Invasion era German forces clash off Cherbourg
British naval patrol off Cherbourg attacked four German torpedo boats early Sunday, setting two ablaze and damaging two more. The German 600 ton torpedo boats joined the fight. German shore batteries briefly fired on their own vessels. All British ships returned safely with minor crew casualties.
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London
U.P
Cherbourg
Admiralty
R. P. Hichens
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Allied Bombers Attack Cruiser Near Banda Sea
Allied bombers attacked a Japanese cruiser in the Banda sea for the third time and ground patrols dispersed outpost groups in Kokoda New Guinea. A cruiser sighted south of Amboina was probably hit. weather limited confirmation of a second attack.
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MacArthur
Banda Sea
Kokoda
New Guinea
Amboina
Gona
Port Moresby
Owen Stanley Range
Seattle Conducts 90 Minute Air Raid Drill
Seattle, the largest city near the Alaskan war front, conducted a 90 minute civilian defense air raid drill on Sunday. The test represented its most thorough effort since the war began and the system performed nearly perfectly.
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Seattle
American airmen down 60 Japanese planes in Australia
The general in command in northern Australia said U S airmen shot down 60 Japanese planes with a loss of only four pilots, describing the cost as costly for the Japanese and praising Allied efforts in the theater.
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Australia
U.P
United States
Japan’s Aleutian Adventure Faces Harsh Realities
Edward E. Bomar analyzes the Aleutian campaign noting Japanese forces likely under 10,000 and limited gains after Dutch Harbor. He outlines risks of further carrier actions, cold North Pacific weather, and the strategic aim toward Siberia while American bombers and submarines have already sunk or damaged at least 18 enemy ships.
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Navy
Aleutians
Congress
Russia
Siberia
North Pacific
Dutch Harbor
Kiska
Attu
Agattu
Alaskan
Nome
Midway
Far East
Japan
Kamchatka Peninsula
Bering Sea
United States
Congressional Leaders Hint At Accepting Grain Rubber Agency Veto
Congressional leaders signaled they would accept a presidential veto of the grain rubber agency bill if the White House guarantees full use of farm and forest products in the synthetic program. Without assurances, lawmakers said override possibilities remained.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Murray proposes labor groups discuss peace unity plan
Pittsburgh dispatch reports President Philip Murray of CIO calls for joint talks with AFL to establish organized unity. A joint committee with an impartial arbiter would settle jurisdictional disputes during war production, with no work stoppages pending decisions. The plan includes CIO leaders meeting AFL representatives to explore the issue.
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WUP
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Murray
Green
R. J. Thomas
C. I. O. Automobile Workers’ Union
Julius Emspak
C. I. O. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers’ Union
Decision in Trial of Saboteurs Seen
Washington Aug 2 The decision in the trial of eight alleged saboteurs was expected by Sunday. The jurists were reportedly in closed session at the Department of Justice and would reconvene Monday in open session. A verdict would be sent to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
White House
U S Bombers Hit Large Axis Merchant Ship Near Derna
U S Army heavy bombers 400 miles west of the Egyptian front dropped two big bombs on a large Axis merchant ship north of Derna, leaving it sinking stern first. Allied air forces stepped up attacks on Axis shipping and desert camps while coast defense and fuel dumps were targeted.
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U.P
Derna
Royal Air Force
Alamein
Desert
Sidi Barrani
Matruh
Erwin Rommel
Desert Army
Gambut
Alamein Front
Russian Vessel Sunk in Gulf by Axis Submarine
A medium sized Russian ship torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico on July 4 by an Axis submarine. Two women crew members and six seamen were killed. Allied and neutral ship losses in the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor total 408. The AP tally includes ships from nine nations reported last week.
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Associated Press
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
United and
Neutral Nations
Severe North Island Earthquake Stuns Wellington
A severe quake struck the southern North Island, the second in six weeks, causing extensive property damage in Wellington with hundreds of chimneys down and thousands of windows shattered. No deaths reported immediately, but city damage may run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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North Island
New Zealand
Wellington
Americans Hit Objectives in Hong Kong
United States bombers attacked Japanese ships under repair in the Hong Kong naval dockyard and raided Kotak airdrome and Kowloon on July 26. The Hong Kong operation followed earlier U S strikes on July 7 11 and 12 as Japanese occupation authorities reportedly panicked. Chinese reports also note Japanese thrusts in Burma threatening Allied bases and renewed Chinese action near Wenchow and Lishui.
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U.P
United States
Hong Kong
Kotak
Kowloon
Ta Kung Pao
United States Army
Karl Eskelund
United Press
Kunming
Yunnan
Burma
Putao
Myitkyina
India
China
Tibet
High Command
Wenchow
Lishui
Wu River
Ration Tea and Coffee Start in Canada Monday
Ottawa reports tea and coffee rationing begins Monday under the war time prices and trade board. The quota for one person is one ounce of tea or four ounces of coffee per week, but not both.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prices and Trade Board
Second Front Will Be Major Allied Drive, Say Experts
Military experts say any second front along occupied Europe will be a strong, coordinated push to prevent a Dunkirk-scale setback. Admirals Leahy and King and General Marshall favor concentrated attack and oppose broad dispersion to shield morale and prestige.
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Europe
Dunkirk
William D. Leahy
Presi
Dent Roosevelt
U. S
Ernest King
Army
George C. Marshall
Leahy
India Begins Fateful Week of War
Calcutta Aug 2 U P India's fateful week opened with millions of workers and laborers awaiting Gandhi's mass movement call expected Friday from the All India Congress meeting at Bombay The movement could trigger strikes disrupting war production in Bengal and provoke sporadic violence while Congress aims for non violence
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U.P
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
All-India Congress
Bombay
Congress Working Committee
Bengal
Burma
All-India Congress Party
Congress
United States
Congress Movement
Nehru
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Congress Committee
Red Cross Seeks 50,000 Blood Donors Weekly
Chairman Norman H. Davis announced the Red Cross needs 50,000 donors each week for 12 months to meet its quota. The military has called for 2,500,000 pints of blood, and donor centers are asked to raise their quotas.
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Red Cross
Washington
Norman H. Davis
Army
Navy
Sub Commander Says U S Is No Easy Mark
Berlin dispatch quotes Admiral Doenitz from a German broadcast on August 2 stating the battle in American waters is not simple because Americans quickly established a defense that demands respect. He adds he is not inclined to underestimate the opponents.
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Berlin
Doenitz
German Bombers Fly Over England
German bombers crossed the Midlands East Anglia and London in a brief Monday alert that caused no incident. Incendiary bombs fell in one Midlands area and no gunfire was heard around London where sirens were last heard on Friday.
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London
Midlands
East Anglia
Midland
Weekend Scattered Showers Forecast With Warm Weekend
Scattered light showers expected Monday afternoon with little temperature change. Sunday’s high reaches 86 degrees and low 44 as a mild weekend pattern continues.
Moscow Radio Promises 15 Million to Oppose Germans
Moscow radio in German broadcast claimed Britain the United States and the Soviet Union agreed on a second front in Europe in 1942. It said Germany would face 15 000 000 men 85 000 tanks 100 000 guns and 50 000 aircraft and urged opening a land front and allied force to drive Hitler from Europe.
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UPR
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
Europe
Germany
America
Solon Urges Build Giant Cargo Planes for Second Front
Senate leader McNary urged immediate construction of 5,000 giant cargo planes to supply a potential second front in Europe. Henry Kaiser proposed the plan in shipyards with War Production Board cooperation possible if materials avoid disturbing current aircraft output. Lee warned of a darker phase if Caucasus oil falls, highlighting need for flying tankers to sustain Allied motorized gear.
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Washington
Russia
Europe
Senate
McNary
Oregon
United States
Henry J. Kaiser
Donald N. Nelson
War Production Board
Lee
D.-Okla
United Nations
Caucasus
Japanese Struggle to Rule Philippines Amid Restructuring
New York dispatch reports that Japanese forces in the Philippines face growing difficulties governing the Filipinos as Lieut. Gen. Masaharu Homma cites a spiritual revolution among Filipinos as a prerequisite for reorganization. Homma notes cultural activities hindered by gaps in communications and transport facilities according to a Domei broadcast from Manila.
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New York
Manila
Philippines
Masaharu Homma
Homma
Reds Report Taking Heavy Toll
Soviet forces clash with German units in the Caucasus and near Stalingrad as both sides deploy new troops and tactics. Moscow reports heavy German losses in the Don bend and Kretskaya region while Russian fleets bomb Nazi targets and paratroopers are repelled. Combat centers include Salsk and Kushchevka as German advances toward Rostov and the Kuban continue.
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Don Bend
Stalingrad
Francis Carpenter
Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Don River
Black Sea
Don
Salsk
Rostov
Kushchevka
Kuban
Red Air Force
British Destroy 424 Axis Planes In July War Totals
London reports the air ministry claims 424 Axis planes destroyed in July across Britain Europe the Middle East and seas while RAF losses reach 432. Two Spitfires credited with downing a bomber. pilots Sergt T Gates and Pilot Officer J M McKenzie named. Casualties include a few killed in a Luftwaffe raid on Norwich.
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Britain
Europe
Middle East
Air Ministry
Luftwaffe
Norwich
Sergt. T. Gates
Miami
Fla
J. M. McKenzie
Bathurst
New Brunswick
Axis
Malta
Oes
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