Germans Startling to Withdraw from Crimea Peninsular
Allied reports from Moscow indicate German armies are mass withdrawing from the Crimean peninsula via the Perekop land bridge to avoid encirclement by a strong Red Army advance. Soviet gains push westward through Ukrainian steppes toward Krivoi Rog, threatening a major rail hub and last escape routes from the peninsula.
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Associated Press
London
Crimea
Perekop Land
Moscow
Red Army
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Krivei Rog
Iran
Krivai Rog
Dnepropetrovsk
Melitopol
Fussia
Scruss
Perekop Peninsula
Dnieper River
Black Sea
Brown Quits As Chief Of OPA In Washington
Associates say Prentiss NM Brown has “definitely made up his mind to resign” as administrator of the Office of Price Administration. They doubt he has filed with President Roosevelt or set a departure date. He planned to return to Washington mid next week after a trip to St. Ignace Michigan.
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Washington
Ur— Associates
Prentiss NM
Brown
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Roosevelt
St. Ignace
Mich
Winter tax rates and Allied actions in New Guinea
In Adrian the winter tax rate falls to 14.10 per 1000 valuation, offset by lower county tax and school debt service. $9.02 of every 14.10 goes to operating city schools. Allied headquarters report a bloody battle near Finschhafen as Japanese and Australian troops clash in jungle fighting with the 9th Australian Division supporting counteroffensives and bomber raids over New Guinea.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Sadlelberg
Song River
Australia
el Alamein
Egypt
MacArthur
New Britain
Adrian
S. Howard Swift
Sehaol
Weasterer
Bec
Allied Headquarters
iPe
Baba
Dutch
5Th Air Force
LL Gesu
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
George S. Chase
Ionia
Robert R. Woll
Centerline
Mictr
I J
Labor Management Group To Discuss 48 Hour Week
The Lenawee County Labor Management Committee prepares to discuss the 48 hour week amid acute labor shortages. War Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt issued a county order. representatives from CIO AFL and manage ment groups convene Friday at 2 pm in the courthouse supervisors room to organize and review the policy's application across industries.
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Labor Management Group
Paul V. McNutt
Labor Management Committee
Supervisors
Chamber of
C. A
Harold Klinger
USES
Montague Clark
WMC
Washington
John L. Craig
Gordon Bausch
Stubnitz
Green Spring Corporation
Howard Ayers
American Chain & Cable Company
CIO
William Stanton
Kewaunee
Manufacturing Company
Joe Bashaw
AFL
Eugene] Olsen
Stearns Manufacturng Company
C. G. Campbell
Kewaunee Manufacturing Company
Howard Emery
The
Mignesium Fabricators
Paul Breitstenwischer
Tecumseh Pro
Japanese American troops praised for brave actions in Italy
Secretary of War Stimson lauded the 406th infantry battalion, Japanese American soldiers born in Hawaii, for leading an assault along the Appian Way in Italy. Captain Taro Suzuki, a reserve officer, led the first company in action, describing brutal German resistance and the effective use of 60mm mortars to silence machine guns and halt Nazi fire.
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Washington
Americas
Anc
Tunisia
Stimson
Nezi
Borar
406Th
Ha-waii
Italy
Taro Suzuki
Honolulu
Hia.on
Appian Way
Suzuki
War Department
Exchange of wounded prisoners completed in Cet Sweden
About 5 000 Allied wounded including British Canadian and Australian soldiers and 14 Americans were exchanged for a similar number of German invalids. Hospital ships sailing to Britain and Germany accompanied the transfer. The Me fear, Atlantis, Empress of Russia and Drottningholm led the flotilla. Americans on board included airmen and infantrymen. some prisoners had been held under years. Americans still in Germany desire more Red Cross packages.
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Gueteborg
Sweden
Britain
Germany
Mefear
Kaiser
Atlantis
Improvement in coal pictures expected by miners
Birmingham, Oct 21 Thousands of idle Alabama coal miners may gain a quicker return to work, said James H. Terry UMW international representative after a mass meeting of local union leaders. He warned the ongoing walkout could jeopardize War Labor Board contract approval and federal aid, noting the strike began Oct 14 after Interior Secretary Ickes moved to end federal managership. Only scattered hundreds had returned to work earlier this week.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
James H. ‘Terry
UMW International
Terry
War Labor Board
Ist‘naig
UMW
Ickes
John L. Lewis
Field Gun Goes Into Scrap Pile In War Salvage Drive
A World War I field gun from the Adrian Armory was moved to a truck during Lenawee County scrap drive aided by U S soldiers and Adrian High School volunteers. The gun weighed 4780 pounds with the caisson heavier, producing about three tons of scrap for the war effort. Soldiers faced delays due to Central War Time in Sturgis, while Red Cross served breakfast. Adrian's team planned to complete rural canvassing that afternoon before sending crews to Jackson the next day.
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Adrian
Lenawee County
U.S
Richard Goff
Abowty
Sturgis
Red Cross Lanteen
Presbyterian Church
St. Joseph County
Len
Jackson
Map Shows German Out Posts In Aegean Sea
Telegram map feature highlights German outposts in the Aegean Sea, marking positions and routes on page 33 of today’s edition. The illustration provides strategic bearings for naval observers and readers.
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Aegean Sea
Draft Board Releases Farm Labor For Winter War Plants
The draft board announced terms for releasing 20 and 30 farm laborers aged 18 to 44 to work in war plants from November to March 1 to relieve labor shortages in industry. Releases require written applications, consent of landowners or employers for tenants and laborers, and maintenance of farm production and labor units.
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Draft Board
Landford
Progress reported in Bohn negotiations between union and firm
Gordon Howard of Local 444 UAW CIO said definite progress was made in a 2 to 3 pm conference toward a working agreement with Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corp. Talks will continue tomorrow. Attendees included union leaders Crenshaw Chilson and Howard with several officers, and company reps De Nuyl Frost Feems Schutt. A company statement about unpaid contract proposals sparked union friction prior to talks.
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Gordon Howard
Uaw-Cio
Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corp
Mr. Howard
Jesse Irish
Catherine Behen
Merle Stock
Debert Hanna
Roy Franklin
Louis Wilcox
Harley Harper
S. D. de Nuyl
Alfred Frost
Edward Feems
Detroit
L. G. Schutt
de Nuyt
Schult
Bir
Schull
Fifth Army gains north of Volturno in Italian front
Allied bulletin reports slight advances by the Fifth Army north of the Volturno river as probing forces seek the German defenses along Massico ridge. In the Eighth Army sector Montgomery’s forces seized Busso and entered Oratino near Campobasso, while American medium bombers hit Nis and rail junctions in Yugoslavia assisting guerrillas against the Nazis.
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Bress
Algiers
Fifth Army
Volturno River
Massico Ridge
Clark
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Vinchialure
Busso
Campobasso
Oratino
Bartianello
Balkans
Nis
Yugoslavia
Wis
Belgrade
Sofia
Orient Express
Fron
Lhé
Salonika
Skoplie
Italy
No Further Coffee Rationing Expected States Officials
CHICAGO Oct 21 Leonard W Olson director of the National Coffee Association said there is no immediate prospect of more coffee rationing. He explained rumors arose from stamps for coffee in the number 4 ration books distributed earlier. The books were printed before supplies were enough to remove coffee from rationing. Olson added housewives’ belief of possible rationing boosted coffee sales, but the association members are convinced supplies are adequate and no further government rationing is planned.
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Chicago
Leonard Wi. Olson
National Coffee Association
Olson
TriPartite Conference Opens Harmonious Fourth Session
Moscow reports a four hour TriPartite Conference meeting with American and British advisers present and speculation of a potential land invasion of western Europe. Officials adhere to secrecy while noting a cordial tone and that military topics dominate the agenda.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Tri Partite
Europe
U. S
John R. Deane
Hastings Ismay
United States
Russia
Great Britain
Moscow News
Morgenthal Visits Front in Italy With Fifth Army
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthal traveled through forward areas of the Italian front with Gen. Clark and praised British and American soldiers and AMG's work in Naples. He stressed home support for victory, noted water restoration in Naples, and expressed horror at German atrocities and civilian destruction.
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FIFTH
Italy
Treasury
Morgenthal
Clark
AMG
Naples
America
United States
Vitamin Monopoly Setups Charged In Senate Hearing
Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge links a group of monopolistic chemical and pharmaceutical firms to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation acting as a screen. He testifies that up to 1940 the foundation earned over 5.3 million in royalties by licensing 10 corporations for artificial vitamin D processes. Senator Kilgore notes the dangers of monopoly and supports a bill to make scientific discoveries accessible to all industries on equal terms.
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Washington
Wendell Berge Inday
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Senate
Kilgore
D-W Va
Berge
Fortresses Bomb Ruhr Metal Works In Major Raid
A large RAF heavy bomber force hit the Ruhr metal plants at Dueren and Leip zig as part of a broad night offensive across Germany. Canadi an and British crews reported losses and praise the raid as a strong counter to German defenses while tracing Leipzig’s strategic importance and industrial output.
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Associated
FRESS
London
RAF
Leipzig
Ruhrs
Reich
Dueren
Schweln‘furs
England
Germany
Berlin
Regensburg
Kassel
Ruhr
U.S
Entnemy
Gilland
L. S.eighth Air Force
Schweintach
Lchweinfurt
Crisis conference in Germany signals total war mobilization
London reports the third crisis conference in two weeks held in Germany to shore up Nazi morale for the winter. Justice minister Otto Thierack spoke on administering justice to boost home front resolve amid fears of another Stalingrad as Field Marshal Keitel may be asserting command over Germany’s military strategy.
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Germany
London
Justice
DNB
Ministry of Information
Otto Thierack
Ruthless Peoples’ Nazi Court
Reinhard Heyzich
Stockholm
Stalingrad
Dnieper
Wilhelm Keitel
Hitler
The
Daily Mail
Geneva
Keitel
Kurt Zeitzler
Georg von Kuechler
Gunther von Kluege
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Say Brown
Bulleton
Pocahontas
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Peoples Coal Company
Salargatrimana
Lae
Fincehhafen
Heck
Atwater Company
Coaa
Armour A. Sizer
Peoples Company
Ramu
Madang
Finschjiafen
Lenawee
Sirrine
Oid
Partments
Brook
D. Linnehan & Linehan
Betedel R Zein
Fann Poetiat
Hudson
Victor Scarp
Gare
County War Board
United States Employment Service
Far Aft
Ruth Barradaile
United States Employment Office
Isbor
GANS
Volturno
Front Eine
Ruhr Metal Works
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