War Picture Still Gloomy
Dewitt MacKenzie analyzes the Caucasus front as German forces push through northern foothills toward Batum and Baku. He notes Russian resistance, uncertain outcomes, and the strategic importance of oil fields while cautioning that a winter halt could delay further Nazi advances and allow Allied buildup.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Caucasus
Middle East
Qenghis Khan
Hitler
Batum
Baku
Caucasian
Northern Caucasus
Maikop
Grozny
Russia
Sam
John Bull
Fuehrer
Army Aloof In Indian Riot
The state department said American armed forces in India will not help suppress internal disorders. They are to avoid involvement in India's politics and focus on waging war against the Axis and aiding China. Most forces there are aerial troops relaying materials to China and striking Japan in Burma. The policy clarifies Gandhi's propelling riot risk and rules out any use of U.S. troops against protestors.
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Washington
State Department
India
China
Burma
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
War Agencies Propose Plan to Ease Copper Mine Labor Shortage
Five top war agencies disclosed a broad attack on the manpower shortage in copper mining. The plan aims to bring new labor into copper mines and stop current workers from deserting to shipyards and war plants for higher pay, as the WPB weighs industry wide wage and union shop demands.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
WPB
Fire Agency
Taxi row ends in disorderly conduct charges
A Tulsa taxi driver picked up a male passenger whose wife confronted him at his destination. Police charged both spouses with disorderly conduct after a heated argument sparked by seating on the front seat. Separately a 1941 summary reported 18,000 workers killed on the job.
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Tulsa
Okla
Explosion Kills Nazi Soldiers in Collision on French Line
Reuters from Stockholm reports a fuel train and German troop train collided on the Douai Arras line in occupied France. Many German soldiers were killed or wounded in the blast and fire, timing of the collision not specified.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Douai-Arras
France
Milwaukee relief fund set for warehouse collapse victims
The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co and the Uihlein family announced a 100000 appropriation for injured workers and dependents of 12 men killed in the warehouse collapse. Each victim's dependents will also receive about 6500 under the workmen's compensation act. Rescue efforts continue as bodies recovered rise to six. Investigations by Dist. Atty. Herbert J. Steffes proceed with questioning of workers.
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Milwaukee
Monnay
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co
Uihlein
A. C. Backus
Frwin Hintz
Dist
Herbert J. Steffes
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