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September 2, 1942

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RUSSIAN LINE SAGS; Red Army Yields Again to Huge Tank Forces South of Volga City FOE IS REPULSED IN NORTH Defenders Drive a Wedge Into Axis Salient at Don Bend -- Nazis Claim Anapa Port RUSSIAN INFANTRY MOVING UP AGAINST THE ENEMY RUSSIAN LINE SAGS HEAR STALINGRAD

By the United Press

USSR forces yield to Ger tank forces, Kotelnikov area in Stalingrad battle; claims Ger-Ital troops repulsed, Kletskaya area; Gers claim Anapa, Black Sea port, captured by own and Rumanian troops; USSR forces fall back to new defensive positions, south of Krasnodar; USSR troops wipe out 200 Gers, Mozdok area near Grozny oil fields; USSR Stalingrad defense seen strong north of city; Ger supply difficulties cited; Ger rept on battles; map

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Nicaragua Has Santa In Wife of President

By the United Press

Returns from US; buys pawn tickets, returns pawned articles to owners

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TOKYO SHOWDOWN WITH RUSSIA SEEN; Ouster of Togo Held to Portend Drive on Siberia -- Solomons Failure Linked With Move TOKYO SHOWDOWN WITH RUSSIA SEEN

By Otto D. Tolischus

Japan plans Greater East Asia Ministry creation

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68-Degree Heat as Basis; FUEL OIL RATIONS MAY BE WIDENED

By the Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Sept 1 -- From sources in the agencies concerned with the fuel oil problem, who declined to be quoted by name, it was learned that a basic ration was contemplated which would permit heating homes to an average temperature of around 68 degrees, with supplemental rations to be issued on the basis of need.

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$54,048,500 STARTS FILM BOND RALLIES; By 8 A.M. Day's Quota Is Topped by $20,000,000 -- Sales Are Brisk Throughout City SIGNING UP IN WAR BOND DRIVE $54,048,500 STARTS FILM BOND RALLIES

By Unknown Author

With a national goal of a billion dollars in war bond and stamp sales to aim for, the motion picture industry swung into action yesterday and at 8 A.M. announced that the campaign was off to a $54,048,500 start, exceeding the first day's quota by $20,000,000.

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Notable Deaths

1942Tom Williams (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (born 1923)^[†]

Thomas Joseph Williams was a volunteer in C Company, 2nd Battalion of the Belfast Brigade in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from the Bombay Street area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was hanged in the Crumlin Road Gaol for his involvement in the killing of Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) police officer Patrick Murphy during the IRAs Northern Campaign.

1942James Juvenal, American rower (born 1874)^[†]

James Benner Juvenal was an American rower, born in Philadelphia, who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1904 Summer Olympics.