Desert Raids Drive Deep Into Axis Lines In Africa
Allied commandos struck behind Rommel's lines in Libya in the widest desert raid of the war, hitting Benghazi Barce and Gialo Oasis. In the Pacific MacArthur's planes blasted Japanese positions in New Guinea and the northern Solomons as battle fronts in Stalingrad and North Africa continued with heavy fighting and air action.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Alamein
Benghazi
Barce
Tobruk
Gialo
Gulf of
Sirte
Libyan
Oasis
Royal Air Force
Edwin Rommel
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Solomons
Convoy Survives Heavy Attacks in Russian Run
The Admiralty reported that the great majority of British and American ships in a Russian bound convoy reached north Russian ports after heavy attacks by Nazi submarines and planes. No escort ships were lost, despite enemy claims of sunk or damaged vessels.
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London
Admiralty
Berlin
Dutch Sabotage Surge As Dutch Resist Nazi Occupation
A Basler Zeitung correspondent says Dutch sabotage against Germany is rising as Allied invasion hopes grow. Dutch act to disrupt German road signs tires trains and telephone lines while Germans fortify coast defenses and relocate troops. Nazi reprisals include rounding up a thousand hostages including writers and scientists to Germany.
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Bern
Switzerland
Netherlands
Basler National Zeitung
Germany
Fall Weather and Record Cool Snap Before Autumn Arrives
The article notes fall began at 11 15 am with 65 degree mean temperature for the first day of fall and a cool snap earlier this year. It recalls 40 degree readings on Sept 20 surpassing last year and mentions increasing Panhandle winds and a junk pile for Uncle Sam.
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Panhandle
Uncle Sam
British planes shot down over channel coast report
German news confirms four British planes were downed on the channel coast of France. The same report notes light German forces bombed near Dover and shot down three barrage balloons.
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Channel
Berlin
France
Dover
Amarillo Faces Nurse Shortage Threat From War’s Toll
A columnist warns Amarillo sits atop a health crisis as only 34 doctors remain with 8 leaving for the armed forces and a small pool of trained nurses. The piece urges immediate Red Cross nurse aide recruitment plus public health action to protect the city.
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Amarillo
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Texas
Houston
Beaumont
Red Cross
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Panhandle
The
Wickard Warns Against U S Food Shortage
Secretary Wickard warned before the House agriculture committee that without solving farm labor problems a future food shortage could arise. He urged a national labor service act and said the issue affects the entire war effort as 1943 crop labor may decline. Pierre Laval arrived in Paris today per DNB reports.
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Wickard
U. S
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
National Labor Service
United States
Berlin
Pierre Laval
Paris
DNB
Churchill urges urgent shipbuilding effort for victory
Prime Minister Churchill tells a shipbuilding industry conference that the shipping position remains grave and every ship must be built. He urges builders to strive for victory in his government’s name. Group 1 Captain Richard Kellett, who led a 1938 long distance flight Egypt to Australia, is reported missing over Egypt.
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Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Vienna
Balkan
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Mihail Antonescu
Romania
London
Churchill
Richard Kellett
Egypt
Australia
Farm Group Fights to Override F D R in Parity Debate
Senators reported a farm bloc poll showing the farm amendment on parity would oppose the administration. Sen. Prentiss Brown warned of a presidential veto if the measure passes. Alben Barkley and Brown called the race close as lobbyists swarmed Washington to influence the outcome.
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Sen. Prentiss Brown
Michigan
Justrior
Senate
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Thomas
Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Brown
Barkley
Weather and civic notes from Amarillo and Panhandle region
Amarillo area forecast calls for warmer afternoon with stronger winds and little temp change tonight. West Texas cooler and windy tonight. Panhandle also cooler and windy. New Mexico cooler in northeast tonight. 24 hour temp range 56 to 74, noon temp 77. Bond and stamp sales surpassed 500000. yesterday 15731.75, total 413441.75 excluding theater sales and city 100000 purchase. Licenses for drivers expire November 1. renewals via Texas DPS with 50 cents. forms available at highway patrol office or sub-offices in Panhandle. Russell Stationery advertises wv Silver Box typewriter paper.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Highway Patrol
Court House
Towns Razed and Slovenes Shot Reported in Reprisals
Yugoslav sources say more than 3,000 Slovenes have been shot and 58 villages razed in recent weeks as reprisals for sabotage of Slovene railways. They also report 165,000 deported to Germany and at least 70,000 to Italy.
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London
Germany
Italy
Gasoline rationing ends a Kansas station owner
Norbert Zarda, longtime service station operator in Kansas City, says rationing will force his business shut. An out of control car crashed into his driveway canopy, damaged pumps, set one on fire, and ripped air lines and signs, with priorities delaying replacement.
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Kansas City
Kans
Norbert Zarda
Nazi Morale Is Strained By Russia Campaign Press
United Press reports growing strain in Nazi leadership as the Stalingrad battle drags on. Field Marshal von Bock’s alleged relief and Rommel’s protest over air support signal top-level stress, with Brauchitsch and Rundstedt recalls noted. The piece highlights propaganda, civilian impact, and morale crack growth amid heavy losses on the eastern front.
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Frederick Oechsner
United Press
Central European
Stalingrad
Marshal von Bock
Germany
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Samoan Prince Inducted With Knife at Army Office
In San Francisco on September 23 the army issued regulation firearms to 18 year old Samoan chief Prince Totoa Auelua who arrived with a whetstone and a two foot knife declaring he would kill the Japs. The knife the whetstone and the prince were inducted.
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San Francisco
Army
Prince Totoa Auelua
Prince
Willkie Faces Second Front Question in Moscow Visit
In Moscow on September 23, Wendell L. Willkie was repeatedly asked about a second front by workers at a factory. The encounter shows continued public interest in Allied strategy during wartime.
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Willkie
Moscow
Wendell L. Willkie
Russia
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Red Army
Rommel
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Buna
Texas Highway Patrol
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
Winnie
Kellett
Silver Box Typewriter
Paper
Russell Stationery Company
Sydney
Japan
Milne Bay
Eastern Front
Caucasus
Murmansk
Knox
Nazi
Hitler
DIAL
Welizzard
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