House votes on draft age bill to 18 and defer married inductees
The House Military Committee approved a bill to lower the draft age from 20 to 18 and to bar married men from being inducted ahead of single men. It includes student deferments through June 30 1943, and requires no married induction while singles are available in a state. The Rules Committee set two hours of debate with floor amendments possible, aiming for passage by Saturday.
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Washington
House Military Committee
House Rules Committee
Military Committee
Roosevelt
House
Senate Military Committee
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service Boards
Hershey
Japs Risk Major Fleet as Air Attacks Hit Base
Allied and Japanese forces clash across land sea and air in the Solomons as a Japanese armada nears Savo Island while U S bombers strike Kiska in the Aleutians. Alaska reports fires and three seaplanes destroyed, with one American plane lost. MacArthur says Allied bombers severely damaged a Japanese light cruiser near Bougainville.
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Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
Alaska Defense Command
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Liberator
Andreanos Group
Aleutians
RAF Bombers Fire Big German U-Boat Base
A Moscow broadcast reported by Reuters said RAF bombers set aflame the large U-boat yards at Trondheim Norway causing the site to be out of operation for a long period. Health authorities traced typhoid fever to Ontario School with nine pupil illnesses.
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RAF
London
Moscow
Reuters
Trondheim
Norway
Atlantic
Mansfield
Ontario School
Classified ads tell readers to sell used goods for cash
Messenger notices urge hundreds of readers to place ads for selling used furniture appliances and other items no longer needed. The call emphasizes cash payments and broad readership.
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Messenger
Gretna Green Days Nearing End in Gallia
Gallia County awaits a probate judge victory by John W. Howell. Nonresidents have been obtaining marriage licenses without the county rule requiring a health certificate and residency, causing a surge to over 150 marriages monthly aided by local clinics. The city ministerial association condemned the lax rule as disgraceful to the state.
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Gallipolis
John W. Howell
City Ministerial Association
Shenandoah Valley Hit Hard by Floods
Floods disrupted road rail and power service across Virginia with hundreds evacuated. The Shenandoah Valley suffered the worst impact as Cumberland Maryland reported at least 350 families evacuated while flood waters four feet deep moved through the business district streets.
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Richmond
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Cumberland
64 New Faces Assured In House Next Year
An Associated Press survey shows at least 64 new faces in the House for the next Congress starting in January. Incumbents not seeking re election count 31, defeats in primaries total 22, and seven seats await November balloting plus one death and three resignations.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Associated Press
Reds Hold Narrow Line As Nazi Assault Presses
News dispatches say German siege forces renewed the drive on Stalingrad with about 30 000 troops 100 tanks and 500 aircraft breaking into the Volga front occupying half the city and the Dzerzhinsky tractor works. Soviet reports claim Red troops retreated to new positions under cover yet fought off seven attacks while heavy losses were inflicted on Germans. Separately RAF strikes hit Cologne with big bombs and Malta defenders claimed 14 Axis planes downed.
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Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Volga
Dzerzhinsky
Red Army
Berlin
Britain
Rhineland
Cologne
Hitler
Malta
Mediterranean
Scrap Piles Grow Higher in Nationwide Drive
New York report shows mountains of scrap as the nation nears the end of the newspaper sponsored drive. Seven states average over 60 pounds per person with 1,826,954 tons collected from 37 states and Rhode Island leading at 72.9 pounds per person. Lynchburg Virginia tops cities with 304.3 pounds per citizen.
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New York
United Scrap Metal Drive Committee
Rhode Island
Lynchburg
New Scarcities Force Expansion of OPA
Growing scarcities in more commodities hasten planning for extra rationing and an expanded Office of Price Administration. Officials say districts will cover 90 cities with populations over 100 000 and add about 25 district offices in cities of 75 000 or more.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Mighty Allied Smash Seen As Key To German War End
Louis P. Lochner, former AP German Bureau chief, told the American Society for Metals in Cleveland that a powerful Allied military strike is essential to end the war with Germany. He warned Hitler suffers from distrust, mismanagement, and severe bottlenecks including food, fuel, and manpower shortages, and said only a crushing blow to the Axis will break the Nazi regime.
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Cleveland
Adolf Hitler
United Nations
Germany
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
American Society For Metals
Lochner
Hitler
United States
Berlin
Fuehrer
Japan
Italy
Axis
Six Tanks Plunge into Cumberland River Drowning Six
AP reports six men drowned when two 28 ton tanks fell from a pontoon bridge during a blackout movement on the Cumberland River near Old Hickory Tennessee. A second tank tipped the bridge. one tank rolled into the hole as the driver reversed to save his crew. Rubber boats saved five survivors. identities of the dead were withheld awaiting recovery.
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Second Army
Tennessee
Cumberland River
Jeffers Tours Rubber Plants To Save Rubber Supply
Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers visited Akron rubber plants for a personal inspection and to urge the public to use tires more sparingly. He said conserving tires could leave rubber for military needs and essential workers while keeping the nation on rubber to preserve its economic life.
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Akron
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Couple Admit They Kidnapped Small Child in California
Red Bluff police held a man and his wife who confessed to kidnapping 4 year old Vivian Miller found unharmed in Grants Pass. The suspects Beaumont B. Du Bois and his wife, from Portland, Ore., were arrested nearby for questioning and admitted the abduction as they sought a child of their own.
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Red Bluff
Calif
Vivian Miller
Grants Pass
Ore
Vivian
Beaumont B. du Bois
Portland
du Bois
Morgenthau Arrives in British Isles as First U.S. Cabinet Visitor
United States secretary for the treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr arrived by plane in Britain yesterday. The visit marks the first U.S. cabinet member to reach the country since the war began and Morgenthau’s arrival was unheralded.
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr
British Isles
London
United States
the Treasury
Brittan
Morgenthau
Cleveland Draft Evader Given Heavy Sentence
Robert F. Dickinson age 33 was sentenced in Federal Court to five years imprisonment and a $1,000 fine for failing to report for army induction. It was the heaviest sentence for a selective service violation in the area.
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Cleveland
Robert F. Dickinson
Farmers Will Get Transport Certificates
Ohio farmers will register October 22 to 24 for wartime transport certificates to keep farm supplies moving. Certificates cover trucks and trailers propelled by mechanical power and tire equipped. passenger cars are exempt. Fuel allotment will depend on miles traveled and weight of cargo. tires must be checked every 5,000 miles or 60 days.
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Columbus
Ohio
Elmer F. Kruse
Agriculture War) Board
Kruse
War Board
Office of Defense Transportation Regulations
Oak Hill Native Dies Suddenly in Chicago
Newton Jenkins 55 a four time U S senatorial candidate and 1935 Chicago mayoral hopeful was found dead at his home in Chicago Dr Rex Amberson said the attorney had a heart ailment Jenkins born 1887 in Oak Hill Ohio was a longtime Chicago lawyer and political figure
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Chicago
Newton Jenkins
Rex Amberson
Jenkins
Oak Hill
Ohio
Columbus School Sets Scrap Collection Record
Aquinas High School in Columbus, an all male school with 458 students, reports a per capita scrap collection record of 455.5 pounds. The Columbus Salvage Committee says this is likely the highest per student collection of any school in the nation.
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Columbus
Aquinas High School
Columbus Salvage Committee
Guadalcanal Marathon of Battle in the Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal remains a major battlefront as U S Marines fight to hold the key air base shown above Amid heavy fighting since the Aug 7 landings American and Japanese ships have been sunk off its shores in naval clashes amid jungles mountains and coconut plantations
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Solomons
Japan
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
U. S
France Torn by New Riots
Swiss reports say violent disorders broke out in the unoccupied zone of France as Nazi pressure to mobilize French workers to Germany increased. Centers named include Lyon Chambery and Annecy with public forces intervening and bloodshed possible. Vichy officials downplay bloodshed.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Germany
Lyon
Chambery
Annecy
Tribune de Lausanne
Vichy
Laval
Malta Defenders Shoot Down 14 Axis Planes in Daylight
British communique says Malta repelled Axis air attack with 14 enemy planes shot down in daylight as the island fortress endures renewed bombardment in the Central Mediterranean.
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Cairo
Malta
Sronghold
Mediterranean
Ohio extends school scrap drive week to Oct 24
The Ohio Department of Education announced an extension of the war scrap drive for school children from October 17 to October 24.
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Columbus
State Department of Education
Ohio
Raging Battle and Allied Outlook Across Pacific Fronts
Allied forces press across the Pacific as U S Marines and Army troops push Japanese on Guadalcanal while Admiral Nimitz predicts sufficient strength for the task. Wavell signals possible Burma drive as Allied air raids target Akyab and other Burma points. Madagascar forces seize Ambositra as Australian troops close on Kokoda. American aircraft pound Japanese columns on Owen Stanley height.
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Hirohito
Tokyo
Guadalcanal
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Navy
South Seas
New Delhi
India
Archibald P. Wavell
Burma
Wavell
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Madagascar
Africa
Ambositra
Nanarive
New Guinea
Kokoda
Owen Stanley Mountains
Harocs
Ohio Schools Ready For Gas Registration
Ohio's school system is prepared for the Navy nine eleven registration of motorists for gasoline rationing, state education director Kenneth C. Ray said. At the school registration site the consumer will receive a basic ration book upon presenting the application and tire inspection record. Local rationing boards issue all ration books except the basic one. Application blanks for obtaining these books can be obtained at the time of registration.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kenneth C. Ray
Low Salaries Blamed For Teacher Shortage
New York AP report quotes Alonzo F. Myers former Athens school superintendent and commission chair as stating the United States faces a teacher shortage of 50 000 to 100 000 due to inadequate salaries.
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New York
Alonzo F. Myers
Athens
National Commission For the Defense of Democracy Through Education
United States
Air Power Dominates Pacific War Effort Says Leaders
Pacific war leaders emphasize air power as central to the Coral Sea Midway and Solomons actions while warning it must be supported by land and sea forces. Guadalcanal operations show the need for cooperation of Navy ships Marines Army and supply lines amid Japan's base networks. Nimitz states victory requires fighting and total national effort.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Coral Sea
Midway
Solomons
Sky
Japan
Guadalcanal
Mandated Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Threat of Food Shortage Warns of Immediate Action
Paul S. Willis president of the grocery manufacturers of America warns that without urgent nationwide coordination in food production and distribution a major shortage is certain. He calls for official recognition by war leaders and cites taxation planning transportation storage labor and farm problems as key factors.
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New York
Paul S. Willis
The
Grocery Manufacturers of America
Willis
America
War conditions slash state license income
Wartime conditions have slashed Ohio's income from motor vehicle operators licenses by about 35 percent. State Highway Director Hal G. Sours said highway department funds are definitely shrinking and figures reflect a sharp revenue drop.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hal G. Sours
Highway Department
Detroit Board Approves Lindberghs Mother Retirement
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh mother of Charles Lindbergh, famed flyer, has been approved for retirement from teaching by the Detroit board of education. She is noted as the mother of the transatlantic flier now employed by Ford Motor Company. Fire kills three in Jacksonville.
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Detroit
Detroit Board of Education
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ford Motor Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Farm Work Lacks All Important Glamor
Washington AP report to the House Agriculture Committee says farm labor lacks glamor and that without action millions may go hungry. It notes industrial workers receive public praise for feats of production while farm toil lacks public admiration.
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Washington
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
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