Allied Pacific Push Tops Japanese in Shortland Island Action
U S Navy reports carrier force smashed enemy ships and planes in the Shortland Island area while bombers struck Japanese bases in nearby islands. Eight fewer enemy aircraft and five ships lost, including cruisers and cargo ships, with hits on a seaplane tender. Casualties and exact losses for the U S Coast Guard cutter Muskeget noted as presumed.
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Washington
Navy
Aleutian Islands
Kiska
U. S.S. Coast Guard
Muskeget
Atlantic
Pcific
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Aleutians
Solo
Shortland Island
Douglas MacArthur
Ianal Island
Canadian Jehovahs Witnesses Sentenced in U S Entry Case
In Buffalo New York twenty six Canadian Jehovahs Witnesses were sentenced in federal court to five days in a penitentiary for illegal entry into the United States.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Jehovah's Witnesses
United States
Scrap pouring in Cleveland boosts steel demand
Scrap receipts run slightly ahead of consumption, says Daily Metal Trade as plants operate with more certainty. War worker killed at Plum Brook Ordnance Plant in Sandusky when 19 year old John Sherlock Sweeney Jr of Toledo was crushed by crane gears.
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Cleveland
Daily
Metal Trade
Sandusky
John Sherlock Sweeney, Jr
Toledo
Plum Brook
Willkie Shelled While Touring Chinese Front
Willkie tours the Yellow River front in North China as four Japanese shells explode near the railway. He escapes unharmed and quips that the Japanese pay him much attention. From the south bank he sees a Japanese gun high on the north bluffs, with no active bombardment at the moment.
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China
Wendell Willkie
Yellow River
Willkie
Loyang
Survey Shows Ohioans Observe 35 Mile Limit
Cleveland report finds only ten of 211 vehicles exceeded the 35 mph limit on six main highways over two days. The seven county survey in northeastern Ohio suggests statewide adherence to the rubber saving speed rule adopted to conserve materials.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Air Medal Awarded to Intrepid Bombardier in Aleutians
First Lieut. Richard E. Leon from Port Clinton Ohio has received the air medal for meritorious acts while serving as a bombardier in the Aleutian Islands campaign under the Alaska Defense Command.
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Alaska Defense Command
Richard E. Leon
Port Clinton, C
Aleutian Islands War
Freeze of Livestock and Dairy Labor Demanded by 15 State Senators
Fifteen farm state senators petitioned Selective Service Director Hershey to defer for 90 days all men in dairy or livestock farming to prevent irreparable injury to food production. They warned that worker shortages threaten a crippling drop in production as Census figures show agricultural employment fell by 1,000,000 from August to September.
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Washington
Selective Service
Hershey
Ball
R.minn
Brown
D.mich
Census Bureau
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Selective Service Boards
House Passes Omnibus Bill Aimed at Navy Air Supremacy
The House approved by voice vote a $6,236,956 omnibus supply bill largely for Navy aviation in the Pacific, boosting World War II funding to about $220 billion. The measure earmarks roughly 90 percent for the Navy, with $2,862,000,000 for 14,611 naval aircraft.
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Washington
Senate
Pacific
House
All Ohio Oil Burners To Register This Month
Estimated today that 201,294 Ohioans rely on kerosene for home heating and must register with local ration boards in the week starting Oct 22. Coal oil is included in new fuel oil rationing regulations by the Office of Price Administration.
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Cleveland
Opa
Japanese Tide Turns in Pacific War Assessment
The war commentary notes Japan loses ground on several fronts while retreating in Aleutians Burma and China. It cites gains by U S Marines in the Solomons and retreat in New Guinea and Burma, with Allied momentum possible toward reopening aid routes to China. Still, experts warn the Japanese remain a formidable foe in the next phase.
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Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Navy
Angus MacDonald
Ottawa
United States
Andreanof Islands
Aleutians
Kiska
Andreanof Base
Glenn Babb
United Nations
Aleutian Islands
China
U. S
Solomons
New Winea
Midway
Pacific
Burma
India
Siberian
Russia
Lewis Opposes Extension of Miners Work Week
Cincinnati AP report notes John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers fielding resolutions at their 37th convention. Lewis says extension of the 35 hour week would only occur if war needs prove essential. The convention also backed continuing the international executive board to appoint district presidents and treasurers, amid district officer election practices.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
Firmreshe
United Mine Workers of America
Harold Ickes
Lewis
UMW
International Executive Board
U S Bombers and RAF Strike Lille Region in Dawn Air Raid
United States bombers and escort fighters joined by RAF and Allied planes in a large daylight assault over northern France. The Lille area was the target with over 100 U SAAF bombers taking part and many fighter squadrons engaged, officials said.
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London
United States
RAF
France
Lille
United States Army Air Forces Headquarters
War Board Orders Shutting 200-300 Gold Mines
The War Production Board ordered the shutdown of 200 to 300 of the nation's largest gold mines to release manpower for copper and other vital war metal production.
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Washington
War Production Board
Striking War Workers to Donate Wages to USC
In Cleveland 200 AFL members striking at Steel Improvement & Forge Co voted to work elsewhere for war orders and give their earnings to the USO until the dispute with their regular employer is resolved.
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Cleveland
Steel Improvement & Forge Co
AFL
USO
Ashland Declares First Beefless Day During War
Ashland marked its first Beefless Day with 12,000 residents pledged not to complain about anything. Organized by American Legion leaders the event aims to continue every Thursday for the war’s duration.
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Ashland
American Legion
Higher Social Security Tax To Fight Inflation
President Roosevelt told Congress that the planned doubling of social security taxes next January 1 would support the social security system and aid non inflationary financing of rapidly mounting war expenditures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Germans Aim to Force Yankee Prisoners into Labor
Pravda reports from a recovered letter on a slain German officer suggesting German forces plan to mobilize American prisoners of war for labor. The officer’s fiancée, Anna Lebert, notes that villagers already employ Russians Poles French Ukrainians and Serbs and expect English and American captives to be added.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Anna Lebert
Ohio Girl Scouts Join Army on Home Front
Ohio's 53 000 Girl Scouts will be assigned to home-front duties by local defense councils. They will work in child care, recreation, nutrition, messenger service, victory gardening, clerical tasks and possibly consumer education programs under the State Defense Council.
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Columbus
Ohio
Delbert L. Pugh
State Defense Council
Joe E Brown Flies To Claim Son's Body
Joe E Brown flies from Detroit to Long Beach to retrieve the body of his son Don Brown aged 24, an Army ferrying command captain, who died in a bomber crash near Palm Springs while en route to Utah. The elder Brown had kissed his son goodbye a year earlier when Don received his wings in Stockton California.
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Long Beach
Calif
Joe E. Brown
Don
Army Air Corps
Stockton
Brown
Detroit
Palm Springs
Utah
Willkie Trip Endorsed by Roosevelt in Press Weigh
President Roosevelt said Wendell Willkie is carrying out well the tasks he asked him to perform on his Middle East Russia and China tour. He declined to comment on personal representation and urged focus on facts not political speculation. Roosevelt announced a radio address set for Monday at 10 p m Eastern War Time lasting about thirty minutes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Middle East
Russia
China
Forced Saving May Replace Victory Tax
Senator Taft predicted the 5 percent Victory Tax could become a compulsory saving vehicle while leaders push for quick passage of the revenue bill. Democratic Leader Barkley urged a possible Saturday session to reach a final vote as CIO President Murray attacked the plan as an outrageous caricature of the treasury bill. The measure would tax 5 percent of annual income over 624 dollars with credits for postwar rebates and debt payments.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
Senate
Philip Murray
CIO
Wallace
Treasury
Murray
Finance Committee
National lottery push aims to fund war effort
Washington lawmakers urge a government lottery to raise revenue for national needs. Representatives Knutson and Sabath say a lottery could replace or supplement taxes, offering taxpayers a chance to receive some money back.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Knutson
Rminn
Sabath
D-Nii
Johnson backs six month postwar pay for soldiers
Senator Johnson of Colorado endorses a bill to extend pay for all armed services members six months after hostilities cease. He cites support from the American Legion Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Washington
America
Johnson
D.-Colo
Armed Services
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Responsibility In War Effort Placed on White House
Washington report notes Representative Woodruff accuses the White House of bearing full responsibility for wartime conduct. He asserts Congress granted the President all funds and power needed and condemns administration apologists for shifting blame. He condemns criticism of Army Navy and executive officials as unjust.
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Washington
Congress
Woodruff
R-Mich
House
White House
Administration
Navy
Point Pleasant Foundry Damaged by Fire
An early morning fire believed to have started in the boiler room wrecked the interior of the Black Long foundry department of the West Virginia Malleable Iron Co. in Point Pleasant. President C. C. Jackson estimated losses at $25,000 and said production would resume within two weeks as the building, one of five, housed about 500 workers.
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Point Pleasant
Boilter
Black Long Foundry
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
C. C. Jackson
Jackson
Congress Criticized by Author in Radio Talk
Mansfield author farmer Louis Bromfield joins congressmen John Vorys George H. Bender and Albert Gore on America's Town Meeting of the Air to condemn Congress for inaction on inflation war manpower centralization and lowering the draft age. They call for a centralized agency to allocate manpower resources and defend the war effort.
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Columbus
Louis Bromfield
Mansfield
Farmer
Congress
Bromfield
John Vary
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Albert Gore
Tennessee
America
House
Senate
Bender
Vorys
Berlin claims push near Stalingrad as Germans seize suburb
Soviet headquarters said Russian troops breached German trenches northwest of Stalingrad and repelled four night attacks along the Volga city. In another front report, Nazis took two streets in an industrial suburb at the cost of about 2,000 dead.
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Stalingrad
Volga
Germans Handcuff 1376 Prisoners Amid Stalingrad Reports
Berlin announced 107 British officers and 1,269 non commissioned officers were captured. Hitler’s news largely omitted Stalingrad mention as fighting persisted. Reports said German forces weakened at Stalingrad while preparing to rely on heavy artillery and air power. In other updates Allied observers noted Canadian troops arriving in Britain and Nazi calls for Danish volunteers.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
U.S.S.R
Kalemyck
Lower Volga
Caspian Sea
Elista
Kalmyck
Astrakhan
Volga
London
British Isles
Atlantic
Stockholm
Christian
Committees Aid Ohio Farmer Transportation
Special committees are formed in all 88 Ohio counties to help farmers plan a transportation conservation program and to assist them in applying for certificates to obtain gasoline, tires, or repair parts for farm trucks.
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Columbus
Ohio
War time nickel debuts in copper silver manganese alloy
The war time nickel appeared today as an official five cent piece made from copper, silver and manganese to conserve critical war materials.
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Washington
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