British Raid on Axis Isle Reported
London dispatches report a commando style raid on Antikythera and a 20 hour air campaign from Malta against Sicily as British forces push for initiative in the Mediterranean. British submarines also hit convoys supplying Rommel while raids on El Daba target his repair stores.
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London
Antikythera
Greece
Crete
Sicily
Malta
Mediterranean
Erwin Rommel
Alexandria
Nile
Reuters
Rommel
el Daba
Butte Workers Pause Labor Day Celebrations
Butte will treat Labor Day 1942 as a normal workday to support the war effort. Local unions canceled festivities and urged a hard day’s labor to help victory, marking a shift from the city’s usual Northwest notable celebration and visitor draw.
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Butte
Northwest
F D R Schedules First of Three Addresses Today
President Roosevelt will speak Monday at 2 30 p.m. to dedicate the Naval Medical Center Bethesda marking the Navy bureau of medicine and surgery centennial. The 10 minute speech will be broadcast internationally for men afloat and from Navy medical stations on battle fronts.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Mdad
Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
M. W.T
Navy
Uniform Draft System Is Urged by Taft
Senator Robert A. Taft urged a uniform national selective service quota system to end disparities across states and ensure single men are drafted before married men with dependents. He criticized state-based quotas and called for nationwide pooling and overhauls as Congress weighs an 18 and 19 year old service plan. Also in Washington, the Justice Department was asked to probe Rep. Martin Dies for shielding Axis agents.
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Washington
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Selective Service
Taft
Congress
National Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Dies
Department of Justice
Rep
Martin Dies
D-Texas
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Russian forces repel German attacks around Stalingrad
Soviet communique reports fierce fighting northwest of Stalingrad where all German assaults were repulsed. Red army counter-attacks with Volga marines and armed peasants inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, including an Italian battalion. Russians also gained on the Moscow front crossing a river, and in the Caucasus counter-attacked near Prokhladnenski, recapturing a village.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Grozny
Caucasus
Rzhev
Volga
Prokhladnenski
Gronzy
Chinese Forces Storm Nanchang Near Kiangsi Airbase
Chinese troops press toward Nanchang after recapturing southern approaches and reach 12 miles from Kinhwa, the site of the Chekiang airport within bombing range of Japan. Chiang Kai-shek’s forces aim to sever the Chekiang Kaingsi rail line and force Jap HQ moves toward Hankow.
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Chungking
U.P
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Kinhwa
Chekiang
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
Central China
China
Hankow
Central News Agency
Lanki
Chekiang- Kiangsi
Lungyu
Chuh
Marines land on Guadalcanal first Allied offensive in Pacific
The Navy releases Second Lieutenant H L Merillat account of the August 7 1942 Guadalcanal Tulagi Gavutu assault. Marines stormed shores before dawn and formed the first U S offensive in World War II driving Japanese forces into the hills as ships bombarded from sea and air.
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Navy Department
Washington
Solomon Island
H. L. Marillat
U. Marine Corps
H. L. Merillat
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
Gavutu
Solomon Islands
Wake Island
Pacific
United Nations
Guadalcanel
Florida Islands
Banes
South Sea Island
America
Col
C. B. Cates
Two Jap Raids on Solomon Isle Repulsed
U S marine and naval forces claim victory in the Solomon Islands as they repelled two Japanese air attacks on Guadalcanal. Seven planes were shot down and total enemy losses since Aug. 7 reach at least 111. No American fatalities reported, minor damage noted.
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Washington
U.R
U. S. Marine
Solomon Group
Pacific Islands
Navy Department
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
U.S
U. S
Treasury lends 1.35 billion ounces of nonmonetary silver
The Treasury said it has lent all non monetary silver to industry to aid wartime needs and has not bought foreign silver since November. Most imported silver now goes to industrial users while newly mined domestic silver delivery is postponed. Two large refiners are already supplying industry. OPA set a new ceiling price of 45 cents an ounce for imported bullion to help Mexico retain production and taxes.
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Washington
Treasury
Office of Price Administration
State Department
Government of Mexico
OPA
United Natins
Soviet Bombers Lash Out at German Soil
Moscow claims 91 fires started by bombers over Berlin Koenigsberg Danzig and Stettin with heavy raids across northeast Germany. Berlin says bombs hit outer districts. Berlin and other cities report fires explosions and ongoing fear as Allied air power increases.
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Moscow
London
U.P
Berlin
Koenigsberg
Danzig
Stettin
Germany
Menin
France
Reich
Moscow Radio
Dagbladet
Red Air Force
High Command
Tilsit
Mainz
Frankfurt
Pilot of Bomber Killed in Crash at Shelby
A twin engined Army bomber on a routine ferry flight crashed five miles north of Shelby Montana today killing its pilot 2nd Lieutenant Robert Gustafson 22 of Islington Massachusetts. Army investigators waited for the official report as the body was taken to Shelby for arrangements.
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Great Falls
Shelby
Mont
Robert Gustafson
Islington
Mass
Thomas Fletcher
Gustafson
Pletcher
Americans Must Endure Sacrifices in War, Grew Says
Former ambassador Joseph C. Grew told a Columbia broadcast that Japan will fight with full force until utterly crushed and that Americans must make great sacrifices to avoid stalemate. He warned of Japanese morale, atrocities, and deception by Foreign Minister Togo as Pearl Harbor approached.
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Nippon
Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Japan
Grew
Earth
Columbia Broadcasting System
Gripsholm
Togo
Roosevelt
Hirohito
Pearl Harbor
Smeltermen Hear Navy Officer Urge Metal Effort for War
Lt. Comdr. E. N. Hicks of Seattle told a large crowd at Washoe park that miners smelters and refiners must boost metal output for victory. He highlighted copper and other strategic metals and warned more than two million tons of copper ore are needed this year to feed war production.
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Anaconda
E. N. Hicks
U. S. Navy
Seattle
Washoe Park
Hicks
Ambassador says spirit of Poles not broken
Polish Ambassador Jan Ciechanowski, in Detroit, says a Nazi three year extermination campaign failed to break Polish resolve. He cites 140000 Poles executed and 760000 tortured or murdered, with 2,000,000 driven from homes. He notes 150000 abroad in Polish armed forces.
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Detroit
Jan Ciechanowski
Poland
Ciechanowski
Milne Bay Ambush Wipes Out Japanese Force in New Guinea
General MacArthur said Australian and American troops crushed a Japanese spearhead in an ambush near Milne Bay and saved Port Moresby for the fourth time. Heavy Japanese losses included tanks and supplies as ground fighting continued at Kokoda Salamaua and Salomewa with evacuations and naval actions noted.
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MacArthur
Australia
Milne Bay
Port Moresby
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Bay
Kokoda
Gona- Buna
Salamaua
Salamewa
Rabaul
New Britain
Petain Attacks Nazi Foes in Unoccupied France
Marshal Petain used a ceremony in Clermont Ferrand to denounce what he called treason by French men who oppose his regime. He marked the second anniversary of the French Legion and asserted that the Vichy government would push its revolutionary program despite obstacles while avoiding details on domestic policy and the Dak ar status continues to be a matter of concern in press dispatches.
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Guadalcanal
Merillat
Tulagi
Clermont Ferrand
France
Marshal Petain
Caesar
Pierre Laval
Prench
Prench Legion
Legionnaires
Vichy
Germany
Dakar
Alsop Elected Secretary of Montana State Nurses Group
Mrs. Margaret Carolus Alsop of Butte, former Murray hospital superintendent, was elected executive secretary of the Montana State Nurses association at a board meeting in the Finlen hotel. She also becomes permanent secretary of the Montana State Nursing council for war services, created last December after wartime actions. Sister John Marie of Butte and Miss Gertrude Buckles of Billings were elected to fill two board vacancies.
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Margaret Carolus Alsop
Butte
Murray Hospital
Montana State Nurses’ Association
Finlen Hotel
John Marie
Gertrude Buckles
Billings
Nurses’ Association
Missoula
Montana State Nursing Council For War Services
Alsop
Florence Whipple
Helena
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Air Ministry
Milne Bay Region
Solomon Isle
Marines
Santa Isabel Island
Solomon Archipelago
Tan
Marine Corps
Makin
Cozumel
Petain
State Nurses Group
Council For War Services
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