Raid on Dieppe Declared Aid to Russia
Allied assault on Dieppe destroys or damages 269 German aircraft, prompting observers to say Germans will shift dive bombers and fighters from Russia to western Europe. Losses cited include 91 planes destroyed, 38 probably shot down, 140 damaged, as Allied air forces and Canadian British and American commandos reinforce Western Front. Dieppe raid ends with heavy German losses and a dramatic Allied air victory.
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Dieppe
Europe
United States Army Air Corps
France
Henderson Calls for Sacrifices in War Effort
NORFOLK VA Aug 20 Leon Henderson vice administrator urged all Americans to sacrifice to defeat inflation. He told war workers that farmers must take less for many products and wage increases should be limited to necessity. He noted ongoing price ceiling plans with Agriculture Secretary and warned the cost of living remains high as the war continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Dieppe Raid Described as Major Allied Success
Allied commanders hailed the Dieppe operation as a major success with 92 German planes destroyed and about double that number damaged or destroyed. The raid demonstrated coordinated action of air, sea, and ground forces, with two German batteries and a radio location station destroyed and prisoners taken. Casualties and losses were reported but not fully disclosed.
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London
France
Holland
Belgium
Dieppe
Berkeley
Youth claims no intent to follow Gestapo orders
Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr a Buffalo youth charged with turning German spy testified he never intended to carry out spy instructions from Gestapo teachers in Germany. He said he never told Nazi agents the tasks they wanted him to do and admitted to government investigators he kept information to expose others.
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Newark
N. J
W.P
Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr
Buffalo
Gestapo
Germany
M. Pearse
Bahr
Switzerland
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Drottningholm
Americans in Solomons Mop Up Japs
American forces press the Solomon Islands campaign, mopping up remnants of Japanese troops after naval battles. Marines consolidate beachheads as ships and aircraft bombard shore positions with limited damage. Survivors retreat to jungle hills. many prisoners taken.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
United States
Solomons
Allied Bombers Raid Timor in One Night Attack
Allied bombers raided Japanese held Timor Island in the MacArthur sector 500 miles northwest of Darwin. Bombs struck the Macbisse area causing large explosions in fuel or ammunition dumps. All planes returned. no other major activity reported.
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M’arthur
Australia
U.P
Timor Island
Darwin
Douglas MacArthur
Macbisse
Three Pedestrians Hit by Truck Near Sun River Bridge
Great Falls Montana Aug 20 three pedestrians Mrs William Riley 34 and her daughters Lucille 6 Betty 3 were struck by a truck while walking along the highway near the Sun River bridge. Betty suffered a fractured skull and is not expected to recover. The mother and sister were less seriously hurt. The truck swerved to miss an automobile and crashed breaking a guard post plunging down an embankment and overturning. Highway patrolmen continued investigations.
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Great Falls
William Riley
Lucille
Betty
Sun River Bridge
Weekend Weather Outlook With Showers and Cooler Air
The forecast calls for widely scattered showers Friday afternoon as cooler air moves in. Thursday's high reaches 88 degrees with a low of 45, signaling a sharp temperature swing into evening.
Allied Fighters Raid Invasion Coast In Daring Daylight Strike
In the largest daylight offensive of the war 500 Allied fighter planes swept the invasion coast of France with US four motor bombers bombing Amiens railway yards. The attack plus follow up over Amiens and Dieppe involved heavy targets, no losses and widespread claims of several direct hits on yards and depots.
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London
France
United States
Amiens
Dieppe
Europe
le Havre
Furnes
Dunkerque
U. S. Army Air Force
Frank O. D. Hunter
War slows Montana tourism to a trickle in 1942
Montana highway department survey shows tourist traffic down about one third from 1941 due to war. On U S 10 the January to August 1942 count fell 28.5 percent from the prior year, Yellowstone park visits dropped about 65 percent, Glacier Park July visitors totaled 21 303 in 6 005 cars versus 62 566 in 18 778 cars in July 1941, and total travel for the year declined 66.1 percent. Officials note many out of state travelers were defense workers headed to Pacific coast centers.
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Helena
Montana
Pearl Harbor
State Highway Department
U. S. 10
Yellowstone Park
Glacier National Park
Pacific Coast
Farley Wins Victory in N Y Politics
James A. Farley defeated Roosevelt allies as the New York Democratic state convention nominated Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr. for governor by 623 to 393, unifying the party and signaling a rift with Roosevelt allies. Mead received strong support but Bennett secured the fall slate to court the American Labor party.
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New York
U.P
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
John J. Bennett, Jr
U. S
James M. Mead
Farley
Michael J. Kennedy
Tammany
Bennett
Mead
New Deal
Robert F. Wagner
Herbert Lehman
Edward J. Flynn
American Labor Party
Training for 1942 43 offensive war seen in Dieppe action
The article notes American forces are being trained intensively for mixed ground air and sea operations. Rangers who fought at Dieppe, with Allied troops, will teach tactics to more U S troops. Tank crews, pilots, and other units are sharing frontline lessons to ready the United Nations for broader offensives.
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Dieppe
Solomon Islands
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Southwest Pacific
United Nations
Russia
Convention Highlights Include Governor Ford Address In Butte
On day two of the 57th Montana Press association convention at the Finlen hotel in Butte, Gov. Sam C. Ford will speak at 2 PM Friday on Montana's wartime role. Activities include golf at Butte Country Club, a bridge luncheon, and an open discussion on wartime newspaper cooperation. The banquet and dance close the day with President Charles J. Doherty presiding.
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Montana Press Association
Finlen Hotel
Sam C. Ford
Helena
Ford
Montana
Butte Country Club
E. G. Leipheimer
Finlen
Charles J. Doherty
Montana State Press Association
Treasure State Room
J. Doherty
Butte
Deer Lodge
Great Falls
Howard K Hazelbaker
Missoula
Patrick Casey
Drummond
Montana Catholic Register
Barry O’leary
Cable plant resumes private management after Navy seizure
The General Cable Corporation plant at Bayonne New Jersey returns to private control after Navy management. Roosevelt cited discipline and War Labor Board as umpire in disputes as workers pledged no further stoppages. Knox said the company was not penalized and aid to Admiral Bowen continued. Separately the Woods Machine Co plant in South Boston was seized by the Army amid disputes over maintenance of membership and arbitration clauses.
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Associated Press
General Cable Corporation
Bayonne
N. J
Navy
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Knox
Admiral Bowen
8. A. Woods Machine Company
Boston
Mass
Cody Man Wins Nomination for U S Senate
In Cheyenne Wyoming on August 20 E V Robertson of Cody Republican secured the nomination after a six way primary. Dr A C Crane former UW president wired that unofficial returns indicate Robertson’s nomination. Robertson’s general election opponent will be Sen Harry H Schwartz Casper who faced no Democratic opposition.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
E. V. Robertson
Cody
United States
A. C. Crane
University of Wyoming
Germans Gain Slightly in South and West
Soviet dispatches report Red Army defense near Stalingrad wiping out a German crossing of the Don while other units fend off German attacks in the Don bend southeast of Kletskaya. In the Caucasus, small German advances are acknowledged east of Pyatigorsk and south of Krasnodar, as battles rage along a 400 mile front with heavy losses and shifting territorial control.
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Moscow
Red
Stalingrad
Don River
Don Bend
Kletskaya
Caucasus
Pyatigorsk
Caucasian
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Red Army
Bryansk
Vyazma
Kalinin-Rzhev
Capital
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
Don
Kotelnikovski
Volga and
Nazis Held as Hostages in Brazilian Repatriation
In Rio de Janeiro on August 20 German nationals aboard two repatriation ships were seized and held as hostages by Brazil to secure their countrymen held at Compiegne. The move followed Brazil's loss of a sixth ship to Axis torpedoes amid South Atlantic raid counteractions.
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Rio DE Janeiro
France
Brazil
South Atlantic
Compiegne
Lisbon
Bage
Culaba
Congressional clash looms over farm price ceiling repeal
Influential senators warned a Wickard backed push to lift farm price ceilings below parity would trigger a broad congressional battle if paired with wage controls. Farm bloc members and farm organizations voiced strong opposition, claiming repeal would hurt production and farmers. Taft and McNary signaled support for presidential leadership and wage legislation to enable repeal.
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Washington
U.R
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Farm Organization
Wickard
Robert A. Taft
R.O
Senate
Charles L. McNary
Richard B. Russell
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Drew Middleton
Timor
Don Crossing
South Jolina
N. Y
the War News
Edward E. Bomar
State Press Association
Cody Man
Solons
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