Long battle with Japan forecast by OWI
The Office of War Information projects a minimum of 18 to 24 months after Germany’s defeat to crush Japan. It cites Japan’s large armed forces and steady aircraft production while warning of potential morale shifts and the need to secure shipping and bases for Pacific operations.
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United States
Germany
Japan
OWT
War and Navy Departments
Foreign Economic Administration
United Na
Thetlantic
Pacific
China
Peleliu death toll and Pacific war updates summarize grim losses
Yankee dead on Peleliu total 686 with about 7,000 Japanese slain as Admiral Nimitz cites 686 American deaths. American casualties reach 5,500. OWI estimates Japan fields 4,000,000 troops with 8,500,000 in reserve or ages 17 to 20. B 29 raids on Anshan, Manchuria and two Chinese targets reported, with Berlin radio noting first Bonin Island attacks. MacArthur nears Philippines, Nimitz 4,595 miles from Pearl Harbor to Palau.
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Peleliu Island
Palau
Nimitz
OWI
Japan
War Department
An- Shen
Manchuria
Dairer
Berlin
Pacific Ocean
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
China
Anshan
General MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Peleliu
Jong
Southeast China
Kweilin
Burma
Fort White
Tiddim
India
Nazi Casualty List in France Set at Million
Allied officers reported German casualties in the western front since D-Day near 1,000,000. Estimates counted about 100,000 killed, over 200,000 badly wounded, more than 500,000 captured, and others isolated in ports and coastal pockets.
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France
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Western Front
Channel Islands
Bay of Biscay
Firestone Tests New Heat Tempered Plastic Tire
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. announced the development of a heat tempered all plastic tire aimed at reducing heat buildup. The company said it is uncertain when such tires might be available for civilian use if they meet expectations.
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Akron
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
Yanks Forced Back in Italy
Rome reports a German counterattack forced the Fifth Army from part of Monte La Fine Hill mass 20 miles south of Bologna. The Eighth Army extended bridgeheads across the Rubicon and reached Bellaria outskirts northwest of Rimini on the Ravenna Road. German forces moved three more infantry divisions into position against American spearheads aiming down the northern Apennines after breaking the Gothe line.
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Fifth Army
Monte la Fine
Bologna
Eighth Army
Rubicon
Po Valles
Bellaria
Rimini
Ravenna
Naz
Albert Keeselring
Apennines
Plan Cutback After Defeat of Germany
New York AP report: with Germany defeated 4,000,000 workers will be released, the munition program cut back 40 percent, and national manpower controls dropped. War Manpower Commission chair Paul V. McNutt urged tailoring civilian production, citing needs for 68,007 new workers in explosives plants, 56,002 in shipbuilding and repair, 4,500 in radar, and 8,700 in cotton duck. He argued manpower shortages could shorten the war’s end.
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New York
Germany
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Ta An Sddrece Monsrad Frre Do
American Management Association
McNutt
Republicans Move to Rebroadcast Dewey Speech Tonight
Republicans arranged a Mutual broadcast at 10 o clock Eastern War Time to rebroadcast Governor Dewey s Oklahoma City speech from Sunday night. National Chairman Brownell cited strong response to the call for integrity in the White House and said the re broadcast was issued as a public service to reach more voters.
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New York
Mutual
Dewey
Oklahoma City
Brownell
White House
Murray Demands Quick Action on Pay Increase
Philip Murray, CIO president, urged rapid action on wage demands of the CIO United Steel Workers. He cited an unpublished OPA study suggesting a 17 cent basic raise could be granted without triggering price hikes. He opened the union’s final argument before the War Labor Board in a key wage policy case.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steel Workers
OPA
Murray
Steelworkers
War Labor Board
Prohibit U S Ships Stopping in Argentina
Washington imposes new ban forcing American flagships to stop at only limited ports on their return voyages. Effective October 1, the move aims to curb imports from Argentina as reports note Argentine corn purchases for feed have been or are on the way to the United States.
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Washington
Argentina
United States
Soldier admits guilt in death of child in Belfast
United States Army authorities report a private from Haverhill, Sciotn County, admitted killing eight year old Patricia Wylie whose body was found in a field. He will be tried by court martial. In Newark, flames from a bedroom gas stove ignited a nightgown, burning Mrs. Belle Seifly, 52.
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Belfast
Ireland
United States Army
Haverhill
Sciotn County
Patricia Wylie
Newark
Belle Seifly
Dewey Plans West Virginia Speech in Presidential Counter Move
On route to Albany, Governor Thomas E Dewey signaled a swift response to Roosevelt with plans to speak in Charleston West Virginia on October 6 A NBC broadcast of the address was set from 9 to 9 30 p m Eastern War Time The remark followed the quickly prepared Oklahoma City speech delivered in 12 hours as the campaign pressed its counter assault.
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Dewey
Thomas
Roosevelt
West Virginia
New York
Republican National Committee
Charleston
NBC
Oklahoma City
Youth Paroled From Prison Dies in France
Tulsa dispatch reports Paratrooper Phil Kennamer, son of U.S. Judge Franklin B. Kennamer, killed in action in France on August 15. Kennamer, released from a 23 year manslaughter term after 1934 Thanksgiving slaying of John F. Gorrell, served as a paratrooper and died overseas ending a nationally publicized case.
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Tulsa
Okla
France
Phil Kennamer
John F. Gorrell
War Department
Franklin B. Kennamer
Gorrell
Fire Captain and Three Others Killed in Crash
Four people died in a collision between a fire department emergency truck and an automobile at the Livingston Avenue and South Third Street intersection in Columbus. Victims included Capt. Charles H. Eckstorm, 48, son of former Ohio State football coach Dr. John Eckstorm, and Elmer M. Hicks, 40, his wife Virginia, 24, and Mrs. Alice Thompson, 25, of Stoutsville Fairfield County.
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Fire Department
Livingston Avenue
South Third Street
Charles H. Eckstorm
John Eckstorm
Ohio State University
Cmef
Ohio Penitenttiary
Elmer M. Hicks
Virginia
Alice Thompson
Stoutsville
Fairfield County
Allied Sea and Airborne Forces Press German Push in Balkans
Allied sea and airborne troops landed in Albania and islands off Yugoslavia to trap German detachments fleeing the Balkans toward the Reich. Naval units, supported by destroyers, have operated since Sept 15 on the Dalmatian coast as Russians advance from the northeast threaten German garrisons and a broader squeeze in Southeastern Europe.
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Yugoslavia
Rome
Balkans
Reich
Adriatic
Riga
Red Army
Latvia
Balts
Red
Baltic
Tatvia
Estonia
Hungary
Paris
Istanbul
Turkey
Turka
WPR Assists Veterans to Start Small Businesses
The War Production Board announced a special program to aid discharged veterans in launching and equipping small businesses. The order grants preference in sales and equipment, and offers special consideration for veterans’ applications to civilian goods production.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPR
Tvilan
Discharge Procedures Outlined For Soldiers
Washington report details the discharge process for soldiers returning to civilian life. Soldiers go to separation centers, receive a separation qualification record for civilian and military training, surrender equipment, keep one uniform and essentials, may wear the uniform briefly, undergo a physical exam, and may delay discharge for correctable health issues. Final steps include signing discharge certificates and receiving back pay, travel money, and a basic muster discharge allowance.
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Washington
UFS
Army
Reed urges doubling of A card gasoline allotments
Senator Reed calls for doubling A card allotments amid rising surplus gasoline, urging priority for holders of less than two gallons per week. He asks the interior secretary and federal agencies to allocate surplus to civilians, arguing it would not be an unreasonable arrangement.
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Washington
Reed
R-K
Trterior
Ickes
Petroleum
Cheser Bowles
Momcoe Jonnson
Defense Transportation Firebox
Inductions Reach 70 000 Monthly Says Selective Service Chief
Maj Gen Lewis B Hershel announced at a press conference that the armed forces are inducting about 70 000 men monthly with discharges averaging roughly half that amount. He said the European war’s end should not affect inductions. In Minneapolis a 19 year old seaman from Lam a Ohio was fatally shot by an accidentally discharged revolver.
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Buffalo
Lewis B. Hershel
Selective Service
Silent Fate Questioned for Trapped British Airborne Division
Allied forces pushed across the Moselle and Maas fronts while the Arnhem area awaited official word on the Brush airborne division. Berlin boasted 1,590 Britons killed and 6,459 captured as the Allied wedge into Holland widened toward Boxmeer Groningen and Nijmegen.
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High Command
Holland
Brush
Arnhem
Neder Rhone
Porkel
Berlin
Ais Bitter
Boxmeer
Nymegen
Kieve
Maas
Weuse
Boameer
Groningen
Military Training Urged by Hershey
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, urged peacetime military training for U S youth. He said today’s warfare risks unpreparedness and disaster and that peacetime training should provide physical education and general training in light of shocking facts about the physical condition of many youths. The setting notes a point of advance near the Reich as Allied forces push toward Germany.
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New York
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Tnitz5
Belgian Troops Advance South Near Maas Front
Belgian forces push about 30 miles south along the Maas and reach the west bank on a 1 mile front between Wessem and Dilsen. Allies close the Maas front from Boxmeer to Wessem for a 16 mile line. British gains extend to Oss, while a link with Canadian forces forms a wide assault from Turnhout to Antwerp. American air resupply Holland.
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Maas
Wessem
Dilsen
Germany
Ain
Oss
Nijmoren
Eimdhoven
Tiezht
Continue Air Raids on Reich Continue Air Raids on Reich
London reports sirens over Western Germany as Allied bombers target rail bottlenecks and war cargo. British Lancaster and Halifax crews set fires at Karlsruhe and Frankfurt. Karlsruhe on the Rhine lies 100 miles beyond Metz as American forces fight toward German supply hubs. Frankfurt similarly distant from Luxembourg. An estimated 6,009 tons of explosives dropped on six German centers in the last 24 hours.
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Arendanck
Turnhout
Antwerp
Holland
Berlin
Nijmegen
Veghel
Middle Holland
Germany
Arnhem
Sir Berhard Montgomery
Nimegen
Arnhemparket
Aachen
Belfort
Nancy
Epinal
Metz
France
London
Karlsruhe
Frankfurt
Rhine
Luxembourg
INRRA Unity Urged As Conference Ends
The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration closed a ten day conference with director general Herbert H. Lehman warning that humanization projects depend on full support from all 44 member nations. He stressed defined responsibilities for airing the needs of war ravaged lands and anticipated the next meeting in Europe's liberated countries.
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INRRA
Montreal
United Nations Relief and Rehabiliation Administration
Herberth. Lehman
Lehman
Tad
Fiors
TNRRA
Enn Ial
Europe
Cleveland Firms Granted Spot Authorizations for Civilian Goods
Cleveland firms were granted spot authorizations to produce civilian goods by the Nar Production Board. Items include vacuum cleaners aluminum kitchen utensils inner spring mattresses heat resisting pads vehicle running board molding clips and garment hangers. A War Labor Board panel in Washington found that aluminum workers' wage demands would not be granted under stabilization policies.
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Cleveland
Nar Production Board
Washington
Shreeman War Labor Board
Albranium
Sees Ohio Busiest State In Union in Ten Years
Columbus notes Ohio could become the nation’s leading state within 140 years as Postwar Program Commission members discuss future growth. Herbert cites plans to boost natural resources, expand postwar programs, and ease unemployment fears. Proposals include relaxing city limits on funding and delaying hospital modernization while pursuing statewide legislation.
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Union
Columbus
Dli. Gov
Paul M. Herberg
Herbert
Thaisir
Lake
Igagi
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Ralph K. Davies
Pasoline
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