Allies tighten grip on Lae as Oz and US push forward
Allied forces from Port Moresby advance toward Lae with Australian units two miles from the target airdrome and American and Australian elements within 10 miles. Artillery fires on Japanese positions while transports continually shuttle into the area. Japanese defenses are concentrated inside Lae as heavy bombing has pounded the base.
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Southwest Pacific
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Lae
New York
LaGuardia
Owen Stanleys
Moresby Fields
Markham Valley
Nadzab
Singana Plantation
Tuins
Red Army advances push toward Dnieper after Bakhmach win
Soviet troops press toward the Dnieper line after capturing Bakhmach, cutting German south and central defenses. Front reports place advances within 80 miles of the Dnieper, with further gains near Petrovka, Mariupol, and Stalino region. Stalin honors Rokossovsky units for the Bakhmach and Konotop actions.
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Moscow
Red Army
Bakhmach
Konotop
Kiev
Dnieper
Sea of Azov
Donets
Dnieperopetrovsk
Russia
Stalino-Dnieperopetrovsk
Kharkov-Zaporozhe
Crimea
London
Associated Press
Stalino
Mariupol
Petrovka
Joseph Stalin
Constantin Rokossovsky
Bond sales surge as war loan appeal gains support
Washington reports strong response to the Treasury's 15 million dollar third war loan appeal with unrestrained enthusiasm. Officials credit Italian surrender for the surge, noting some communities had surpassed quotas before the drive opened officially. Treasury promises no early totals until tomorrow.
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Washington
Treasury
Department
State Aqua r Department Temp raises liquor allotments
Columbus report says during a two week period from September 13 to 25 permit holders may buy an extra 20 percent of rum brandy or cordials beyond their normal rate. This mirrors a 10 percent boost during the September 13 period.
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Columbus
State Aquor Department
U S Soldiers Struggle as War Prisoners In Europe Report
Dr YMCA Strong, head of War Prisoners Aid Com, returns from Stockholm and London reporting that American Vickers and soldiers dislike captivity and resent being unable to complete the missions they came to perform, highlighting prisoner treatment concerns.
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New York
Vickers
Ymca Strong
Stockholm
London
Osteomyelitis Patient Walks Again After Penicillin Treatment
Canton news reports Kay Kennedy a ten year old girl who previously suffered osteomyelitis is able to walk today for the first time in years after receiving penicillin at Canton in Boston.
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Canton
Kay Kennedy
Sin
Boston
Ohio wheat farmers to meet on Layette winter wheat acreage
Ohio agricultural officials and mill men convene to discuss laying out winter wheat acreage as a matter of duty. The meeting aims to align on production goals and potential policies impacting the Buckeye state.
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Olumbus
Ohio Agricultfficials
Buckeye
Layette
Mussolini Named Leader of National Fascist Government
Berlin radio said Mussolini would be chief of the German sponsored National Fascist Government. The broadcast was recorded by the Associated Press in London.
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London
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Associated Press
Berlin Reports Nazi Raid on Spitsbergen
Berlin radio claimed German naval units and marines attacked Spitsbergen on Wednesday, capturing prisoners and destroying munitions, fuel supplies, radio, and meteorological installations. The report suggested a sizeable base 600 miles east of Greenland and 660 miles from the North Pole, with British officials cautious to comment.
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London
Berlin
Arctic
Spitsbergen
Associated Press
Greenland
North Pole
Italy
New Miners Pay Proposal Studied In Coal Industry
Wage negotiators in soft coal consider an eight hour day covering travel time with time and a half after eight hours or 40 hours weekly. If adopted, average daily wages could rise about $1.99 for five days and $2.20 for six days, but operators reportedly find it too costly. Miners now work seven hours daily with time and a half after 35 hours weekly and argue this equals roughly 42 to 45 hours in other jobs.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Three-County Deer Season Approved In Ohio
Ohio's conservation commission set December 6 to December 18 as an open buck deer season in Scioto Pike and Adams counties. A buck-doe hunt in the northeast was canceled. This is the first deer season since the commission's establishment over 30 years ago and hunters pay no extra license fee beyond the standard rabbit pheasant squirrel permit.
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Columbus
Ohio
Conservation and Natural Resources Commission
Scioto
Pike
Adams
Balkans watched by Allied strategists in wartime analysis
Washington observers warned that Balkan instability could flare after Italy's surrender. Reports of war councils in Nazi satellites signal heightened unrest in Romania Hungary Bulgaria and occupied Yugoslavia and Greece. Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson urged Yugoslavia and Greece to await a general signal, while Allies plan to curb guerrilla activity until forces land.
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Washington
Europe
Balkans
Italy
Rumania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
Henry Maitland Wilson
Middle East
Two Infants Die in East Side Tenement Fire
In Cleveland an East Side tenement fire last night killed two young sisters, Patricia Gray aged two and Joyce aged four weeks, who perished in their beds. Their four-year-old brother told police he started the blaze by playing with a box of matches.
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Cleveland
Patricia Gray
Joyce
East Side
Migration of Jews to Palestine Is Suggested
Senator Robert F. Wagner urged rapid Jewish migration to Palestine in a message to the Zionist Organization of America. He said thousands could move now and millions after the war with sympathetic UN help, noting the Mediterranean as a United Nations lake as the group opens its 46th annual convention in Columbus.
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Columbus
Palestine
United Nations
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Mediterranean
Wagner
Zionist Organization of America
Argentina reels after Storni resignation over lend lease turn
Washington reports Argentina faces an uncertain future after Foreign Minister Segundo Storni resigns amid Secretary Hull’s拒al of lend lease aid. The article notes no immediate cut in ties with the Axis but highlights Argentina’s precarious prestige in Latin America. In a separate item, Ohio Rapid Transit buys Lake Shore Coach and Bus Co. for 350000, expanding Toledo to Cleveland routes.
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Washington
Argentina
Segundo Storni
Hull
Exhibit Mount for World's Biggest Gun
Akron reports the Army tour at Wellman Engineering Company where a 300 ton mount for a 16 inch coast defense rifle was shown. Captain Robb W. James of the War Department noted the barbette carriage as the largest item made by or for the Army Ordnance Department.
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AKRON
Wellman Engineering Company
Robb W. James
War Department
Cleveland Ordnance District
Army Ordnance Department
Hold Two Suspects In Cincinnati Slaying
A man identified as Clarence William Bailey, 38, of Indianapolis was found dead on a Cincinnati sidewalk. Two suspects, Frank Forbes, 30, and Arnold Lickliter, 20, brewery workers, were seized minutes later while allegedly dividing money from Bailey’s purse. They will be charged with murder, Detective Chief Clem Merz announced.
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Cincinnati
Clarence William Bailey
Indianapolis
Ralph Ashby
Bailey
Frank Forbes
Arnold Lickliter
Clem Merz
Five Ohio Shoe Stores Placed Under Suspension
The Office of Price Administration ordered suspensions for five Ohio shoe stores for record-keeping failures or quotas violations without rationing coupons. The Hageman Shoe Co of Lorain faces one day. Krohn’s department stores in Andover and Jefferson face one week each. Meyer and Rosch Co in New Philadelphia three days. Joseph Weiss in Dover five days.
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Cleveland
Ohio
A. R. Fiorette
District Office of Price Administration
Fred S. Glover, Jr
Fiorette
Hageman Shoe Co
Lorain
Krohn's Department
Andover and
Jefferson
Meyer & Rosch Co
New Philadelphia
Joseph Weiss
Dover
Allies report Italians in control of Venice Turin and Florence
Allied dispatches say Venice Turin and Florence are now in Italian hands after street fighting. Rome faced German bombardment while Rome may fall to allied forces as Naples near collapse with U S Fifth Army advancing from the coast.
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Italy
Genoa
Naples
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Venice
Turin
Florence
Mat
Berlin
Rome
Milan
la Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Yanks Press Salerno Front in Italy Battle Report
Eisenhower headquarters say Americans repulsed five German Beereuntoneee near Salerno while British and American troops pushed inland. Berlin reports a sea air clash off the Italian west coast as Italian naval units head toward Allied ports with ships attacked at Capua and Sanchello. Allied air and ground forces landed thousands in Naples area. reconnaissance over Naples conducted by P-51 Mustangs.
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Ian Frontier
Reuters
Ionian Sea
Albania
East Adriatic
Greece
Yugoslavia
Italy
Naples
Rome
U. S. Fifth Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Salerno
Gulf of Salerno
Berlin
Sardinia
Corsica
la Spez
Madrid
U. S
la Spezia
Capua
Sanchello
United States
12Th Air Support Command
Edwin J. House
Italy In Turmoil As Front Lines Shift Across Italy And France
Reports describe Italian defections and Allied advances in the Naples area as Lt Gen Mark Clark’s Fifth Army pushes Germans back. British Eighth Army moves along the Adriatic coast while Ventotene Island is captured. contested king Vittorio Emanuele III status creates confusion.
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pizzo
Vibo Valentia
Ventotene Island
Naples
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele III
Rome
Berlin
Umberto
United Nations Radio
Balkans
Albanian
Genoa
Switzerland
Mont Cenis
Susa
Turin
France
Downey says present armed forces sizes are sufficient
Senator Downey declares the current Army and Navy numbers suffice and questions further enlargement. He cites Hershey's post surrender remarks while hearings on manpower proceed. Lt. Col. Keesling warns against delaying draft for fathers and May calls for a probe into local board autonomy and draft administration. By year end, Keesling estimates 11.7 million men inducted.
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Washington
Navy
Downey
Dcalif
Lewis B. Hershey
Italy
Selective Service
Hershey
Haverhill
Mass
Congress
May
Senate
Keesling
Engineer Killed in Penn Railroad Derailment near Horseshoe Curve
An engineer died and traffic on the Pennsylvania Railroad main line was tied up for hours after two freight trains and a train of empty passenger cars derailed two miles east of Horseshoe Curve near Altoona Pennsylvania.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Horseshoe Curve
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