Germans Press Stalingrad Crackdown Near Verdun
Moscow dispatch reports the stalwart Soviet defense of Stalingrad under heavy Nazi assault. German forces reportedly pierced defensive lines northwest and southwest, with tanks and dive bombers battering the city as leaders urge turning Volga stronghold into a Red Verdun.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Red Verdun
DNB
Red Army
Red Star
Kletskaya
Black Sea
Hazlewood Voted New Chair Of Amarillo Chest Drive
J A Hazlewood will lead the Amarillo Community and War Chest budget campaign starting October 12, with Homer Wheeler noting Hazlewood's long service and urging full public cooperation. Hazlewood accepted after directors unanimously selected him for the chair, saying the war heightens the campaign's responsibilities and appealing for broad support.
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Amarillo
J. A. Hazlewood
Blackburn Brothers
Homer Wheeler
Hazlewood
Wheeler
Mr. Wheeler
Fisher County Draft Board Balks Quits
In Rotan on September 40, Fisher County draft board members resigned after dispute with state headquarters over a ranch hand deferment. The county has no men ready for the two calls this month and sent no selectees in the August 28 call. George W. Riley cites a ranch worker who never appeared before the board.
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Rotan
State Selective Service
Fisher County
County Draft Board
George W. Riley
Allied grip tightens in Solomons sea battle raid report
US and Australian forces report heavy action in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea theater. Combat units claim sinking five Japanese ships and damaging three more. Allied air and sea forces struck targets at Salamaua Faisi Buka Kieta Milne Bay and Santa Isabel with multiple enemy losses and minimal Allied damage.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Navy Department
New Guinea
Solomons
U. S
Japan
General MacArthur
Salamaua
Japanese New Guinea
Upper Solomons
Faisi
Buka
Kieta
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Milne Bay
Navy
Guadalcanal
American Guadalcanal
Santa Isabel Island
Roosevelt to name overall economic czar in anti inflation plan
President Roosevelt is near releasing a broad anti inflation program that may appoint an overall economic czar to direct controls on farm prices wages and prices. The plan aims to give the administration teeth to curb inflation and focus on war needs. War Manpower Chief Paul McNutt projected women and housewives entering the labor force in 1943 amid wartime demands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
U.P
Paul V. McNutt
Newspaper publishers to lead wartime scrap salvage drive
Representatives of U S newspaper publishers agreed to mobilize a nationwide scrap salvage campaign after WPB Chairman Donald M Nelson said the war effort was not being won strongly enough. The move follows a September decision to boost recycling of metal and paper.
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Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Four Allied sailors die as torpedo sinks ship off Australia
Four crew members were killed and six injured when a torpedo from a submarine struck the hull of an Allied ship off southeast Australia. The vessel reached port with casualties confirmed.
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Melbourne
Australia
Allied Air Dominates Western Desert Air War Against Rommel
Allied air forces led by American planes repeatedly struck Axis transport and air bases as British and South African units joined in heavy bombing. Ground forces reported 39 Axis tanks abandoned after bombing and shelling. Coningham praised US crews as sorties exceeded 200 with no bomber losses. Luftwaffe largely grounded in the desert fight.
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Cairo
Western
Desert
Erwin Rommel
Imperial
Rommel
Africa
Eighth Army
Arthur Coningham
Coningham
RAF
Glamor Battalion Aids Doughboys But Shifts Focus to Homefront
In London the American Red Cross Glamour Battalion arrives to comfort the doughboys, but the soldiers counter with efforts to make the women feel at home. Volunteers like Pretty Ann Douglas Anne Ellis and Faye Smith work from 7 AM to past midnight in Britain’s Washington Club, organizing games, singing, and recreation for more than 1,000 men. Mary Mumford acts as a motherly figure, writing to mothers and assisting soldiers with money needs if required.
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London
U.P
American Red Cross
United States
Pretty Ann Douglas
Walter Douglas
Savannah
Douglas
Red Cross
Anne Ellis
New York
Faye Smith
Marks
Miss
Washington Club
Miss Ellis
The
Smith
Dallas
Tex
Britain
Mary Mumford
Stamford
Navy
Airmen Raid Japanese Bases Across Kiangsi and Chekiang
United States airmen scored direct hits on Japanese headquarters at Nanchang and damaged ships on Lake Poyang. They claimed sinking seven steamers and setting flames in Kiangsi and Hupeh while supporting Chinese forces against Japanese defenses. Five Japanese planes were shot down near Kweilin in Chekiang as part of a broader operation, with only one American plane missing.
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Chungking
China
United States
Nanchang
Lingtze-Hankow Channel
Lake Poyang
Kiangsi
Hupeh
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kweilin
Chekiang Province
Sky Dragons
U. S S. Army
Kinhwa
Chekiang
Japan
Stilwell
Hankow
Yangtze
Kiukiang-Nanchang
Yangsui
Tokyo Radio
Comei
No School on Monday Holiday in School Calendar
Students will have Monday off as the holiday is observed despite unions agreeing to work. The calendar had already set the day as a holiday before union action.
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for continued cool in Amarillo with a slight warmup tonight. West Texas expects widely scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening with warmer conditions overall, though cooler in shower areas. In New Mexico, widely scattered activity continues with temperatures near yesterday. Extremes over 24 hours ended 6:30 A.M. ranged from 57 to 68. Noon temperature today was 65.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
FBI and Dies Committee Clash Over Treason Scope
In Washington the FBI and the Dies committee clashed over how widespread subversion is among federal workers. Chairman Dies accused Attorney General Biddle of failing to meet Congressional requests and urged rejection of a justice report criticizing the committee for directing the FBI to pursue disloyal government employees.
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Washington
FBI
Dies Committee
Dies
Texas
Francis Biddle
House
Justice
Drive Spurred For Sales Tax Drive Spurred For Sales Tax
Senators on the Finance Committee criticized the Treasury plan for a 6.5 billion dollar tax proposal and said it ignited a push for a federal retail sales tax. In Australia, Prime Minister Curtin announced that U S aid for essential war supplies continues to rise.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Canberra
Australia
United States
John Curtin
20 Days Through Island Jungles
Lieut. Duncan Seffern of Manawa Wisconsin, pilot of a Marauder bomber, reached an Allied base in Australasia after 20 days of jungle travel in New Guinea. Two men remain missing from his group of five, including navigator Vern Haugland who was last seen after jumping with parachute instructions from 13 000 feet.
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Australasia
Duncan Seffern
Manawa
Wis
Townsville
Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Vern Haugland
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Seffern
Haugland
Several Hurt in German Raid on English Coast
London reports two German planes raided a southeast English coastal town early this morning injuring several people and causing unspecified property damage.
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London
U.P
Weather and Security Update From Belfast Blast
The weather forecast calls for slowly improving conditions with cooler day and warmer night. In Belfast Ireland a time bomb exploded injuring two police officers during a roundup of suspected agitators, with ongoing security operations at police barracks.
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Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
District appeals board weighs Rotan selective service case
Members of the district appeals board offered no comment on the Rotan selective service case. The panel has handled many cases from that district section. R. F B. Underwood serves as board chairman.
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District Appeals Board
Rotan Selective Service
R. F B. Underwood
Fisher County board resigns over draft classification ruling
Fisher County Texas draft board members resigned after ruling that 42 farm and ranch hands be reclassified to 2-A stripping the county of its induction quota. General Page said the board did not get overruled and the issue awaits a presidential decision.
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Fisher County
Roby
A. B. Hilburn
Hilburn
Riley
West Texas
Austin
J. Watt Page
State Selective Service
Fisher County Draft Board
General Page
Washington
Selective Service
Air Corps
War Bond and Stamp Sales Rise in Potter County
War Bond and Stamp sales in Potter County yesterday totaled 17 261.25 dollars, lifting the September figure to 47 273.50 dollars. Theaters contributed additional bond sales not included in the official report.
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Potter County
Love Takes Wing- Also 25000 Gifts in Suit
Herbert Lubin a 55 year old oil man from New York and Dallas sued to recover 25925 worth of gifts given to Mrs Kay Womack after he believed she would marry him She says she is betrothed to a Chicago man The suit lists gifts including a 3000 diamond bracelet 2000 pearls 750 vanity compact 5000 cash a wardrobe 5000 white ermine coat 400 emerald clips 2100 and a 4500 engagement ring A receiver may be appointed and a deposition is to be taken in Chicago with Mrs Womack ordered to appear Sept 18 in Dallas.
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Dallas
Herbert Lubin
New York
Kay Womack
Chicago
Lubin
Acc
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