Administration Leaders Fight To Prevent Second Setback In Senate on Farm Measure
In Washington AP dispatches report Senate Republicans and Democrats clash over parity standards in anti inflation legislation. Administration leaders push compromise to lift farm price ceilings with labor costs, while 19 senators remain undecided and possible veto threats loom amid House action and wartime powers debate. Ohio Supreme Court heard Lukens murder appeal with third degree methods accusation.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Congressional
House
Thomas
D-Okle
Elining
White House
Congress
Senator Hatch
D-Nm
Agte
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Albert B. Lukens
Akron
Sor
Ruth Zwicker
Guy Hammond
Lukens
Civilian Meat Supply Cut 21 Percent After October
Secretary Wickard announced civilian meat consumption would be limited to about 79 percent of 1941 last-quarter deliveries starting Oct 1. He urged individuals to limit to 2.5 pounds per week per person, with beef and veal 30 percent, lamb and mutton 95 percent, and pork 75 percent of 1941 last quarter.
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Washington
Wickard
War Production Board
Anti-Aircraft Command Seeks Officer Candidates Nationwide
The Anti-Aircraft Command called for 500 volunteer officer candidates classified 3-A to apply through draft boards for the Anti-Aircraft School at Camp Davis North Carolina. Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Green said the program offers a path for Americans who wish to serve but face family responsibilities.
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Selective Service Wree
Anti-Aircraft Command
Camp Davis
N. C
Joseph A. Green
Green Urges Postal Workers Pay Rise
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor told a Senate civil service subcommittee that the government should be the ideal employer. He said the postal employees deserve a wage increase after 17 years without one and urged standards be raised to industry levels.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Civil Service
Green
Five Die in Train Crash Near Dickerson Maryland
Five people died with as many as 23 feared dead after a rear end collision between two Washington bound trains near Dickerson Maryland. A Pullman car was shoved into a fast freight on an adjacent track causing wreckage over the rails and fires on the Ambassador and Cleveland night expresses. Eighteen of 21 in the sleeper were unaccounted for and believed injured or dead as rescue teams searched the scene.
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Dickerson, Md
Baltimore and Ohio
Porreta
Ete
Washington Evening Star
Dickerson
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Australians Hold Japs in New Guinea
Australian jungle fighters hold positions in the New Guinea mountains near Port Moresby as Allied planes strafe Japanese troops and hit supply bases. Allied fighters swept Buna and bomber raids set fires at Buna Airdrome. London reports the Madagascar capital Tananarive fell to British forces after a landing on the island.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Port Moresby
United Nations
Buna
China
London
Tananarive
Madagascar
Long
Island
Ohio War Contractors Give Up Excess Profit
Excess war profits totaling about 15 million dollars have been turned over to the government voluntarily in the last five months by contractors in the Cleveland Ordnance District. Captain Charles W. Steadman, head of the district's legal section, cited wartime orders with manufacturers in Northern and Eastern Ohio and Northwestern Pennsylvania exceeding one billion dollars.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Ordnance District
Charles W. Steadman
Ordnance District
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kent State to Host Instructors Training for War Plant Protection
Columbus reports Highway Director Hal G. Sours announced a four day program at Kent State University September 28 to October 1 to train instructors for protection units of war plants.
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Columbus
Hal G. Sours
Kent State University
Deferments to Farmers Seen in Wartime Labor
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said farm labor shortages may justify deferments in vital agricultural areas. He noted some farm product regions might not deserve deferral. Hershey did not elaborate before the House Agricultural Committee and hinted Congress could pass 18 and 19 year old conscription legislation this year.
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Cleveland
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
House Agricultural Committee
Congress
Ohio BMV projects 1.75 million licenses sold in final days
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles warns of slow sales but estimates 1.75 million licenses will be sold in the last three days of the month. Current permits expire September 30.
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Columbus
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Mits
Gunboats on Volga Aid Red Defense At Stalingrad
Soviet reports credit Volga gunboats with shelling German shock troops as Red Army units repelled a major push in Stalingrad. Berlin and Red Star dispatches describe heavy street fighting, tank assaults, and continued bombardment while Germans suffer high casualties across multiple sectors.
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Volga
Semeon Timoshenko
Red
Stalingrad
Sinyavino
Leningrad
Voronezh
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Mozdok
Caucasus
Berlin
Red Army
Red Star
ALCOA Plant Workers Walk Out Threatens War Production
About 225 CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union members at ALCOA plants in Cleveland walked out starting Tuesday midnight. Company officials said curtailing aircraft parts production could follow if the strike continues, though union regional director Alex Balint called the walkout unauthorized and stated no grievances were presented.
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Cleveland
Aluminum Co. of America
Newburgh Heights
CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
ALCOA
Alex Balint
U-Boat Base Bombed by Royal Air Force
British bombers attacked the German U-boat base at Flensburg and an Axis convoy off the Dutch coast overnight. Ten RAF bombers were reported missing. Flensburg lies on the Baltic coast near the Danish frontier and has faced heavy raids in recent weeks.
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London
Germany
Flensburg
Schleswig- Holstein
French Warned to Leave Coast Areas
London AP reports the United Nations prepare a surprise offensive against Germany with potential landings in France. British radio urges French evacuation of coastal zones to aid operations by Allied forces and to anticipate attacks on occupied France. The message promises no advance warning, but cooperation will be requested when timely.
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London
United Nations
Germany
RAF
France
Army To Take Mine Slackers
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said coal miners and other workers deferred from military service who frequently miss work for unexplained reasons will risk being drafted. He noted a new regulation would apply to coal miners, though not prompted solely by industry pleas.
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Wshington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
St Louis Man Admits Murder of His Parents
After hours of questioning Robert Nash a 27 year old St Louis electrician confessed to the axe slaying of his father and mother during a quarrel over his financial difficulties police said Capt Leonard Murphy reported Nash confessed today
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ST. Louis
Robert Nash
Leonard Murphy
Navy assistant secretary warns allies losing war in speech
Ralph H Bard told shipbuilding workers that the nation is losing the war and must face reality. He blamed insufferable pride, economic pressure groups, and misleading production percentages, urging a return to democratic sacrifice and unity. He criticized anti union and pro union leaders and urged humility and sacrifice.
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New York
Ralph H Bard
Navy
Bard
International Convention of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Willkie Delivers Roosevelt Message to Stalin in Moscow
Wendell L. Willkie, visiting Soviet Russia, plans to take back a Roosevelt message after a Kremlin conference with Joseph Stalin. He notes rising disappointment over the absence of a Western second front and praises Moscow defenses as formidable.
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Moscow
Wendell — L. Willkie
Washington
Soviet Russia
United States
Britain
Willkie
Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
Kremlin
Hitler
Stimson Probes Conn Louis Fight Plans
Secretary of War Stimson said he was shocked by arrangements for the Joe Louis Billy Conn championship prize fight and has launched a personal investigation. He would not detail what specifically shocked him as he discussed the proposed October 12 bout at Yankee Stadium in New York between Louis the heavyweight champion and Conn.
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Washington
Stimson
Billy Conn
Yankee Stadium
New York
Sergeant Louis
Conn
AP Writer Arrives at Port Moresby After 17 Days Missing
AP war correspondent Vern Haugland reached Port Moresby base after 47 days since parachuting into New Guinea. A MacArthur spokesman said he is ill with malnutrition, exhaustion and starvation but expected to recover.
Ohio Red Cross Worker Is Safe in Philippines
A Red Cross field director from Lima and two executives were reported safe after being listed missing since Corregidor's fall. A. L. Schafer said a cablegram from the International Red Cross in Geneva confirmed the trio's location on the islands.
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Ohio Red Cross
Philippines
San Francisco
Corregidor
Catherine Nau
Lima
Philippine Red Cross
Red Cross
A. L. Schafer
Pacific Area
International Red Cross
Geneva
Islinds
Loss of Life On Vessels Set at 250
Washington AP Navy reports carrier destroyer Jarvis disappeared in the Southwest Pacific during operations and is presumed sunk by enemy submarines or aircraft. The auxiliary transport Little was sunk during recent operations in the Solomons.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Jarvis
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Little
William Walter Graham, Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Gus B. Lofberg
Santa Cruz
Calif
South Pacific
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Jane's
Puget Sound
Wash
Navy Yard
Union plan eyes 42 hour week for soft coal mines wartime needs
Harold L Ickes called producers and labor reps to a Washington conference next Tuesday to discuss extending work weeks in soft coal mines to meet 1943 fuel demands. Mine union officials expect a six day 42 hour schedule amid wartime shortages and a shortage of miners due to Army and Navy enlistments. The Navy reported two ships lost in the Solomon Islands area, the destroyer Jarvis and the fuel carrier Little, with about 250 sailors feared dead and several officers missing.
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Washington
Harold L Ickes
Army
Navy
Alaska Highway Ready for Use by December One
Secretary Stimson announced the Alaska Highway will be usable about December 1 after March construction. The 1600 mile route should see steady traffic until spring thaws in April and May when parts become impassable. The highway will be a well graded two way truck road rather than a rough pioneer road.
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Washington
Stimson
Corps of Engineers
Taany
House Leaders Aroused Over Farm Labor Issue
The House Agriculture Committee debated steps to address a farm labor shortage. Chairman Fulmer said the panel would consult Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service director, and possibly Paul V. McNutt, War Manpower Commission head, before acting.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
5. C
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Return of Monarchy to Spain Planned by Franco
Bern Switzerland dispatch reports Generalissimo Franco nearly finished talks with the Spanish royal family on restoring the monarchy. Franco would back Prince Don Juan as king and lay groundwork before making the issue public in three to six months.
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Spain
Franco
Bern
Switzerland
Madrid
Berner Taghiatt
Don Juan
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