U S Planes Pummel Buna and Rabaul Amid Pacific Push
Allied air power pummeled Buna New Guinea with 35000 rounds as bombers blazed fires at Rabaul New Britain. U S submarines sank four ships and damaged four others in the ongoing war against Japan’s supply lines, lifting totals to 107 ships sunk or damaged by submarines since Pearl Harbor.
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Douglas MacArthur
Buna
New Guinea
United Nations
Rabaul
New Britain
Owen Stanley Mountains
Port Moresby
Australia
Japan
Navy
Washington
U. S
Pacific
Trusties Escape Kidnap Plot Near Ashland Ky
Mrs. R. W. Meier wife of the Chillicothe Reformatory chief clerk reported two young trusties abducted her and fled from Ohio. One was captured in Ashland after their vehicle stopped at a filling station and she escaped by feigning unconsciousness and signaling for help.
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Ashland
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
R. W. Meier
Army death rate at wartime low in history
Washington reports the health of the Army is better than ever during war, with fewer hospital admissions and confinements than last year. The death rate in 1941 and into 1942 is said to be the lowest in Army history excluding overseas and battle casualties amid rapid expansion. Columbus notes a $33,023 grant for a fall campaign against Japanese beetles across 17 sections and 453 acres.
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Washington
Stimson
Columbus
State Department of Plant Industry
State Emergency Board
Dieppe Raid Toll and Allied Arrivals in Britain
Thousands of American troops arrived in Britain to bolster the expanding U S Army as preparations for a second front proceed. Canadian losses in the Dieppe raid are reported as high with 5 000 Canadian troops used and 3 350 casualties, the costliest Canadian operation of the war.
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London
Britain
United States
Ottawa
Dieppe
Defense
J. L. Ralston
English Channel
Grew Says Japanese Formidable Foe Beyond Nazis
Former ambassador Joseph C. Grew told a Syracuse war rally that Japan is our most formidable enemy, far tougher than Germany. He warned Germans will crack again, but the Japanese will fight to the last and only total destruction can defeat them, underscoring a stark contrast between the two powers.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Japan
Germany
Joseph C. Grew
Drew
Berlin
Tokyo
Asia
Hemisphere
Labor Placing Need Secured
A week long investigation by a House committee found no current need for new labor controls. The panel favored continuing voluntary labor placement, despite War Manpower Commissioner McNutt’s concerns. Secretary Wickard signaled possible government action if farmers quit for war plants. In Columbus, Kent State University seeks funds for a civilian pilot training air field.
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Washington
Special House Committee
Defense Migration
Paul McNutt
Wickard
Columbus
State Emergency Board
Kent State University
Willkie in Russia Faces Secrecy Barrier in War Effort
In this column, De Witt MacKenzie discusses Special Ambassador Wendell Willkie's potential impact in uniting Allied efforts but notes the Kremlin's steadfast secrecy. He cites Russia's guarded war details, Stalinist opacity, and the dramatic defense of Stalingrad as evidence of the barrier facing Willkie and Western allies.
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DE Witt MacKenzie
Wendell Willkie
Russia
United Nation
Uncle Sam
John Bull
Caucasus
Soviet Union
Hitler
Germany
Stalingrad
Red Army
Willkie
Capt Fred Frazer Wounded in Action Notified Parents
Captain Fred Frazier of the U S Marine Corps has been wounded in action. Mr and Mrs Donald Frazer of Bellefontaine have been informed of the injury. He graduated from Ohio University in 1940 and led the Phi Delta Theta chapter. He is engaged to Edith Maneggie, a former secretary to University Editor Clark Williams. She now works as a clerk-typist at the Naval Air Station in San Diego California.
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Donald Frazer
Bellefontaine
Fred Frazier
U. S. Marine Corps
Frazer
Ohio University
Phi Delta Theta
Edith Maneggie
Clark Willams
Maneggie
Naval Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Scrap auto collection slowed in 44 Ohio counties
Cleveland AP report says war scrap from auto graveyards in 44 northern Ohio counties fell over 20 percent in 30 days as individuals delay selling old jalopys. E Ames Alden, WPB salvage chief, announced house to house and farm to farm canvasses across Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky to speed scrap collection.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Gasoline Allocations Slashed in Canada by Axis Threat
Ottawa reports that Canada will cut gasoline allocations for non essential motoring by almost half from October 1 to March 31 due to tanker losses by Axis submarines. Munitions Minister C. D. Howe says fuel oil heating this winter will be at own risk amid colossal tanker losses.
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Ottawa
Canada
C. D. Howe
Needle Removed From Child Heart Muscle Surgery
Three year old Eleanor Hughes underwent a delicate operation to remove a needle that penetrated the heart muscle. The needle was driven into her chest while she played at home and the physician said her condition is very grave. Her widowed mother has been a hospital patient since September 1.
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Pittsburgh
Eleanor Hughes
Eleanor
Wellston Flier Receives Army Flying Cross
Honolulu reports three Ohio air heroes honored for Mid-Pacific action. Col. Russell L. Waldron of Wellston earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for a dangerous mission over enemy territory. Sgt. James B. Winey of Toledo received a Silver Star for meritorious conduct at Midway. Lieut. Joseph D. Nave of Lima received the Purple Heart posthumously.
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Honolulu
Ohio Army Air Heroes
Mid-Pacific
Hickam Field
Russell L. Waldron
Wellston
James B. Winey
Toledo
Midway
Joseph D. Nave
Lima
Gas explosion injures three at Schneider Funeral Home
An explosion at the Schneider Funeral Home in Chesapeake last night injured three people and caused about $50,000 in damage. Investigators cite accumulated gas as the probable cause.
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Ironton
Schneider
Chesapeake
West Virginia Primary Stall Not Decided
Forty six days after the West Virginia primary the Republican Senate nomination remains unresolved amid recounts. Kanawha County narrowed the margin to 83 votes with Chapman Revercomb ahead of Raymond J. Pie over Funkhouser, as Secretary of State W S O'Brien promised a nominee by September 30.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
U. S. Senate
Kanawha
Chapman Revercomb
Raymond J. Pie
Shepardstown
Funkhouser
Women Cast AAA Ballots In Ohio Election
In Columbus Ohio farmers and their wives voted for township AAA committeemen in the first AAA election open to women. Elmer F Kruse Ohio AAA chair urged farmers to reduce wheat acreage and plant substitutes under the food for victory program. He said substitute crops count toward wheat quotas and that oversupply of wheat and need for other crops justify the change.
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Columbus
Ohio
Township Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Elmer F. Kruse
Ohio Aaa Committee
Food For
Kruse
Ohio job insurance payments hit new law
Columbus report shows August unemployment compensation payments fell to 992,762 dollars, the first monthly total under one million this year. Administrator Herschel C. Atkinson announced the figure, noting wartime manpower demands influenced the dip.
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Ohio
Columbus
Herschel C. Atkinson
Russians Seize Initiative In Stalingrad Battle
Russian forces push into Stalingrad as German defenders retreat to the Volga banks. Soviet troops repulse tank and infantry assaults in northwest and other sectors, with Red Star reporting German counter thrusts checked yard by yard.
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Stalingrad
Volea
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Volga
Red Star
Berlin Optimism Amid Stalingrad Standoff and Front News
Amid grave fighting, Berlin hinted at Stalingrad fall within 24 hours but claimed only general success. Russian reports said detachments were repulsed as darkness fell. Front lines showed Soviet hits on Voronezh and Mozdok sectors with recaptured settlements and enemy annihilation claims. Air war jitters echoed in Sofia and Hungary while British raids hit Bordeaux docks and Gibraltar operations damaged Allied ships. Egyptian front remained quiet.
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Berneval
Dieppe
Royal Regiment of Canada
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Royal Regiment
Fedor von Bock
Berlin
Stalingrad
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Hungary
RAF
Germany
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Spain
Higher Parity Is Unlikely
Washington AP reports Congressional farm leaders expect defeat in efforts to raise agricultural parity prices for mules as part of Roosevelt era price control legislation. The President and key officials oppose altering parity calculations, warning changes would raise living costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner
Senate Committee
Steagall
House Committee
Merchant Ship Sunk By Axis Submarine
A U S Navy report says a medium sized merchantman was sunk by a submarine in the Caribbean late last month. Ten survivors were picked up by a U S naval vessel and landed at an east coast port as AP tallies western Atlantic ship losses since Pearl Harbor.
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New York
Navy
Caribbean
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Parachute Troops From U S Stationed in England
U S airborne units are in Britain under Lieut. Col. Edson Raff, formed from southern college men, many who joined after Pearl Harbor. They train with British paratroopers, adding striking power as invasion plans loom, with roles unclear between spearhead invasion or Commando raids like Dieppe.
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London
United States
Hitler
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A.E.F
Edson D. Raff
New York City
Georgia
United States Army
South
Alain Josephs
New York
Cvah
Rivuhside Drive
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Continent
Bruneval
French Channel
le Havre
Dieppe
Wilson To Head New Production Committee
Washington war production figures will be assembled under a new committee headed by Charles E. Wilson president of General Electric The War Production Board created the panel to ensure programs and schedules for all war effort phases are met and subjected to twice weekly scrutiny chaired by Donald M Nelson.
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Washington
Armed Services
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Bricker mobilizes Ohio women and students for harvest
Gov Bricker asks Ohio housewives and high school students to help harvest a bountiful fruit and vegetable crop facing a farm labor shortage. He urges school officials to release students and volunteers to contact local U S Employment Service offices canneries or farmers.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
U. S. Employment Service
King and Queen Chosen By Ohio 4 H Members
George Quil lin Jr of Worthington and Evelyn Nold of Leetonia, both 16, were crowned health king and queen of Ohio’s youth at the closing session of the 4 H club congress at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
George Quillin, Jr
Worthington
Evelyn Nold
Leetonia
Ohio
Ohio State University
Boston Conservatory Expands Jazz Program With Boogie Woogie
The New England Conservatory of Music adds boogie woogie to its traditional repertoire. On opening day the tenth year began with Ruby Newman as instructor guiding students in jazz and swing.
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Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
Ruby Newman
Conservatory
Newman
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