Australian Forces Push Japanese From New Guinea Outposts
Australian troops supported by fresh artillery forced a Japanese withdrawal from Owen Stanley outposts 32 miles from Port Moresby as rain complicates supply lines. MacArthur said Australians hold patrols in the Salamaua Lae area while air forces target Buna Kokoda and Rabaul shipping lanes.
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MacArthur
Australia
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
North Africa
North New Guinea
Salamaua- Lae
Huon Gulf
Salamaua
Buna
Kokoda
Wairopi
Decree Grants Equal Pay to Women in Arms Work
A three member panel led by Dr. George W. Taylor unanimously upheld equal pay for women in armaments, stating that necessity for production supersedes gender. They cited 7,600 Brown and Sharpe employees in Providence and argued 80 percent efficiency claims lack proof of constant disparity.
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George W. Taylor
Taylor
Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company
Providence
R. I
Little Steel
War Labor Board
National Defensery Board
Arrests in $1 Million Baseball Lottery Ring Sweep
Forty seven alleged members of a million dollar baseball lottery ring were seized in raids across 33 cities. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover named Chicago figures Christ Bauer Ernest Bauer Arthur Jaun and William J Santa as ringleaders and said tickets were distributed in 37 states. The list of those arrested spans Chicago Des Moines Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Toledo and several other cities with many more named.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Christ
Ernest Bauer
Arthur Jaun
William J. Santa
Chicago
Maurice Luber
A. H. Derrico
Revel Wilson
John Zeigler
Neeee Ky
Edward Kriefeld
Des Moines
Harry Richard
Cedar Rapids
Milver M. Simitz
Hampton
Henry Charles Cahill
Waterloo
George A. LaHue
Montrose
Earl RK. Gibson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Arnold J. Rosenbrook
Kalamazoo
Roy Delbert Samana
Haven
Peter Poe
el Mich
Thomas Theo- Sans
William Dean
Joe Baden
Toledo
Ohio
Frank Bignan
Russell D. Spencer
Loraine
T. B. Dailey
J. M. Sears
Youngstown
Frank A. Kerrigan
Paris Claims Allies Blockading Dakar
Paris radio reported that the Allies are blockading Dakar on the French West African coast and will attack soon. A commentator named Jean Azema quoted on German radio said Allied overt action would occur, marking the first such claim amid intensified Nazi propaganda.
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London
Paris
Dakar
Jean Azema
Brazil
The Raft: Three American Flyers Fight to Live at Sea
A Sunday Gazette feature on The Raft, a wartime epic about three American airmen who survive at sea after their plane goes down. The tale highlights their courage, struggle for food and survival gear, and enduring spirit amid oceanic peril.
Laval Says Government Solid Amid Plot Charges
In Vichy Pierre Laval dismissed Jacques Mechin from cabinet and the Tricolor legion presidency over an alleged plot to align with Germans. Mechin resisted dismissal. Laval named Mechin and Charles Platon as secretaries of state tied to a plan with Jacques Doriot to influence a new Vichy cabinet.
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VICHY
Pierre Laval
Jacques Benoist-Mechin
Tricolor Legion
Laval
Paris
Mechin
Russia
Jacques Doriot
Charles Platon
Doriot
N An
Platon
Suna
Coeineis Gaia Cane i
Nationwide Gas Ration Ordered in U S
The Office of Defense Transportation ordered a universal 35 mph speed limit and nationwide gasoline rationing via coupon books. Rubber "Czar" William Jeffers urged curbs on driving to save fuel and tires, with B and C books for essential motorists and A books for nonessential limits.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
United States
William Jeffers
Office of Price Administration
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Special Rubber
M. Baruch
East
Jeffers
Service Benefit Shows Curtailed War Relief Board
Curtailed service benefit details emerge as the War Relief Control Board reports tightened policy. Friday actions limit aid distribution with president issuing new directives, counsel and officials including Joseph E. heads oversee enforcement and funding reductions.
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Washington
President's War Relief Control Board
Joseph E
Willkie urges rapid second front in Europe for Russian aid
Wendell L. Willkie after meetings in the Soviet Union with Stalin and officials urged a real second front in Europe at the earliest feasible moment. He argued that coordinated Anglo American bombing and Allied invasion would best aid Russia amid the war.
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Moscow
Wendell L. Willkie
Europe
Russia
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Britain
Rusia
Germany
England
America
Gas Rationing May Rule Out More C R Stations
Cedar Rapids residents confront looming federal gasoline rationing expected around November 1 to 20. Officials warn area oil firms may lose outlets as drivers apply for A B or C ration books to limit usage. Some drivers see 32 gallons per two months as ample while others must cut miles dramatically.
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C. R
U. S
William M. Jeffers
Cedar Rapids
Willen
Board adds Crawford and Wright to rationing panel
Fletcher, chairman, disclosed Saturday the addition of William C. Crawford and Marvin Wright to the rationing board panel. Official appointment is to be announced next week. Crawford heads King's Crown Plaster Co. Wright serves as general traffic manager for the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City railway.
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Fletcher
William C. Crawford
Marvin Wright
Crawford
King's Crown Plaster Company
Wright
Cedar Rapids
Lowe City Railway
Dissolution Order Hits Czech Orthodox Church in Bohemia
German authorities ordered the dissolution of the Czech Orthodox Church in the Nazi protectorate of Bohemia Moravia. Five church leaders died as the dissolution order, announced by German radio, provided for confiscation of church property.
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London
Bohemia and Moravia
U S Troops Helped in Milne Bay Kill Bagged Japs
Allied forces at Milne Bay in New Guinea repelled Japanese air attacks as U S troops joined Australian defenders. An anti aircraft unit of volunteers fought with 0.50 caliber guns and claimed success against six zeros while another unit downed three. A captured 1 inch Japanese gun was shown, and both American and Australian troops defended a partly finished airfield amid heavy combat.
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Rabaul
New Britain
Ambass
North New Guinea
Dili
Timor
Darwin
Sai
New Guinea
Milne Bay
Plan Sweeping Probe of U.S. Transit Lines
The justice department plans a grand jury in Chicago on October 1 and additional panels in New York Washington Atlanta New Orleans Denver Kansas City St Louis and San Francisco. The inquiry targets alleged railroad influence on competitive transport including airlines and motor freight carriers. It follows reports of transportation congestion affecting the war effort and involves coordination with several federal agencies.
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Washington
Justice Department
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
New Orleans
Denver
Kansas City
St. Louis
San Francisco
War and Navy Departments
Interstate Commerce Commission
Office of Defense Transportation
Civil Aeronautics Board
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture Department
Des Moines News Brief on Early Season Snow and Cold
North Iowa forecast calls for more drizzle with rain or snow in parts of the state. Temperatures fall to about 20 degrees along the northern border tonight. Friday brought the season’s first September snow in Des Moines, with two inches at Iowa Falls and flurries reported in Carroll Alta Creston and Charles City.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Iowa Falls
Estherville
Albia
Carroll
Alta
Creston
Charlies City
Decorah
Fort Dodge
Forest City
Stalingrad siege steadies as Soviet gains press near Volga
Soviet forces push northwest of Stalingrad gaining ground and repelling 32 German counterattacks in 48 hours. The drive targets a hills range crucial to breaking German lines while street fighting and ruined districts burn around the Volga.
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Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Volga
Vichy
Stockholm
Berlin
Sandtuary
Nondon
Red Army
Russia
Red Star
Weather Outlook for Cedar Rapids Turn Cooler With Snow
A cold snap follows light snow on Friday night. By Saturday 12:15 p.m. Cedar Rapids reached 42 degrees with precipitation totaling 0.54 inches. Humidity hit 80 percent by Saturday noon as temperatures fluctuated from a Friday low of 32 to a high of 41.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
75 British Warships With Arctic Convoy
Leamington England reports the Allied convoy to Russia carried the largest single voyage total of munitions ever sent. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden revealed in a speech that 75 British warships protected the vital Arctic convoy last week.
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Leamington
England
Ins
Russia
Anthony Eden
488 Cargo Ships Finished in Year
Maritime commission told President Roosevelt that 488 cargo ships were completed in the past year, marking a surge in the nation’s merchant fleet and wartime logistics.
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Washington
The
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
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