Call for a Second Front in Europe Sparks Debates
In London and Washington advocates push for immediate Second Front to strike Hitler before winter slows his forces. They argue delaying may miss strategic windows and risk Japanese action in Siberia, but experts say timing rests with military readiness despite Roosevelt and Churchill signaling continued focus on relief for Russia.
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Stalingrad
Hitler
Caucasus
Europe
Siberia
Tobruk
Roosevelt
Churchill
United Nations
Issia
New Rationing Book Likely
The Office of Price Administration announced plans for War Ration Book No 2 to cover both coupon and point system rationing for a six month period. About 150 million copies will be printed and distributed before Christmas based on prior sugar rationing registrations.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
England
OPA
Texans Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Pearl Harbor broadcast that Porter William Pixley of Borger and Frank B. Wood of Waco received the Distinguished Flying Crosses. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz awarded the decorations to 25 officers and men, with 19 honors for actions in the Marshall Islands Coral Sea and Midway operations.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Porter William Pixley
Borger
Frank B. Wood
Waco
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Marshall Islands
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of
Midway
Strategic Calculations in Allied War Goals and Hitler’s Tactics
The speaker argues that wartime relief to Russia must be backed by a credible chance of lasting success. An ineffective attempt would hurt morale and aid the Nazis more than any temporary gain. The offensive should be decisive regardless of theater, as Hitler seeks long odds and calculated risks.
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Russia
Norway
France
North
Africa
Hitler
Train Amarillo Residents for Retail Jobs
Amarillo merchants support a joint training and placement program by the Chamber of Commerce and Amarillo Public Schools. The pre employment class runs next week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3 to 5 PM in Room 217 at Amarillo High School for two weeks, with a 50 cent registration fee.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Public Schools
Joe Cooley
Tthe Chamber of Commerce
Eli P. Cox
Cox
Cooley
Amarillo High School
Eight Soldiers Die In Army Bomber Wreck Near Mount Baldy
The burned bodies of eight officers and two enlisted men were found in a B-24 bomber wreckage on Mount Baldy, 50 miles northeast of St. Johns Arizona. Army officers from Davis Monthan Field identified the plane missing since Thursday night on a navigation training flight from Omaha to Tucson. The wreck was spotted yesterday by Civil Air Patrol pilots.
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ST. Johns
Ariz
Mount Baldy
Arizona
Myrian G. Brown
Breezy Weather Forecast Brings Little Temp Change
The weather bureau says conditions will remain mostly steady with a touch more breeze. Yesterday's high reached 87 degrees in the shade and the morning low was 61 as cotton pickers felt the heat.
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Bureau
Demo Senator Defeated in Mississippi Runoff Nomination
In Mississippi a Democratic senatorial runoff saw former Sen. James O. Eastland defeat Sen. Wall Doxey for the party nomination. Massachusetts and New Hampshire saw incumbents renominated. Lodge and Bridges won GOP nominations. Mississippi, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Michigan and Wisconsin held primaries with various outcomes.
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United Preas
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mississippi
James O. Eastland
Wall Doxey
Pat Harrison
Arthur G Busby
W. A. Winstead
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Courtenay Crocker
Boston
Joseph E. Casey
Roger L. Putnam
Springfield
Francis E. Kelly
Leverett Saltonstall
Styles Bridges
Arthur J. Gurneler
Hillsboro
Francis P. Murphy
Alvin A. Lucier
Murphy
Dean Chester E. Merrow
Vermont
Gill Robb Wilson
Aviation
Albert Hawkes
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
William H. Smathers
Hawkes
Wilson
Detroit
Homer Ferguson
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey Long
Sen
Prentis M. Brown
Rudolph W. Ternerowicz
Clare F. Hoffman
Julius P. Heil
Milwaukee
William C. Sullivan
Kaukauna
Gustave Keller
Appleton
Orland S. Loomis
Patrolman Fined for Illegal Arrest in Air Raid Drill
Philadelphia patrolman Thomas Boland must pay 12.50 dollars and compensate 8 dollars for time lost in court after Judge Harry S. McDevitt ruled he illegally arrested Air Raid Warden William Bonner during an air raid drill.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Thomas Boland
William Bonner
Harry S. McDevitt
Bonner
Navy Mothers Club Meeting Planned At Legion Home
The Navy Mothers' Club will meet at 8 tomorrow night at the Legion Home on Eighteenth Avenue and Harrison Street. The group invites mothers of all men in the navy marines and coast guard to attend and join in war work at home.
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Navy Mothers’ Club
Legion Home
Eighteenth Avenue
Harrison Street
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
U Boats Attack British Convoy Under Heavy Fire
London reports a British convoy in the Atlantic faced heavy U boat attacks from German forces. An authoritative source said today that Allied losses were not indicated, while the German high command claimed 19 ships sunk from the convoy.
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London
Atlantic
Locks Guarded Stable Door as Horse Is Stolen
In Houston Lonnie Burton locked the stable and added a burglar alarm yet the horse was still stolen. The item notes a demand for cash buyers via Globe-News Want Ads for cows hogs chickens and other livestock. A Jersey cow from 115 Bonita Avenue was sold through the ads.
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Houston
U.P
Lonnie Burton
Globe-News
Trimble
Bonita Avenue
Army Uses Sugar Cane For Lumber
CAMP LFF Virginia. Replace lumber with compressed sugar cane siding for 18 barracks officers quarters and a warehouse at the reception center. Capt. E M Killough reports the substitute material saves lumber and provides strong insulation with a stone chip coating to resist weather.
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Camp Lff
Va.u.p
E. M. Killough
Killough
Captain Killough
Negro Draft Error Leads to Induction Escort in San Francisco
Willie Edwards a 39 year old registered at a fire house was found to have signed as a civilian defense fire warden not for the draft. The court ruled the error and a U S marshal will escort him past the fire house to induction headquarters. In Los Angeles residents bought a new fire truck for 100 and sold it back to the city for one dollar for wartime district protection.
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San Francisco
Willie Edwards
Willie
United States
Los Angeles
Cal
Man 70 Expresses Wish to Kill Roosevelt
Kurt von Boeckmann, 70, told a U S Secret Service agent he would kill President Roosevelt and would not mind doing the act. Bond set at 1000 by U S Commissioner William Kay Miller. Von Boeckmann denied the statement. bond to be posted by a son. complaint to go to a federal grand jury convening Jan 25, 1943. The remark was said to have been made Sept 10.
Potter Bond Sales Jump High Again
Bond and stamp sales in Potter County rose again yesterday reaching 84751 dollars. The September total stood at 318116.50 dollars excluding theater sales. Thousands more in bonds were sold at the theaters this month.
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Potter
Potter County
Austin Mobilizes Against Tire Thieves
Police Chief R. D. Thorp urged Austin residents to report tire thefts immediately as part of a drive to curb a tire stealing racket. He noted that if a motorist is changing a tire, the inconvenience should be brief. Apple peel vitamin C content noted as higher than apple flesh.
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Austin
R. D. Thorp
Thorp
Americans Down German Aircraft in Northern Waters
Moscow reports the Red Fleet says a U S officer Lieut Hall and his men were allowed to operate anti aircraft guns after their boat was torpedoed and a German plane was shot down. No U S naval losses in northern Russian waters were reported. The lieutenant may have served on an American merchant ship.
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Moscow
Red Fleet
United States
Hall
General mobilization ordered in Brazil by Vargas
President Getulio Vargas issued a general mobilization today across Brazil. The order affects all regions as the nation responds to mounting tensions. Federal authorities announced nationwide compulsory service and heightened security measures.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Red Cross Students Learn Swimming for Transport Duty
In New Orleans twenty youths take Red Cross swimming lessons to prepare for possible transport duty. The program targets quick sinkings and the lack of lifebelts, aiming to improve safety and readiness.
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New Orleans
Red Cross
New Defense Rental Areas Appointed by Administration
Prime Administrator Leon Henderson extended maximum rent controls to 54 defense rental areas across 27 states, freezing rents to March 1, 1942 levels. The rule, effective Oct. 1, covers regions with over 4.5 million people, bringing the total areas under rent freeze to 189. Areas listed include Carlsbad and Roswell in New Mexico. Eagle Pass and Maverick in Texas. Cooke, Greenville, Hunt, Harrison, and Upshur counties in Texas.
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Washington
U.P
Leon Henderson
Carlsbad
N. M
Eddy County
Roswell
Chaves County
Silver City-Lordsburg
Boreger, Tex
Carson, Gray and Hutchinson County
Eagle Pass
Tex
Maverick County
Gainesville
Cooke County
Greenville, Tex
Hunt County
Marshall, Tex
Harrison, Arion and Upsher Counties
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