Flying Fortresses Lost in Biggest Battle in History
London AP reports the massed Nazi fighter opposition to American Flying Fortresses and their escorts shot down a record number of enemy planes. The raid on Schweinfurt involved about 60 airframes and lasted two hours across the European theater from the coast to central Germany and back.
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London
Ball Aring
Schweinfurt
European
Germany
Regensburg
Africa
RAF
Berlin
Munich
Rabaul
Malta
Schweinfurt raid devastates Nazi ball bearing plants
Allied air forces struck Schweinfurt in a large raid by 60 heavy bombers. Fortresses dropped bombs across 72 acres of factory buildings, destroying key Nazi bearing plants and prompting claims of potentially shortening the war. Luftwaffe claims report heavy losses on both sides with multiple aircraft missing.
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London
Ballaring
Schweinfurt
Eighth Airforce
Perps
Germany
Injured Driver Helps State Treasury Work
A garbled report notes an injured person south of Columbus tied to state treasury interests and vehicle purchases. The fragment references an energy motor vehicle context and state purchasing agent.
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Columbus
Murray Raps U S Sales Tax
President Philip Murray of the CIO denounces a national retail sales tax as a wage cut harming low income workers. He tells the House Ways and Means Committee that such a levy would equal a military defeat and violate the government pledge to stabilize wages and prices since Sept. 15, 1942.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
House
Ways and Means Committee
America
Murray
Ohio GOP Solons Back Bricker for President
Rep. John Vorys reports Ohio Republican members of the House favor Gov. John W. Bricker for president but disagree on when he should travel to Washington. Some want a visit before year’s end, others prefer January.
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Washington
John Vorys
Ohio
House of Representatives
John W. Bricker
Vorys
Fourteen Doughboys Charged With Mutiny
Paignton England four dozen soldiers faced a court martial over mutiny after a clash at a U S camp in Cornwall on September 26 in which two military policemen were shot and seriously wounded.
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Paignton
England
United States
Cornwall
Draft Warning From Oregon Selective Service Director
Salem report shows Col. Elmer V. Wooton cites two cases where men over 38 resisted draft rules. A shipyard worker quit at 38, left his family, and pursued nightlife. another pool hall employee refused to quit, both using waivers to avoid deferral. Both are ordered to report for induction.
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Salem
Ore
Elmer V
Wooton
Oregon
Director of Selective Service
U. S. Employment Service
Wooten
AFL Executive Council Reviews Miners Return Bid
AFL Executive Council met in Boston to discuss plans for readmitting John L. Lewis United Mine Workers into the federation following the annual convention vote. Delegates left with assurances that the AFL will honor terms for readmission and not bargain away the rights of independent unions.
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Boston
AFL
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
New Super Bomber Is Ready for 1944 Use
Washington reports a giant bomber named the B 29 is on its way to enemy lands with greater bomb carrying capacity and fighting power than Liberators and Flying Fortresses. Some units delivered to the Army, full combat use not expected until next year. Officials praise the plane’s potential while noting production and training delays.
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Washington
Eddie Rickenbacker
Henrry H. Appold
Army Ely
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Europe
Wilson
Allied Air In Southwest Pacific Knocks Out 210 Japanese Planes
Allied forces flying from American and Australian bases destroyed 210 Japanese planes over New Britain Bougainville since Sunday with 177 of those at Rabaul. In Bougainville raids over 100 bombers and fighters hit the area the day before. The Rabaul strike damaged Kahili Airdrome and two cargo ships at Buka Passage while shooting down 12 of 25 Japanese interceptors without loss.
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Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Bougainville
Rabaul
Solomons
Kahili
Buka Passage
Stage Set for Allied Parley In Red Capital
London reports the Moscow Big Three conference to open soon with Hull Eden expected to meet Soviet leaders by mid October. Transportation delays may push start a few days. Moscow accepts Mar shell Badoglio's Italian government easing inter Allied tensions.
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London
Moscow
U. S
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
Marshal Badoglio
Italy
Germany
Mine Crisis Grows as USW and Operators Face Tense Trade Showdown
Pittsburgh reports warn the coal industry stands atop a powder keg as mine returns to owners without a contract with the United Mine Workers. A survey of six firms employing over 60,000 miners across Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky and Illinois notes a production slowdown amid rising tensions.
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Pittsburgh
Alabama
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Axis Nations Protest Allied Bases in Azores
Germany and Japan protested to Portugal over Azores bases given to Britain and warned of retaliatory action. Berlin did not state whether it would declare war on Portugal.
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Azores
London
Germany
Japan
Portugal
Why Bus Drivers Are Grouchy Sometimes
In Fort Wayne Indiana a cross country bus driver checks tickets as passengers board. A woman without a ticket asks the driver where she is going and the driver replies. She says she is visiting her sister and learns she boarded the wrong bus.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Sink Two U. S. Destroyers in Mediterranean
The Navy reported the loss of two American destroyers, the Buck and Bristol, in the Mediterranean from underwater explosions. The Buck sank off Salerno on October 9, the Bristol on Wednesday. Each vessel carried about 250 officers and men, with next of kin to be notified when information arrives.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Buck
Bristol
Salerno
Navy
Argentina rebuked by FD for anti Jewish acts
President Roosevelt sharply rebuked Argentina for suspending Jewish newspapers, calling it in line with Nazi doctrines. It follows Hull’s earlier denial of lend-lease aid, marking a second reproval of the Axis-relations state.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Argentina
Hull
Father of Six Rejected by Army in Columbus Induction
Amos E. Hollenback, a war plant worker and father of six from Ashville, was ordered inducted by his Circleville draft board but was rejected by the Army. Officials at the induction station gave no reason. He is 34 years old and reported for the draft locally.
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Columbus
Amos E. Hollenback
Circleville
Army
Hollenback
Ashville
Butler Leaders Push Lend-Lease Probe and War Aid
Congress moved on an economy drive with Senator Butler pressing a Senate Appropriations Committee probe of lend-lease calling it the most colossal dose of all time. The House banking panel prepared to fight price roll backs by denying CCC expanded borrowing power. The House suspended dependency allotments to allow military committee review of draft deferment priorities for pre-war fathers, with a Monday vote likely approving increased allotments for servicemen families.
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Washington
Congress
Butler
R.-Neb
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
House
Roosevelt Relaxes in Maryland Mountains
In the Catoctin Mountains of Western Maryland President Roosevelt seeks seclusion from wartime burdens. Churchill has reportedly joined him on occasion, with Roosevelt seen nearby giving a victory sign and sampling records at a local juke box in the village near their retreat.
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Washington
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Germans Report New Tank Growly Bear In Russia
A Madrid based Spanish correspondent in Berlin says Germany introduced a new attack tank named Growly Bear. It reportedly features heavier armor and larger guns than Soviet units and is claimed to block the advance of ten Soviet tanks.
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Madrid
Berlin
Germany
Ohio Women’s Army Corps first all state unit departs
Forty four central Ohio women, the first all Ohio contingent of the Women’s Army Corps, left for Daytona Beach Florida after induction ceremonies on the state house steps.
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Columbus
Ohio
Women's Army Corps
Daytona Beach
Fla
State House
Germans in Giant Squeeze After Volturno River Invasion
Allied forces press a riverine bridgehead north of the Volturno as American Fifth Army advances 2 to 5 miles. British Eighth Army moves toward Campobasso and Vinchiaturo. German civilians evacuated along the western coast as retreat or destruction looms.
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Volturno River
Volturno
Rome
Fifth Army
Algiers
Italy
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Casacalenda
Campobasso
Cairo
Vinchiaturo
Radio France
Fifth Ae
Naval Forces Aiding Yanks Drive To Break Enemys Stronghold
A military spokesman says the enemy position is desperate and being forced to retreat from the river area. General Clark’s HQ reports the Fifth Army driving the foe backward as light naval forces support the landing along the coast. Air action includes a Flying Fortress sweep toward Rome and Liberators targeting railways near Pescara. Mitchells raid Argos Airdrome in the Aegean. Enemy planes at the field suffer extensive damage.
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Clark
Fifth Army
Rome
Italy
Terni
Liberators
Pescara
Argos
Aegean
Greece
Balkans
Adriatic
Giulianova
Great Dam Destruction and Red Army Gains in World War II
German claims of destroying the $110,000,000 Dnieper dam near Zaporozhe during retreat. Soviet forces reportedly across the Lower Dnieper threaten to isolate the German 17th Army in Crimea while massing in the Taman Peninsula. Russians claim 10,000 Nazi deaths and new advances in Yugoslavia and the Dodecanese.
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Russia
Zaporozhe
Dnieper
Ukraine
Berlin
Crimea
Taman
Kerch Straits
Florida
Red Army
Kiev
Gamel
Mediterranean
Terni
League of Nations Dues Paid by 15 Countries
London reports the British Empire has paid its dues up to date and 14 other nations have paid installments through 1942. Six British Empire states are among 1943 paid members, with amounts unpublished in Geneva. Canada is currently paying its installment.
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London
League of Nations
British Empire
Geneva
Canada
Federal Labor Migration Controls Take Effect Nationwide
Federal controls on labor migration and job changes began nationwide today. Some areas see first restrictions, others tighten existing rules. War industry concentration causes tougher controls in certain locales.
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Washington
Coal Officials Declares Industry Can Meet Wartime Demands
National Coal Association officials told a Cleveland convention that despite two strikes and 70 000 men in selective service the industry surpassed last year’s output by 8 million tons and could meet 1943 needs of about 600 million tons. If absenteeism drops to normal and supplies arrive, production could exceed even optimistic estimates. U S Senators urged operators to resolve issues to preserve free enterprise.
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Cleveland
National Coal Association
J. D. Battle
Association
Ase
Battle
Sc. C. Dickinson
Charleston
W. Va
Dickinson
U. S
Albert W. Hawkes
Federal School Aid Debate Faces Senate Majority Alarm
Senator Thomas urges a $300 million annual federal education fund to bolster schooling for future service members. Taft joins in opposition with two Republicans, warning of federalization of public schools and a reversal of American governance. Wherry expresses concern over the plan. Bushfield calls government control inevitable under the policy shift.
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Washington
Thomas
Utah
Senate Today
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Neb
Bushfield
R-S.d
Largest ASTP Unit in Training at Ohio State
Ohio State University today hosts the nation’s largest Army specialized training program unit. Col W G Johnston, head of the ASTP branch at Fifth Service Command, announced 2696 students study, drill and march on campus. Dormitories house soldiers, giving the campus a West Point like atmosphere.
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ASTP
Ohio State
Columbus
Ohio State University
W. G. Johnston
Fifth Service Command
West Point
Milk in storage spoils in Columbus area carloads
More than 60 percent of 26 carloads of evaporated milk in cold storage at Zanesville has spoiled. State Health Director R. H. Markwith cited the spoilage and said the cause was not yet determined. The milk, labeled Navy and bought from a Westerville creamery, had been stored about three months.
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Columbus
Zanesville
R. H. Markwith
Westerville
Franklin Christened Fifth Essex Carrier at Newport News
Newport News VA officers christened the Franklin the fifth Essex class carrier built since Pearl Harbor boosting the Navy carrier fleet. The ceremony marked another step in expanding naval aviation capacity during wartime.
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Newport News
Franklin
Pearl Harbor
Woman Dies After Motorcycle Strikes Stalled Truck
Miss Ida Beck, 65, of Pettisville, was killed when a motorcycle struck her as she attempted to push a stalled truck last night.
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Wauseon
Ida Beck
Pettisville
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