Unrest Grows Among German People
London reports vague signs of major developments inside Germany as Hitler’s leadership wanes and Himmler and Bormann gain influence. Telegraph dispatches describe unrest among troops and fear of a fifth column with foreign workers, plus a secret eastern front generals’ meeting and executions.
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Joseph W. Grigg
London
U.P
Germany
Hitler
Eastern Front
The
Daily Telegraph
Europe
Kaiser Wilhelm
Reich
Telegraph
Russia
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Martin Bormann
Congresswoman Clare Luce Plans Coast Tour
Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce launches a speaking tour starting in Detroit and ending in West Virginia with stops in Minneapolis Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Indianapolis Louisville Parkersburg and other cities Aides describe the preparation as nearly as intense as a South Pole trip with support from Marion Martin and state Republican leaders.
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Greenwich
Conn
Clare Boothe Luce
Roosevelt suspends eight hour law for Alaska public works
President Roosevelt suspended Monday the eight hour law for laborers and mechanics employed by the Department of Interior on Alaska public works.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Department of Interior
Alaska
Kharkov Defense Lines Fall Before Russians
Soviet forces push toward Kharkov trapping German units as they reach within 12 miles north of the city and seize towns 30 miles west. Large captures of tanks guns mortars and trucks reported with hundreds of villages taken in the Kharkov drive.
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London
Kharkov
Stalingrad
Orel
Moscow
Bryansk
Smolensk
Monitor
Latvia
Nikitovka
Red
Kirova
President Roosevelt Back From Vacation in Canada
President Roosevelt returns to Washington from a short vacation on the north shore of Lake Huron near McGregor and Whitefish bays. He met with Secretary Hull and General Marshall, and with Lord Halifax after a Canadian trip that included Birch Island station. A White House watch kept him connected by planes and telegraph while he fished daily, with talks of a Churchill meeting later.
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Washington
Ontario
Roosevelt
Canada
Stephen
White House
Lake Huron
McGregor
Whitefish Bays
Hull
George C. Marshall
Lord Halifax
North Country
Birch Island Station
Canadian Pacific Railway
Churchill
Great Britain
Early
William D. Leahy
William Wilson Brown
Edwin M. Watson
James Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
OWM
Harry Hopkins
Anglo-American Munitions Assignment Board
Birch Island
Admiral Hoover Reports Increased Submarine Activity
Vice Admiral John H. Hoover, in a farewell press conference as commander of the Tenth Naval District, said there has been some increase in Axis submarine activity in the Caribbean area in the last month. He noted shipping losses remain lower than before.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
John H. Hoover
Tenth Naval District
Caribbean
A. F. L. May Decide Today on Return of Lewis
Chicago August 9 The American Federation of Labor executive council opens its summer session to decide whether John I Lewis and his United Mine Workers can rejoin the AFL. President William Green leads the talks as the panel weighs reaffiliation before adjournment next week.
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Lewis
Chicago
U.P
American Federation of Labor
John I. Lewis
A. F. of L
William Green
Green
United Mine Workers
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Progressive Mine Workers
Bishop Tells of War Against Foes of Religion
The Most Rev. Joseph M. Gilmore urged unity in defense of faith during a Helena banquet before 300 church officers and women on the eve of the Helena diocesan council’s 22nd annual convention. The three day meeting in Montana drew about 200 N C C W members and clergy from western Montana to Butte. Local Butte women contributed musical solos and instrumental numbers to the program.
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National Council of Catholic Women
United States
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Hotel
Finlen
Women's Organization
Montana
Butte
Patrick Casey
Western
Bombing Raids Hit Japanese Bases Across Solomons and New Guinea
Allied communique details massive air assaults by Liberators and Mitchells on Salamaua Vila Doela and surrounding areas. Air forces hit airfields harbors and supply depots while ground forces to the south and west of Salamaua patrol and exchange fire as torrential rains slow progress on New Georgia toward Bairoko harbor.
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Allied
Australia
U.P
Solomons
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
Douglas MacArthur
New Georgia
Munda
Bairoko Harbor
Bairoko
New Georgia Island
Kula Gulf
Kolombangara Island
Vila
Ambon
Amboina
Darwin
Wreckage Located of Plane With Butte Man Aboard
Canadian Pacific airliner missing for eight months has been sighted by air observers. Ground party to reach crash site 7,000 feet up a Vancouver Island area near Agassiz by Friday earliest. Victims include Pilot Ernest Kubicek of Edmonton and co pilot W J Holland of unknown.
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Vancouver
E. R. R. Field
C. P. A. Pacific
Agassiz
Prince George
Ernest Kubicek
Edmonton
W. J
Bill) Holland
City Council Adopts 1943 Budget With Higher Levy
The Butte city council approved a 1943-44 budget totaling 724714.18 dollars at a special meeting and set a tax levy of 34.35 mills, two mills above last year, following voters at the April city election authorizing a raise of for firemen and policemen.
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Butte
County Levy Delay Marks Budget Approval for 1943 44
County clerk Addis A. McGrath said the 1943 44 levy and final budget will be announced Tuesday after the county board set the levy Monday afternoon. McGrath will finish balancing figures Tuesday morning.
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Addis A. McGrath
Board of County Commissioners
McGrath
City approves tax levy to cover added costs
The budget calls for raising the general tax levy by two mills with a total levy of 34.35 mills, including 14 for the general fund and 7.15 for the 1937 bond, plus allocations for parks, airport, and other funds. Alderman Sodja opposed, suggesting more for parks and less for the airport.
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General Fund
Special Improvement District
Pete Sodja
Fifth Ward
Parks and Playgrounds Department
Barry O'Leary
Patrol Chaser Sinks Jap Sub in Pacific Battle
The 170 foot PC-487 under Lieut Gordon Cornell rammed depth charged and shelled a Japanese submarine approaching a convoy near a Pacific base. The sub was rammed twice tearing off periscopes and net cutter. Eight deck gun shots and six depth charges sank the submarine. The chaser sustained minor damage with no casualties and reached port for repairs.
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U.S
Washington
Navy
Pacific
Gordon Cornell
Naval
Port Richmond
Staten Island
N. Y
Germans Mobilize 14 Divisions to Bolster Balkans Defenses
Desperate German efforts to seal Balkan front lines after Italian withdrawal include 14 divisions and mobilized satellites from Croatia Slovakia and Bulgaria. Bulgarian workers, Yugoslav civilians, and forced labor join fortifications along the Adriatic and Aegean edges. Italians in Athens face strict movement and social restrictions as Berlin pledges to defend southeastern Europe.
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Istanbul
U.P
Balkans
Europe
Albania
Straits of Otranto
Italy
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Slovakia
Bulgaria
Balkan
Germany
Grecian
Athens
Kidnaped Gurney Baby Found Alive In Albany
District Attorney Harlow Weinrich identified a week-old baby found in Albany by footprints as the kidnaped Gurney infant. Police said a hospital-born child matching details was found near Albany General Hospital and may be Judith Gurney. A footprint specialist from Salem was to confirm hospital records to finalize identification.
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Albany
Ore
U.P
Harlow Weinrich
Gurney
Judith Gurney
Albany General Hospital
Peery Stellmacher
Salem
Stellmacher
Silicians Seek Union With United States Citizenship Push
Allied Headquarters reports Sicily as a de facto state with civilians under U S occupation asserting American citizenship rights. Hawaii is cited as a new comparable state candidate as Sicily considers sending lobbyists to Washington. Officers note many Sicilians have relatives in the U S who acquired citizenship. They resist being told otherwise.
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Allied
North Africa
Hawaii
United States
Sicily
Washington
Warmer Tuesday Forecast With Scattered Showers
A warm Tuesday and Tuesday evening are expected with scattered showers in the afternoon. Monday’s temperatures reach a high of 78 and a low of 38.
Allied rout drives Nazis from Sicilian coast defenses
Allied forces under General Patton enveloped German positions at San Agata and San Fratello on the northern Sicilian coast. American troops seized the San Stefano-Nicosia axis, trapping hundreds of Axis troops and threatening the Messina bridgehead as Seventh Army units pushed from Cesaro toward Randazzo. British and American advances tightened the noose along Mount Etna’s north slopes.
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North Africa
Cape Orlando
Messina Strait
Sicilian
San Agata-Cesaro
Messina
Seventh Army
Georges. Patton, Jr
San Agata
San Fratello
San Stefano-Nicosia
Randazzo
Cesaro
Mount Etna
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lucian Truscott
San Stefano
Troina
Czech President Sees No Fear of Soviet Ambition
New York Aug 9 Dr Eduard Benes president of the Czechoslovak government in exile says he does not fear Soviet interference after the war though declaring his country is under the guns of Russia He adds Russia will develop as a socialist state within its own boundaries and will avoid aggressive influence.
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New York
Russia
Eduard Benes
Benes
Liberty Magazine
Allied planes raid France destroy seven enemy planes
Planes in three formations struck targets in France late Monday. The ministry reported seven enemy aircraft destroyed and three Allied fighters lost in the action near London.
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France
London
1944 Farm Program Will Be Voluntary Says Jones
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones announced that the 1944 farm program will be voluntary. Farmers will plan production to maximize land and labor use with acreage guidance from the WFA, seed and fertilizer grants for compliant plans, and reduced or eliminated direct payments on most crops. The program hinges on Congress convening next month for final details.
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Jones
Washington
U.P
Marvin Jones
WFA
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Don Caswell
Doela
Kai Islands
Alilit
Tanimbar Islands
Billy Mitchell
Bergen Bay
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Oregon
Silicians
Union
Daniel DE Luce
Czech
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