlio Arena
Col
Judge halts court to pray for the American Rangers
JOYSTON Aug 19 Hearing of a divorce case in Judge Kenneth McCalla's District court was halted today as the judge offered a prayer for the safety of the American Rangers in France and for the success of the venture.
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Yanks “Joyston
Kenneth McCalla
France
Tie Venture
Nazi British Boats Clash in Channel Night Battle
Report from headquarters says British torpedo and patrol boats engaged a German convoy escort in the English Channel at about 158 yards range last night, marking a naval clash between the two forces.
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Weinuy
Hgh Command
U. S. Merchant Ship Sunk Off Africa
The navy announced a medium-sized United States merchant vessel was sunk in mid July in the south Atlantic off the west coast of Africa. Survivors have been landed at a West African port.
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Washington
United States
South Atlantic
Africa
Wa Bash
American Telephone Declares Dividend for Stockholders
New York August 19 14 The American Telephone and Telegraph company with more than 600000 stockholders today declared quarterly dividend of $2.93 per share. The annual rate continues at $0 paid within the year.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph! Company
German surface raider sinks American freighter in Atlantic
Survivors report a German raider torpedoed and sunk an American merchant vessel off the northern South American coast. The attack included a fake distress signal and machine-gun fire as lifeboats and liferafts were launched. About 18 crewmen are missing or dead. several survivors landed at a Gulf port. The captain and second officer describe multiple torpedo hits and a rapid, isolated pursuit by a lone enemy craft.
Rent Control Teeth to Bite San Antonio Landlords
In Bexar County eviction caseloads rise, rent control officials warn unscrupulous landlords and rental agents will feel the teeth of the federal act. Rent attorneys say violations are rising and tests will be brought to trial, with penalties up to 5000 dollars or a year in prison.
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Bexar County
Karl Stricker
Stricker
Office of Rent Control
San Antonio
Lough
Sirteser
Memants
Strisber
Stricbey
Fred Goeth
Strieber
Strinter
Btrieber
Subber
Stvicher
Ata Ruminium
Germans Claim Attack Repelled at Dieppe
Berlin reports say British and French forces launched a tank and assault on Dieppe, faced heavy German counterattacks, with several hundred casualties. German agency claims many British ships sunk or set afire before reaching the coast and that the expedition was repelled.
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Berlin
UPI
Dieppe
DNB
Saidie Iast
DNE
Britons Thrill At Dieppe Raid
London reports the commando raid at Dieppe, France, thrilled Britons though officials say it was only a raid and not the opening of a second front, leaving some disappointment about the limited scope of the operation.
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Dieppe
London
France
RAF Bombs Sub Base in Germany
British air raids over northern Germany continued for a second night, targeting a submarine base near the Danish border. The air ministry announced the raid weighed heavily, with several planes missing. East Anglia saw some wreckage and casualties from Home Security drops, while German raids toward England appeared limited. Norwich was named as a potential target by German reports, and one enemy aircraft was claimed down off the English coast.
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London
Germany
England
Nist
Stry
East Anglia
Tierlin
Pisa
Mast
West Priasit
Norwich
English
Statues to Escape Scrap Pile Stir City Debate
Rumors that statues such as Ben Milam and Moses Auslin would be torn down for scrap are denied by Commissioner Anderson who calls the idea ridiculous. Mayor LaGuardia urged cities to contribute cannons and guns for a World War II scrap campaign but promises relics will be replaced after the war. Forecast calls for little temperature change in San Antonio and the region with thundershowers near the coast and moderate to fresh winds on the coast.
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WME
Pire
Follee Cormmissioner
Anderson
Ben Milam
Moses Auslin
Florello LaGuardia
New York City
Dnrlted States Conference of Mayors
Tyiwis
San Antonio
East Texas
Dieppe Raid Opens With Big Allied Assault
Allied forces led by United States troops with Canadian and Fighting French Commandos struck the French coast at Dieppe at dawn in what officials call a raid not an invasion. Air power backed the operation, with American bombers hitting a German fighter base at Abbeville and fighters providing cover as the fight continued through the day. Canadians formed the bulk of cross-Channel troops, the Rangers named as the first American ground fighters to enter German soil since 1918, while British and Allied commands framed the action as a temporary raid with unspecified longer-term aims.
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DNB
Germ
London
United States
Munroe
Britain
Gommanigs
United States Army
R.A. Boand
Royal Canadian Air Force
France
Abbeville
Francs
Rouen
Kingcomba
Saidi
Channel
Beachy Head
England
Paris
Alfie
Telliste Special Service
Frst
Amreicas
Rangers
Rogers’ Rangers
Figernesso
Moscow
Este
Colay
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