Navy Seeks Half Million Drafted in Last Four Months 1943
The Navy told the Senate Military Committee it needs 533000 men to meet its 1943 end-year manpower needs. Details show August 1 active-duty totals of 2353281 with 3958 female personnel and projected December 31 totals of 2935281 males and 74297 females.
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Navy
Washington
Randall Jacobs
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Jacobs
Marine Corps and Coast Guard
FOE
Unifom
Wheeler
D-Mont
Pearl Harbor
Uf Il
High Command
Barkley
Kentucky
Military Committee
Joseph T. NcNarney
Patterson
Reynolds
MacNarney
Canada
British Isles
Ator Downey
Calif
California
Frost Likely in North Central Ohio This Weekend
The Weather Bureau warns frost will hit northern and central Ohio by Saturday morning with colder nights ahead. The forecast urges frost caution for farmers and residents in the affected counties.
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Ohio
Columbus
Satnday
Red Armies Smash Into Kiev Outpost
Soviet forces push toward the Dnieper defense line in central Ukraine as they sever the Kiev-Poltava-Lozovaya railway. The Nezhin advance cuts rail links, with Moscow reporting 6,000 German dead and 200 towns captured as Germans retreat toward the Dnieper.
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London
Ukraine
Dnieper River
Red Army
Kiev-Poltava-Lozovaya
Nezin
Dnieper
Kiev-Pol 1Tava
Lozovaya
Stalingrad
Nezhin
Moscow
Morgenthau Urges Resolve as War Enters New Phase
Secretary Morgenthau told Americans the war has just begun for the United States and urged backing the Italian attack. He cited heavy materiel losses in Sicily and warned the Third War Loan will not be the last, as first-week sales reached 5.059 billion dollars toward a 15 billion goal.
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Washington
United States
Italy
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Sicily
Treasury
Russian Jap Clash Reported
Washington reports unconfirmed Chungking word of a border clash along the Mongolian frontier north of Pailingmiao. The border dispute centers on Outer Mongolia, a Soviet-dominated autonomous republic, with strategic implications for potential Japanese advances toward Ulan Bator and the Trans-Siberian corridor near Lake Baikal.
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Washington
Russia
Chungking
Pailingmiao
Inner Mongolian
Outer Mongolia
Gobi Desert
Ulan Bator
Lake Baikal
Toledo strike ends partial, state study planned
Toledo boards reach agreement with striking non-educational workers calling for a state study of financial problems as a step toward reopening 65 schools. Unions plan meetings to ratify the pact, but schools likely remain closed until tomorrow at the earliest. In Chillicothe, William Anderson, 53, once Ohio corn husking champion, hanged himself at his Clarksville-area farm, deputy says.
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Toledo
Toledo Board of Education
Chillicothe
Ohio
William Anderson
Clarksburg
Kenneth Malon
Government Loses Fight Against Bund Members
Federal Judge William J. Campbell ruled that proof of membership in the German American Bund does not by itself justify denaturalization. The government must show each defendant's participation and knowledge of the group's real purposes in proceedings against nine individuals.
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Chicago
German American Fund
William J. Campbell
Bund
Campbell
New Sulfa Drug Shows Promise in Infant Diarrhea
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports succinylsulfathiazole, a new sulfonamide, improved 11 cases of epidemic infant diarrhea in the Midwest. The drug, used mainly for bacillary dysentery and bowel surgery prep, is highlighted as a significant development.
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Chicago
Midwest
Journal of the American Medical Association
Allied drive tightens on Lae and Salamaua air bases
Allied jungle troops breach pillboxes and trenches in New Guinea and drive toward Lae and Salamaua while Australian forces annihilate Japanese garrison at Salamaua. Japanese air losses mount in Bougainville Kahili airdrome and over Della Lavella as American raids claim several fighters.
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Southwest Pacific
Lae
New Guinea
Lepualn
Er anSaan
Salamaua
Huon Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Solomons
Kahili
Bougainville
Della Lavella Island
Berlin Raided As Allies Resume Aerial Offensive
Allied air forces launched a wide nighttime campaign against Berlin and targets in France and Paris region. The raid included Mosquito and four engine bombers hitting Montlucon tire factory and Paris area aircraft plants with RAF and US aircrews conducting dusk operations for the first time. London endured severe bombing as well.
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Berlin
London
Montlucon
France
Paris
Eighth Air Force
RAF
Vichy
Hitler
Munich
Caudron-Renault
Will Extend Restrictions On Deliveries Nationwide
The Office of Defense Transportation announced extending the Northeastern delivery curbs nationwide on October 11. The order bans retail deliveries under five pounds or 60 inches total measurement, bans Sunday deliveries except for ice milk or cream, restricts weekly deliveries of alcohol tobacco confectioneries soft drinks ice cream magazines and flowers, and limits bread meat poultry eggs fruits vegetables and fish to three deliveries weekly with laundries dry cleaners and tailors limited to two trips.
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Washington
Joseph J. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Vatican City Held by Nazis Reported Guards at Holy See
Geneva dispatch says German troops in Vatican City block entry and exit with anti-tank guns and machine guns. Parachute troops guard the area, restricting Italian access to St. Peter's Basilica and permission to pray.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Lausanne
Vatican City
St. Peter's Square
Basilica
Rome
Holy See
St. Peter's
High Tax on Liquor Boosts Bootlegger Profits
In Columbus O H Martinson of Calvert Distillers Corp. said federal taxes totaling $6 per proof gallon plus wartime shortages create a profit incentive for bootleggers. He spoke at the annual conference of the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association, a liquor monopoly states’ group.
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Columbus
O. H. Martinson
Calvert Distillers Corp
Martinsen
National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association
Washington debates 1944 food output policy and subsidies
White House and Congress review the 1944 food output plan with Marvin Jones outlining next year’s farm program to the House Agriculture Committee. Leaders seek power over food output while farmers push for price ceilings and limited subsidies amid plans for possible losses to the government.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Marvin Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
D-Nc
Roosevelt
Gruenther Named Chief of Staff to Fifth Army in Italy
Major General Alfred M. Gruenther aged 44 of Platte Nebraska becomes chief of staff to Lieut General Mark Clark as the Fifth Army advances in Italy. He is loaned by General Eisenhower who quips I feel like I am losing my right hand.
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Alfred M. Gruenther
Platte, Neb
U. S
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Eisenhower
Two Islands Reported in Allied Hands
Allied dispatches say the Greek islands of Samos and Lero near Crete were occupied three days ago and turned to the Greek gendarmerie after Greece’s surrender. The Ninth Army under Lt. Gen. Holmes sailed from Middle East bases, fueling Balkans invasion speculation amid reports of guerrilla activity and redeployments in the region.
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London
Balkans
Italy
Ankara
Samos
Lero
Crete
Great Britain
Ninth Army
Middle East
Mediterranean
Syria
Transjordania
Aegean Sea
Stockholm
W. H. Holmes
Cairo
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S
Nish-Varder
Salonika
Grecian
Vardar
Yank Leads Chinese in Foray Against Japs
Chinese troops trained in India and led by an American routed 200 Japanese in the Naga Hills of North Burma. The action marks the first reported operation by troops trained at the India center and signals possible larger expeditions.
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New Delhi
India
Naga
Burma
Fat Stock Show to Replace Exposition in Chicago
The Union Stock Yard and Transit Company announced a fat stock show will run in Chicago from November 29 to December 2, replacing the International Live Stock Exposition canceled for war measures. The 1942 event drew over 5,000 animals, the largest of its kind last year. Lancaster youths who escaped from the Boys Industrial School were recaptured by U S officers early this morning.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yard and Transit Company
Lancaster
Salerno beachhead holds as 8th Army presses north
Allied forces at Salerno resist German efforts to seize the foothold while the British Eighth Army advances toward Sapri. General Mark W. Clark states the Fifth Army beachhead is secure as reinforcements arrive and heavy air and naval bombardments continue.
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Salerno
8Th Army
Allied
North Africa
C.P
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Allied clash on 27 mile front as Montgomery advances
General Clark toured front lines as seven day battle reports heavy German losses. Four to five German divisions reportedly engaged along the 27 mile front while Montgomery’s Eighth Army pushed along the Italian west coast toward Scalea. Eisenhower said Fifth Army holds its bridgehead and awaits the joining of the Eighth Army for a unified assault.
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Clark
Mediterranean
Erwin Rommel
Africa
Bernard L. Montgom
Ery
Eighth Army
Scalea
Agropoli
Allied
Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fifth Army
Lull After Salerno Battle Lets Allies Reorganize
Allied and German forces engaged around Salerno with heavy shelling and air operations. Allied reinforcements and tactics benefited from a temporary lull as General Clark reorganized lines. Berlin radio noted Allied strength at Salerno greater than first believed while German air activity faced heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Clark
Berlin
Salerno
Albert
Next Ration Book Is To Last Three Years
Washington reports a nationwide registration for Ration Book No. 4 in the last ten days of October. Office of Price Administration officials say the book should last three years and will be used with Book No. 3 and with glass or plastic tokens planned for distribution after January 1.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Bonds Support Moves for Infant and Maternity Care
The House Appropriations Committee authorized hearings on September 22 for a $20,000,000 expansion to aid infant and maternity care for dependents of non-commissioned servicemen. This would add to $5,600,000 already appropriated to the Labor Department's Children's Bureau for needy cases.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
D.-Mo
Labor Department
Children’s Bureau
Tax Hearings Postponed on 1944 Tax Measure
The House Ways and Means Committee postponed indefinitely the opening of hearings on the 1944 general tax measure. Chairman Doughton expressed hope the measure with higher levies could be enacted by Jan 1. Treasury and tax staff were not ready to present a program amid recent friction.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Treasury
Congressional Tax Staff
Audit ordered of essential gas books in Cleveland district
The regional Office of Price Administration announced a nationwide audit of B and C coupons for essential driving to cut gasoline use. Most ration boards will be spot checked unless indications show widespread excess mileage. In Portsmouth, council seeks public sentiment on switching to Eastern Standard Time for winter.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Vincent
Bishop
Portsmouth
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