Meatless day eyed to free ships for war goods
Roosevelt indicated Americans may observe a meatless day each week to free ships for moving war matériel. The measure could shift more meat to British and American forces overseas, with Argentina Australia and New Zealand as other major suppliers.
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Australia
New Zealand
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Pearl Harbor
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Foods Committee
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Soviet Fronts Hold, Germans Routed in Caspian and Caucasus Actions
Soviet reports described renewed front pressure near Stalingrad with local battles at Briansk and Leningrad fronts. Soviet forces captured a railway station, wiped out a German rear area, and claimed tank actions against XIV divisions while Berlin broadcasts claimed German advances toward the Volga and Caspian regions.
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Rzhev
Briansk
Leningrad
Stalingrad
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Broken Arrow
Lincinoye
Caucasus
Krasnodar
Prokhladnenski
Inflation War Debate Echoes Across Congress
Senators Taft and Byrd offered mixed views on wage and price controls tied to the inflation fight. Taft argued Congress may gain leverage but the president’s power would not grow, urged careful use of subsidies, and noted wage increases outside the War Labor Board. Byrd pressed for timely wage stabilization and broader controls on labor and agricultural products, awaiting the president’s proposals. The president backed strict wage farm price and corporate profit controls to curb living costs. In Dover New Hampshire a fire at the American Woolen Company plant halted operations indefinitely, estimated $10 000 damage affecting about 500 workers. cause traced to a carelessly discarded cigarette.
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Ohio
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War Labor Board
Harry F. Byrd
Leon Henderson
FE Dover
N. H
American Woolen Company
Lant
Edward Knott
Widespread Russ Blows Admitted by Nazis
Berlin reports from German broad casts state fierce Soviet attacks along the front from Stalingrad to Lake Ladoga were repulsed. The High Command says German forces repelled Russians who penetrated Kaluga sector near Moscow and that Axis troops broke through in parts of the Caucasus amid strong Russian assaults.
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Ladoga
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Kaluga
Moscow
Caucasus
Deadly Blow Against Nazis In Readiness
A wartime column argues a massive Allied blow against Nazi forces is needed to divert Russian troops. It critiques Dieppe as a false test and asserts eventual Allied victory is likely as Russia, the United States, and Britain mobilize for a large scale invasion.
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Britain
Royal Air Forces
Dunkerque
United States
Sia
Lock
Stock
Barrer
London
Germany
Chinese Open New Attacks Near Canton Chuhsien and 8 000 at Shangjao
The report notes restored Kiangsi Province position since the Japanese eastward push from Nanchang. It praises the American Volunteer Group under Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault for aiding Linchwan's recovery. Ta Kung Pao calls for abolition of unequal treaties on the 100th anniversary.
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Kiangsi
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Nierg
Claire L. Chennault
Nanking
Britain
China
Ta Kung Pao
Japs Admit Retreat From Chekiang and Kiangsi Provinces
The Tokyo raid admitted Japanese forces are abandoning Chekiang and Kiangsi and moving to a new field of operations. The move follows Chinese gains against air bases at Chuhslen and Lishut, aiding attacks on the mainland. Also, Dennis Morgan and his wife welcomed a son at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood.
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United Press
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lLishut
Morgans Hollywood
Dennis Morgan
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Marines Drive Japanese From Tulagi Gavutu Tanambogo and Guadalcanal
Eyewitness accounts detail the first attacks that knocked out the seaplane base and repelled Japanese forces on Tulagi Gavutu Tanambogo and Guadalcanal. Marine units secured air strips, fought in cave fortresses, and endured harsh tropical conditions while receiving naval and air support.
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Lesser Atoll
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Florida
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Alexander A. Vandegrift
William H. Rupertus
Tulszi
Nazism's Mountain Climbing Drive and Prussian Roots
The essay argues Nazism mirrors Prussian dominance urges seen in mountain climbing stunts. It notes Hitler’s affinity for high places from Elbrus to Berchtesgaden and Olympus, linking ascents to a desire to be supreme. It labels Prussian traits as core to Nazism and aims to explain its obsessive display.
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Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
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Schickelgruber
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Fish Oil Monopoly Indicted For Restraining Trade
A Seattle grand jury charged the Halibut Liver Producers and its owner Lyle E Beandhflower with fixing vitamin oil prices at artificial non competitive levels. The indictment names the Fishing Vessel Owners Association of Seattle its officers the Deep Sea Fishermen's Union of the Pacific and its officers and Egill Peterson business agent of the Otter Trawlers Union among numerous officers and members.
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Seattle
Lyle E. Beandhflower
WPB Mulls New Scheduling Plan and Paper System
The WPB weighs a revised production schedule with a paper based warrant system to secure scarce raw materials. Officials favor contract specific authorizations and spot industry checks to prevent inventory buildup and ensure priority use for vital war goods. Nelson urged chiefs to assess each application for its contribution to the war effort and reject nonessential requests.
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Father Gets Prison Term for Blanking Eye of Son
Edward P. Berger 21 received an indeterminate term in Elmira State Reformatory for blackening his three year old son’s eye and violating his parole. Neighbors said his wife and three children lived in constant fear of him. Judge Saul S. Streit declared Berger deserves no sympathy and ordered prison.
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Edward P. Berger
Elmira State Reformatory
General Sessions
Saul S. Strelt
Air Activity By Axis Gains In Egypt War
Cairo reports Axis gains in the Egyptian front with a slight rise in enemy air activity. The British communiqué notes nighttime rover patrols and harassing work along the front, while minor artillery exchanges occur in the southern sector.
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Egypt
Cairo
Axia
Axis say motorized attack repelled on Egyptian front
Italian High Command reports yesterday’s central Egyptian front action where Axis forces repelled a motorized assault. They claim numerous enemy vehicles were set on fire or immobilized in the engagement.
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Rome
Fugitive Faces Five Year Term for Historic Prison Break
Clarence Arters, 53, faced a five year term after being linked to a 1921 escape from the Iowa Prison Farm. A ship's cook who had served 13 months of a five year sentence for automobile theft, he vanished on a French leave, later reforming his life and raising six children. Fingerprints led to his identification on a minor charge.
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