Sixteen Killed as Train Hits Detroit School Bus
A Grand Trunk Western passenger train struck a Detroit Street Railways bus at Caniff Avenue, killing sixteen people including several pupils. Witnesses described the bus entering the track after the freight train cleared. many victims were in the rear of the bus.
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Detroit
Detroit Street Railways
Grand Trunk Western
Chicago
William F. Clos
Caniff Ave
Mary Alla
Clos
Hamtramck
Fred A. Nolan
Detroit Transportation System
Arthur Curtis
Curtis
Milan raid devastates industrial center fires hundreds homeless
A RAF raid on Milan damaged the industrial district starting 30 large fires and 300 small ones. Five people were left homeless and 11 killed at a city shelter as debris trapped many victims, with more missing.
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Bern
Milan
Cincinnati Hourly Workers Stage City Strike
Cincinnati hourly workers estimated at 1500, led by union business agent George E. Rice, walked out at 8 a m. in a wage dispute. He said 300 pickets were posted at city hall and 100 at waterworks plants, with leaflets distributed in support.
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Cincinnati
George E. Rice
Rice
City Hall
Steel Allotted for Texas to East Pipeline Project
An official of the Petroleum Coordination Office said the War Production Board has allocated the steel needed to complete the Texas to Philadelphia New York oil pipeline system. The allocation secures easement for the Eastern Petroleum Emergency and supports the vast pipeline route. Columbus report notes 85 percent of the apple crop harvested with light loss from early frosts.
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Washington
Petroleum Coordination Office
War Production Board
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
Columbus
Wade C. Hammond
U. Smployment Service
Government Orders Salaries Up To 25000 Yearly Frozen
Washington AP writes that public and private salaries up to 25000 a year are frozen to curb wartime inflation and boost federal tax revenues. Increases require War Labor Board or Treasury approval except certain automatic raises. exemptions apply for small employers and non-salary fees for doctors and lawyers.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Treasury
Byrnes
End Jap West Coast Exodus
The Army moved 110,599 persons of Japanese ancestry from West Coast areas to ten inland relocation centers after an eight month operation. The last transfers from Santa Anita and Fresno assembly centers were completed this week, with housing food medical care provided at no cost and wages for those who work.
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San Francisco
West Coast
Santa Anita
Fresno
Britons Tour U S Plants Critique War Production
In Cleveland today British labor leaders Jack Tanner of the Amalgamated Engineers Union and his colleague tour U S war plants. They criticize speed and urge faster munitions output while noting English rules hindering production have been lifted.
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Cleveland
Jack Tanner
Amalgated Engineers Union
England
Population of Ohio Rises by 52,905 Since 1940
The Census Bureau reports Ohio's May 1 population at 6,959,627, up 52,905 from 1940. Births outpaced deaths despite manpower drawn to the armed services.
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Ohio
Washington
Armed Services
Census Bureau
Navy Cross Awarded to Ohio Lieutenant for Coral Sea Action
Lieut. Harlan R. Dickson of Ohio earns the Navy Cross and the Gold Star for helping destroy an enemy aircraft carrier during the Coral Sea battle on May 7. The award recognizes his courage and skill in combat operations.
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Oakland
Calif
Harlan R. Dickson
Ohio
Coral Sea
Here's How We'll Keep Em Down on the Farm
The War Manpower Commission issued a measure to ease the farmer labor shortage for dairy livestock and poultry sectors. It calls for wage stabilization and draft deferment for essential farm workers and asks contractors and employers to refrain from hiring them away. Local draft boards may grant occupational deferments while the Army and Navy are advised not to recruit these workers. The Agriculture Department will stabilize farm wages and control dairy cow slaughter to maintain production.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Army
Navy
Agriculture Department
Japs Destroy Ten American Fighter Planes
NEW DELHI India Japanese raids on American airfields in Northeast India reportedly destroyed or damaged at least 10 grounded fighters and attacked transports. The United States Army communique noted about 50 Japanese bombers and 45 fighters in one raid and 27 fighters with five recon planes in another. Lieutenant Edward M. Nollmeyer of Everett Washington was cited for downing a fighter solo with no damage to his aircraft.
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New Delhi
India
U. S. Army
China
United States Army
Edward M. Nollmeyer
Everett
Wash
No Imminent Showdown Between U S Jap Fleets
Vice Admiral Richard S. Edwards said both Japan and the United States are hesitant to deploy World War I era battleships. He noted sea actions have been outpost skirmishes by screening forces, apart from Midway, and he did not expect a major confrontation soon.
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Cleveland
Japan
United States
Richard S. Edwards
Midway
Edwards
Ernest J. King
U. S
Coffee Can Puncturing Receives Official Approval
Deputy OPA administrator J. K. Galbraith announced that puncturing vacuum packed coffee cans is approved. He called it a reasonable step to prevent hoarding and excessive stocking of the commodity.
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Washington
O. K
J. K. Galbraith
OPA
Immunization claims surprise in St Louis report
Dr Leona Baumgartner of Cornell Medical College says about 124 percent of American adults have been immunized against diphtheria and 68 percent against other diseases, reported in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Leona Baumgartner
Cornell Medical College
U. S. Casualties Reach 47 463 In War Totals
United States casualties announced in a Navy Day briefing total 47 463 killed wounded and missing. The figure includes 17 500 Americans and 11 000 Philippine scouts missing in the Philippines. Navy Marine and Coast Guard losses stand at 4 453 killed 1 593 wounded and 9 768 missing. Army records list 1 016 killed 1 461 wounded 611 missing and 61 prisoners of war.
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Washington
United States
U. S. Army
Philippines
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Leland P. Lovette
Bureau of Public Relations
Billy Mitchell's Son Victim of Rare Disease
PINE CAMP New York, Lieut. John Lendrum Mitchell, 22, son of the late Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, died after a three weeks illness from a rare blood disease. At his bedside were his mother Mrs. Jones and others as a dramatic tale emerged of a carrier raid and rescue at sea during a wartime mission near Alexandria Virginia.
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Perry
Jones
Wasp
Six Day Week Is Approved
A six day week to raise coal output from 550000 to 600000 tons next year won tentative approval. The agreement was reached in principle by representatives of bituminous coal operators and employees in the Northern Appalachian region after a request from Secretary of the Interior Sckies. Ezra Van Horn and Thomas Kennedy announced the accord following a preliminary conference.
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New York
Appalachian
Interior
Sckies
Ezra van Horn
Ohio Coal Association of Cleveland
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers’ Union
Taft Calls War a One Man Job at Denison Speech
Senator Taft of Cincinnati described war as a one man job held by the President, but urged Congress to constantly criticize the administration and push for more constructive critique during his Denison University address.
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Senator Taft
Granville
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Denison University
Allied RAF raids strike Genoa Turin Milan industrial triangle
The Genoa Turin Milan area in northern Italy faces heavy RAF bombing from England. Allied objectives include crippling Italian war industry and delaying Africa bound shipments via the Genoa supply port.
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Genoa
Turin-Milan
Italy
England
Africa
Roosevelt Renews Atlantic Charter For All Humanity
President Roosevelt affirmed that the Atlantic charter applied to all humanity in response to Willkie’s question about a world charter. He authorized reporters to quote him directly to emphasize America’s war aims and global purpose amid Asian and Eastern European bewilderment.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Funeral for William Phillips in Pomeroy tomorrow
William Phillips died Monday in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 o'clock at the family residence in Pomeroy with burial in Beechgrove Cemetery Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
William Phillips
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Beechgrove Cemetery
Allied Drives Gain in Egypt and Caucasus Fronts
British desert forces pierced Axis defenses in Egypt while Russians pulled the initiative in the Western Caucasus. American troops held lines in the Solomons as U S fighter pilots downed seven of 18 Axis planes. Navy tallies claim 79 Japanese ships sunk or damaged in the Solomons, with about 20 American ships lost or hit. The Tokyo radio boasted of victory but warned the outcome remained undecided.
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Britain
Egypt
Caucasus
Solomon Islands
U.S
South Seas
Washington
Solomons
U. S
Tokyo
London
Southwest
Pacific
Japan
Nemesis of Wasp is Quickly Sunk
In Tampa Florida a survivor from the U S aircraft carrier Wasp says the Japanese submarine that torpedoed the ship was sunk by an American destroyer after the explosion. Jack H Westbrook 18 quartermaster aboard the Wasp witnessed the sub breaking in two and sinking. President Roosevelt and Navy Secretary Knox remarked on the battle and American strikes in the South Seas.
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Tampa
Fla
U.S
Wasp
Jack H. Westbrook
Quartemaster
Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Frank Knox
Guadalcanal Night Battles Shift Ground on Land and Sea
Japanese forces broke American lines on Guadalcanal north shore during the night of Oct 25 26 then were repelled as Marines and Army troops regained positions. West flank fighting continued as U S forces held with airfield support aiding bombardment of enemy shipping. Navy and Marine dive bombers aided two minesweepers attacked by destroyers sinking two and damaging another. Wildcats also attacked, while Guadalcanal airfield operations threatened Australia. Oct 26 27 night Catalina patrols 400 miles northeast scored hits on an enemy carrier and a cruiser before heavy anti aircraft fire forced retreat.
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Guadalcanal
Navy
United States
Australia
Marine Corps
Ed States
Guadalcanal Field
Tulagi
Allies Boost Momentum in Major World War II Theaters
Allied forces report gains in three main theaters. In North Africa the Eighth Army under Lieut Gen Montgomery pushed along the El Alamein line with larger tank battles and light losses. Soviet forces make gains near Stalingrad and in the Caucasus, recapturing hills and inflicting heavy German losses while striking along two key streets inside the city. The Volga Don front also sees Axis casualties as Soviet defenders repel multiple attacks and kill hundreds of enemy troops.
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Egypt
B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
el Alamein Line
Alexandria
Russia
Black Sea
Caucasus
Tuapse
Stalingrad
Red Army
Steppes
Volga-Don
Knox Sees Long Road to Victory in Navy Day Address
New York reports Navy Secretary Frank Knox telling a 3,000 strong audience that the United States faces a long costly war with brutal losses ahead. He warned of ongoing subs losses and enemy advances but expressed confidence the nation will meet its destiny as more than 50,000 troops are abroad and manpower and resources are being marshaled to the last unit and dollar.
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New York
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
United States
Australia
Volga
Ohio to Win Large Share Of Victory Pennants
Columbus report says Ohio will win a big share of salvage victory pennants for counties producing 100 pounds or more of scrap metal and rubber during a two month campaign ending Saturday. Robert O. Wible, executive secretary of the War Production Board Ohio Salvage section, estimates the state produced more than 350000 tons of metal.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert O. Wible
War Production Board
Ohio Salvage
Draft directive on reclassifying Class 3A registrants
Columbus report says instructions to local draft boards to reexamine Class 3A registrants were issued before bills to draft 19 and 19 year olds took final form. State selective service officials cited no connection between the orders and the lower age legislation.
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Columbus
Santa Claus Will Be With Us as Usual
Chicago reports Santa Claus is progressing with toy making at the Merchandise Mart despite material shortages and worker losses. Manufacturers and distributors say demand remains the heaviest of the season and Santa will deliver as expected.
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Santa Claus
Chicago
Merchandise Mart
Santa
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