Showdown near on father draft in Senate
Congress nears a showdown over the father draft with Senator Wheeler pushing to delay inductions until January amid signs of defeat. Military leaders warn Axis strength remains high while tax and subsidy battles loom on Capitol Hill as war funding and farm price measures unfold.
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Washington
Congress
U. S
Germany
Japan
Wheeler
Mont
Senate
War Department
George W. Strong
Luftwaffe
Poland
Capitol Hill
George
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Prentiss Brown
OPA
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Tests Show Synthetic Tires Not Satisfactory
INDIANAPOLIS The State out of Public Safety reports experiments with synthetic tires on State police cars since last July. About one third failed after 1,500 miles and the maximum mileage reached was 9,000 miles. Blisters form from friction heat at slight speed excesses.
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Indianapolis
Eut
Public Safety
Don F. Stiver
Stivers
Stiver
Foggia Seized by Allies as Naples Drive Advances
Allied headquarters report the capture of Foggia, a key airbase hub in Southeastern Italy, while the Fifth Army pushes 2 5 miles deeper toward Naples, seizing Lioni Castelnuovo and Melfi as British forces advance north of Salerno.
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Foggia
Italy
Fifth Army
Naples
Ing
Nocera
Salerno
Eighth Army
New Reign of Terror Reported in Denmark
Stockholm paper Daipne Nyheter claims Gen. Kurt Baluege seized Denmark from Gen. Hermann Von Hannecken and began deporting 6000 Danish Jews as his first act. The report frames a Gestapo backed coup under Heinrich Himmler ally.
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Denmark
Stockholm
Kurt Baluege
Henrich Himmler
Gestapo
Hermann von Hannecken
Daipne Nyheter
Baluege
Truck Driver Dies After Train Collision in Reading
Cincinnati truck driver Jack Cooper, 36, died after his trailer was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at a Reading crossing. Police said the gasoline tank exploded and the cab became trapped, with portions of the truck remaining pinned.
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Cincinnati
Jack Cooper
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading
Madang The New Allied Objective In Pacific Drive
Allied lines push toward Madang as MacArthur’s forces press a land drive in the Markham Valley 68 miles northwest of Lae amid recent successes from Salamaua to Finschhafen. Sagerak village near Kaiapit falls as wider operations unfold with air and ground actions reported along the Madang to Wewak corridor.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Salamaua
Finschhafen
Madang
Markham Valley
Lae
Sagerak
Kaiapit
MacArthur
Nadzab
Hansa Bay
Wewak
New Slash in Newsprint Ordered for Fourth Quarter
The War Production Board ordered further newsprint cuts for newspapers in Q4. WPB chair Donald M. Nelson announced the move in a letter to a congressional committee. The new rule, effective Oct 1, imposes a sliding scale of reductions based on prior slashes and base usage, with smaller users exempted if under 25 tons per quarter.
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Washington
War Production Board Today
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Congressional Committee
H. M. Bitner
Annie Oakley Victory Ship Named For Ohio Pioneer
The Maritime Commission announced in Washington that a merchant vessel under construction by California Shipbuilding Corp in Wilmington California will honor Annie Oakley of Darke County Ohio. The name Annie Oakley will ride on the Victory Ship commemorating the famed sharpshooter who once shot a cigarette from Kaiser Wilhelm II's lips.
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Greenville
Annie Oakley
Ohio
Maritime Commission
Washington
California Shipbuilding Corp
Wilmington
Calif
Darke Countian
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Germany
Seventeen Year Old Slayer In Death Row, Ohio
Louis Vernon Hand, age 17, is on death row at Ohio Penitentiary awaiting execution for the slaying of Richard Stober, aged 6, near Celina. Hand was convicted after a jury found he beat the boy to death for not greasing a farm implement. He was received yesterday, a week after the verdict.
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Columbus
Louis Vernon Hand
Richard Stober
Celina
Ohio Penitentiary
VFW Chief Proposes Broad Welfare Plan for Veterans
New York, Robert T. Merrill, commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, urges a comprehensive veteran welfare program to replace Roosevelt's plan. The proposal includes six months of continued pay, federal education aid, care for all honorably discharged veterans with 90 days service or disability, pensions, employment preference, guaranteed veteran representation in federal hires, widows and orphans pensions, combat service bonuses, and an independent Veterans Administration with full rehabilitation and training powers.
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New York
Robert T. Merrill
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Roosevelt
Merrill
Veterans Administration
Veterans Employment Service
Nazis Push to Bolster Balkans as Corfu Attacked
Allied air supremacy and the loss of air bases shift German focus to the Balkans. German forces land on Corfu and claim Split while Berlin warns of Russia front strains and rallies propaganda with the new slogan gain strength through defense.
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London
Corfu
Greece
Split
Hitler
Balkan
Foggia
Italy
Danube Valley
Germany
Balkans
Adriatic Sea
Dnieper
Russia
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Office of Propaganda
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Boris
Sofia
Kiev
Ohio Liquor Ration Kept at September Level
State Liquor Director Don Fisher announced October ration remains the same as September. Cardholders receive the regular two pints one fifth or one quart plus an extra one fifth of rum brandy or cordial, to be purchased with the current allotment. Inventory shows ample state stock to cover the extra grant.
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Columbus
Don Fisher
Ohio
Fisher
Candidate's Right To Nominations Is Upheld
New York City Magistrate Thomas A. Aurelio will be the Republican and Democrat candidate for New York Supreme Court Justice, despite repudiation by both parties. The Court of Appeals affirmed by the Appellate Division that Aurelio may retain the nominations he won in regular party conventions.
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Albany
N. Y
New York City
Thomas A. Aurelio
New York Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Appellate Division
First Department
Aurelio
Balance of Field Estate Fortune Settled
A fortune estimated at 70 to 75 million dollars came to Marshall Field II on his 50th birthday as the residue of Marshal Field I's estate. Comptroller Carl J. Weitzel based the figure on current appraisal data, noting his rank as one of the world's wealthiest men. Thursday is the deadline for new driver licenses in Ohio per state registrar C W Wallace.
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Chicago
Marshal Field II
Marshal Field 1
Carl J. Weitzel
Marshal Field
Military Chiefs Say Nazi Jap Strength Greater Today
Washington reports from a War Department briefing note that despite setbacks the Nazi and Jap fighting capacity is stronger now than at the outset of hostilities. Lt General McNarney says Germany remains formidable. Maj General George W. notes Germany's army and air force are stronger than when Poland was attacked and that war industries have risen. Japan is described as possessing tremendous resources, improving air power, morale, and 4 million potential fighters as East Asia remains controlled.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
United States
War Department
George W. Strong
Poland
Strong
East Asia
RAF Bombers Hit Hannover Emden and Brunswick in Heavily Damaging Raid
London AP reports Great Royal Air Force heavy bombers struck Hannover Emden and Brunswick in a swift follow up to a prior attack. The Hannover raid focused on oil refineries rubber plants and rail hubs as enormous flames engulfed the city.
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London
Royal Air Force
Hannover
Hamburg
Anti
Ihe
Emden
Flying Fortress
Brunswick
Germany
Britain
Berlin
RAF
Continental Gummiewerke
Milk subsidy plan draws congressional criticism in Washington
The government proposed paying a subsidy of 25 to 50 cents per hundred pounds to milk producers to offset higher feed costs. Senator Aiken of Vermont called the program an attempt to break the political independence of the farmer, drawing sharp objections from the farm bloc and agricultural leaders.
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Washington
Congressional
Farm Bloc
Agricultural Organization
Aiken
R.-Vt
Pay Increase Urged for Railroaders
The White House said a railroad emergency board backed a wage rise of at least four cents an hour for 300000 operating employees. The 2 to 1 vote favored the 4 cent rise based on the Little Steel formula, with a dissent urging 7 1 2 percent. If not set aside within 30 days, the increase would take effect April 1, 1943.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Little Steel
Yank Airman Sinks Three Submarines in Atlantic Duel
Lieut. Robert Pershing Williams of Snoqualmie Washington flew a Grumman Avenger from an escort carrier and destroyed three German submarines on Atlantic convoy duty. About 65 crewmen were rescued by destroyers, while a fourth sub possibly damaged leaving a large oil slick.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy
Robert Pershing Williams
Snoqualmie
Wash
Butter spill after train truck crash in Meridian
Four hundred eight thousand ration points of butter were spread on the ground when a Union Pacific passenger train collided with a truck at a Meridian crossing. The remaining half of the 70 thousand pound shipment was salvaged by nearby creamery workers.
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Meridian
Idaho
Union Pacific
Russians Gain Ground as Soviets Drive Across Dnieper Front
Soviet forces push across the Dnieper at multiple points and threaten key cities along a 750 mile front. Berlin reports German retreats, with heavy Soviet gains including the capture of Temryuk base and a major toll on Nazi forces.
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Foggia
Eighth Army
Europe
Vienna
Munich
Ploesti
Rumania
Russia
Dnieper
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Old Poland
Berlin
Red Army
Temryuk
Causcasus
Melitopol
Dnepropetrovsk
Kremenchug
Kiev
Gomel
Mogilev
Vitebsk
Ukraine
Ludwig Sertorius
Road Program Is Completed In Postwar Plan
Columbus report from the state highway department says a $20 million postwar projects program is finalized, including road construction, grade crossing eliminations, and bridge replacements. Additional postwar state construction estimates reach about $5 million, with about a third of the welfare department’s $7 million industrial building plan and new university buildings also planned. Glen Logue notes the completed plans are only a fraction of a broader highway program approaching $200 million.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Welfare Department
Glen Logue
Butter Ration Cost Increased to 16 Points Starting Sunday
The Office for Price Administration announced a rise in butter rationing from 12 to 16 points starting Sunday. Several meat and processed food values were adjusted, with eight standard pork cuts up and many variety meats removed from rationing.
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Washington
Office For Price Administration
OPA
Local Business to Get First Call on War Plants
Jesse Jones told the House small business committee that the RFC will be ready to finance sales of government war plants to private industry. The plan aims to convert war production facilities to peace time manufacturing.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
House
Small Business Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Sub-Chaser Damaged In Collision Off Golden Gate
A pre dawn collision outside the Golden Gate sheared 25 feet from the stern of a 110 foot Navy sub chaser. Seven sailors were knocked overboard with two likely dead as the severed stern sank. Rescue boats towed the forward section into port.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
12Th Naval District
Two Killed in Truck and Automobile Collision
In Lorain a 17 year old, Sylvester Skorupa, was burned to death in the cab of his truck and a 47 year old, Michael Fedor, driver of an automobile, was killed when the two vehicles collided at a street intersection last night. Three others were injured.
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Lorain
Sylvester Skorupa
Michael Fedor
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