Allied Forces Hit Jap Bases in Solomons and New Guinea
Allied bombers set fire to a Japanese supply ship and struck bases on New Guinea and New Britain while ground forces attacked a Kokoda invasion spearhead. U.S. Pacific fleet and southwest Pacific ships pressed heavy blows on Japanese positions in the Solomons as Australian units joined the action. The Navy warned results and losses were not yet clear amid fierce fighting near the Coral Sea.
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Pacific Fleet
United States Navy
Southwest Pacific Flotilla
MacArthur
Australia
United States Pacific Fleet
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
America
Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Solomons
Coral Sea
United States Fleet of the Pacific
Reds Give Way in Nazi Drive for Oil
Moscow reports Russian troops are yielding ground to German drives toward the Caucasus oil hub Maikop and surrounding areas. German forces press advances near Kropotkin and Armavir while Stalingrad defenses remain fierce, with Russian counterattacks inflicting heavy losses.
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Moscow
Germany
Caucasus
Maikop
Kropotkin
Armavir
Stalingrad
Kotelnikovski
Marine Killed in Freak Accident in San Diego
In San Diego California on August 9 Sergt Richard J Klein 22 of St Paul Minn died attempting to catch his hat as a jeep overturned after hitting an embankment. Sergt L R McCoul 20 of Lakeview Oregon sustained minor injuries.
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San Diego
Cailif
Richard J. Klien
St. Paul
Minn
L.R. McCoul
Lakeview
Ore
Marine Corps
Klien
McCoul
Attorney Is Dead In Santa Cruz Case
J. Leslie Johnson, 65, native of San Francisco and former president of the Santa Cruz County Bar association, died here Sunday.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Leslie Johnson
San Francisco
Artist William Lemos Dies at 81 in Santa Cruz
William Lemos, 81, a New York native and prominent Santa Cruz artist, died Sunday in Santa Cruz. He was survived by his widow and his son Sidney Lemos of Alameda.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
William Lemos
New York
Lemos
Sidney Lemos
Alameda
Chinese Increase Pressure on Jap Stronghold Linchwan
Chinese troops aided by the Sky Dragons under General Chennault pressed operations around Linchwan Kiangsi with reinforcements from Huwan joining the assault. Reports say Japanese casualties and evacuations continue while Chinese forces repulse raids near Wenchow and fight near Kwangfend East Kiangsi.
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Chungking
Sky Dragons
United States
Claire Chennault
Linchwan
Kiangsi
China
Chennault
Huwan
Nanchang
Wenchow
Chekiang
Kwangfend
Willkie Seeks Defeat of Fish in New York Primary
Wendell Willkie urged defeat of Representative Hamilton Fish in the New York Twenty sixth district Republican primary to avoid grave damage to the party. In a telegram to August Bennett Willkie called Fish isolationist and accused him of sophistry defending a war stance.
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Newburgh
N. Y
U.P
Wendell Willkie
Hamilton Fish
August M. Bennet
Fish
Twenty-sixth
Willkie
This Man Was Pretty Sleepy
In Cleveland on August 9 a 26 year old man, Richard J. Pearse, slept in his car when thieves stole three wheels and the spare, took his wrist watch, lifted a wallet from his coat pocket and removed another wallet from his hip pocket. Patrolman Leonard McGinty woke Pearse to report the theft. Pearse quipped that he was pretty sleepy.
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Cleveland
Richard J. Pearse
Leonard McGinty
Pearse
Taggart Joins Army Flying School at Enid
Jack G. Taggart of Twin Bridges is now stationed at Enid Army flying school in Oklahoma. In civilian life he worked as a motion picture projectionist.
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Flying School
Twin Bridges
Jack G. Taggart
Thomas D. Taggart
Enid Army
200 Youths Jailed in Los Angeles After Gang Warfare
In Los Angeles on Aug 9 more than 200 Mexican youths aged 12 to 25 were jailed on robbery and assault charges amid a citywide roundup by 500 police and deputies. The arrests follow last week’s murder indictments against 29 youths, including 26 and 16 Mexicans, for killing a Mexican boy and wounding another.
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Los Angeles
Progress Report Highlights War Production Push
President Roosevelt says major progress in production battle yet more is needed to defeat enemies. Elmer Davis reads the speech as officials announce the first Army Navy production awards to 20 war plants. Leahy and Nimitz stress unity, sacrifice, and the need for raw materials to sustain the war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
The
Nation
Elmer Davis
Columbia Broadcasting System
William D. Leahy
America
Leahy
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Nazi Air Force Attacks Five British Cities
The German air force attacked five British towns in scattered night raids with high explosive and fire bombs. A Heinkel crashed in a residential area after being hit, causing a house fire and a few casualties. no bombs were reported in London. RAF was limited by bad weather. Recon photos show damage to large Ruhr steel works, including 150 000 square feet of roofing lost and a damaged sheet-melting mill, with five other plants in Hamborn Duisburg Ruhrort heavily damaged.
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London
England
East Anglia
Midlands
Heinkel
Germany
Air Ministry
Hamborn - Duisburg - Ruhrort
Star Weds Soldier at Pal a Mission California
Ruth Hussey and C. Robert Longenecker were united in marriage at Pala Mission. The couple, soon to be private in the Army, left for an undisclosed honeymoon destination after a supper at the Mission Inn.
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Hollywood
Palm
Ruth Hussey
C. Robert Longenecker
Pala Mission
U S Forces Not on Defensive in Britain General Says
Maj. Gen. M. W. Clark, U S ground forces command in Britain, says picked combat divisions are being sent to Britain and a second front should open soon. He notes American troops already defend areas in Britain and are prepared to invade if needed. Shipping is the main bottleneck. his staff is ready to handle troops as they arrive. Tass reports German units in Vichy France amid unrest.
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England
Britain
M. W. Clark
U. S
Europe
Tass
Geneva
Jail inmates treated to illicit whiskey after break-in
In Smithfield Johnston county jail a trusty broke into the courthouse storage room housing confiscated whiskey and served inmates there Saturday. The incident occurred at the Johnston county jail in Smithfield North Carolina.
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Smithfield
N. C
Johnston County
Weather forecast shows small temperature change Monday
The forecast notes little temperature shift with Sunday values reaching a high of 84 degrees and a low of 45 degrees.
Markers Used to Guide Bombers Found Near New York
Secret ground markers blended with land features were found and destroyed by the First Ground Air Support Command at Mitchel Field New York. Observers reported a V shaped arrow in a field, a grain-sack formed nine pointing to an airplane factory, and a large arrow from a plowed field directing to an air base.
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New York
Mitchel Field
N. Y
U.P
Cache M. Reeves
First Air Force
Army Air Forces
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Reeves
Supone Command
Police Seek Alleged Knifer In Lima Sheepherder
Police seek Claude Tisdale a sheepherder near Lima on suspicion related to a knifing at a rear Madison Street dwelling Saturday night. Joe Malley 45 of 2615 Princeton was seriously injured in the kitchen assault. Witnesses include Walter Corey Henry Rush Walter Regan and a woman named Mary.
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Claude Tisdale
Lima
Madison Street
Joe Malley
Princeton
Dell Rodda
Herb O'Neill
Malley
Henry Rush
Walter Corey
Silver Bow Homes
Mr. Rush
Walter Regan
East Mercury Street
Mary
Corey
Tisdale
Rush
Gandhi's Do-or-Die Campaign Sparks Bloodshed in Bombay
Bloodshed erupts as Gandhi aims for nonviolent civil disobedience in India. Rioters loot shops clash with police, trams halted, buses burned, and 72-year-old Gandhi is arrested. A mass 30,000 rally at Shivaji Park witnesses tear gas and police fire. Gandhi’s message urges nonviolence but declares do or die.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
Gandhi
all-India Congress Party
Shivaji Park
Secrecy Surrounding Nazi Trial Deaths Continues
Washington reports secrecy remained on the fate of eight Nazi saboteur specialists. Six executed in district jail electric chair, two survivors, Dasch and Burger, had sentences commuted to 30 years and life with hard labor. Attorney General Biddle calls leniency justified for aiding the case.
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Washington
Office of War Information
White House
Stephen Early
Peter Burger
Dash’s
Burger’s
Francis Biddle
Chicago
New York
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