Reds Hold Ground as Nazi Pressure Threatens Rostov
The Red Star quoted Marshal Semyon Timoshenko declaring readiness to hold and inflict losses as Soviet defenses are moved to new positions near the lower Don opposite Stalingrad. German advances toward Novocherkassk and Tsimylansk put Rostov at greater risk as encirclement grows.
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Red Star
Semyon Timoshenko
Don
Stalingrad
Novocherkassk
Tsimylansk
Don River
Rostov
Lower Don
Timoshenko
Cargo Planes Expand With Glider Train Concepts
Experts say thousands of cargo planes could be enhanced by a glider train system. They note the U S aviation industry already has 11 cargo plane models and more in blueprint, limited mainly by strategic materials and wartime approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Chinese Assault Grows at Hsin Yang Rail Center
Chinese forces push deeper into Henan with a large scale assault on Hsin yang, claiming 800 Japanese casualties in a week of fighting. Reported counterattacks by 4,000 Japanese infantry with tanks and artillery were repulsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Hsinyang
Hankow
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Update
The forecast notes slightly higher afternoon temperatures in Amarillo with minimal tonight change. West Texas expects moderate temperatures with few scattered thunder showers in Big Bend tonight and this evening. In Mexico expect isolated storms with little rain and moderate highs. Temperature extremes show a maximum 87 and minimum 60 with noon at 87.
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Amarillo
Cicin- Vv
West Texas
Big Bend
Mexico
Mass Meeting On Housing In Amarillo Monday Night
Officials and property owners in Amarillo plan a mass meeting at Municipal Auditorium to address housing shortages for 2,000 war workers. The session will feature short talks on converting existing homes into living quarters under the Victory Housing plan with no down payments for loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Certainteed Products Corporation
Pantex Ordnance
Certainteed
Joe Jenkins
FE. C. “Red” Black
Amarillo Army Technical School
Victory Housing
City Hall
Roosevelt Signs Florida Pipeline and Channel Bill
President Roosevelt signed legislation authorizing a pipeline and a navigable barge channel across Florida to ease oil and gasoline transport to the eastern seaboard. The measure also funds deepening and enlarging the intra coastal waterway to the Mexican border.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
Weather Update Notes Warmer Trend From Bureau
The bureau reports warmer conditions with little change beyond. Yesterday’s high reached 87 degrees and the low last night was 60 degrees.
Morgenthau calls for elimination of special privilege tax exemptions
Secretary Morgenthau urged Senate Finance to strip special privilege tax exemptions from the 1942 revenue bill. He argued removal would add about 600 million to government income, warning the House version yields only 6.27 billion in new revenue while war costs rise. He urged swift passage and noted the need for a stronger tax plan than Britain and Canada.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Senate
Treasury
House
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee For
Britain
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Convict Tomczik Kills Then Leaps From Water Tower
William Tomczik a 46 year old life term convict at Southern Michigan prison killed Andrew Faust 65 an operating engineer with a hatchet and knife then climbed the 160 foot water tower. Guard searchlights and steady vigil failed to deter him as dawn broke and he leaped from the reservoir top. Witnesses said he rioted through the power plant smashing a meter panel and switches before the fatal leap.
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Jackson, Mich
U.P
William Tomczik
Southern Michigan
Tomczik
Detroit
Andrew Faust
Temezik
Harry Jackson
Jackson Fire Department
Faust
Harvest Shortfall Forecast for Germany in War Years
British American agricultural experts warn Germany and Nazi controlled Europe will harvest 15 to 20 percent below normal this year. A shortage of farmhands and rain could widen the deficit. Germany relies on only one fifth of normal cereal grain imports from southeastern Europe, signaling a severe winter food crisis.
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London
Germany
Europe
Mrs. Dick Seay Breaks Ankle in Fall Near Grocery
Mrs. Dick Seay of 2504 Van Buren Street suffered a broken ankle in a fall on the sidewalk in front of Laing's Grocery at 2121 Washington Street. She was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital by Boxwell Brothers Ambulance and is resting nicely. The incident occurred this morning with report provided by John Maynard Ltor, Co and noted with political ad copy for Geo. A. Tomlinson.
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Dick Seay
van Buren Street
Seay
Laing’s Grocery
Washington Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Boxwell Brother's Ambulance
John Maynard Ltor, Co
Red Army Braces in Don Basin Resistance Push
Moscow reports stronger resistance from Tsimlyansk to Novocherkassk as Soviet forces up the fight against the German army, throwing airplanes and tanks into the struggle to hold the lower Don Basin.
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Moscow
Don Basin
Red Army
Tsimlyansk
Novocherkassk
Russians Counterattack Near Rostov as German Drive Reels
Soviet forces stop the German push toward Rostov on the Don, with Red Star noting slowed advance after large scale air raids and Russian counterattacks. Voronezh battles rage as Red Army claims 8000 German deaths and multiple tank losses along the Don.
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Red Star
Lower
Don
Rostov
Voronezh
Red Army
Don River
Roosevelt signs farm bill authorizing below parity wheat sales
President Roosevelt signed an $805 million agriculture department appropriation for the current year and approved selling up to 125 million bushels of surplus wheat at 85 percent of parity. The measure funds soil conservation payments and crop programs while enabling feed and munitions related uses of government wheat.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Farm Security Administration
House
White House
Senate
United Nations
Department
Normal distribution of meat urged by price chief
Price Administrator Leon Henderson urged meat packers to distribute supplies normally without favoring cities with higher prices. He said a widespread meat shortage would likely continue for another month or six weeks, with a heavy fall run of hogs and cattle expected afterward.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
British Push Axis Center In Nile Front At Alamein
General Auchinleck’s forces attack on all sectors of the Alamein front driving back Axis center on the Ruweisat ridge and pressing gains along Tel el Fisa and Meteiriya areas. Reports say heavy armor and artillery reinforce the offensive while RAF support is limited by dust storms.
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Cairo
Claude Auchinlecks
Fl Alamein
Auchinleck
Ef] Ruweisat
Tel el Fisa
el Makh Khad
Meteiriya
London
RAF
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Donets
California
Yangtze River
Kiu Jeane
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kaifeng
Great Plains
Henan
Lungchi
Koyang
Chenghow
Minkiang
Sinyang
tTwo House
Merchant Marine
Maritime Commission
Higgins Corp
New Orleans
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast Shipbuilder and Engineering Authority
Representative Mott
Oregon
Naval Committee
Kaiser
Aleutians
Bland
Virginia
Merchant Marine Committee
Emory S. Land
Peterson
Boykin
Alabama
Russell Stationery _ Company
lely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Simpson
OPA
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Bureau
G Pion
Califloria Jacobs
McClellan Field
Convict
Mrs
Geo
FDR
Mr. Roosevelt
Alon
Axis
Qattara
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