Railroads Lead Scrap Drive Amid War Effort
Washington reports American railroads plan to salvage about 4,500,000 tons of scrap in 1942, roughly matching 1941. Officials note limited new material forces them to maintain cars, engines, and rails while many previously unprofitable lines are being abandoned under ICC and state agency actions. The drive relies on railroads as major scrap contributors alongside steel mills.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Iron and Steel Mills
Allied air raid hits 8000-ton Japanese cargo vessel at Rabaul harbor
Heavy Allied bombers, likely American B 17s, scored direct hits on an 8000 ton Japanese cargo ship in Rabaul harbor and probably sank it. Attacks continued on shipping in Dilli Timor and on Japanese aircraft at Buka airfield. Fighters hit troop concentrations near Mubo and pressed assaults along the Owen Stanley range toward Port Moresby.
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MacArthur
Australia
INS
Rabaul
Japheld
Dilli
Timor
Buka Island
Solomons
Mubo
New Guinea
Lae
Salamaua
Owen Stanley Range
Port Moresby
Must Win by End of October Nazi Speech Urges Victory
Allied sources report Dr. Albert Speer warned in a speech that Germany must win by the end of October as winter nears or risk total defeat. He said victory requires current weapons and full mobilization, with every able man at the front despite postwar costs.
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Washington
Albert Speer
Germany
Winifred Goodlove Enlists in WAAC
Central City reports Miss Winifred Goodlove daughter of Earl Goodlove a local farmer has enlisted in the WAAC and reported for training at Fort Des Moines. She has taught schools in the area for several years.
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Central City
Winifred Goodlove
Earl Goodlove
WAAC
Fort Des Moines
Wainwright and 6,000 Yanks Held in Camp Above Manila
War prison camp near Manila holds Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright and about 6,000 American defenders from Bataan and Corregidor. A partial list includes Major General William F. Sharp and Brigadier Generals Lewis C. Beebe Clinton A. Pierce and Fidel V. Segundo. The Tarlac camp, former Camp O Donnell, lies about 65 miles north of Manila.
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Say Wainwright
Manila
Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan and
Corregidor
Tarlac
Philippines
Pris
Wainwright
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
William F. Sharp
Monkton
Soutern Island
Mindanao
Lewis
Tarlac Pricon
O'Don
Nell
Italian raid on Gibraltar sparks fires report
A Rome broadcast recorded in London said Italian planes raided Gibraltar Thursday night, starting fires. All aircraft returned to base after the attack.
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Rome
London
Gibraltar
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