America at war! (1941– ) (Part 1)

Shortage of materials may close war plant

Funeral of Duchess to be held privately

Subs attack 3 more ships

Only one vessel sinks in encounters; two seamen lost
By the Associated Press

Pelley will take stand

Former Silver Shirt leader may be first witness for self

Crew learns Jap trickery

Fishing sampans appear as convoy, but sub scores successes

In the language of 28 nations, it’s–

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Wide World Features

The millions of peoples of the 28 nations fighting against the Axis say it in thousands of languages and dialects, but it all adds up to the same thing – V for Victory.

Put them all together and they’d make the Tower of Babel sound like an elocution-school commencement-day program.

In case you should want to greet some of your friends in the war slogan in their own tongue, here are phonetic translations of some of the more difficult ones:
Russian: Just say П Для Победы (P Dlya Pobyedy) and they’ll know what you mean.
Yugoslavian: В за победу (V za pobedu)
Norwegian: Vi Vil Vinne
Danish: V for sejr
Chinese: 勝是勝利 (Shèng shì shènglì)
Polish: V Znak Zwycięstwa
Czech: V pro vítězství

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Draft takes 1-B selectees

Estimated million men to be called for limited service

Famous Chicago hotels taken over by Army

Yanks eager for action in China’s skies

Japanese seldom come their way, so they go out and hunt them
By William McGaffin

Jack Benny to adopt another child in fall

Hollywood (Wide World) –
Little Joan Benny, eight-year-old adopted daughter of comedian Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone, will have a little “sister” in the fall.

Jack says they expect to adopt another child, probably a girl, shortly after he concludes his present screen commitments.

Benny says:

We’ve been wanting another child, but we just haven’t had time to attend to the adoption matters.

From what home the child will be adopted is yet undetermined.

U.S. to buy Brazil goods

Southern republic to get $32,490,000 trade in first year

Plan relief wheat pool

Five countries provide 100,000,000 bushels for postwar aid

Spurs cargo plane idea

West Coast shipbuilder loses little time in advancing project

Navy’s eyes must stand punishment

Periscopes, rangefinders take ‘beating’ at sea

The Pittsburgh Press (August 3, 1942)

FDR GIVEN DATA TODAY ON SABOTEURS
Findings of military commission to be reviewed by him

Group summoned

8 defendants, counsel called again before capital tribunal

Bright shoots down two more Jap planes

Berks man takes active part in air battle at Hengyang, China

JAPS CAPTURE VITAL AIRPORT OFF AUSTRALIA
Patrols hold Kokoda, New Guinea village near Port Moresby

Halted in jungles

Allied troops perform many feats of high individual courage

NY gunman slays two

Betting commissioner, gambler shot as they play bridge

Nazi plane hits Iceland

Military installation machine-gunned and bombed, U.S. says

Reading triplets may enter U.S. Army together this week