Russians Push Across Dnieper as Kiev Threats Grow
Soviet forces thrust toward the Dnieper from the Kuban bridgehead and pressed toward Kiev as German resistance falters. The Berlin radio relayed the Soviet claim of river-edge crossings and advancing positions near Dnepropetrovsk and Pereyaslavl while Gomel and Smolensk areas saw further Soviet gains.
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London
Red Army
Ross
Dnieper
Dend
Ared
Vances
Dnepropetrovsk
Kremenny
Pereyaslavl
Kiev
Kieva
Berlin
Associated Press
Russia
Dnepropetrovska
Vassily Sikolovsky
Gomel
Smolensk
Vitebsk
White Ja
Jensk
Gilev
Roslav
Nkovka
Kuban
Crimea
Caucasus
Comunique
Perry County Deputy Auditor Carl Webb Dies at 37
Funeral services are set for Tuesday at the Method Church in New Straitsville for Carl Webb 37 who died Saturday afternoon in a Columbus hospital. Webb served as Perry County deputy auditor for two years and is survived by his wife two children his parents Mr. and Mrs. Webb and a brother Paul stationed at Great Lakes Illinois.
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New Straitsville
Carl Webb
Colum Hospital
Method Church
Webb
Perry County
Employment Service Shows Big Increase in Ohio
Regional official Robert C. Goodwin of the Manpower Commission reports 369,976 Ohioans secured through the U S Employment Service in the first half of the year, a rise from 1942 figures. Ohio CIO anti discrimination committee forms with two Whites and two Negro members to promote integrated citizenship. Women workers protest posters blaming workers at a war plant and the cartoonist is co-starring in a new feature.
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Weland
Robert C. Goodwin
The
Manpower Commission
U. S
Lumbus
Ohio
CIO
Risack Kroll
E Cio
Philadelphia
Wom
War Plant
Willie
Stettinius Assumes New Duties in State Department
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. becomes undersecretary of state succeeding Sumner Welles and is expected to travel with Secretary Hull to Moscow next month. His lend-lease work and leadership at United States Steel are noted as strengthening postwar Russian cooperation and economic policy. Senators praise the choice.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius
Stettinius
Sumner Welles
Hull
Moscow
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Advertising Is Called Weapon in War Effort
The commerce department urges American businesses to maintain advertising schedules as a constructive contribution to the war effort. It states advertising containing wartime information is a major weapon of the home front and notes that companies continue to advertise while aligning messages to aid government war aims.
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Commerce Department
Victory Fleet Day Observed in U.S. Shipyards
More than a million American workers in 70 shipyards and 350 factories marked Victory Fleet Day with pledges of greater production and more War Bond purchases. Since the Liberty and Patrick Henry began two years ago, about 2,100 merchant vessels have left the ways, with five launched daily.
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Washington
Liberty
Roosevelt
British disapproval of Argentina neutrality shocks Axis pros
A British Foreign Office statement denounces Argentina for its neutrality policy. Axis propagandists in Buenos Aires have long spread whispers blaming Britain for Argentina delaying breaking relations with the Axis.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Britain
Farmer Markets Offer Cheaper Goods Amid City Plan
In Portland Oregon a city driven farmer to consumer market system draws vendors and buyers to Albina Engine gates. Stationed buyers and rising farm turnout push prices toward wholesale levels while residents cheer lower retail costs. The plan expands to three vacant lots as crowd and supply grow.
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Portland
Ore
Albina Engine & Machine Works
Nomeah Couunty
S. B. Hall
OPA
Kenneth L.per
Cooper
War Ration Edition Limits Messenger Newsprint
The Messenger announces a war ration edition of eight pages published on Mondays to meet War Production Board limits. It explains national orders to cut newsprint by about 15 percent from 1941 levels while maintaining coverage and services for readers and advertisers.
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Messenger
War Production Board
the Messenger
Encirclement Threat Grows for Japanese at Finschhafen
Allied orders from MacArthur's Southwest Pacific headquarters report Japanese defenders near Finschhafen facing conquest from multiple angles. Australian jungle troops advance along the Huon Gulf coast toward Lae and Hanisch Harbor, while a northern land push nears from Sattelberg. Reinforcements slow the Japanese defense as the siege tightens.
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Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Bae
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Hanisc Harbor
Sattelberg
Occupational Claims To Be Investigated In Ohio Draft
Ohio draft boards will grant 30 day occupational deferments only when a registrant is in a critical occupation and will refer names and current employment to the U S Employment Service for investigation. If USES finds essential work or reassigns, another 10 day delay is allowed. absence of word from USES allows induction to proceed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Goble
Emden Hit by Flying Forts in Luncheon Bombardment
Allied heavy bombers struck Emden, a major German shipbuilding center and submarine base, in a new raid during a high tempo month. The operation marked ten Fortresses missions this month, matching July's peak, as Marauder bombers pushed U S air assault activities to record levels.
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London
Britain
North Sea
Emden
U. S
War Workers Observe Golden Wedding Date
In Los Angeles Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clyde Avery both age 73 marked their 50th wedding anniversary with impromptu workplace observances arranged by fellow aircraft plant workers during 10 minute rest periods. Buy war bonds.
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Los Angeles
Robert Clyde Avery
WAK Bonds
224 Planes Captured On Italian Airfields
Allied authorities report 224 Axis aircraft captured intact or lightly damaged on six Italian airfields during the North Africa campaign. Leon Henderson will preside over a national food conference in Cleveland on Oct 27 and 28. William Phillips, Roosevelt’s personal envoy in India, has arrived in London on an unspecified War Department mission.
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North Africa
Italy
Northwest African Air Forces
Henderson
Cleveland
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Phillips
London
William Phillips
Roosevelt
India
Ohioan on Merchant Ship Credited With Downing 10 Planes
A Bay Area seaman first class from Elyria Ohio was part of the armed guard on the Anne Bradstreet. The ship battled about 50 German dive bombers and torpedo planes to protect a convoy near Gibraltar on August 13. A letter from Ralph E. Byers, chief steward, signed by all hands, recounts the attack.
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Washington
Thomas Joseph Kamenik
U.S.N.R
Elyria
Mediterranean
Ralph E. Byers
Gibraltar
Pistol-packing Japs Use Suicide Guns in South Pacific
Pvt. R. W. Nyman shows a single-shot suicide pistol and a Jap marine cap captured at Bairoko near Munda in the Solomons, illustrating the enemy’s desperate measures to avoid capture.
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Enogai Inlet
Munda
Bairoko
New Georgia Island
Solomons
D. A. Wabschall
John G. Combs
South Pacific
Pvt
R. W. Nyman
Navy Bond Show Prop Dummy Used On Shore Patrol
A dummy wave test figure on the shoulder of shore patrolman W. J. Suddendorf was used to promote a U. S. Navy Treasury Department War Bond show. The item highlights a promotional stunt linked to war bond efforts.
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W. J. Suddendorf
U. S. Navy
Treasury Department
Father Draft Debate To Open Tuesday In Congress
Congress prepares to debate a bill by Senator Wheeler to bar induction of pre Pearl Harbor fathers until after Jan 1. Debate starts tomorrow with Taft seeking a showdown vote on his substitute to induct only fathers under 30. Governor Tugwell urged U S aid to Puerto Rico to prevent unrest and food subsidies gaps.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Military Committee
Taft
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Congress
United States
Nazis Warn Small States On Third Tripartite Pact Anniversary
London reports Germany and Japan marked the pact anniversary with a display of calm over Italy's capitulation and issued a warning to satellite nations. Voelkischer Beobachter cautioned any nation attempting to exit the war alliance will suffer severe consequences.
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London
Germany
Japan
Italy
Voelkischer
Germans Begin Withdrawal Around Naples As Allies Close In
German troops retreat from coastal positions around Naples while American Fifth Army pushes 10 miles into the mountains toward Cassano 50 miles east of the port. British forces move up the Adriatic coast near Foggia as Allied strides shorten the Italian peninsula.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Cassano
Italy
Amer
Icans
Adriatic
Foggia
Salerno
Avellino
Bitter Battle in Progress on the Italian Front
Allied reports describe a fierce clash on the Fifth Army left flank as British units push through rugged mountains toward the Naples plain. German resistance is stubborn with tank and infantry engagements. weather briefly hampers air offensives. The push includes Margherita di Savoia to Montemilone and battles near Foggia and Sarno, with Allied air support and French operations aiding Corsica and the Aegean.
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Middle East
North Africa
Sicily
el Alamein
Fifth Army
Naples
Clark
Margherita di Savoia
Monte Gargano
Boot
Cerignola
Ofanto
Montemilone
Atella
Muro
Calabritto
Cassano
Mercato-Rovella
San Cipriano
Sorrento Peninsula
Italy
Sarno
Vesuvius
Eighth Army
Foggia
Chinese Report Jap Offensive in Shantung Province
The Chinese high command said more than 10 000 troops attacked Chinese positions in northwestern Shantung Province aided by local militia units. They engaged three Japanese columns in severe fighting with heavy casualties on both sides, though the result was not stated.
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Chungking
Shantung Province
Beightler's Fire-Eater lauded by 37th Division officer
Major Wayne P. Litz, on leave from Munda, praises General Beightler and the 37th Division from Ohio for their campaign in the Solomon Islands. He recalls letters from home, harsh tropical conditions, and the vital role of medical care, chaplains, and morale amid heavy casualties.
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Beightler
Cleveland
Tokyo
Wayne P. Litz
Ohio
Munda
Solomon Islands
Robert
Litz
Southwest Pacific
Joan
Russell Ramsey
Sandusky
New Pear Ab Bea
New Georgia
Greater Coal Output Needed
Washington says coal production rose slightly in the week ended Sept 18 but remains below the target. Harold L. Ickes, solid fuels administrator, reported bituminous output at 12,100,000 tons vs 11,575,000 the prior week and warned the nation must hit about 600,000,000 tons for the year, about 12,500,000 tons weekly for remaining weeks.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Browder Says Russia Will Not Fight Japs
Earl Browder General Secretary of the Communist Party tells a second front rally that the Soviet Union will not take on the burden of war against Japan. He criticizes talk of Soviets providing bombing bases in Siberia as harmful and aims to avoid shifting Far East tasks to the USSR.
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Chicago
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
Earl Browder
U. S
Communist Party
Siberia
Browder
Far East
Europe
Licensing Provisions Extend Under Price Control
The Office of Price Administration widens licensing to all sellers under price control while exempting farmers fishermen and government agencies. In Cincinnati a 9 year old boy Mar Reindel was shot and killed during a struggle over a shotgun with a youthful companion. The OPA also allows automobile dealers to use Grade 3 tires for recapping used bars for sale.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Cincinnati
Mar Reindel
Frank Reindel
Peter Klein
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