Delay of Fathers Draft Looks Likely In October
Washington United Press reports the War Manpower Commission expects many fathers of children born before September 15 1942 to be drafted by October 1 unless Congress acts. WMC director Lawrence Appley said induction on that date looks definite, with new nondeferrable job orders and rules barring workers moving towns without WRIC permission. Chairman Paul V. McNutt defended the father draft as essential to the war effort.
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Congress
Armed Services
War ‘Manpower Commission
Lawrence Appley
WMC
Appley
WRIC
Paul V. McNutt
Wheeler
D.mont
McNutt
Selective Service Act
Reform School Parolee Admits Third Killing
Cleveland detectives report Henry Hagert a 17 year old reform school parolee confessed to killing another local boy missing since March Edgar Bowen aged 15 resided with his grandmother on the west side Hagert said he shot the boy in the flats an Industrial area along the Cuyahoga River weighed the body with railroad spikes and dropped it into the river First degree murder charges were filed against Hagert for the killings of James and Charles Collings whose bodies were found in Bay Village Hagert harmed himself by slashing his wrist in his cell Saturday night under police guard
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Cleveland
Frank W. Story
Henry William Hagert
Edgar Bowen
West Side
Story
Hagert
Cuyahoga River
James
Charles Collings
Bay Village
The Annual August School Directory Listings Offer Broad Courses
The Record Newspapers Education Classified section publishes an annual August School Directory listing colleges private and secondary schools nursing courses trade and vocational training and instruction in music and riding to guide readers toward best opportunities for themselves and country.
Nazis Retreat Toward Messina in Sicily Advance
Allied forces press toward Messina from the Sicilian front as American and British troops push along the north coast. Oliveri falls after a 14 mile advance, with German rearguards breaking contact on the east coast. British actions cut key Taormina roads while U S ships bombard ports and air power targets southern Italy.
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Sicilian
Messina
Oliveri
Taormina
Piedimonte
Fiumefreddo
Associated Press
Noland Norgaard
Eighth Army
Norgaard
Randazzo
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Milazzo
United States
Vibo Valentia
Gulf of Eufemia
Italy
Seventh Army
Brolo
San Angelo
Patui
Fiance Calls Time Out On Tommy Manville Wedding Plan
New York reporter notes Tommy Manville and Sunny Ainsworth with a marriage license. Ainsworth doubts the union after two previous marriages. Manville says they planned to wed at his Mamaroneck estate tomorrow, while Ainsworth seeks work and questions lasting commitment.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Sunny Ainsworth
Texas
Miss Ainsworth
Tommy
Bombing Hits Milan in 24 Hour Strikes
Allied bombers hit Milan in a round clock air offensive that marked a 24 hour bombing cycle including raids on Berlin and French airfields. Fires and explosions were heard in Milan with Swiss observers noting unrest and mayor Gallatti Scotti resigning as Giorgio Boitrafio was named prefectural commissioner. German raiders also attacked an English south coast town in a separate strike.
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London
Milan
Berlin
France
Lugano
U. S
Stefani
Gallatti Scotti
Giorgio Boitraffio
U.S
Bertin
Romanus Await Move by Allies Amid Open City Debate
London dispatch from Geneva reports chaos in northern Italy as RAF strikes paralyze industrial cities and communications. Milan's factories closed and crowds marched while troops moved people about without force, as Home awaited Allied verdict on open city status.
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London
London Daily Mail
Geneva
Italy
R.A.F
Milan
Mussolini Held on Island, Zurich Says
Zurich correspondent reports Benito Mussolini, former Italian premier, is captive on an island inaccessible to Germans. The island’s name is not disclosed.
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Bern
Benito Mussolini
Zurich
Dagens Nyheter
Italy
Four-Squadron Battle Scores 48 Japanese Planes Down
Allied HQ reports 48 Japanese planes destroyed in Pacific air battles along the Southwest Pacific front with five Allied planes lost. MacArthur notes ground forces nearing an enemy center below Bairoko Harbor on New Georgia as Airacobras hit a Lae bomber and fighter formation in New Guinea operations.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Bairoko Harbor
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Zieta
Bairoko
New Georgia
Vella Lavella Island
Buin-Faisi
Bougainville
New Guinea
U. S. Army Air Force
Airacobras
Lae
Churchill Returns to Hyde Park Scene After Quebec War Talks
Prime Minister Winston Churchill traveled from Hyde Park to the United States for a preliminary meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The pair met at Roosevelt's home and planned to head to Quebec, where Churchill soon after visited the map room at the citadel.
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Churchill of Briain
Roosevelt
United States
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Hyde Park
White House
Washington
Hudson River
Citadel of
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Winston Churchill
Citadel
Special Train Halted in Troy en Route to Quebec
Prime Minister Winston Churchill's special train, returning from a conference with President Roosevelt at Hyde Park, paused briefly at Troy Union Depot around midnight Saturday. The Canadian Pacific line’s red and gold rolling stock resembled the train used during the King and Queen’s visit years ago.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Troy Union Depot
Canadian Pacific Hne
Troy
King George
Queen Elizabeth
British Chiefs Meet in Quebec With Dill in Tow
The report notes an morning encounter with Mr. Mac Kenzie King and a 1 pm launch with British chiefs of staff. Field Marshal Sir John Dill, head of the joint staff mission in Washington, is in Quebec after arriving a day or two earlier.
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MacKenzie King
Sir John Dill
Joint Staff Mission
Washington
Quebec
Aircraft Worker Denies Marrying Errol Flynn in Acapulco
Acapulco reports Miss Nora Eddington, an Los Angeles aircraft plant employee, denying marriage rumors with actor Errol Flynn. She said the rumors are absolutely unfounded and that she is in Acapulco on a pleasure trip. She plans no definite travel to Mexico City and does not know if Flynn will accompany her.
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Acapulco
Mexico
UPI
Nora Eddington
Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Miss Eddington
Flynn
Mexico City
Allied Landing in Sicily Surprised Axis Leaders
Allied headquarters in North Africa noted a surprise in Sicily. Maj. Gen. Walter B. Smith said the island’s position could aid deception of German and Italian commanders about the main thrust. He warned Sicily might have been harder to invade than the European mainland due to Axis strength nearby.
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Allied
North Africa
UPI
Allied High Command
Sicily
Europe
Walter B. Smith
Allied Headquarters
Bodies of Two Girls Recovered in Mass Canoe Tragedy
Dennis Massachusetts reported two girls Joyce Wilcox 17 of Olean and Norma Claro 14 of Santiago Chile were found dead in the water off Wellfleet by Coast Guards after leaving Camp Nobscassetta on a canoe trip. A third girl Jane Summers 13 of Wellesley is believed dead and search continues.
Six U.S. Warships Sunk Amid Global War Losses
The Navy reported six United States warships lost in the past two months while fighting the Axis. The list includes the submarine Pickere, destroyer Maddox, gunboat Plymouth, submarine chaser PC496, minesweeper Sentinel, and rescue vessel Red Wing.
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Washington
Navy
Pickere
Maddox
Plymouth
Sentinel
Redwing
Report Shows U-Boat A Day Sent to Bottom
The joint statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill reports Allied success against Axis submarines and Japanese shipping. From May through July, over ninety U-boats were sunk at sea, averaging nearly one per day, while American submarines continued sinking Japanese vessels in the Pacific.
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Washington
Pacific
Roosevelt
Churchill
Italy Armistice Path Outlined by London Radio
The London radio reported last night that Marshal Badoglio must first request an armistice before Italy can exit the war. It said peace negotiations could begin between the Allies and Italy once that step is taken.
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New York
London Radio
Marshal Badoglio
Italy
Baseball scoreboard rankings and results snapshot
National league and minor leagues score rundown listing multiple matchups with winners and scores. Highlights include Cincinnati over New York several times, St Louis beating Brooklyn in 11 innings, Chicago over Philadelphia, Boston over Pittsburg, and Detroit beating Philadelphia twice. Also notes Albany, Binghamton, Scranton, Springfield, Hartford, Wilkes Barre, Utica and Elmira with various scores.
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New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
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Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburg
Pitsburg
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
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Binghamton
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Springfield
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Utica
Elmira
Reds Drive Nazis From Karachev in Major Soviet Advance
Soviet forces smashed the German defense of Karachev 26 miles east of Bryansk in a three day battle, capturing the city with divisions 16th and 54th Guards and 238th and 369th Infantry. Stalin praised the infantry for courage and announced honors to the four divisions. The drive opened a 45 mile advance toward Bryansk and expanded gains across 100 villages as Russians pressed toward Kharkov and other fronts.
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London
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Bryansk
Stalin
Kharkov
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Belgorod
Spas Demensk
Chusuev
Guerrilla Chief Reveals Brazen WW2 Actions in Briansk
Mikhail Romashin, famed guerrilla leader in Briansk, details ongoing partisan operations though scaled back to protect locals. His band derailed trains and blew bridges while coordinating with Red Army via radios and communiques. He recalls Germans offering rewards for his head, and notes local support remained high despite German pressure.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Orel
Mikhail Petrovich Romashin
Russia
Briansk
Red Army
Romunshin
Reo
Romashin
Japs Repulsed Chungking In Chekiang Fighting
The Chinese high command said Japanese forces were repulsed in fighting near Hans Chow, the occupied former provincial capital of Chekiang. Hangchow lies about ten miles southwest of Shanghai.
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Chungking
Hanschow
Chekiang
Hangchow
Shanghai
Farm Purchase Bill Proposed by Bankhead in Congress
Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama said he would introduce a bill at the coming session to let qualified persons purchase farms with government insured mortgages similar to the Federal Housing Authority program for urban building.
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Jasper
Ala
John H. Bankhead
D.-Ala
Federal Housing Authority
After The War Women Likely to Stay in Some War Jobs
Washington D. T. M. Mary Anderson of the Women’s Bureau said most women will remain in aircraft plants after peace arrives but may move from other industrial roles to clerical work. Government figures show women workers rose to 17.1 million as men fell to 37.2 million.
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Mary Anderson
Women’s Bureau
Miss Anderson
OPA Hints Eastern Motorists May Get Gas Ration Boost
The Office of Price Administration signaled a possible half gallon weekly gas increase for Eastern motorists if driving economy improves in two weeks. Chester Bowles, OPA administrator, outlined diverting saved fuel to western shortage areas and a reduced monthly mileage cap for B card holders. About 30,000 buses and 23,000 taxicabs would be exempt from the emergency mileage cut. Bowles aimed for a September 1 lift on pleasure driving in the Northeast if stock-building goals are met, with enforcement remaining strict in the interim.
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Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
Appalachians
Rockies
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Bowles
OPA
Society Leader Drowns in Pool Near Phoenix
Gloria Gould Barker, prominent New York society figure and Gould family member, drowned at her desert home ten miles east of Phoenix. Found by husband Wallace Barker and butler George Hees after she disappeared for about 15 minutes. Despite three doctors and a palace motor, rescue attempts failed. authorities say she slipped at the pool edge, striking her head.
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Phoenix. Ariz
Gloria Gould Barker
Gould
New York
Here
Wallace the Barker
Orge Hees
Maricopa County
Berlin’s 69th RAF Raid Darkens Night Over Berlin
Berlin endured the 69th air raid of the war as Mosquitos attacked late at night. The bombardment marked a continuing Allied assault on the German capital, following a prior Mosquito strike Thursday and ahead of anticipated heavy Bomber operations.
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London
Royal Air Force
Moenuiz
Hamburg
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