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15 Aug 1941
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Newspaper
Sheboygan Press
Location
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text shows odd pricing symbols and partial names. unable to determine a coherent event, place, or persons for a complete summary.
Disjointed wartime remarks discuss the Atlantic battle, German U boats, and Allied convoys. The fragment references indicate shifts in attack patterns and Allied maritime control, with mention of surface units and night operations amid broader strategic claims.
London and Washington discuss a proposed Moscow meeting between Stalin and Soviet war chiefs and top British and American officials. The aim is to review postwar military and political positions, including Allied war aid and spheres of influence, with hints of broader peace aims.
London AP twelve American fliers enlisted in the trans Atlantic bomber ferry service were killed in a take off crash with 22 others dying in the same incident including Rt Hon Arthur Purvis. The RAF ferry command announced the toll followed another similar crash the previous Sunday. Capt Joseph Creighton Mackey of Kansas City was among the victims and the only survivor of a February Newfoundland crash that killed Sir Frederick Banting and two others. Nine Canadians were among the dead along with one Englishman. Eleven Americans were pilots and one a radio operator. Seven of the Canadians were identified in the report.
Secretary of State Hull urged broad backing for the eight point declaration of principles by Roosevelt and Churchill. He said all peaceful nations except those clearly on a destruction mission should support it and hinted at a possible three power meeting on Soviet needs. He noted a Wisconsin Republican questioned presidential actions if a meeting occurred outside U.S. soil and cited WWI precedent.
President Roosevelt, signaling an imminent return to the United States, notified the White House by radio that he will land near Rockland, Maine, with Rockland the probable debarkation site. Acting White House secretary William D. Hassett said a statement would be issued at 7 p.m. CDT, likely confirming arrival plans. The exact landing point remains uncertain as talks with Churchill continue aboard Potomac and with the Augusta task force nearby.
Undersheriff Walter Knopp and six deputies raided the Tern and Anchor at Elkhart Lake on Thursday night arresting Harry OMalley and a man named John Matthews after a forcible entry. They posted 100 bond each for appearance in Plymouth court. Gambling devices and equipment were seized. the raid followed a prior seizure on July 18 and OMalley had been previously acquitted.
Milwaukee Wisconsin defense savings staff chief Frank J. Kuhl announced the first Defense Savings Committee meeting will be held at noon Wednesday Aug 20 in the English room of the Hotel Schroeder Milwaukee. Governor Julius P Heil is honorary state chairman and Charles E Broughton is state chairman with members spanning banking labor industry municipalities veterans agriculture education and other groups. The panel will promote defense savings bonds and stamps and coordinate with state and local bodies and organizations.
Senator Thomas of Utah said a substantial number of soldiers might be released before serving 18 additional months under the service extension bill. The president could order extensions for selectees reservists and guardsmen, but likely not a blanket 18 months for all. Thomas said a training-ready group would be released to reserves to make room for new entrants, with technicians and specialists retained.
The federal government purchased 17 cars of American cheese on the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange today, bringing total purchases to 99 cars since the policy began on July 18. There was one offer, one bid, and one sale, with market opinion at 21.54 cents per pound, up a quarter-cent from last week.
London AP reports that over 200 RAF bombers attacked Hannover Brunswick and Magdeburg with large fires. Docks at Rotterdam and Boulogne were also targeted. The adversary acknowledged 12 planes lost and noted eight fighters claimed shot down. Berlin defense claimed no raid on the capital.
Justice Lester E. Grube bound Harvey Badtke of Ripon Wisconsin over for circuit court on a second count accusing him of excessive speed and careless operation that caused the death of Sam Stern of Fond du Lac on July 14 1941 near Glenbeulah. The first count accusing gross negligence was dismissed. Bond set at $1000.
Justice Henry Smieding ruled Mrs. Rose Shovers of Racine not entitled to a $200 fee from George Erik for introducing him to Irene Baasewitz of Sheboygan. The agreement to pay if an engagement occurred was found void in public interest, despite acknowledgment of the arrangement.
The House approved a revised seven point five seven five billion dollar defense appropriation bill. Lawmakers restored seven hundred fifty million for anti aircraft guns and other ordnance cut by the Senate.
London reports a three way German onslaught against Leningrad while Soviet forces fight to hold the line in the Ukraine. Budyenny’s SW army abandoned Fervomaisk as Nazi columns threaten Odessa and Nikolaev. Red Army rallies in Kakisalmi Staraya Russa and Estonia amid daily Luftwaffe pressure. German sources say remaining Soviet troops south of Kiev face Dnieper crossings in German hands.
German authorities in occupied France warned the population as a whole that it would bear responsibility for outbreaks like Paris and ordered the death penalty for anyone supporting communist activity. A decree by General Heinrich von Bruelpnagel dissolved the French Communist Party and banned all communist activity.
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