Hearst column questions eight points on freeing enslaved nations
An East Indian journalist from Barada Barada asks how Roosevelt and Churchill eight points would release enslaved peoples in India Persia Egypt Arabia Syria and other regions. The piece argues the points lack practical reach and warns against overestimating postwar freedom amid imperial interests and Bolshevik threats. The column continues on Page I.
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William Randolph Hearst
Los Angeles Examiner
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Egypt
Arabia
Syria
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Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Churchil
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Russia
England
France
Germany
Russians claim massive Soviet counterattack near Leningrad
Moscow reports large German losses across multiple fronts as Soviet forces claim to have sunk an escort destroyer and damaged four German transports in the Baltic. Reports describe tank and infantry assaults around Leningrad, Gomel, and the Dnieper region, with heavy combat, numerous German casualties, and continued urban fighting.
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Ong Rumonien
Gomel
Fee
August Heat Grips City With Record Temperatures
Local forecast warns of a 96 degree high Monday afternoon as heat tightens its grip. Forecasters predict partly cloudy skies to soften the intensity with highs around 86 degrees after a cool morning low. Officials urge precautions as heat threatens outdoor activity and public comfort.
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Torecash
J. H. Jarboe
Mines Sink Soviet Ships in Baltic
German radio credited Baltic mines with sinking nine Soviet vessels yesterday including one destroyer two minesweepers and six merchant ships. Soviet troop transports were also reportedly shelled and sunk in the same area by German naval forces.
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Berlin
INS
Baltic
Governor Studies One Appointment
Governor Coke Stevenson disclosed he had made up his mind on pending appointments except one. He planned to announce them within a day or two and had not yet decided who would join the board of cosmetology currently held by Mrs Lille Stone of Commerce.
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Coke Stevenson
Bits
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Aly Postion Stevenson
Lille Stone
Commerce
Sub Pinback Launch Ahead of Schedule at Portsmouth Navy Yard
The U S submarine Pinback is launched a month early at Portsmouth Navy Yard before a restricted crowd of naval officers and yard workers. The Finback had been set to launch on September 24. Six weeks prior, the Flying Fish was launched.
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N. II
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Explosion Probe Near West Hardy Boulevard
Deputies Rey Gump and Janek Mate were sent Monday about noon to the 200 block of West Hardy Boulevard to investigate a reported explosion. A blast described as the brass cannon shell occurred at a house around 2 20 p m Sunday, per sheriff reports. In New York, August 24 Wilmer Walter, 87, famed for playing David Harum in a radio sketch, died Saturday night.
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Rey Gump
Janek Mate
West Hardy Boulevard
Sheriff's Office
Streeb
Suunday
David Harum
New York
Wilmer Walter
Churchill Speaks Asship United States Japan Tensions Rise
Washington Aug 25 Secretary Hull said only informal talks with Japan are in progress on Pacific differences. He cited his informal conversation with Ambassador Nomura as typical of talks. Churchill warned Britain will stand by the United States, urging no illusions about Hitler and emphasizing the United States as the arsenal of democracy in a tense Far East outlook.
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Japan
Pacific
United States
Nomad
Britain
Singapore
Philippines
Airmen Reach Singapore Amid Far East Tensions
Troops and airmen reach Singapore as Churchill pledges support to the United States in case of trouble with Japan. Weather details cover Singapore and Texas regions with temperatures, wind and cloud reports. A convoy escort story notes a ship turning back to rescue survivors after a sinking, and the piece references Winston Churchill and Roosevelt in wartime context.
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Japan
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Texas
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Winston
Rossevelt
Showers Dampen Most of Nation Across Regions
Weather expert Cimpt reports widespread showers dampening most of the nation from the Great Lakes to the Plains with only Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada remaining dry. A Pacific Northwest low pressure system and developing activity in the North Central promise cooler, mostly cloudy days ahead. In the Southwest temperatures rose to around 104 at Yuma, near seasonal norms.
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J. Chumpsada
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Colorado
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Cimpt
North Central
Yuma
Electrified wire barricade feared near Shanghai settlement
Reports say Japanese authorities plan an electrified barbed wire barrier between the international settlement and western suburbs, cited to keep terrorists out but feared to cut food supplies. In Shanghai gunmen killed one civilian and gravely wounded another, two Japanese army employees attacked by Chinese agents.
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Chungking
Tragic death of mother and two children sparks grief
In Trenton a 23 year old mother and her two young sons Ronald 3 and Job Jr 2 were found dead at home. Police Captain Jacob Thiel reported the mother had hanged herself in grief after discovering the babies had died. The scene showed the three found in their shared bed with a blanket twisted near their heads.
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Ni Jy Aus
Polles
Jacob XII
Thiel Thearieed
Doh Joachim
Ronald
Job Jr
Roosevelt nominates Francia Biddle for attorney general
Aug 25. President Roosevelt named Francia Diddle as solicitor general to move to attorney general after Rohe H. Jackson’s Supreme Court appointment. Biddle, 65, is a direct descendant of Edmund Randolph, first U.S. attorney general. Formerly a circuit judge in Pennsylvania, he began at law and served as private secretary to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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Roosevelt
Francia Diddle
Justice Department
United States
Biddle
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Supreme Court
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Pennsylvania
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George Washington
Justice Olver
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Razorbacks Worry Soldiers in Western Louisiana
In Tama on August 25 a quarter million troops maneuvered as Razorbacks in piney woods puzzled soldiers. Nick Nickapoulos of the 2nd Armored division reported hogs were inquisitive and aggressive, one razorback eating through his boots in the night as troops adjusted to the rugged terrain.
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Boy Killed as Safety Elevator Door Fails
Fort Worth Aug 20 Billy Hardaway seven year old Weatherford boy was killed when his head was caught between elevator doors in the Median Arts building. He came with his mother Mrs W Hardaway and grandfather W E Barney to seek eye treatment and both were nearby when the accident happened.
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Weatherford
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Wi E. Barney
Hutt
Income tax base lowered by group to broaden reach
The expenditure committee voted to lower exemptions from 2000 to 1500 for married filers and from 800 to 750 for singles. The move would bring 6,000,000 additional taxpayers into the system and raise between 400 and 350 million dollars in federal revenue, mainly from those already paying taxes. The panel also rejected a general manufacturers’ levy and a proposed withholding tax.
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Clark
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Tron
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Gener
George
Case ends as claim retracted in Del Mio court
Two month old case against R W Sellers of Del Mio ended when Sellers retracted statements about Justice of the Peace John R Geraghty and pleaded guilty to speeding. Geraghty transferred the case to Judge Saye after Sellers avoided trial, and the judge fined the minimum penalty, with Baskin paying the court costs.
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Justice of the Peace
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Saye
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Sellers
San Antonio
Frank Baskin
Sedeva
Sayo
Aests Amd
Baskin
Soviet Offensive Drives to Thwart German Advance
British and Soviet forces launched synchronized operations across the Eastern Front, with a major push from Gomel to blunt a German drive toward Kharkov and ease pressure along the lower Dnieper. Analysts warn Klarkay’s capture would threaten Caucasus oil fields and cut Allied command links from the rear.
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Prese Sive
Invasion Across Persia and Caucasus Reaches Wide Front
Reports from Berlin and London describe a broad Allied resistance as British and Russian forces launch an invasion spanning Iran and parts of the Caucasus. Around 190000 Iranian troops are said to oppose, while German agents and technical personnel are cited as factors in the conflict. Strategic movements from Bandar Shabpur toward the Persian Gulf are noted, with British, Soviet and Indian forces in a coordinated push.
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