Allied Forces Blow Rabaul in Major Pacific Strike
Allied heavy bombers hit the Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain with 60 tons of bombs and incendiaries. Consolidated Catalina and Hudson bombers swept targets, while land forces in New Guinea clashed near Kokoda as Australian units probed enemy retreat routes.
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MacArthur
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Bismarcks
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
New Guinea
Catalina
Royal Air Force
Lae
North New Guinea
Buka
Solomon Islands
St. George’s Channel
New Ireland Island
Saumlakki
Tanimbar Islands
Owen Stanley
Luribaiwa
Port Moresby
Exempt Small Firms From Wage Decree
Washington AP says the War Labor Board exempted employers with not more than eight on payroll from the President’s Oct 3 wage stabilization order. Small retail and service shops including barber shops grocery stores filling stations tailor shops jewelry radio and drug stores and parking lots were listed as typical exempt establishments. The board said the move eases administrative burden.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLBE
Tre- Senne
Buren
Willkie Ends His Sojourn in China
Wendell Willkie special representative of President Roosevelt who spent several days in China has left Chinese territory. announcement made Saturday in Chungking.
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Willkie
China
Navy says US planes sink destroyer and damage cruiser near Guadalcanal
The Navy reported American aircraft in the Solomons sunk one Japanese destroyer and badly damaged a heavy cruiser and another destroyer in operations around Guadalcanal. The communique details attacks on Oct 5 6 7 8 and 9 against a cruiser of the Kako class and five destroyers, with seaplanes shot down and air battles follow-up.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Solomons
South Pacific
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Solomon — Islands
Pacific
Shortland Island
Kieda
Southwest Pacific
Army
Buka Island
Gizo Island
Rekata Bay
Buka
Gizo
Axis U-Boat Sinks Norwegian Vessel in Atlantic
The navy reports a medium-sized Norwegian merchant ship was sunk in mid Atlantic by a combined torpedo and shell attack from an enemy submarine during August. The 36 crew members escaped safely.
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Washington
Navy
Mid- Atlantic
Oes
Mother Bear Sabotaging Zoo Curtailment Plan
Cedar Rapids parks commissioner fears Mother Bear may hinder plans to reduce the zoo population at Bever Park. Officials say space, keeper losses, and rationing force a curtailment retaining four of six bears Bruin Babs Mother Bear Gazzy and two old bears and two bison to be disposed of. A teen suggested releasing animals in Japan and wrote to President Roosevelt about the issue.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles J Ixusck
Mother Bear
Ixosek
Bever Park
Bruin
Babs
Oceanside
Calif
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids Zoo
Kosek
Soviets Dig In to Hold Their Gain
Soviet forces reported to have halted a German counteroffensive along a 40 mile front between the Don and Volga and entrenched to hold gains as Stalingrad battles raged. Red defenders repelled multiple Nazi assaults while continuing to ferry reinforcements to the Volga.
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Stalingrad
Don
Volga
Javestia
Factor Recalls Threats Against Him by Touhy
John Factor sits in his Gold Coast apartment after a ransom kidnapping years ago as police guard him. He faces federal charges in a whisky certificates case and asks for protection while Touhy gang leaders remain at large. He expresses faith in law and order and thanks officers guarding his family.
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Chicago
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Gold Coast
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Touhy
Statesville Penitentiary
Tve
Fat
Toudy
Captain Gilbert
Tom Kelly
Descriptions Released For Four Fugitives From Stateville
AP reports a police radio description of four escaped Stateville penitentiary inmates. Roger Touhy, 44, 5 ft 7 3/4 in, 139 lb, blue eyes, chestnut grey hair. Hush Basil Benghart, 41, 5 ft 8 in, 132 lb, blue eyes, light grey chestnut hair. James OConnor, 35, 5 ft 4 in, 158 lb, medium build, sallow, chestnut hair. William Stewart, 41, 6 ft 1 in, 179 lb, dark grey hair, hazel eyes.
A Great Day for Grid Spectators
Weather in Cedar Rapids and vicinity pleasant for football crowds. Saturday mild to warm with 68 degrees at 2 30 p m and a 13 percent humidity. high of 76 later in the afternoon, then cooling to 61 by 7 p m and 48 at midnight, with a low around 39 at 7 30 a m.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Chambers
U.S. and Britain Endorse China Rights Negotiations
The United States informs China it is ready to negotiate a treaty relinquishing extraterritorial rights in China. The British government agrees and is taking similar action, signaling coordinated steps affecting wartime and postwar dynamics.
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Morashington
China
Cama
State Department
Sumner Welles
Washington
United States
Department of State
Senate Passes Historic Tax Bill Amid Overtime Conflict
The Senate labored through a fifth straight day to push forward an $8 billion tax bill. It retained a five percent tax on individual gross incomes over $12 weekly while opposing higher social security levies. Senator La Follette fought amendments and won a provision taxing champagne, with other changes provoking debate on tax data access and policy direction.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
Chamber
Siz
Wee Beneft
Gillette and Herring
Secretary of the
Joint Congressional Tax Committee
The
Treasury
Traffic Danger in Smoke from Leaves in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police warn residents about smoke from burning leaves causing near accidents on city streets. Police Chief Tom Condon says to avoid burning leaves opposite each other and to not stand in smoke. He notes dense smoke hinders driving visibility and damages asphalt, though burning is allowed on concrete brick pavers and in drives.
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Cedar Raps
Cedar Rapids
Tom Condon
Condon
Iits
British Amazed by Fortresses in Daylight Raid
Allied daylight assault over occupied France with Liberator bombers and 500 fighters ended with most bombers returning safely. British reports say the raid outdid German daylight efforts in 1940s Blitz and prompted German reprisals threats. One bomber crewman named Lieut. William C. Rogers from Mt Vernon, Iowa, was among the flyers.
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London
Hitler
United States
France
England
Britain
William C. Rogers
Vernon
RAF
R.A.F
Dieppe
Americans in Big Daylight Raid Over Desert Airfields
American air units joined allies in a daylight assault on Axis desert airfields. US HQ says 20 Axis planes shot down, many more destroyed on ground. An American pilot in an American unit downed a German plane for the first time in the desert.
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London
Messerschmitt
Royal Air Force
Germany
Berlin
Cairo
United States
Desert
Sne
William J Mount
Osawatomie
Kan
Alamein
Libsa
Vna
Bengas
Suda Bay
Crete
Delay Curbs on Paper Output Supposed to Hit Newsprint
Washington AP reports a War Production Board order to cut all paper output by 10 percent faced last minute delays. The measure would limit newsprint usage to 90 percent of August September levels and align with Canada for a parallel cut. Reasons cited include pulpwood labor shortages, power shifts to war plants, and transport bottlenecks.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Owas
Dominion
United States
Commissars Out Again in Russia
United Press reports Moscow announced that the Red army removed the system of political commissars once more. The move follows a cycle of abolition and restoration, earlier tied to Marshal Timoshenko who led reorganizations after the Russo Finnish war.
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Moscow
Red Army
Timoshenko
Poiver
Touhy sightings, prison break linked chase across Iowa and Illinois
State police report three men believed to include Roger Touhy seen south of Dubuque in a black Packard after an Illinois prison escape. A tavern proprietor identified a man resembling Touhy. pursuit continued toward Davenport along highways 61 and 15. Police linked the escape to a Chicago underworld manhunt as others fled in a high speed car, amid renewed investigations into Stateville prison breakout.
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Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Sheriff's Office
Touhy
Davenport
Chicago
Roger’? Touhy
Stateville
Elmhurst
Basil
the Owl
Jake the Barbero Factor
Connor
Banditrs
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Jack Cito
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Samuel Johnson
George Cotter
Glen Harris
Herman A. Kross
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