Marines Hold Guadalcanal as Japanese Assault Intensifies
US and Allied forces fight to defend Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands as Japan renews efforts to recapture the airfield. Navy reports indicate heavy aerial bombardment, nighttime landings, and continued marine resistance with losses on both sides and a strategic emphasis on keeping the Solomons in American hands.
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Frank Tremaine
Pearl Harbor
Solomon Islands
Navy
Washington
Guadalcanal
Sandor
Klein
U.P
the Solomons
Solomons
Pacific
Hirohito
Japan
Kieta
Rabaul
Truk
New Guinea
Army
Marine
Southwest Pacific
W. H. P. Brandy
Bureau of Ordnance
James V. Forrestal
U. S
Marine Corps
Amarillo OPA reports 200 retailers compliant on price controls
Gordon K. Morrison, chair of Potter County War Price and Rationing Board, says only 200 of about 1000 Amarillo retail firms have filed the required inventories under General Maximum Price regulations. Merchants must list cost of living items and March high prices, with monthly supplements due by the tenth. OPA investigators are active in the area.
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Amarillo
Office of Price Administration
Gordon K. Morrison
Potter County
OPA
Veteran Fire Marshal Credits Civilians for Fire Free Streak
Chicago marks its thirty first consecutive day without a major or extra alarm fire credited to alert civilians and civilian defense groups. Fire Marshal Anthony J. Mullaney notes no prior period longer without a 2 11 3 11 or 4 11 blaze in his memory.
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Chicago
Anthony J. Mullaney
Mullaney
Hunting Season Ended on Capitol Grounds
Jefferson City Missouri September 18 The hunting season is over on the capitol grounds. Janitors have been startling visitors and bagging pigeons but worry a stray shot could hit someone as Governor Frank C Donewell issues an ultimatum.
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Jefferson City
Capitol Grounds
Frank C. Donewell
Ancient Age Whiskey Ad Claims Top Rack Maturity
Experts tout whiskies aged on top warehouse racks for even maturity and smoothness. The ad asserts Ancient Age uses a scientific duplication of this top-racking process to ensure prime maturation and consistent flavor from bottle to bottle.
Commissioners Strive To Save Courthouse Lawn
County commissioners post a Keep off the Grass sign along a well used path to deter foot traffic across the courthouse lawn. The sign is placed at one end with hopes of a scare deterrent, and a second sign may follow if needed.
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County Commissioners Court
Youth Convicted in $300 Robbery During Baseball Doubleheader
In Philadelphia on September 16 a 19 year old was found guilty of a $300 robbery after testifying he was at Shibe Park watching a baseball doubleheader. Assistant District Attorney Ephraim Lipschutz pressed questions about the games the youth could not answer. The jury verdict led to a three to six year sentence by Judge James Crumlish.
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Philadelphia
Shibe Park
Ephraim Lipschutz
James Crumlish
Old Steam Locomotives Sold For Scrap In War Effort
Two historic Third Avenue elevated steam engines known as 137 and 295, idle since 1902, were sold at public auction to Jersey City Metals Corp. for 331 dollars 18 cents. The locomotives, debuting in 1881 and 1882 and retired after electrification, will be converted into scrap to aid wartime needs.
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New York
America
Third Avenue
Jersey City Metals Corp
Secretary Hull warns against French labor shipments to Germany
Secretary Hull told French Ambassador Gaston Henry Have that wholesale shipments of French laborers to Germany would be aid to an enemy and violate France’s international obligations. The report notes that until 1880 the United States used 50 different standard times.
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Washington
Hull
Gaston Henry
Germany
United States
France
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New Caledonia
Nimitz
Giza
Marine Grumman
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Texaco Products
General Tires
William Allen White
Emporia
Kansas
Toot
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Galveston
Los Angeles
San Diego
OPA Line
Kentucky
Stagg-Finch Distillers Corp
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Comeback
Reeman
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Rochester
Minn
Famous Medical Center
Freeman
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Mgr. Shoe Dept
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