Tobruk Port Hit by American Planes in Raid
American bombers attacked Tobruk harbor and eastern Med shipping, igniting fires and causing extensive damage to docks, jetty areas, and incoming supply lines. Pilots Lieut. Lee Holloway and Second Lieut. John Burger led four motor bomber sorties, with bombardier notes of massive blasts and fires across Tobruk harbor and nearby ships. An RAf raid targeted eastern Mediterranean shipping, damaging at least three vessels including an 8000-ton merchantman.
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Caatro
Matzuth
Tobruk
United States
Erwin Rommel
Lee
Holloway
Montgomery
Ala
John B. Burger
San Francisco
Hanv
Weiss
Broadheadsville
John H. Gerneread
Bulllings
Mont
Camber
Durine
Alreral
Rominel
Watchmakers Mark Pearl Harbor With Stopped Clocks
Delegates to the Pennsylvania Horological association voted to place clocks in show windows with hands stopped at 7 55 o clock to remember the Pearl Harbor attack. The display reads This clock is set to remind us of Pearl Harbor at 2 85 m December 7 1941 Remember the time of the crime at all times. A P Treasurer Dies Freeport New York James Randi 78 retired after 25 years with the Associated Press Union.
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Reading
Peart Harbor
Pennsylvania Herategical Associaton
Pearl Harbor
A. P
Freeport
James Randi
Associated| Press Unie
Self-Defense Plea Hinted in Davies Trial in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland Aug 31 AP a trial of Pvt William E Davies Cle Harm Texas opens over the fatal stabbing of Pvt Owen McLaughlin of the British Pioneers. Prosecutors hint at a self defense claim as Davies allegedly intervened for a friend during a dance clash with British soldiers. Maj Fred Krasener Harlan Kansas defends Davies.
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United Biates
Northern Ireland
Tony
William E. Davies
Cleharmne
Texas
Davis
Davie
Owen McLaughlin
Fred Krasener Harlan
Tawa
Union Reaches Ford Agreement
DETROIT, Aug. 31. Officials of the United Automobile Workers said negotiations reached an agreement on a new Ford contract covering Ford Motor Company employees except for wage and grievance procedures. A raise proposal was rejected by the union, and another conference on an appeal system for grievances was scheduled.
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Detroit
T. O
Ford Motor Company
Wermane
New Oil Well Drilling Approved Amid High Court Action
In The Hague Netherlands the high court confirms government measures to boost oil production by authorizing drilling of new wells. The move comes as the Petroleum Board approves licenses for several Dutch and foreign participants, with penalties and regulatory actions noted.
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Waorinaron
London
The
Hague
Nethleum
Death Sea Production Board
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ars
Etroleum
Amend
Aetna
British Raid Antikythera Island Near Greece
British forces conducted a brief raid on the small Mediterranean island of Antikythera between Greece and Crete. Italian reports say a small unit carried out the action, while British sources describe limited patrol activity and significant air and sea pressure on Axis lifelines in Africa. The RAF also attacked Sicily for over 24 hours, destroying at least 14 Axis aircraft and ground installations while Britain logged three fighter losses.
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London
Mediterranean
Antikyhera
Greeee
Crete
Africa
Antikythera
Air Ministry
Buick Strike Ends Quickly at Local Foundry
Aly the site two day strike that closed Buick akun invur foundry here ends today with workers returning to the day shift. Harlow Curtice Buick general manager and VP of GM described the stoppage as the culmination of two months of difficulty in obtaining terminal volume in car-making. John McGill, president of the Buick Journal of the UAW-CIO, said Jig tinson had not authorized a strike.
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Plint
Mick
Aly
Harlow
Curtice
Buick
General Motors Corporation
Nae
Johm McGill
Buick Joral
Daw-Cio
Jig Tinson
German Balkans Commander Replaced by Col. Gen. Alexander Lohr
A wartime report states that Field Marshal Wilhelm List was succeeded as German Balkans commander by Col. Gen. Alexander Lohr. The transfer follows internal criticism of current operations and warnings against further risky campaigns in the region.
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Lontion
Tra- Man
Recile
Perle
Whihelmegeind Gist
Balkans
Alexander Lohr
Leiden
Wey
Hitler
Witter
Youngster Digs Own Grave in Buried Hole Tragedy
A six year old boy Harold Heit died when a hole he and a playmate dug collapsed on him in New York. Rescue efforts failed as the mound buried him. Authorities investigate the accident as a fatal play area collapse.
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York
Harold Heit
Petain Pledges Completion of National Revolution
In France Marshal Petain vowed to press the national revolution to completion despite obstacles as the senate finance committee debates a new revenue bill. He called the page of history unfurled and praised Laval while ignoring Berlin dispatches, as U S assets focus on tax plans. Washington meanwhile previews a proposed broad sales tax aiming to curb inflation and fund social programs, provoking debate over exemptions and impact on middle income earners.
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France
Ochunuro
Marshal Petanyes
Senate Finanice Committee
French Legion
Petain
Dny
Berlin
United States
Dakar
Azores
Canary
Cape Verde Islands
Pelaso
Monsieur Pierre Laval
Washington
Aug
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
George D. Din
George
Callie
Clark
D. Mo
Herting D
Five Killed When Tower Collapses at Plant
CHICAGA Aug. 31 The explosives safety branch of the army ordnance department reported at least two workers were killed and three buried in wreckage with one seriously injured after a scaffold collapse at the Lake Ontario Ordnance plant in Youngstown Minnesota. The eight new employees of the Preload Tank company of Long Island City were erecting a water cooler tower shed section when the scaffold failed and the structure collapsed.
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Chicaga
Explosives Safety Branch
Army Ordanance Department
Lake Ontario
Youngstown
Long Island
City
Marines Offer Flight Commissions in Marine Corps Reserve
The Marine Corps announced that qualified aviation personnel may apply for flight commissions in the Marine Corps Reserve. Those accepted will be commissioned and assigned as flight instructors or transport pilots, per the notice from Washington.
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Washington, Aux
Marine Corps
Marine Corp. Reserve
U S Grant III Named Chairman of National Park Plan Commission
The White House announced Brig. Gen. U S Grant III, then serving in civilian defense, has been named chairman for the national park and planning commission.
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Washington
UNS
Wohite House
U.S. Grant 111
Office of
Civilian Defense
National Park and Planning Commission
Women Subdue Would-Be Bandits in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City on August 2, detectives report two youths attempted a robbery at a service station. William Cook and Bud R. Croft brandished a .25 caliber pistol and demanded cash, but were restrained by Mrs. P. Olats on and her two sisters. They clawed and scratched the suspects until surrender.
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Salt Lare City
Aug
Willam Cook
Bud R. Croft
Duck
P. Olatson
Barivard
G. J. Stevenson
Pawacce
Turkey Dinners Assured Reflect U S Agriculture Estimate
The U S Department of Agriculture today estimated Texas turkey production at 2 724 000 for the year up by two percent from last year This state is poised to account for about 11 percent of the national crop and more than half may be marketed in November with the rest before Christmas
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U.S. Department
Texas
Turkey
United States
Department
Death reveals man with two wives in Los Angeles
Louis H. Meeks, 56, married to Olives Blanche Meeks of Long Beach for 61 years, and to Friel Mary Huot for 18 years, died Saturday night. Both women claimed marriage and said Meeks, an architect with the city, led a double life, unaware of the other. Meeks had been married in Victoria, B C, on July 14 1924, and colleagues described him as a quiet, skilled architect.
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Yely
Louis H. Meeks
Olives
Blanche Meeks
Long Beach
Rue Desertives
Thomas Bryan
E. A. Terrickfale
Feo
Wily
Dusines
Arsnciales
Chan
FDR Opens Medic Center at Bethesda Navy Hospital
President Roosevelt planned to dedicate a new naval medical center in Bethesda Maryland marking the 100th anniversary of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. He would deliver a two part address including a brief nationwide broadcast to naval medical units worldwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt Wis
Naval Medical Center
Aithesda
Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Tin International
Fragmented Weather Report Notes
The text reads as a damaged weather brief with garbled terms. It mentions temperatures and percentages and unclear measurements. No clear entities or concrete forecast can be extracted beyond generic weather context.
France Urged to Aid Nazi War Effort
VICHY Aug 31 A German envoy told Paris reporters that Germany calls on France to counter U.S. influence in the war and say French workers are urged to back the Reich. Counselor Schwendemann of the German embassy said aid is requested because Bolshevik allies receive U.S. support.
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Vichy
Germany
United States
Paris
Schwendemann
Embrassy
Bolshevista
Sines
Malta Bags 13 Nazi Planes Over Malta Defense Zone
Malta reports destruction of thirteen Axis planes in a four hour period ending 9 30 AM with nine bombers among them. Consul service notes strong air activity over Malta during the year and calls for skilled repairers in Want Ads.
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Valletta
Malta
Malta Défensex
War Bonds and Training Planes Support WWII Effort
Wartime article urges purchase of War Bonds to fund aircraft training for United Nations pilots. It notes primary trainer planes costing about 15 000 dollars each, used to teach freshmen pilots the basics of flight and technique. Citizens are encouraged to invest at least ten percent of income in War Bonds and join the national fund.
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United Nations
United States Army
Quy
Vecome
Njational Fen Percent Club
Treasury
Japs Get New Aid Proposal On Prisoner Relief
The U S State Department reports Sumner Welles proposed delivering food and supplies to American prisoners in Japan via neutral routes to Portuguese East Africa and thence to Manila by other ships. Japan refused to allow the neutral Swedish vessel Kanangoora to carry relief to Manila. The proposal, sent through the Swiss government, reiterates Japan’s obligation under the Hague Getty convention to facilitate prisoner relief.
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Warninwiun
State Department
Japan
Sumner Welles
East Africa
Manila
Kobe
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Welles
Nazis Stop All Civilian Factories
London reports Nazi labor chief Sauckel orders immediate cessation of civilian industrial output in German occupied territories. Only factories serving the army and occupation authorities may operate. Working hours in the territories rise to four hours weekly.
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London
Augaby
Fritz Stackel
Hfe
Grmane
Zucker
Eigil
Sauckel
Grew warns Japan a tough nut to crack in war
Washington reports quoted Joseph C. Grew saying Japan can only be defeated by offensive war ending in complete battlefield capitulation. He cites a brutal Japanese military machine and atrocities against Americans, emphasizing readiness to fight for patriots and country if necessary.
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Washington
Japan
Joseph’ C. Grew
United States
Tokyo
Jasé Nishé
America
Jay
Admiral King Sees Long War In 1940s Outlook
Admiral Ernest King warned that the war would be long and multi-front, addressing a luncheon with U.S. leaders. He noted the difficulty of sustaining eight fronts simultaneously while the nation honors Lorain residents in the armed services and marks the core stone dedication ceremony.
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UPI
Ernest
Unitedates Cent
Lorain
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