Dieppe Raid Remembered as Tragic Misstep in 1942
Twenty five years after the Dieppe raid, a Canadian Press recount details Operation Jubilee on August 19 1942. More than 4300 Allied casualties plus losses of tanks aircraft and ships marked the nine hour assault. Experts cite lack of heavy firepower and flawed planning as core failures.
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England
Dieppe
France
Carl Mollins
Associated Press
Slupubil
Mymnw Uy
Alastair Buchan
Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Israeli Girl Due Surgery
Mazal Shlomo a four year old Israeli girl with a rare heart ailment left for Houston to undergo surgery by Dr M E de Bakey at the Texas Medical Center. Her father Zachariah Shlomo a $100 a month factory worker accompanied by family and funded by government ministries and factory workers. Doctors say surgery will replace narrowing arteries including the aorta to prolong her life. Dr de Bakey has offered his services free.
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Mazal Shlomo
Houston
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Mazal
Zachariah Shlomo
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Texas Medical Center
Fire Kills Family as Farmer Is Wounded and Tied
In Stearns County Minnesota a farmhouse fire killed the farmer’s wife Loretta Hoskins 29 and their children Julie 7 Daria 5 Linda 12 and baby David Eli 6 weeks. The farmer was found tied to a clothesline post with a hood over his head and held bullet wounds. A fourth child David Hoskins 32 was hospitalized in critical condition. Relatives and youths reported the alarm and efforts to rescue.
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David Eli
Sheriff's Office
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David Hoskins
Leo
Foes of Mao Claim Big Battle Near Chungking
AP reports Nationalist Chinese sources say Mao opponents gain a bridge temple and factories near Chungking in a civil war like battle with tanks and artillery. Huang Hsin ting and Lee Ching chuan dismissed for backing anti Mao forces as fighting spreads to Mukden Fushun Changchun Harbin and Chekiang Kiangsu including Shanghai.
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Chengtu
Lee Ching-chuan
Peking
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Fushun
Changchun
Harbin
Manchuria
Chekiang
Kiangsu
Shanghai-Red China
Arabs Cross River to Israeli Held Zone at Allenby Bridge
Thousands of Arab refugees began returning to Israeli controlled areas via the Allenby Bridge crossing from Jordan as Israel and Jordan arranged the day’s crossings. About 600 refugees were allowed to cross today with 21,000 repatriation forms pending clearance for 80,000 people.
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International Red Cross
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Umm As-Shurat
Jenin
Nablus
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Kalkilya
U.N
Michael Comay
Eliezer Amitai
Jerusalem
Amman
Old Jerusalem
Odd Bull
Syria
Middle East
Tito
Egypt
Iraq
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Explosion at Standard Oil refinery injures dozens in Toledo
An explosion at the Standard Oil Oregon Township refinery in east Toledo injures at least 10 people, with no deaths reported. The blast shattered the area as flames spread to adjoining tanks and firefighters from Toledo and nearby communities fought the blaze.
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Toledo
Ohio
Standard Oil
Oregon Township
Oregon Police Department
Rainfall Dips Into Snyder Area Amid Erratic Showers
Light showers reached the Snyder area with only minor totals as rainfall measured about 0.15 inches on Thursday. Elsewhere in the county, Dunn area recorded up to 1 inch of rain while shower patterns remained erratic overall.
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Dunn
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with showers and warm weekend
Snyder area reports high 82 and low around 6 degrees but later 62 at 7 am. North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central, Southwest and West of Pecos show showers or scattered thunderstorms, warmer Saturday, with highs from the upper 60s to near 100 and lows in the 50s to 80s.
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Southwest
Pecos
Tornado Funnel Hits Texas City and Flooding Widespread
Tornado funnel touched down briefly in Texas City causing heavy damage to Gray's Bowling Alley and roof tops with no injuries reported. Storms brought up to five inches of rain across South Texas while Cotulla saw 4.9 inches in ten hours and I 85 flooded. widespread showers extended from Wichita Falls to Refugio with gusts up to 50 mph and light hail in Dallas Fort Worth area.
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G. W. Gilmore
Gilmore
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Cotulla
Laredo
San Antonio
del Rio
College Station
Freeport
Newman
Wichita Falls
Red River
Refugio
Fort Wor Dallas
Fort Worth
Brokers Oppose Short Sessions In War on Workload
Street brokers resist the stock exchanges 90 minute session cut citing ongoing clerical backlogs and reduced commissions. Volume drops from 12.15 million shares to 8.3 million as four hour sessions persist, with settlement dates Aug. 25 and 29. firms see limited relief and want regular hours maintained.
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New York
Stock Exchanges
New York Stock Exchange
William Fleming
Walston & Co
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Curtis & Jackson
New York Stock
Exchange
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Bache & Co
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