Long Battle With Japan Foretold In OWI Forecast
The Office of War Information said defeating Germany will take 18 months to two years after victory in Europe. Japan, with 4 million in its army and millions more uncalled or underage, may protract the war, despite growing aircraft production. OWI cites strategic and logistical hurdles, geography, and shifting war economy as key factors shaping the outcome for the Pacific war.
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Allied forces land in Albania and Dalmatian islands
Allied and airborne troops reportedly landed in Albania and on Dalmatian island fronts to trap German detachments fleeing toward the Reich. Royal Navy vessels assisted as land forces expanded operations along the Adriatic coast amid a broader push by Red Army units in Latvia and the Baltic region.
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Yankee Dead on Peleliu Toll 686. Japan Slain About 7,000
Associated Press dispatch reports Nimitz announcing Peleliu fighting with 686 American deaths and about 7,000 Japanese killed. American casualties total 5,500 with 4,408 wounded and 406 missing. Also notes large Japanese Army and reserve numbers, plus Allied air raids on Anshan and Dairen and early B 29 actions near Iwo Jima, Palau, and the Philippines theater.
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Firestone Reports Heat Tempered Plastic Tire Development
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co, Akron, announced progress on a heat tempered all plastic tire designed to resist wear and heat. The firm said it is uncertain how quickly such tires could reach civilian markets if proven effective.
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Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
P Heal
Firestone
Nazi Casualty List in France Set at Million
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports near one million German casualties in the western front since D-Day. The figure includes about 100,000 killed, over 200,000 badly wounded, more than 500,000 captured, and others sealed off in ports and pockets along the coast and Bay of Biscay.
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Bay of Biscay
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Yanks Forced Back in Italy
Allied reports describe a strong German counterattack near Monte La Fine Hill south of Bologna driving Fifth Army troops from part of the position. Simultaneously the Eighth Army widened bridgeheads over the Rubicon and moved toward Bellaria near Rimini, as Kesselring shifted three infantry divisions to oppose American advances on the Apennines after breaking the Gothic line.
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Bellaria
Rimini
Ravenna
Albert Kesseling
Apennines
Plan Cutback After Defeat of Germany
AP reports War Manpower Commission head Paul V. McNutt forecasts large job cutbacks after Germany’s defeat with 4.9 million workers to be released. He says 40 percent cut in munition programs and removes national manpower controls as of VE Day while urging 63,000 more in explosives plants, 50,000 in ship production, 4,500 for radar, and 8,700 for cotton duck production to speed civilian production.
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Germany
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
American Management Association On Industrial Relations
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Dewey Speech Rebroadcast In New York Campaign Push
Republicans move to rebroadcast Governor Dewey's Oklahoma City speech tonight at 10 PM Eastern War Time. National Chairman Brownell said the strong response to the address, urging integrity in the White House, prompted the plan as a public service.
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Mutual
Dewey
Oklahoma City
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White House
Dewey Plans West Virginia Talk On October Sixth
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced plans to speak in Charleston West Virginia on October 6 one day after President Roosevelt is slated to address Democratic rallies. The GOP said the address would be carried nationally by NBC from 9 to 9 30 p m Eastern War Time. Dewey noted he had prepared his Oklahoma City speech in 12 hours and would respond quickly to the president’s anticipated remarks.
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Oklahoma City
Murray Demands Quick Action on Pay Increase
Murray, president of the CIO and of the steelworkers, pressed the War Labor Board for an immediate wage raise. An unpublished OPA study suggests a general 17-cent increase could be granted without forcing price hikes. The appeal centers on steelworkers and wartime wage policy amid labor dispute notes.
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Okla
France
Phil Kennamer
John F. Gorrell
War Department
Franklin F. Kennamer
Pa- Washington
Philip
Murray
Gorrell
CIO
United Steel
OPA
War Labor Board
Fire Captain and Three Others Killed in Crash
A Columbus crash at Livingston Avenue and South Third Street claimed four lives including Fire Captain Charles J. Eckstorm, 48, son of Dr John Eckstorm. Also dead were Elmer M. Hicks, 30, and his wife Virginia, 24, and Mrs. Alice Thompson, 25, of Stoutsville.
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Livingstone Avenue
Third Street
Charles J. Eckstorm
John Eckstorm
Ohio State University
Ohio Penitentiary
Elmer M. Hicks
Virginia
Alice Thompson
Stoutsville
Fairfield County
Prohibit U S Ships Stopping in Argentina
Washington orders American flagships to stop calling at Argentine ports on homebound voyages effective October 1. Move aims to cut off imports from Argentina to the United States as Argentine corn imports for feed may have already been delivered or en route.
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Washington
Argentina
United States
WPB Plans To Help Discharged Veterans
Washington U. P. special help for veterans to set up small businesses was provided today by the War Production Board. The WPB order gives preference to veterans in setting up and equipping as business and accords special consideration to their applications to enter civilian goods production. The ruling says special consideration should be given to the needs of veterans for establishing or re establishing small businesses.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Discharge Procedure For Soldiers Outlined
Army discharge outlines separation procedures at camps nationwide. Soldiers relinquish equipment except one complete uniform and personal items. They undergo exams, may delay discharge for medical issues, receive back pay travel funds and at least $100 mustering out pay.
Burns To Death In Newark Bedroom Fire
Flames from a bedroom gas stove ignited a fire in Newark Belitown burning Mrs Belle Settig 52 to death.
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Newark
Belle Settig
Doubling Allotments for A Card Holders Proposed
Senator Reed calls for doubling A card gasoline allotments citing surplus stocks. He urges priority for those under two gallons weekly and requests action from Interior Secretary Ickes and Cheser Bowles. Reed argues the move is not an unreasonable arrangement and would support civilians during gas shortages.
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Reed JR
Interior
Ickes
Cheser Bowles
Price Administration
J. Monroe Johnson
Defense Transportation Director
Reed
Ralph KK. Davies
Inductions Reach 70 000 Monthly Says Selective Service
Maj. Gen. Lewis B Hershey stated that inductions into the armed forces run at 70,000 monthly with discharges about half that amount. He added the European war’s end should not affect induction levels. In Lima, O His death is noted in a separate line about an UNRRA conference closing in Montreal with calls for full member support.
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Buffalo
Lewis B Hershey
Selective Service
Minneapolis
Minn
UNRRA
Howard B. Garrison
Lima
Naval Montreal
Vvpi
United Air Station
Herbert Hu
Lehman
Silent Fate Remains Unknown for Trapped British Division
Allied forces pushed deeper into Holland and along the Moselle with the Maas river advance nearing the Reich frontier. The Arnhem pocket’s fate remained officially undisclosed as Berlin claimed heavy British losses and captures. British Second Army widened the wedge into Holland with advances toward Boxmeer and along the Maas.
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High Command
Military Training Urged By Hershey
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, urged peacetime military training for U S youth. He warned today warfare has changed and unpreparedness risks disaster. He said peacetime training should provide physical education and training for all amid evidence of poor fitness among citizens.
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Allied and German positions shift along the Maas frontline
Belgian troops advance about 36 miles south along the Maas reaching the west bank on a 1 mile front near Wessem and Dilsen. Allied forces push toward the Maas from Boxmeer to Wessem for a 40 mile front while British units seize Oss and link with Canadian forces near Arendonk forming a line Turnhout to Antwerp. American air freighters reinforce Holland as air battles flare across Middle Holland and Western Germany. The Arnhem area remains under news blackout as German forces claim to have beaten north and east attacks while the last resistance there is said broken. Farther south, American units push from Nancy toward Epinal and near Metz as heavy artillery and combat continue around Metz and other western fronts.
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India
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Continue Air Raids on Reich
London reports sirens over Western Germany as Allied bombers target rail bottlenecks and key centers. British Lancasters and Halifaxes hit Karlsruhe and Frankfurt costing two bombers, with about 6,000 tons dropped on six German centers in 24 hours. Karlsruhe and Frankfurt serve as Rhine and supply hubs for German armies near Metz and Luxembourg fronts.
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Germany
Reich
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Metz
Luxembourg
Col Cherus Lanham Leads 22nd Infantry Through Siegfried Line
First Allied penetration of the Siegfried line credited to Col Cherus T. Lanham of Alexandria Virginia. He led the 22nd Infantry Regiment in a gallant charge through the Setter, once deemed impassable.
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Cherus T. Lanham
Alexandria
Siegfried
Cleveland Firms Get Spot Authorizations for Civilian Goods
Seven Cleveland firms won spot authorizations from the War Production Board to make civilian items including vacuum cleaners aluminum kitchen utensils inner spring mattresses heat resisting pads for kitchen use vehicle running board molding clips and garment hangers. A separate War Labor Board panel denied wage increases for aluminum workers, ruling existing stabilization policies prohibit raises.
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Cleveland
War Production Board
Sees Ohio Busiest State In Union in Ten Years
Ohio Lt. Gov. Paul M. Herbert, chair of the Postwar Program Commission, predicts in an interview that if postwar plans are partially revived Ohio could become the busiest state in the union within ten years. He cites state improvements, mental hospital modernization, and tourism boosts as priorities and urges legislative action in January to ease funding rules and expand financing for public works.
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