Navy reshuffles South Pacific command with Halsey to lead
The Navy announced a major high command shakeup in the South Pacific. Vice Admiral William F. Halsey will command the area including the Solomon Islands, replacing Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley. Ghormley’s new duties were not announced.
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The
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South Pacific
Solomon Islands
William F. Halsey
Hassey
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Robert Lee Ghormley
Ghormley
Solomons
William S. Pye
Naval War College
Newport
R. 1
Edward C. Kalbfus
Pye
War College
Herbert F. Leary
Naval Forces
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur S. Carspender
Leary
Farmer of Center Point Fined $300 on Driving Charge
Dale Oliphant a 30 year old farmer of Center Point pled guilty to drunken driving in district court. He paid a 300 fine in three 100 installments so he could help with corn picking. He was arrested after driving through a barricade on the Kenwood viaduct on First avenue E and was found in a ditch with the car lights on. A keg of spikes was dragged from the bridge.
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Cedar Rapids
Dale Oliphant
Center Point
G. K. Thompson
Oliphant
Henry Overman
Murphy Davis
Kenwood Viaduct
First Avenue
Thirty-third Street
OWI Cracks Down On Land for Talk
Washington AP The Office of War Information disciplined Rear Admiral Emory S. Land for speaking without OWI clearance. Elmer Davis, head of OWI, notified maritime commission chair that the policy order requiring pre speech clearance was violated.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Emory S. Land
OWI
Elmer Davis
The
Information Agency
Maritime Commission
Office of Facts and Figures
Rubber director offers cautious optimism on car tires
Washington officials say there is a fighting chance to keep cars on rubber through the crisis. William M. Jeffers warns success requires full motorist cooperation and downplays reports of universal tire availability by mid November as nationwide rationing looms.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Four Thousand Youngsters Rally for Scrap Drive in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids held a citywide scrap drive with about 4000 youths attending free films at six theaters Iowa State Palace Rialto Times and Strand to boost metal and key collections. Total scraps collected reached 8605 pounds and 421 pounds of keys with six trucks provided by local firms.
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Iowa
State
Palace
Rialto
Times
Strand
Haegg Construction Company
King's Crown Plaster Company
Checkers
Farm bloc attacks Henderson and Byrnes over OPA clash
Senate farm bloc leaders meeting to address Price Administrator Leon Henderson's defiance of the OPA act condemn Director of Economic Stabilization James F. Byrnes. They voted to summon Henderson Byrnes and Secretary Wickard to testify, with Reed accusing leadership of ignoring Congress.
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Senate
Leon Henderson
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Sens
Reed
R-Kan
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Agriculture Committee
Henderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Congress
Supreme Court
Tonight Deadline For Registration At City Hall
City Clerk's office on the third floor will stay open until 9 p.m. tonight to allow unregistered residents to sign up for the November 3 election. Voters must register if they have not voted in four years, moved, or changed their name due to marriage or divorce.
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Cedar Rapids
Senate Votes For One Year Youth Military Training
The U S Senate approved 39 to 31 a plan to require one year of military training for 18 and 19 year olds before they enter combat duty. Debate centered on various amendments proposed by Senators O Daniel Norris and Thomas to set training minimums or delay combat inclusion for under 20 year olds.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Len O’daniel
Dtexas
Continental
United States
O'Donnel
Sen. Norris
Thomas
Idaho
Eddie Rickenbacker Missing on Pacific Inspection Flight
World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker, adviser to War Secretary Stimson, is overdue on an over water flight between Oahu and a Pacific island. The army says search efforts are underway. he last radioed Oct 21 with about an hour of fuel remaining.
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Sen
Chan Gurney
R-S.d
Henry L. Stimson
George C. Marshall
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Eddie Rickenbacker
Pacific Area
Washington
E. V
Eddie) Rickenbacker
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The
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Australia
Amelia Earhart
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Allahabad
India
Singapore
Pan-American Airways
Edwin C. Musick
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Stimson
Atlanta
Light Company Plans New 1 200 000 Unit in Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power announces a continuation of plant expansion with a new 1.2 million dollar steam generating unit at its Cedar Rapids plant. Frank C. Chambers says contracts will be awarded soon after War Production Board approval and material delivery has begun. A new turbine addition costing about 700 thousand dollars will raise capacity by 15 000 kilowatts and is slated for completion with August or September next year. Paulson Construction Co. holds the auxiliary building contract at 26 thousand dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank C. Chambers
War Production Board
Paulson Construction Company
No Evidence Gandhi Wife Is Dead
Bombay officials denied on Saturday reports from German radio claiming Mrs. Gandhi had died. The claims tied to India's imprisoned nationalist leader and were officially dismissed as unfounded.
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Bombay
Reds claim gains as Germans push in Caucasus and Stalingrad
Soviet reports say in the Caucasus Russian cavalry pressed back attacks near Mozdok and held Tuapse while Soviet forces in Stalingrad killed over 2,200 Germans and breached a fortification along the Don and Volga corridor. Berlin and Nazi quarters claimed gains at Red October and near the Volga though Soviet dispatches noted no retreat. Far north, Soviet forces, ships and planes thwarted an Axis landing on Lake Ladoga, destroying landing craft and shooting down planes.
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Hitler
Berlin
Semeon Timoshenko
Steppes
Lake
Ladoga
Leningrad
Ten Japanese Vessels Sunk or Damaged in Pacific Raids
United States and Australian forces reported significant naval and air losses for Japan. Two small patrol boats were sunk near Tarawa, while a Japanese cruiser destroyer and eight transports were heavily damaged or sunk at Rabau l New Britain. Allied bombers also damaged or sunk multiple Nipponese ships and repelled further air attacks on Guadalcanal.
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Washington
United States
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Navy Department
Tarawa Island
Cook Island
Gilbert Group
Equator
Solomon
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
Russell Island
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Grumann Wildcat
Espiritu Santo Island
New Hebrides
Bougainville
Bain Harbor
Moresby
New Guinea
Kokoda
U S Draft Treaty Relinquishes Extraterritorial Rights in China
Washington reports a draft treaty by the United States to abandon its extra territorial rights in China was presented to the Chinese ambassador for consideration.
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Washington
United States
China
Britain’s RAF Expands Night Bombardment of Northern Italy
In coordination with North Africa offensive start, the RAF conducted its heaviest night raids on Genoa Turin and Savona, using Wellington, Sterling, Halifax and Lancaster bombers. The missions included long-range flights, one Lancaster returning on three engines, with alarms sounding in Berne Geneva and Lausanne.
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Royal Air Force
Italy
R.A.F
Genoa
Great Northern
Erwin Rommel
Turin
Savona
Britain
Europe
Berne
Switzerland
Geneva
Lausanne
Italian high command claims US bombers aided Genoa raid
Rome broadcast communique reported by Reuter's says American bombers joined Friday night assault on Genoa and northern Italy. It also claims two U S airmen from a twin engine bomber were captured after the Italians shot down the aircraft.
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INS
High Command
Genoa
Italy
Rome
Reuter
Seaman Randolph Seaman Enlists in Navy
Indiana report notes Randolph Seaman, a young man, enlisting Friday as an apprentice seaman. He was assigned to the Great Lakes naval training station.
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Indianapolis
Seaman
Randolph
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Allies Drive Rommel Line in Mediterranean Offensive
British Eighth Army leads a coordinated attack against Rommel’s forces at El Alamein with land sea and air power. American and Allied units support from air and armor as Axis supply and reinforcements push toward the Egyptian front near Matruh. The battle centers 40 miles inland with heavy bombardment and fierce fighting continuing under Allied command.
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Matruh
Alexandria
Qattara
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Eighth Army
Harold Alexander
Dunkirk
Claude Auchinleck
Middle East
Rommel
Berlin
Libya
Malta
Mediterranean
Weather Favorable for Grid Games in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids and vicinity enjoy mild weather with Saturday near 55 degrees at 2:30 pm and a low of 27 earlier. Forecast calls for a colder Sunday with forenoon rain or snow and a 32 degree low overnight.
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Cedar Rapids News
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