Americans Seal Japs' Doom on New Georgia
Allied headquarters report encircled Japanese holdout at Bairoko harbor on New Georgia as U S jungle troops push from Munda toward the sea. Right flank advance links with forces near Enogai, while Kolombangara air assaults threaten. Bombing raids record heavy enemy damage in Salamaua area as Liberators strike key positions.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Bairoko Harbor
New Georgia Island
MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Kula Gulf
Kolombangara Island
U. S
Munda
Bairoko- Sunday Inlet
Bairoko River
Harry B. Liversedge
Enogai Inlet
New Georgia
Kolombangara
Tokyo
Transocean
New York
United Press
Bairoko
Tech
Jim Lucas
Tulsa
Okla
Marine
Daniel G. Massing
Moulton
Mont
Ellis Brown
Duncan
Allen Hart
Nampa
Idaho
UMWA Reaffiliation Refered By AFL Council
The American Federation of Labor executive council will refer the United Mine Workers of America reaffiliation to the October convention without recommendation. President Green said the UMWA cannot be seated at the 1943 convention due to jurisdiction conflicts with District 5 and P M W A rights. The August 31 fiscal-year close and paid-up membership affect voting eligibility.
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Chicago
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Progressive Mine Workers of America
William
Weather forecast updates with steady Thursday temperatures
The forecast shows no change in temperature for Thursday and Thursday evening. Wednesday’s temperatures were a high of 77 and a low of 47, with conditions expected to remain similar.
Russian Drive Cuts Kharkov Escape Rail Line
Russian troops west of Kharkov struck southward and cut the Kharkov Poltava railway at Vodyanaya, narrowing the German escape route to about 60 miles. Soviet advances reached Cherkasskie Tishki and nearby towns as 85 German tanks and 85 planes were reported destroyed on Tuesday across fronts.
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London
Kharkov
Ukraine
Dnieper
Donets
Kharkov-Poltava
Vodyanaya
Moscow
Cherkasskie Tishki
Federal Communications Commission
Russia
Sea of Azov
Akhtyrka
Sumy
Bryansk
Alexeyev A
Soviet Monitor
Vyazma
Smolensk
Yartsevo
Kirov
Stalingrad
Pavlograd
Krasnograd
RED
Belgorod
Chuguev
V Mail Baby Marks Second Birthday in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on August 1 Marlene LaQuatra the so called V mail baby celebrated her second birthday with a decorated cake she cannot eat due to an undeveloped esophagus. The two year old is fed via chest tube and has been in hospital since birth. Her surgeon who saved her life is in the Navy and care instructions arrive by V mail with hospital reports sent back.
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Pittsburgh
Marlene LaQuatra
Marlene
Navy
Patriots Prepare to Assist Allies
French patriots preparing to aid an Allied invasion of France have fatally hurt 93 German soldiers in the past three days, including two generals and a colonel. Across France about 12 Nazis are said to be killed daily as leaders under the French National Liberation Committee direct readiness for an invasion that could arrive any day.
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London
U.P
France
French Committee of National Liberation
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Bern
Geneva Journal
Paris
French Marine Ministry
Place de la Concorde
Blame Placed in Glider Crash Fatal Defect Cited
The War department said faulty manufacture and inspection caused the St. Louis glider crash that killed 10. Two Army air forces inspectors were temporarily suspended. Investigations found a hidden defect in strut metal fittings due to subcontractor manufacturing and weak enforcement of inspection procedures.
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Washington
War Department
St. Louis
Army Air Forces
Air Force
Churchill and F.D.R. to Meet in Canada for War Talks
In Quebec a meeting is planned between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to draft allied strategy against the Axis. Officials say censorship on the meeting site is lifted and a joint press conference will follow. Stalin’s receipt of ambassadors is noted as preparations for the talks proceed with British and Canadian staffs coordinating through sessions in Quebec.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Britain
Pearl Harbor
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Molotov
Churchill
Mackenzie King
Canada
War Cabinet
War Committee
John Anderson
Great Britain
William MacKenzie King
Western Hemisphere
Axis
Mary Churchill
ATS
International
Stalin Receives Allied Envoys in Moscow
Stalin met the American and British ambassadors in Moscow with Molotov present as Allied talks loom. The encounter occurs as Roosevelt and Churchill plan a North American conference, with reports of possible Russian participation and Vichy radio speculation.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Molotov
Stalin
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Churchill
North America
Washington
Anthony Eden
Yorkshire Post
Vichy Radio
Ankara
America
Food Program to Cost One Billion Dollars in 1944
Washington officials say the administration will ask Congress after recess for at least one billion dollars to fund the 1944 war food program. The plan aims to set higher production goals and borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation via the Commodity Credit Corporation to support farm prices and boost farm output.
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Washington
Congress
Associates of Food
Marvin Jones
Commodity Credit Corporation Authority
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
AAA
Army Releasing Men for Mines
Salt Lake City August 11 The Army began releasing about 4500 soldiers from Fort Douglas to join mines in the intermountain and Pacific coast areas by August 19. Officers expect releases at roughly 1000 per week to copper molybdenum and zinc mines, with no disclosed allocation per mine. Veterans will join the enlisted reserve corps and can be recalled if mining stops.
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Salt Lake City
Fort Douglas
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
Ninth Service Command
Army
Petroleum reserves to exhaust in 15 years warns official
Sheridan Wyoming hearing cites U S petroleum reserves diminishing under current use. Dr A C Fieldner of the Bureau of Mines warns 14 or 15 years left and urges synthetic fuels from coal and oil shale. Senate subcommittee studies plants costing 30 to 35 million dollars for demonstration in Montana Wyoming North Dakota and Utah.
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U. S
Sheridan
Wyo
Federal Bureau of Mines
United States
A. C. Fieldner
Washington
Fuels and Explosives Service
Bureau of Mines
Senate
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
Utah
Colorado
Salt Lake City
Fieldner
Michael W. Strauss
R. R. Sayers
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Henry Holt
Francis A. Thomson
Butte
Montana School of Mines
J. L. Morrill
Wyoming University
Holt
O'Mahoney
Thomson
Rickenbacker Ends Journey to Moscow
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker returned to Washington from an abroad inspection tour that included a June visit to Moscow. He reported to War Secretary Stimson and said the tour, his third for the secretary, was a technical air inspection.
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Washington
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Moscow
War Stimson
Rickenbacker
Alexander Dahl
Army
William Nuckols
A. B. Sherry
Stimson
Grandmother McLeod Dies After Long Butte Life
Mrs Jessie McLeod a longtime Butte matron known as Grandmother McLeod died Wednesday afternoon at 504 West Park street. Born 1848 in Charlottown Prince Edward Island she moved from Granite to Butte in 1902 and lived through four wars. She left three daughters and was deeply loved by mining city friends. Continued on Page 2.
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Jessie McLeod
Butte
West Park Street
Territory of
Montana
Lochel McLeod
Canada
Wheeler to Seek Action on Bill
Browning Aug 11 Wheeler, a Montana Democrat, said congressional leaders will not recall Congress soon to draft pre Pearl Harbor fathers. He plans to push his bill for early Senate action as soon after September 14 as possible and backs Rep. May’s push to prohibit drafting all fathers.
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Browning
Burton K. Wheeler
D.-Mont
Congress
Washington
Senate
Wheeler
Andrew J. May
D.ky
House Military Affairs Committee
May
Barkley
Sam Rayburn
Texas
McNutt
Hailstorm Causes Wide Damage in Wibaux
A violent hailstorm struck Wibaux last night breaking windows damaging gardens stripping branches from trees. Hailstones described as large as baseballs smashed through roofs. Automobile tops and windshields were damaged and electric power lines were disabled. With minor crop losses, farmers noted the overall impact was mainly property damage.
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Wibaux
Wibau
Warships Rake Targets on Mainland in North Africa
British and American forces pressed into Sicily and along the Italian coast as British units shelled targets near the Bay of Naples and troops of the 50th Northumberland Division pushed to within reach of Riposto. The American Seventh Army in Cape Orlando gains followed a seaborne landing, while German forces adopted a mobile defense across the Messina area. Boat traffic across the strait increases as the campaign continues.
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North Africa
Randazzo
Sicily
Italy
Bay of Naples
Guardia
Acireale
Riposto
Eighth Army
Mount Etna
Egypt
Taormina
Seventh Army
Cape Orlando
Messina
Bosmarino River
San Agata
Strait of Messina
Nazi Shrine Is Heavily Bombed by British Bombers
London reports that British heavy bombers struck the Nurnberg shrine with more than 1,500 tons of explosives in a strategic shift aimed at destroying Germanys finished goods centers rather than basic industries. The attack follows earlier raids on Mannheim Ludwigshafen as RAF targets shift to manufacturing.
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London
Nuernberg
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Reich
R. A. F. Bomber Command
Neurnberg
British
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Britain
Berlin
Six-Year-Olds Admit to School by November 15 Rule
City Superintendent Lowell W. Johnson announced that children entering school for the first time must be six by November 15 to be admitted unconditionally. Those with birthdays between November 15 and February 1 may enroll on probation after a teacher and principal, with readiness tests, decide the child is ready. Schools open September 7, 1943.
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Lowell W. Johnson
Johnson
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Brevsk
Patriots
F.D.R
United Nations
Mrs
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