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WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The War Production Board received a recommendation from its food requirements committee today that the government allocate supplies of meats among butcher shops, stores and other retail outlets in a move to assure equitable distribution of limited supplies.
USSR repts: Ger-USSR losses, Caucasus, May 15-Aug 15
Gen Sir H R Alexander replaces Auchinleck as Middle East forces comdr-in-chief; Alexander's por; Lt Gen Montgomery gets 8th div command; Col Lumsden apptd 13th corps comdr filling vacancy made by Gott's death in action; Middle East situation discussed
A 17-year-old Negro, charged with attempting to "mug" two plainclothes policemen who permitted themselves to be "lured" into a darkened tenement hallway, was shot and seriously wounded at 74 West 118th Street early today, as the police drive on Harlem crime resulted in its second shooting within twenty-four hours.
com advises WPB allocation and OPA consumer rationing programs; urges cooperation in govt agencies on distribution problem solution; com to estimate United Nations and US civilian needs
1942Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (died 2015)[†]
Freddie Dalton Thompson was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election.
1942Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (born 1901)[†]
Harald Kaarmann was an Estonian footballer and bandy player.
1942Heinrich Rauchinger, Kraków-born painter (born 1858)[†]
Heinrich Rauchinger (Polish name Henryk, pronounced /xɛnrɨk/, 1858–1942) was a Kraków-born history painter and portrait painter.
1942World War II: Operation Jubilee (The Dieppe Raid): The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails.[†]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.