Hitler vows counter blows as Britain reports North Africa push
In Munich Hitler urged Nazi chiefs to prepare a series of counter blows against Allied advances in North Africa. He dismissed Egyptian setbacks as minor and warned final victory rests with German resolve. He pledged no capitulation and predicted a harsh Allied reply to RAF attacks.
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London
Adolf Hitler
North
Africa
Germany
Munich
Egypt
Hitler
Algeria
Morocco
Roosevelt
Netherlands
Stalingrad
Verdun
Volga
Ned
Kaiser
Rome
Italy
Radio Gommentator
France
Europe
United States
Tripoli
Mediterranean
CIO Condemns War Labor Board Arbiters
Five hundred delegates open the CIO convention in Boston and endorse the executive board’s acceptance of the War Labor Board wage policy while condemning oral interpretations given by Chairman William H. Davis and Vice Chairman George W. Taylor. The CIO warns that Davis and Taylor’s remarks threaten the wage principles in President orders and board declarations.
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Boston
CIO
Ient War Labor Board
CIO Executive Board
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
George W. Taylor
Davis
Taylor
Three Correspondents Wounded Near Matruh
Cairo dispatches report three newspaper correspondents wounded slightly by mortar fire near Matruh. Alexander C. Sedgwick of The New York Times George Lait of the International News Service and Aubrey W. Hammond of British and Allied News papers received superficial wounds, AP correspondent Edward Kennedy said after witnessing the action.
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Cairo
Egypt
Matruh
Alexander C. Sedgwick
New York Times
George Lait
International News Service
Aubrey W. Hammond
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Employment in Ohio Rises as Jobless Claims Fall
Ohio employment shows an up swing with 20 655 placements in the first half of October and an estimated 41 000 for the month. Unemployment compensation benefits dropped to 472 906 in October, the lowest in four years since the system began.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States Employment Service
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Americans Bomb Lille and Abbeville in World War II Raid
Allied Fortresses struck Lille locomotive works and Abbeville airfield in occupied France, facing heavy Luftwaffe resistance. A joint British and American communiqué confirmed several enemy aircraft shot down while one Fortress and six Allied planes failed to return. Earlier RAF raids hit Genoa with heavy damage and losses.
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London
Germany
France
Lille
Abbeville
British
Air Ministry
U. S. Air Force
Genoa
Italy
Ohioans in 1944 GOP presidential contest
Three Ohio figures Bricker Taft and Burton are expected to figure prominently for the Republican nomination in 1944. Party leaders, buoyed by recent election results, will judge each man’s qualifications and electability as the war continues.
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Washington
Ohio
Escaped Convict Found Dead Near Middletown Creek
A group of boys found the body of Raymond Blevins, 25, a Lebanon prison camp fugitive, in a creek two miles southeast of Middletown. He had been sentenced in July 1938 to 5 to 30 years for burglary of 36 Middletown residences and escaped on Oct. 2.
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Middletown
Raymond Blevins
Lebanon
Here
Finns Die In Noon Raid On Helsinki By Russians
A Helsinki dispatch reports 45 people killed and 125 injured in a Russian air raid on Helsinki yesterday at noon. The attack prompted immediate emergency responses as casualties were tallied.
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Berlin
Helsinki
Seven Men Go On Trial Over Window Sash Anti Trust Conspiracy
Seven men charged with conspiring to violate anti trust laws restricting window sash usage faced trial before Federal Judge Robert N. Wilkin. All seven defendants waived a jury trial last Saturday.
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Cleveland
Robert N. Wilkin
Allied Victory Forecast In Africa by MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur predicted two years ago the European war would be won in North Africa. J. Weldon Jones recalled that MacArthur told him at a Manila party that whoever controlled North Africa would win the war.
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Africa
MacArthur
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
North Africa
J. Weldon Jones
Manila
Jones
Philippines
Army Operates Ohio Rail Line
Army engineers run six locomotives on the 312 mile Fairport to Painesville line as a strike by 84 employes stalemates. Union chief Dineen says action protests hiring 30 non-union workers while railroad manager Dixon cites demand for reinstatement of 24 men. An Army battalion was sent to guard the right of way and keep materials moving.
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Painesville
Army Engineers
Fairport, Painesville & Eastern Railroad
Maurice J. Dineen
District 50
United Mine Workers
L. L. Dixon
Dineen
Dixon
John L. Lewis
Army
Fairport
Army Nurses Contingent Arrives in New Guinea
The first contingent of United States Army nurses arrived in New Guinea today. The unit includes Second Lieutenant Ruth Bau cher of Wooster Ohio and is ready for immediate field duty alongside American and Australian troops.
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New Guinea
United States Army
Ruth Baucher
Wooster
Ohio
Immorality in Jail Probe Planned by Clark County Prosecutor
Springfield reports prosecutor Jerome A. Nevins says the Clark County grand jury will be asked to investigate alleged widespread immorality in the Clark County Jail. He accuses women prisoners of being taken from cells to stage immoral parties. A sheriff's deputy and two jailers are suspended.
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Springfield
Clark County
Jerome A. Nevins
War Materials Delayed By Ohio Train Wreck
A derailed freight car caused 11 others to derail on a 72 car train owned by Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad. The wreck tore up hundreds of feet of track delaying movement of war materials into Fremont Ohio.
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Ohio
Fremont
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
October air quest: U.S. planes 141 to 10 over Axis
U S Army airmen scored a October 141 to 10 victory over Axis forces as Robert P. Patterson announced the result at a CIO session. He pledged a second front in Europe in 1943 and outlined 1943 goals including submarine defeat, reconquest of Burma, and reopening the Burma Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Robert P. Patterson
United States Army
Army Air Force
Patterson
Europe
Royal Air Force
Russia
Murmansk
Burma
War command committee clash in Washington debate
Senate and House plans for a joint high command committee on war conduct face strong Democratic opposition. An unnamed Democratic spokesman says such a committee would slow the war effort, while Republicans gain momentum as House Minority Leader Martin signals a fight to form the panel to provide Congress with facts for war legislation and appropriations.
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Washington
House
Senate
High Command
Congress
Martin
R.-Mass
Two U Boats Sunk After Battle With North Atlantic Convoy
The Admiralty said two U boats were sunk and several others probably damaged in a five day night battle with a convoy in the North Atlantic.
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London
Admiralty
North Atlantic
Wheat Penalty Ruled Illegal By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the 49 cent per bushel penalty on wheat produced and sold in excess of AAA quotas. Justice Jackson wrote the opinion for a Montgomery County Ohio farmer challenge. The 1941 law, enacted May 26, raised the excess penalty and barred sale or use of farm wheat until payment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Jackson
Montgomery County
Ohio
Roosevelt
Congress
Hitler's Munich Putsch Recalled As War Shifts Focus
DeWitt Mackenzie through Glenn Babb notes Hitler’s return to Munich amid Germany's first war setback, the rally tinged with despair and defiance. Rommel flees to Libya, Italy’s grip strains, and Allied forces push toward Tripoli while the broader Mediterranean war looms.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Glenn Babb
Mackenzie
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Rommel
Berlin
Libya
Italy
Fuehrer
Look Who's Calling Us Ungentlemanly
The Japanese radio described Eisenhower's request to the French in North Africa as a most ungentlemanly act and earlier called the Allied landing in Africa illegal.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North
Africa
Tokyo
Decision Near On Teen Draft Training Amendment
The House nears a showdown over the Senate amendment requiring 12 months pre combat training for 18 and 19 year old inductees. The measure faces expected presidential veto and strong military opposition citing weakened Army and higher casualties.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Robert P. Patterson
U S Soldier Hanged For Australian Slayings
Private Edward J. Leonski a U S Army enlisted man and former New York City grocery clerk, was hanged in an Australian jail for the murders of three Australian women. He faced arrest last May after Gladys Hosking 40 a chemistry school secretary was found dead near an Army camp. The other victims were Ivy Violet McLeod 40 killed May 3 and Pauline Thompson killed May 9.
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Melbourne
Australia
Edward J. Leonski
U. S. Army
New York City
Gladys Hosking
Ivy Violet McLeod
Pauline Thompson
Children Die After Fire Hits Cincinnati Frame House
A Cincinnati fire destroyed a frame house killing three Lang children and injuring none. A 15 year old neighbor girl saved a baby and carried a 2 year old to safety. Police quoted the girl saying an oil stove caused the blaze.
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Cincinnati
Willard Lang
Phyllis
Sherrin
Willard, Jr
Fred Aufdenbinke
Ohio grocers warned by OPA administrator
Birkett L. Williams, regional director of the office of price administration, announced 889 Ohio retail stores mostly groceries had been warned their licenses to do business might be withdrawn unless they complied with maximum price regulations. Criminal action was contemplated against certain violators. Ten warned stores were in Canton and five in Massillon.
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CLE D
Lend-Lease Totals Reported for Egyptian Zone
President Roosevelt announced that lend-lease shipments to the Egyptian fighting zone have reached 636 million 952 thousand dollars. The figure reflects ongoing U S aid during the war and underscores the scale of support to allied forces.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vichy Navy Suffers Heavy Losses at Casablanca
United States and British forces struck French North Africa with overwhelming force, inflicting heavy losses on the Vichy navy at Casablanca and seizing Algiers. Allied officials said the assault began promisingly with minimal American losses and rapid expansion of footholds along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.
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North Africa
Rodney
Nelson
Mediterranean
Vichy
AEF
Casablanca
London
United States
French North Africa
Algiers
Hitler
Toulon
Gibraltar
Safi
Atlantic
Casa Manca
Oran
Agadir
Mogador
Bulge
Africa
Strait of Gibraltar
Rommel Fleeing Into Libya as British Press Advance
British troops pursued Field Marshal Rommel into Libya and reports said many Italian divisions, possibly 80,000 men, had been captured. Allied air squadrons destroyed enemy trucks, with fighter bombers sinking about 50 in one raid. Axis losses included 12 planes, while Allies held 500 anti tank guns and 300 field guns.
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Cairo
Rommel
Libya
Matruh
Airborne Push Drives Toward Buna In New Guinea Fight
American troops and Australian forces launched a major airborne assault into Japanese held jungle near Buna in southeastern New Guinea. Allied air support hit Oivi Selamaua Buna Gasmata Maklo and Koepang as supplies and jeeps were flown in to support the advance.
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Japan
New Guinea
Australia
Buna
Guadalcana
Henderson
Oivi
Selamaua
Gasmata
New Britain
Maklo Island
Koepang
Timor
Russians Smash Nazi Attacks Near Caucasus Front
Moscow reports German forces stalled near the Caucasus mountains resume their march toward the Georgian highway but Soviet tank crews repelled each attack. In Nalchik a German infantry battalion was wiped out in three days of fighting. earlier 1,700 Nazis were reported killed in the region. Stalingrad operations were minor with artillery duels. Bryansk air unit destroyed 20 German planes.
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Moscow
Caucasian
Malchik
Nalchik
Stalingrad
Bryansk
Red Army
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U. S
OPA
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Senegal
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Lisbon
Moroj
Wechar
Crete
Tobruk
Benghazi
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