Fighting Back on the Kangchow Namhang Railway Front
Chinese forces halted three weeks of Japanese gains along the Hangchow Nanchang railway front and pushed a 25 mile wedge into enemy lines. They recaptured Julian and Wenchow ports, cleared areas in Kiangsi and Chekiang, and damaged the coastal front while troops reportedly moved toward Inner Mongolia.
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Chekiang
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Wenchow
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Chinee
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Russia
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Nanchang
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U.S. Air Forces Join British in North Africa War
Maj. Gen. Lewis Brereton assumes command of U S air forces in the Middle East and directs bombing raids on Axis supply ports at Tobruk and Benghazi. Rommel’s drive toward Alexandria and Suez slowed as Allied air and naval action harasses supply lines near El Alamein and Tunis. Brereton stresses RAF cooperation and intelligence support for operations in the Egyptian theater.
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Alexandria
Suez
U. S. Army Air Forces
Cairo
Lewis Brereton
U. S
Middle East
Tobruk
Bengali
United Nations
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Tunis
Lrereton
India
Western
Desert
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A. F. Kalberger
North Hollywood
Calif
U. S. Army
Mediterranean Sea
Bloodiest Battles on Russian Front Near Rostov and Voroshilovgrad
Soviet communique notes heavy blows on German forces as Voroshilovgrad falls back and Rostov risk grows. In Voronezh area Russians claim 1000 German deaths and new advance toward the Volga. American and British tanks bolster Red lines while German jet losses mount.
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Don Basin
Donetz
Millernya
Rostov
Voronezh
Volga River
Millerovo
Pervozyanovka-Likhaya
Stalingrad
Don
Aleutian Battle Signals Shifts in Pacific Front
Aleutian reports show American air and naval forces clashing with Japanese in a widening struggle across Attu Kiska Aggatu and Dutch Harbor. Japanese gains on Aggatu contrasted with a tally of 13 Japanese ships sunk or damaged, including a heavy cruiser and an aircraft carrier, in the three island landings. The base at Dutch Harbor faced two raids, and the Northwestern barracks ship was destroyed in the second raid.
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Navy
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Kiska
Aggatu
United States
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska
Northwestern
Woman Surgeon Becomes Fellow of International College of Surgeons
Dr. Margaret Hie Ding Lin, born in Foochow, China and practicing in Chicago, is elected as a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons. She is the eighth woman in China to hold no medical degree and the only woman to receive this honor.
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Margaret Hie Ding Lin
Foochow
China
Chicago
International College of Surgeons
Government reports scaled synthetic rubber output and plans
Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones said private industry now yields 25,000 tons of synthetic rubber annually and two government plants add 36,000 tons more. He projected full capacity of about 100,000 tons by year end 1942, 300,000 tons by August 1943, and 806,000 tons by end of 1943.
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Jesse Jones
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Selective Service Line Up for Registrants Ordered by HQ
Local graft boards were authorized to call registrants under a new plan from Selective Service HQ. The line includes single men with no dependents, singles with dependents, singles with dependents who contribute to the war effort, married men with wife only, married men with wife and active war effort, and married men with wife and children or children only. Dependency must have been established before December 8, 1841 and before induction was imminent.
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National Headquarters of Selective Service
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Aliens More Arrests Near Nazi Saboteur Trial
The Washington war crimes trial neared completion as the FBI arrested 14 people in New York and Chicago for aiding the eight saboteurs. Six Chicago residents face charges for assisting Herbert Haupt, with four more named for unlawful aid, plus three as dangerous alien enemies. Coast Guardsman John C. Cullen, 21, surprised the landings on Long Island in June, reported the incident after being offered a bribe and alerted headquarters.
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FBI
New York
Chicago
Herbert Haupt
John C. Cullen
Coast
MacArthur on War Off the Record Conference
General Douglas MacArthur spoke for two hours to more than 100 editors and correspondents in Australia describing his view of the world war picture and the Southwest Pacific. The session followed his arrival and used off the record assurances with sports terminology and mentions of World War I service with the 42nd Division in France.
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Douglas MacArthur
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State of war declared with Balkan nations
Roosevelt proclaims war with Hun gary Romania and Bulgaria after earlier joint resolutions. Anthony Miers, British submarine commander, torpedoes two Axis ships despite orders and earns the Victoria Cross after a harrowing harbor dash. Norway begins fish rationing as its food crisis worsens.
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Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
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Balkan
Anthony Miers
London
Norway
Wartime notes and war bond appeal amid naval incident
A veteran report recounts Governor Rex Tugwell narrowly missing a Nazi submarine when a depth charge plan failed. It also covers a deception racket exposing fake eye-restoration schemes, Nazi food shortage preparations for a communal system, and brief items on senate prayers, wartime production, and civilian defense efforts in Chicago.
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Rex Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
Bombay
Caribbean
Tugwell
Extrain Truster
Fragmented wartime musings loom in city columns
A collage of bygone film lore, stage gossip, and wartime nerves unfolds in a city column. References span Joe Louis, the Rockefellers, gossip about Elsa Maxwell, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Lefty O’Doul, Henry Fonda, and Greta Garbo, with notes on theaters, radio, and vaudeville.
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Joe Louis
Rockefellers
Dry Dock Savings Bank
Lucius Beebe
Elsa Maxwell
Clark Gable
Henry Fonda
Lefty O'Doul
Gary Cooper
Fiicker
Lew Gehrig
Aloft With Helium By Paul Schubert
A wartime feature on US blimps and anti submarine patrols along the Atlantic coast. The article describes blimp design, helium safety, crewed patrols, ship-like operation, and the coordinated use with destroyers and other vessels to hunt U boats, highlighting their role in wartime sea defense.
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Fran
Freshen Up Your Living Room With DIY Updates
A home improvement note suggests simple do it yourself updates for living rooms including a new couch cover lamp shade curtain or clip cover. It promotes a book in a series by Mrs Spears offering 92 pages of ideas and working drawings to refresh old furnishings with an order address to follow.
Tobacco as morale booster for armed forces
Medical officers highlight tobacco as a morale aid for troops. Surveys show men prefer tobacco as a gift, especially pipe tobacco or roll your own. A pound can of Prince Albert, a leading smoking tobacco, is recommended by local dealers as a suitable gift for service members.
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Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Prince Albert
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