Americans Catch Enemys Unawares in Pacific Drive
Allied forces struck the Japanese in the Solomons with eight aircraft sunk or damaged ships including a heavy cruiser and transport. American carrier forces hit Shortland Island as long-range raids under General MacArthur targeted nearby bases. Canadian ships aided U S forces in occupying the Andreanos isles in the Aleutians while Kiska remained bombarded.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pacific War Zone
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Aleutian Islands
North Solomons
Shortland Island
Douglas MacArthur
Guadalcanal
Navy
Owen Stanley Mountain
Port Moresby
Angus MacDonald
Ottawa
United States
Andreanos Group
Aleutians
Kiska
Pplenes
Andreanol
House Passes Omnibus Bill for Navy Expansion
The House approved a $6.24 billion omnibus supply bill chiefly funding the navy for Pacific dominance. The measure increases WW2 spending to about $220 billion, with $2.862 billion for 14,612 naval planes and authority for 1.9 million ton fleet expansion plus aircraft carrier growth. Other allocations include 500 million for housing and 33.8 million for OWI.
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Washington
Senate
Pacific
House
Office of War Information
Guayule
Office of Defense Transportation
War Manpower Commission
Cannon
D-Ma
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
Don Brown Killed in Palm Springs Air Crash
Long Beach California reports that 24 year old Don Brown the son of comedian Joe E Brown was killed when a bomber piloted by Brown crashed near Palm Springs after takeoff for Utah He had just left a Detroit show to claim his father announced his death and noted he served about a year in the ferrying command as captain and pilot of the bomber
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Long Beach
Calif
Joe E. Brown
Dan
Army Air Corps
Stockton
Brown
Detroit
Palm Springs
Utah
Paul Herbert
Logne
Calais
Army
Comimiuniqué
Ministries of Air and Home Security
Britain
Adrian Gas & Oil to Drill Four New Test Wells
Adrian Gas and Oil Company plans four new test wells on the Lewis Dinius farm near Adrian, with J M Withers Drilling in charge. The firm leased about 5,000 acres around the city and hopes to test oil prospects to supplement existing gas flow from a Miller farm well. The project awaits a Michigan Conservation Department representative after a drilling permit was issued.
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Adrian Gas & Oil Company
Lewis Dinins
Adrian
Bent Osle Road
Fof
J. M. Withers Drilling Company
Withers
Deerfield
Adrian Gas Jail Company
J. L. Mott
John Mott
R.T Betts
Toledo
Miller Farm
Bent Oak Road
Betts
Millers Farm
Dinius
Michigan Conservation Department
OPA Acts to Avert Flour Shortage in 60 Day Price Ceilings
Washington October 9 The Office of Price Administration granted 60 day price ceilings on flour and related products to avert a predicted shortage. The new ceiling is the highest price at which a seller contracted during September 28 to October 2, not the peak delivered price. The measure covers flour from wheat rye cornmeal hominy and grits and aims to keep milling operating at current prices. Low inventories mean any delivery reductions could quickly worsen shortages.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Superintendent seeks ten percent raise for 122 staff
Ross P. Tenny of the Boys' Vocational School announced he will request a 10 percent pay raise for 122 institutional employees. The raise would add about $12,000 to annual payrolls, following a conference with state civil service department staff members.
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Lansing
Ross P. Tenny
Boys’ Vocational School
Largest U S Air Force Strikes Northern France in Dawn Raid
A massive U S bomber and fighter force joined RAF and Allied squadrons in a daylight operation over northern France, striking the Lille region. The raid, the largest such force to fly in the European theater, involved over 200 bombers and included Spitfires and Hurricanes flown by U S pilots. No exact objectives were disclosed, but Lille’s industrial area was the focus.
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London
United States
Lille
France
RAF
Pere
United States Army Command
BBC
Aren
Dover Straits
United Nations
Calais
Cape Gris Nez
Britain
Channel
Ramsgate
Dieppe
Folkestone
Continent
Bou
Adrian City Airport may be unsafe and undersized says state official
Adrian city officials and aviation enthusiasts heard C K Stevens of the State Aeronautical Board declare the current Adrian airport inadequate and unsafe for civilian flying, urging a field at least 2320 acres. He noted no city of similar size lacks a better field and urged bond-backed funding after the war, with mayor Lundahl proposing site search and voter education before bonds.
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Adrian
C. K. Stevens
State Aeronautical Board
H. W. Lundahl
Airport Commission
Adelbert Vedder
City Commission
Ken Morey
Adrian Aviation
Ecity
Adrian Fliers
James Gerity Jr
Morey
Scrap Scraps and State Scrapyard Bets Across States
Governor Keen Johnson declared a state holiday for scrap collection while Louisville fans patriotic efforts Sunday with hundreds of trucks for a citywide owl theme event. The IRS allowed corporate gifts to salvage committees as deductible business expenses. In South Bend Alex Siby donated his bullet scarred car once linked to Dillinger days, kept as a memento. Baton Rouge Gov Jones upped the stakes in a private scrap bet with Arkansas Gov Atkins, wagering Louisiana sulphur against Arkansas bauxite.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Keen Johnson
South Bend
Ind
Alex Siaby
John Dillinger
Slabys
Dillinger
Staby
Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Homer 'Atkins
Arkinsas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Page
Michigan Baptists Gather in Adrian for 400th Anniversary
About 600 delegates from Michigan are expected in Adrian October 19 to 22 for the annual Michigan Baptist Convention. Local churches will host and house delegates, with residents providing meals and lodging. The Adrian meeting commemorates 400 years since the convention’s incorporation and may be the last during the war. President Roosevelt’s letter to the International Disciples of Christ influenced the decision to hold the 1942 event in Adrian.
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Michigan
Adrian
International Convention of the Disciples of Christ
Roosevelt
Willkie Tastes Real Danger Near North China Front
While touring the Yellow River front Willkie and his party rode a hand car as four Japanese shells exploded near the railway. Earlier a heavy air raid on Loyang killed six and machine gunned a blue railway coach similar to his car. Thirty-five planes attacked Loyang in the fiercest raid in months, but Willkie was 130 miles away in front-line trenches.
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North China
Wendell Wilkie
Yellow River
Willkie
Loyang
Senate Adopts Victory Tax On Incomes
The Senate approved a wartime victory tax adding 5 percent to personal income tax on earnings above 624 yearly after rejecting Downey’s bid to raise the exemption to 1,200 and lift the levy to 10 percent on income over 2,300. CIO President Murray criticized the measure as an outrageous caricature of Treasury plans.
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Washington
Senate
Downey Dcalif
Philip Murray
CIO
Wallace
Nazis Threaten To Manacle More British Prisoners
London reports German forces assert they have 1376 British prisoners in their hands and threaten to manacle triple that number at noon tomorrow if Britain pursues counter measures against German captives. Italy adds a new threat, claiming a Tobruk attack document ordered the killing of Italians in a sector, prompting reprisals and heightened war prisoner tension.
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London
Britain
Germany
Italy
Dieppe
Channel
Sark
Rome
Tobruk
Roosevelt silent on draft ages for youths. war talk on hold
Washington reports Roosevelt offered no comment on drafting 18 and 13 year olds. Congress said no war department recommendation on such legislation. Navy says bombers hit Kiska in the Aleutians. Muskeget lost at Atlantic. Detroit plant strike protests smoking discipline. Roosevelt says social security tax hike needed to fund war and opposes payroll tax freeze.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
War Department
Navy
Aleutian Islands
Kiska
Atlantic
U. S. Coast Guard
Muskeget
5. S. Cornish
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Jefferson Avenue
Corporation
Wastulngton
German forces report gains in Caucasus and Don fronts
Nazi communique says German troops advance in the Caucasus and Don areas after forest fighting, with Romanian and Italian units repulsing Soviet attacks. Central sector battles yield pillboxes and dugouts taken or destroyed as five Soviet divisions and two rifle brigades are dispersed. Moscow reports intensified efforts toward Stalingrad with fresh assault forces overrunning a northwestern industrial suburb.
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Associated Press
New York
Stalingrad
Volga
Nazi War Bulletin
Caucasus
Don
Lake
Berlin
High Command
Moscow
Red Star
Lenawee Leads in Scrap Metal Collection Effort
Lenawee county reports a lead in scrap metal collection from farms as road commission trucks canvass every farm. The meeting in Ann Arbor with salvage officials from six counties emphasized the need to gather 18 million tons of scrap by December 31 to keep war plants functioning. Weather delayed collection, but trucks continued to haul loads to central centers.
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Lenawee County
Michigan
Richard H. Goff
Lenawee Salvage
Ann Arbor
County Road Commission
Goff
Distict
Ellis Roosa
Tha
U. S. Department of Agriculture War Board
J. C. Ackerman
International Harvester Company
Fara
John D. McGillis
Detroit
Washington
Road Commission
Speed limit order signed by Olander
Oscar G. Olander state police commissioner signed an order setting a 35 miles per hour limit on state trunk line highways as safety zones with misdemeanor penalties for violations. The decree takes effect Monday after prior signature by G Donald Kennedy of the State Highway Commission. President Roosevelt announced his radio speech would be broadcast next Monday from Wolcom for about half an hour, subjects undecided.
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Lansing
Oscar G. Olander
Olander
G. Donald Kennedy
Washington
Roosevelt
Wolcom
Nazis Press Denmark for 30000 Volunteers on Eastern Front
Stockholm dispatches report Germany pressed King Christian's government to recruit at least 30 000 Danish volunteers for service on the eastern front and speculated on further German demands including a war declaration on Russia and handing over Danish merchant ships. Norwegian executions bringing total to 34 have intensified suppression in Trondheim amid a state of civil siege.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Christian
Norway
Trondheim
Tronaheim
Denmark
London
Russia
Danish
Reich
Senators Ask Hershey To Freeze Farm Workers For 3 Months
Fifteen farm state senators petitioned Selective Service Director Hershey to halt dairy and livestock workers on farms for three months to protect food production while a general manpower program is devised. They warn ongoing manpower drain will cripple the war effort as farm auctions rise and dairy herds are sold. The Census Bureau notes employment fell by 1,000,000 from August to September, signaling broad impacts on agriculture.
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Washington
Selective Service
Hershey
Ball
R-Minn
Brown
D-Mich
Do You Vote Detroit City Clerk Warns on Election Missing Votes
Detroit October 9 City Clerk Thomas D Leadbetter highlighted the upcoming November elections noting Max Stephan a convicted killer on death row had been a regular voter. The record shows Stephan missed seven of 30 elections since becoming a citizen in 1935. He urged Americans not to be too busy to vote.
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Detroit
Thomas D. Leadbetter
Max Stephan
Train Tor
Stephan
Leadbetter
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Adrian City
Hibsdale
Victor Scharp
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Ty Rolin
Seewe Ae
Sard
Ardiga
Ohio
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Peter J. Short
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Donald M. Nelson
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