Allied Air Raids Strike French Cities and Bremen Raid
Allied daylight raids hit the Nazi held rail hub of Rouen and Le Havre in northern France while a large British night assault hammered Bremen. American Flying Fortresses, escorted by fighters, reported no losses in nine raids, with German defenses repelled. Soviet bombers attacked Budapest and Koenigsberg as part of coordinated pressure on Axis targets.
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Europe
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France
United States
Boston
le Havre
U. S. Army Air Force
Bremen
Gennan Naval Park
Budapest
Hungary
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Hasya
Rouen
Nort
Alties
U. 8
Thas City
Germany
Ra.a. F
Roentgeberg
East Pulssia
Moscow
Arehai
Mexican Labor for California Sugar Beet Harvest
The War Manpower Commission approved a plan to import 1500 Mexican farm workers to harvest California sugar beets. Workers will be paid prevailing wages with a minimum of 30 cents an hour.
Jerry Sadler Weds In New Orleans
New Orleans on September 5 revealed the marriage of First Lieut Jerry Sadler to Miss Laura Jones of Austin. The ceremony and details are part of a larger report noting Sadler’s resignation from the Texas Railroad Commission and the ongoing discussion about the retention issue surrounding his position.
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Jerry Sadler
New Orleans
Jerry Sader
Laura Jones
Austin
Morgenthau Warns Spending Threatens Nation
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau declares current spending endangers the country and urges abandoning sales and adopting a 101 percent levy on every dollar spent. He says further war funding next week will total 9 billion dollars and calls for cutting wasteful expenditures to protect American living standards amid Senate finance committee concerns.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Walter George
D. Ga
Board to Halt Vacation Intercepts Louis Physician
The St Louis rationing board halted a physician's vacation trip after learning he had acquired four new tires. Officials planned to intercept him and confiscate the tires if they were the new ones. A board member stated the physician was allowed to call on patients during the trip.
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St, Louis
St. Louis
St Louis
Lake City
Thte
Matt Morse
J. Louis
Allies Make New Egypt Advances on Western Front
Allied forces press the Egyptian front as Rommel’s Axis troops withdraw westward after stubborn defense. New Zealand and U S units recapture key positions on the upper flank while Allied bombardments and renewed assaults target the northern shoulder and Brileigh area. Despite Rommel’s counterattacks, Allies push to seize the initiative with plans for a larger operation as both sides sustain losses.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
United States
U. S
Britain
New Zealand
Gathet
Brileigh
Rommel
Alexandria
Suez
Galva
Survivor of Zero Fire Dies in Crash
CORPUS CHRISTI Sept 6 Lieut Douglas W Norris 26 naval aviator who survived air battles with Jap Zero planes died in a patrol bomber crash near the Corpus Christi bay The crash killed Norris and injured A R Banchex 27 rackman for Norris Ensign G A Allred 23 of Delta Utah and J H W Walker 21 mate injured The bomber went down about one mile from shore Norris parents were in Orinda California Sanches resided in Los Angeles
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Douglas W. Norris
Aval Air Station
Navy
A. R. Banchex
Norris
A. Allred
Delta
Utah
J. HW. Walker
Vine
Cyroua Christi Bay
Horria
Orinda
Cali
Sanches
Los Angeles
Murphy warns US in gravest peril since revolution
Frank Murphy told jurists in Los Angeles that the United States faces grave danger from complacency on the horn of war. He compared the nation’s position to France before World War I and warned that the country is surrounded by peril, urging vigilance as he spoke from the Supreme Court bench.
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Los Angeles
Llewt
Cal
Frank Murphy
U. S. Supreme Court
United States
Murphy
France
German Spy Leader Held in Havana Arrest
German espionage chief Ichn August Luni confessed leaders of a wing supplying the Axis with shipping data. They used Honduran documents. Benitez said the group reported on vessel movements cargoes and sizes. Authorities said the network had expansive ties with Japan and Germany. Meanwhile Tampa reports an air crash killed four officers and a noncommissioned officer when a medium bomber fell into Tampa Bay.
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August Luni
Chint
Manuel Benitez
Benitez
United States S
Reds Storm Stalingrad as Soviet Counterattacks Hold
Soviet dispatches describe the second day of fighting around Stalingrad with heavy German losses and intensified Soviet counteractions at Mozdok Novorossisk and Mozdok while defending positions along the Don and Volga. The report notes a stalled German assault army of about 500,000 with 100 planes and 2009 tanks and highlights Soviet efforts to convert Stalingrad's surroundings into a fortress.
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Tenatva
Stalin-lernd
Nota
Volga
Stalingrad
Novorossisk
Mozdol
Don and
Volen
Stalin
Beaten Japs in China Massacre Reported
Central China News Agency says Japanese forces massacred at least 21,000 Chinese boys and girls in Edongel and Cheklang provinces before withdrawal. Towns Linchwan Hwang feng Shanglag Chuhsien show bodies. heavy fighting near Lanchi and Kinhbi as Chinese attack to retake lines north and retake towns.
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INS
Edongel
Cheklang
Central China News Agency
Linchwan
Hwangfeng
Shanglag
Chuhsien
U S Sinking of Destroyer Blue Reported in Pacific Action
The navy communique states the destroyer Blue and a small transport were sunk in the South Pacific by enemy action during the past two weeks. Few casualties. next of kin will be notified. Survivors were rescued or made shore near islands held by Americans after battles near the Solomons. This adds to total naval losses since Perth Harbor and the North Atlantic. A separate Beaumont notice reports the third shooting death in Kirbyville, Texas, July wounds.
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Navy
South Pacific
Blue
Mavy
U. S
Calhoun
Solomons
Perth Harbor
North Atlantic
Navy Fire Drives Back Blaze On U S Destroyer at Argentia
A five hour blaze aboard the destroyer U S Pallet at Argentia Newfoundland menaced a storage room with 60000 pounds of high explosives and 300 depth charges. Navy firemen saved the ship with two seamen aiding and avoiding a catastrophic explosion in a wind driven fire. The Prairie nearby also burned before repairs. Capt R W Fleming praised crew for fighting a fire unlike any seen before.
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Palle
Newfoundland
Navy
Argentia
Halifax Harbor
Shipboard
Son
R. W. Fleming
Camsbrilee
Masa
Barbers to Quit Talking for War Effort
Chicago dispatch reports barbers across the nation prepared to join the war effort by giving up unnecessary chatter. A resolution to refrain from talk will be adopted at the United Master Barbers convention, with a message posted in shops: The enemy is listening. Keep it to yourself.
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Chicago
the United
Alintin
Ghétinlon
Saas
Latetlig
Draft Board Puts Blind Man 1-A
CRICAGO Sept 5 INS Alex jander A Belkude 43 was drafted 1-A after rumor of shouting. He has been blind for 19 years, draft board called it a clerical error. Glider student killed Clovis New Mexico Sept 8 Army says Cpl Rexford Beckett 20 of Longmount Oslo died yesterday.
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Alex. Jander A. Belkude
Flex
Drath
Schide
Clovis
N. M
Cpl. Rexford &, Beckett
Longmount
Oslo
Sesterday
Berlin Admits Drive Costly at Stalingrad Battle
Berlin acknowledged today that its drive toward Stalingrad is costly and warned that the city’s fall should not be expected this week. Military sources said Berlin is heavily fortified with reinforced rifle forts and minefields surrounding the capital, while Soviet defenders fight on with their backs to the wall, facing capitulation or continued resistance.
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tUrsielk
Stalingrad
Cerna
Nass
Haute
Jasé
U Boat Victims Arrive After East Coast Sinking
A German U boat sank a vessel off the Hart coast with six lives lost while another British survivor group reached an east coast port after adrift hours in lifeboats. A US naval vessel picked up forty survivors upon their arrival.
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Hart Coast
Old Bohan
Ives
Navy Department
Ouryivers
United States Naval
Iceland children hurt by Nazi bomb
Four Iceland children were injured when a German Focke-Wulf plane dropped a lone bomb on the village of Sydistiordur in northeast Iceland this morning. An American army headquarters announced that one child sustained serious injuries. The village has about 900 inhabitants.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Sydistiordur
Submarine hit by surface craft near Stockholm
Swedish authorities report an unidentified merchant vessel rammed and sank a submarine south of Stockholm. Only one crew member survived the incident, with the rest of the submarine's crew presumed lost.
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Stockholm
INS
Uxtay
American Bomber Fights On With Half Crew Against Japs
A U S bomber, after losing half its crew during a raid on Agban New Britain, continued the attack on Rabat aided by instruments. The navigator flew the mission while the engineer and another pilot manned the guns as Japanese fighters closed in.
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Sydney
Agban
New Britain
Head
Sdio
Rabat
Labor Day Decisions Deliberated as Nation Debates Sacrifices
President Roosevelt devoted Labor Day to outlining wartime sacrifice as essential to victory. He urged shared burdens, including possible wage and price adjustments, while stressing production must expand beyond current war-material outputs. Congress paused as advisors analyzed executive powers to curb inflation without new legislation.
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Roosevelt
Congressional
Congress
Congressionat
Dars
Autveg
Powers
Biddle
New York Supreme Court
Sam Ue
Rosentien
Clark Gable In Army Training Matches Best Physical Condition
MIAMI Sept. 5 Tires Weeks of army drills and marching built Clark Gable into the best physical condition in 10 years. His commanding officer Lieut Col Charles W. Monat said after interviewing the actor at the Miami officers training school. Gable is undergoing training and is a candidate for a commission as second lieutenant.
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Fiovie Idel
Miami
Nouheed
Charles WH. Monat
Fale Lowling
Cern Ryew
Gable
Commindon Aa
Gable Hassles
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