Brooklyn Eagle (September 6, 1942)
ROMMEL HURLED BACK, BLASTED BY U.S. FLIERS
3 enemy attacks smashed in Egypt
Allies peril foe west of Alamein – Yanks bomb convoy off Crete
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ROMMEL HURLED BACK, BLASTED BY U.S. FLIERS
Biggest U.S. air attacks batter Rouen, Le Havre
Flying Fortresses smash key targets – RAF, Reds rip Central Europe
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China’s No. 1 film star asks equality for youth
Washington (UP) –
Yung Wang, China’s foremost screen star, said today that the youth of China will fight until the last Japanese is driven from Chinese soil, but must have assurances they will not be “cheated” in the post-war world.
Miss Yung, who flew here from Chungking to participate in the International Student Assembly, said China’s youth wants equality with other nations when the war is won.
Vachris firm awarded War Department job
Washington –
The War Department today announced awarding of construction contracts ranging from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 each, including one to Charles F. Vachris, Inc., of Brooklyn, for water, electric, gas and sewerage systems in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Wage, profit increases out, FDR asserts
Labor Day statement paves way for strict price, pay control
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U.S. loses destroyer and small transport
Casualties reported few as Axis sinks 2 ships in South Pacific
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Soldier fatally stabbed in row with Negro
Trenton, New Jersey –
Army Sgt. Matthew J. Pishkey of Gary, Indiana, died in McKinley Hospital today from stab wounds inflicted yesterday day by an unknown Negro.
In company with Sgt. Ray F. Hodgens, Pishkey was walking on North Montgomery St. early yesterday to the bus terminal en route to Fort Dix when they engaged in an altercation with the Negro. In the scuttle, Sgt. Pishkey was stabbed in the right side of the throat with a knife. Two blood transfusions given by soldiers at Fort Dix failed to save his life.
Buddy in training
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Navy Lt (jg.) Charles “Buddy” Rogers goes into training for his flying wings at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas. Rogers is the husband of Mary Pickford. (Official U.S. Navy photo from International News Photos)
Japs massacre 21,000 Chinese in 2 provinces
Vast population left homeless as fleeing enemy burns cities
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