Churchill Delays Coal Nationalization Amid War Consensus
London reports Churchill told Commons the coal nationalization plan would wait for a general election and warned the worst fighting of the war lies ahead. He stressed war needs first, unity after the conflict, and resisted broad social changes while a two day coal debate noted conscription for miners and no factory coal shortages.
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London
Churchill
Commons
House
Anthony Eden
Gwilym Lloyd George
Christmas overseas package mail deadline noted
Mrs Mery West the postmaster reminded that only two days remain to mail Christmas packages for men overseas. Packages may be mailed until the closing hour Friday October 15. Service men’s special requests must be presented to post office officials for packages mailed after the expiration date.
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Mery West
Adam
Post Office
Mines To Owners Strike In Alabama Coal Fields
Five Alabama coal mines employing about 1700 men were idle as government operation ended. Operators said no miner demands were made but ordered return to private operation sparked the walkout. UMWA district president William Mitch declined to comment.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
William Mitch
United Mine Workers of America
Cooper Fracture Tough on Cardinal Catcher
Walker Cooper of the St. Louis Cardinals sustained a compound fracture of the right index finger after a foul up in the final game of the 1943 World Series. Initial reports listed a dislocation. X rays later confirmed the fracture. Surgeon Dr. Robert F. Hyland said the break should not affect next season.
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Ee. Lous
Walker Cooper
St. Louis Cardinal
Cooper
Robert F. Hyland
P-47 Thunderbolts Show Japs They're New Menace In Skies
Allied air forces report P-47 Thunderbolts now menacing Japanese airpower in New Guinea and the Solomons. Col N E Kearby, flying ace, credited with five kills in a single engagement. Japanese survivors retreat as Allied ground forces advance in New Guinea and Vella Lavella.
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Japan
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Wewak
Bheer
Thunderbolt
Col
N. E. Kearby
Dallas
San Antonio
Tex
Guadalcanal
Solomon Waters
Gen. MacArthur
Lae
Ramu
Madang
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
New Zealand
Solomons
Vella Lavella Island
H. E. Barrowclough
U. S
U. S. Airmen Hit Burma Rail Yard Network
U S Army 10th Air Force bombed Minzu railway yards 35 miles south of Mandalay with medium bombers. Blasted tracks and rolling stock. fires engulf warehouses. Earlier strikes hit Sagaing yards and Nyaungbinwun near Mandalay and Mandalay waterfront. All crews returned safely.
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New Delhi
Minzu
Mandalay
U. S. Army
10Th Air Force
Burma
Sagaing
Nyaungbinwun
Mandalay Watefront
Oklahoma crop goals for 1944 set at high levels
State and federal farm officials at Stillwater issued crop goal recommendations for 1944. Wheat would rise from 3.8 million to 5.8 million acres, peanuts from 612 thousand to 750 thousand, and cattle and calves trimmed from 3.067 million head to 2.678 million by January 1, 1945. Recommendations move to the War Food Administration in Washington for action.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
War Food Administration
Washington
Heavy Rain Sweeps Pontotoc County Ada Reels Under Deluge
Overnight and late afternoon rains drenched Pontotoc County with Ada receiving 1.15 inches in under 30 minutes. The downpour caused street flooding and runoff, while reports from McAlester Ardmore and Tulsa ranged from .87 to 1.01 inches. Morning temps dipped to 53 degrees as a cold northerly wind followed a sunny autumn day.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
Associated Press
McAlester
Ardmore
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Panhandle
Former State AP Man Was On Attu
Lt. Francis E. Barden, staff member of the Oklahoma City bureau of the Associated Press, on leave for military service, disclosed he participated in the battle of Attu. He praised his men and noted the bureau’s quota of the little brown monkeys was treated. Barden was inducted in 1942 at Fort Benning and served with an infantry regiment.
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Oklahoma City
Francis E. Barden
The
Associated Press
Attu
Arden
Fort Benning
Allies Break Through Central Italy Front Near Pontelandolfo
Allied dispatches report nine miles northeast of Pontelandolfo a seizure of San Croce while the Eighth army advances along its front capturing Riccia and Bene fro. Montgomery’s troops push along the Adriatic coast driving toward Termoli with strong German resistance and patrols reaching Santa Elia.
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Agliers
Italy
Pontelandolfo
San Croce
Eighth Army
Riccia
Benefro
Volturno
Fifth
Alon
Adriatic
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Termoli
Bonefro
Colletorto
Montgomery
Santa Elia
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Cercello
Colle
Celtelpagano
Pescara
Vasto
Ermoli
Civit Avecchia
Rome
Radio France
Algiers
Corsica
France
Cairo
RAF
Maritza
Rhodes
Cos
Germans Send Reinforcements to Yugoslavia Front
London dispatch reports Germany, short of troops in Yugoslavia, sending large reinforcements to pivotal areas around Susak Karlovac Zagreb and Doboj with orders to open offensives against Yugoslav patriots. Swiss radio notes patriots reaching Zagreb outskirts while German efforts to retake Tuzla face defeats amid ongoing fighting.
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London
Germany
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Italy
Mediterranean
Susak
Karlovac
Zagreb
Doboj
Free Yugoslav Radio
Tuzla
Belgrade
Senate Group Approves Postwar Foreign Policy Pledge
The Senate foreign relations subcommittee approved 7 to 1 a postwar policy pledge to join with free and sovereign nations to establish international authority to prevent aggression and secure peace. It moves to the full committee, with support from Chairman Connally despite LaFollette opposing.
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Washington
Senate Reign Relations
United States
LaFollette
Wis
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Wisconsin
Madison
la Follette
Senate of the United States
More Delegates To GOP Convention
The 1944 Republican National Convention will have 1 058 delegate votes, up 58 from 1940, with 30 states and Hawaii gaining delegates and five losing due to revised allocations to boost GOP voting. Figures come from unofficial GOP headquarters. city selection awaits the national committee’s December or January meeting.
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Washington
Hawaii
GOP
National Committee
Philadelphia
South
Badoglio Declares War on Germany as Italy Breaks Ties
Italy declared war on Germany signaling a shift from the Axis. Marshall Badoglio informed General Eisenhower that by this act all ties with the dreadful past are broken and Italy will join the allied march toward victory. Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin announced the move in a joint dispatch from Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Italy
Germany
White House
Marshall Badoglio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Badoglio
Badoglio Proclaims War on Germany in October Broadcast
Allied headquarters in Algiers released Premier Pietro Badoglio’s statement on October 13 announcing Italy’s declaration of war on Germany. He recounted German disarmament and attacks on Italian units, cited abuses in Catania Calabria Puglia Salerno and Naples, and praised Naples’ populace aiding Anglo American forces. He vowed there will be no peace while any German remains in Italy.
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Allied
Algiers
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Germany
Badoglio
Catania
Calabria
Puglic
Salerno
Naples
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
American Royal Gels Under Way
The American Royal Market Animal show opened in Kansas City with war economy rules. 4 H and vocational students lead, 292 head of cattle hogs and sheep entered, Hereford steers win top honors by Ellabelle Swigart, 12, Mooreland Oklahoma, amid Italy's move toward co belligerent status in the war.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Hereford
Ellabelle Swigart
Ben Swigart
Mooreland
Oklo
Polish destroyer Orkan sunk in Polish naval communique
London reports a Polish naval communique announcing the sinking of the Polish destroyer Orkan. The loss marks a defeat for Polish forces in the ongoing hostilities.
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London
Orp Orkan
U S Air Chief Made Knight of British Empire
London date October 13 General Ira C Baker commander in chief of U S air forces in Britain was knighted by King George VI at Buckingham Palace in a formal ceremony.
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London
Ira C. Baker
U. S
Britain
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Pessimist Ponders Choices and Cold Cure Advice
In "How wuz I t' know?" Mrs. Newt Lark muses on trading a cradle for a card table and the folly of following well meaning friends to cure a cold, revealing a wary view of advice and life choices.
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Newt Lark
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