Japan hints at possible invasion of Siberia or India
The Associated Press reports Japan hints at a bold plan to invade Russian Siberia or India. Meanwhile French Madagascar’s surrender to Britain appeared imminent as U S Marines faced a major new Japanese attack in the Solomon Islands.
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Japan
Siberia
India
Far Pacific
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
U. S
Solomon Islands
Stalingrad
China
Manchukuo
Siberian
Pacific
Solomons
Navy
Washington
Guadalcanal
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
United Nations
Port Moresby
London
Africa
Russia
Middle East
Armand Annet
Mobilization is Ordered in Brazil War
Brazil declared war on Germany and Italy and ordered general mobilization. Brazil could place 250 000 trained infantrymen in the field as sea and air forces aid the Allies in broader efforts across the Indian Ocean and Pacific theaters.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Car sale nets premium for Athens man in wartime ad
An Athens resident sold his car to a California visitor for nearly 700 dollars in cash under a wartime ad. The buyer paid about 50 dollars above local offers, highlighting a premium paid in a classified sale during the period.
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Uncle Sam
Athens
California
Union Pacific Head Named Rubber Czar
William M. Jeffers, longtime Union Pacific executive, named to lead the national rubber program. He vows swift action to reorganize and control Rubber Reserve Company and related agencies to alleviate shortages, urging motorists to treat rubber as a precious national resource.
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Union Pacific
Diseased Men To Be Drafted
Major General Lewis B Hershey told the House defense committee that on October 1 the Army would begin inducting men with general diseases as part of expanding manpower. He said ten percent of draftees at induction stations are illiterates and that more will be drafted daily. He warned the supply of eligible single men without dependents or occupational deferments could be exhausted this fall.
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Washington
Lewis
Hershey
Selective Service
House Committee On Defense Migration
U S Condemns Vichy Labor Aid to Germany
Secretary Hull warned the Vichy government that wholesale transfers of French workers to German factories would be aid to the enemy and a violation of France’s obligations. He also condemned mass deportation of Jews from unoccupied France.
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Washington
Pierre Laval
Germany
United States
France
Hull
Front Quiet Compared To New York Streets
In New York City Patrick Murphy a 26 year old RAF bombardier was beaten and robbed by four Negro men in the heart of the city. He lamented after surviving two years over Germany and occupied France that he now must walk Fifth Avenue to have his brains knocked out. Kroger Grocery & Baking Co paused operations briefly in Cincinnati to honor its late president Albert M. Morrill. All Kroger stores closed for a half hour.
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New York
Patrick Murphy
Royal Air Force
New York City
Germany
France
Morrill Cincinnati
The
Kroger Grocery & Baking Co
Albert M. Morrill
Kroger
Kelland Attacks War Effort Drag During Elections
Clarence Budington Kelland, executive director of the Republican National Committee, says the administration delays a full war effort to avoid political repercussions. He plans a campaign tour through Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and likely the Dakotas starting tomorrow. He cites perceived fears that sacrifices now could cost votes.
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Washington
Clarence Budington Kelland
Republican National Committee
Kelland
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Dakotas
Mrs. Fred Heine Dies At Home In Logan
Mrs. Fred Heine age 54 died Tuesday evening after a paralytic stroke last Thursday at her Logan home. Funeral services scheduled Friday at 2:30 PM at the Presbyterian Church with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters Betty of Columbus and Mrs Carl Scholl of Lakewood and two sons from a former marriage Herbert Shaw in the Navy and William Shaw in the Army. She also leaves three sisters Mrs James Mast of Columbus Mrs Lydia Walt and Mrs Maggie Nisley of Lancaster two brothers James Reedy of Logan and John Reedy in California.
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Logan
Fred Heine
Presbyterian Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Heine
Betty
Columbus
Carl Scholl
Lakewood
Herbert Shaw
William Shaw
James Mast
Lydia Walt
Maggie Nisley
Lancaster
James Reedy
John Reedy
California
Five Billions Spent For War in August
The War Production Board reported U S war expenditures for August rose 8.1 percent to 5 182 billion dollars from July s 4 794 billion The August total equates to about two thousand dollars per second Since the defense buildup began on July 1 1940 through August end spending reached 44 741 billion dollars
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Washington
United States
War Production Board
Uncle Sam
John Q
Federal Reserve Board
John
Treasury
Mickey Rooney Wife Sues for Divorce after Eight Months
Ava Gardner, 19, Hollywood actress and Rooney’s wife, filed for divorce charging extreme cruelty but gave no specific incidents. They were married eight months. The report also notes a War Production Board order restricting public access to Green tea.
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LOS Angeles
Mickey Rooney
Ava Gardner
Mickey
Washington
War Production Board
Reds Admit Nazi Gains At Stalingrad
Soviet headquarters reported German forces advanced into Stalingrad’s western fortifications but left unconfirmed claims of heavy street fighting and capture of the main station. Berlin and German agency reports spoke of deeper interior penetration amid fierce defense and 40 tanks knocked out.
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Reds
Stalingrad
Russia
Berlin
DNB
Fedor von Bock
Plan To Train War Workers
Ohio draft and employment officials mapped a program to train war plant workers to take over jobs of men called to service. Representatives from Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky agreed in Cleveland to coordinate inductions and replacements in plants with many draft eligibles and said training facilities must expand. They urged hiring more women, older persons and the physically handicapped.
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Columbus
Ohio
Armed Services
Selective Service
U. S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Michigan
Kentucky
Cleveland
Women Employed More in Gary Steel Mills
War drives record female labor at Carnegie-Illinois mills in Gary Indiana with officials predicting about 13 12 percent of workers to be women as the industry expands during wartime.
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Gary
Indi
Carnegie-Ilinois Corporation
Navy yard work halted at Point Pleasant amid cancellation
The Navy halted operations at the Marietta Manufacturing Co plant and its Point Pleasant yard, putting 900 construction and 300 production workers out of work as a cancellation shifts labor to other ships. The yard employed about 8,000 planned for next year and production continued at the plant.
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Weinsinveleer
Cautine E 100
Washington
Weissenberger
Navy
Navy Yard
Marietta Co
Navy Department
Ohio Preparing for Gasoline Rationing
Cleveland report indicates gas rationing panels are being added to Ohio’s 221 war price and rationing boards. Each board will include a three member gasoline panel. The OPA says no official decision yet but preparing panels to avoid overwork of local boards.
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Cleveland
Ohio
OPA
Apple Butter Prices Set to Rise About Ten Percent
The Office of Price Administration announced a roughly ten percent price increase for apple butter. An upcoming order will authorize higher maximums at the lower level and allow wholesale and retail distributors to pass the rise to consumers.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Fuel oil rationing to extend to Midwest states
The War Production Board orders fuel oil rationing in 13 midwest states Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Missouri Iowa Kansas Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota and Kentucky. Rationing may run 25 percent below normal with higher limits if needed under a regional coupon system by the Office of Price Administration. Details to follow after OPA finalizes plans.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Middle Western
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kentucky
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Urge Conversion of Oil Burners In Ohio
A furnace maker estimates about half of Ohio households with oil burning furnaces could avoid fuel oil rationing by converting to coal. The U S Census reports 18 177 of 1 867 000 heating units in Ohio in 1940 used oil.
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Columbus
U. S. Census Bureau
Ohio
AP's Larry Allen Captured in Tobruk Raid
Cairo reports confirm Larry Allen of the Associated Press, a war correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner, was captured after the sea borne Tobruk raid. Rome Radio earlier announced a newsman was captured but withheld his name.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Allen
Rome
Manpower needs exaggerated says Perkins at press conference
Secretary Perkins said experts overestimated war plant manpower needs and Congress may not need to empower the War Manpower Commission. He cited Willow Run Ford plant estimates of 150000 vs 60000 needed in final analysis. A second item notes an indictment for second degree murder of Gilbert Davis by U.S. grand jury. Hunters in 52 southern Ohio counties report plentiful squirrel in opening season.
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Cleveland
Perkins
Congress
War Manpower Commission
Willow Run
Ford
Gallipolis
Ulysses Sheets
Gallia County
Gilbert Davis
Columbus
Ohio
the Conservation Division
Need of Labor May Result in New Controls
Paul V. McNutt, head of the War Manpower Commission, told the House Migration Committee that legislation to fully utilize the nation’s manpower is inevitable. He said a subcommittee is studying the issue, voluntary pacts may not suffice, and government intervention in the labor market is likely as shortages persist in 35 production centers.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
House Migration Committee
Roosevelt
McNutt
Youth Admits Double Killing Near Bedford Center
A 17 year old laborer led police to the Kensi Co Reservoir system where he showed the site of Helen Lynch 7 and Margaret 7 killer confession. He calmly described abducting attacking and strangling the younger sister as their mother lay ill in a tuberculosis hospital.
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Bedford Center
N. Y
Edward Haight
New York City
Kensico
Helen Lynch
Margaret
Government may seize scrap not turned in
President Roosevelt warned at a press conference that the government may seize scrap metal held by individuals if public cooperation in the collection campaign does not improve. He stated there is abundant unused metal in homes and farms across the country and urged more liberal contributions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Postal workers asked to help harvest crops
Postmaster General Walker announced that all postal employees who can spare time are to assist in harvesting crops. He issued the order after claiming current regulations were being interpreted to prohibit postal workers from taking part in farm work.
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Washington
Walker
Yorktown Sunk After Battle of Midway
The Navy announced the Yorktown, a 19 900 ton aircraft carrier, was sunk from bombs torpedoes and a submarine strike after Midway. Casualties were listed as 92 officers and 215 enlisted. Hammann and Yorktown were lost in the June battle with Japan.
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United States
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Washington
Navy
Yorktown
Department
South Pacific
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
Hammann
Navy Department
Battle of Midway
Midway
Lexington
Coral Sea
New War Rationing Book To Be Issued
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will issue War Ration Book No 2 as a Christmas present to the nation. The new book will serve for coupon rationing and point system rationing for diverse shortages during the war.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
England
School Opening Boosts Sales Tax Collections
Columbus reports sales tax receipts rose for the first time in 28 weeks in the week ending Sept 5 as school openings spurred purchases. Three centery revenue totaled 1,150,392 for the period up 52,218 from last year with apparel leading gains. overall 38,406,906 since Jan 1 through Sept 5 trails last year by 4,739,191.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
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East Asia
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Marvin Reeder
U. S. Forest Service
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Ore
William M
Bill” Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Jeffers
Nelson
Rubber Reserve Company
U.S
Moscow
Europe
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
Egypt
el Alamein
Alexandria
Point Pleasant Navy Yard
U.S. Reserve Board
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Jacob Weissenberger
Pam
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