Bad Weather and Nazi Resistance Slow Russians Front Wide
Weather and stiff German resistance hinder Soviet advances on a 750 mile front from July. Ground fighting in White Russia reduced to local engagements while tank battles near Gomel saw Red forces push a river crossing, inflict German losses, and seize three towns. Soviet air actions hit retreating German units in the Caucasus and Crimea. Staro-Tamanskaya abandoned on the Taman Peninsula as preparations mount for a major Dnieper drive west of Ukraine.
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London
Adolf Hitler
White Stussia
Red Army
Gomel
White Russia
Dnieper
Ukraine
Moscow
Caucasus
Crimea
Hase
Berlin
Staro-Tamanskaya
Taman
Orel
Bessarabia
Congress Hears Sales Tax Plan
Washington Oct 5 The House Ways and Means Committee opened hearings on a proposed ten percent victory retail sales tax expected to raise about 6 000 000 000 as part of a broader revenue measure. M L Seidman urged no exemptions while opposing higher income taxes for top earners and warned the moment favors such a tax plan. The National Lawyers Guild backed a nine point tax program aligning with a coalition of unions and reform groups. the administration plan faced skepticism from both parties.
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New York Board of Trade
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Ways and Means Committee
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Ways Any Means Committee
National Lawyers Guild
Congress of Industrial Organizations
National Farmers Union
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
National Association’ For the Advancement of Colored Peole
National Women's Trade Unioneague of America
League of Women Shoppers
Rep
Coughton
North Carolina
Congressional
Carlson
Kansas
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Randolph
Yankees Win First Series Game 4-2
The New York Yankees beat the St Louis Cardinals 4 to 2 at Yankee Stadium to take a 1-0 lead in the 1943 World Series behind Spud Chandler seven hit pitching. Gene Gordon hit a 400 foot homer and provided key defensive plays as New York scored in the fourth and sixth. Stan Gordon and Etten had notable moments while Max Lanier struggled on the mound for St Louis.
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Max Lanier
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Joe Gordon
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Lindel
Walker
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Musial
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Stainback
Kurowski
Crosetti
Marion
Johnson
ST. Louis
O.l
W. Cooper
Sanders
Litwhiler
Lanier
P Garma
Keller
Dickey
Etten
Brecheen
Garms
Mickey
Rommel
Reardon
Rue
Stewart
Ellen
Marioni
Eften
Litwhller
Daniel
Ite
Bones Keller
Big League Quint Here For Hunting Big League Quint Here For Hunting
Five star players chase pheasants near Huron on opening World Series day. Cubs members Paul Derringer Billy Nicholson Hazen Cuyler Al Todd joined Pirates outfielder Paul Vancer plus guides Cory Zybell and H Edsel Olson. Local hunters M E Barnes James J Meaghan A R B Barnes Tomas Larsson Eugene Raymond Herschel Copley John Bangerter aided them.
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Chicago Cubs
Paul Vancer
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cubs
Paul Derringer
Billy Nicholson
Hazen
Kiki” Cuyler
al Todd
Cory Zybell
Lake City
H. Edsel Olson
Real
Chicago
Marvin Hughitt
M. E. Barnes
James J. Meaghan
A. R B. Barnes
Toma Larsson
Diary Of Captured Jap Describes Beheading Of American Prisoner
Allied forces report a captured Japanese diary detailing the beheading of an American airman by officers Komai and Tsukioka under the Nipponese Samurai code. The diary, dated March 29, notes the 23 year old victim remained composed. The incident marks a rare breach of international law since prior executions noted last April.
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S ‘Wy
Southwest Pacific
Komai
Tsukioka
Douglas MacArthur
Iuiourhe
Japan
Ian Lee
Yanks Hunt Down Japs Retreating From Solomons
Allied forces drive Japanese from the central Solomons as Halsey’s destroyers intercept barges in Vella Gulf. Hundreds killed or wounded, with flotillas sunk or shattered while American planes and torpedo boats press the pursuit toward Choiseul and Kolombangara. Inland, Australian and American forces advance along the Ramu River toward Lae and Madang.
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Solomons
Kolombangara Island
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Naval Command
Foragt
Halsry
Vella Gulf
Kolombangara
Black Sea
Admiral Halsey
Choiseul Island
Pacific
Ramu River
New Guinea
Finschhafen
Madang
Lae
Chinese Retake Fanchang In East China
Chinese forces on the east China front re established positions in the Hangchow Nanking area along the Yangtze with the recapture of Fanchang. Japanese losses were heavy near Hsuancheng as they retreated after a night battle. Clashes reported in Kwangsi and Shantung as fighting continues between Hangchow and Nanking. Japanese air force attacked Kweiling and Shiukwan.
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Hangchow-Nanking
Yangtze River
Fanchang
Wuhu
Hsuancheng
Nanking
Kwangsi
Shantung
Hangchow
Kweiling
Kwangsi Province
Shiukwan
Kwangtung
Kansas Ration Board Quits In OPA Protest
The Wabaunsee County ration board resigned citing restriction on political speech. Members Leonard, Mueller, Stratton and Supt. Ralph C. John said they want freedom to make political statements without needing permission from OPA officials.
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Alma
Kan
Wabaunsee County Ration Board
Aan County
Leon Leonard
August Mueller
Edwin Stratton
Ralph C. John
OPA
Flying Fortresses Lead Flight to Protect Chin
Los Angeles reports a tense air defense shift as Flying Fortresses prepare to guard against potential threats to the Pacific coast. Officials indicate new turret and line of sight improvements, with pilots on alert for approaching enemy aircraft and reconnaissance teams tracking flight paths.
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Los. Angeles
Peace and Quiet Motive Leads to Disorderly Conduct
Martin Murphy entered a New York telegram office and threatened a clerk saying he would shoot if not jailed for about ten years. He sought peace and quiet in a jail cell amid family quarrels. Police charged him with disorderly conduct.
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New York
Martin Murphy
Murphy
RAF Bombers Hit Frankfurt After American Raid
RAF heavy bombers blasted Frankfurt with more than 500 tons of bombs less than 12 hours after the American daylight attack on the city. A Lancastrian force also raided Ludwigshafen as Mosquito strikes hit northwest Germany. 12 planes failed to return from the operations.
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London
Frankfurt
RAE
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
Mannheim
Germany
RAF
Warns Of Critical Beef Shortage
CHICAGO October 5 A livestock industry leader warned that a critical beef shortage is in the making and could be more acute than last spring He cited a 21 percent drop in feeder cattle shipped into the corn belt from western ranges in the last three months and warned that unless a decisive rise occurs in the next quarter finished beef in early next year will be slim George A Schmidt chairman of the American Meat Institute said quick remedial measures are needed and that the solution must lie outside the livestock and meat industry
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Chicago
George A.schmidt
The
American Meat Institute
Schmidt
Nazis Admit Severe Damage In Frankfurt Raid
Berlin acknowledged last night's RAF strike on Frankfurt was severe with a broadcast claiming three hospitals destroyed and 150 children buried beneath one. It also said 38 Allied planes were downed and noted Offenbach near Frankfurt and the Saar region as targets.
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London
Berlin
Frankfurt
United States
Offenbach
Saar
Single government agency urged to control petroleum
A Senate committee investigating midwest fuel shortages urged creation of one central agency to oversee production distribution and pricing of petroleum and its products. The interim report notes universal support from distributors and producers for centralized policy and recommends crude oil price increases of 35 to 60 cents per barrel.
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Washington
Senate
Mid-West
Clark
Missouri
Grand Forks Couple Deny Baby's Murder
Philip Rothenberger and his wife of Grand Forks North Dakota pleaded innocent in Kandiyohi County district court to an indictment charging first degree murder in the death of a newborn baby found near the Great Northern railroad tracks at Pennock on September 2. Attorney Charles Lyche requested separate trials. Judge Harold Baker set October 11 as the trial date for Mrs. Rothenberger with the husband’s trial to follow.
World Events At A Glance A P summary from multiple fronts
Major theaters report Allied advances in Italy with Fifth Army near Benevento and Montesarchio while Eighth Army repels a Tornoli counterattack. In the Pacific Allied and Japanese actions escalate with air and naval clashes in the Solomons and New Guinea. The RAF and USAAF pound German industry, and German losses mount as submarine activity rises in the Mediterranean. Soviet summer offensives slow in mud, winter preparations underway. Diplomats anticipate Turkey entering the war, and Britain names Cunningham as sea lord amid unrest in occupied Europe.
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Italy
Alzgiers Radio
Fifth Army
Rome
Allied
Montesarchio
Benevento
Eighth Army
Termoli
Adriatic
Tere
Coos
Dodecanese
Turkey
Corsica
Frankfurt
U. S
Pacific
Kolambangara
Solomons
New Guinea
Ramu
Finschhafen
Madang
Russia
Red Army
Dnieper
Washington
Germany
London
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Mediterranean
Dudley Pound
Vichy
France
Netherlands
Rumania
Allied Forces Gain in Italy and Greece In Major Air Offense
Allied headquarters report German divisions facing stiff resistance as British units push near Termoli on the Adriatic and Corsica is liberated. Allied air power strikes Greek bases and blocks the Brenner Pass while Fifth Army seizes Pomigliano and Capo dchino. American troops reach Montesarchio near Naples as reinforcements pour into Termoli.
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Termelji
Adriatic
Corsica
Greece
Brenner Pass
Italy
Bolzano
Pomigliana
Capodochino
Fifth Army
Naples
Pomuigiano
Maples
Calore
Benevento
Montesarchio
Termoli
Cop
Too
Dodecanese
Ber- Yini
France
Bremner Pass
Germany
Isarco River
Northwest African Air Force
Middle East
Monich
Athens
Coo
Argos
Peloponnesus
Badoglio pledges democratic Italy after Mussolini fall
In an interview with Allied reporters Badoglio, 72, said Mussolini would have told Hitler Italy could not continue the war but was silenced. He described Mussolini as craven and under arrest, noting Mussolini planned to devote his life to the Catholic Church and recounting the break with his son in law Galeazzo Ciano amid Fascist collapse.
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Italian High Command
Italy
le Dters
Pietro Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
Benito Mussolini
Duce
Adolf Hitler
Badoglio
Mussolini
Hitler
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
War Today Slump in Front as Ground Freezes Nears
Field dispatch notes muddy seas and halted advances on the Russo German front. The seasonal flood and mud slow operations across vast eastern lines, with fighting expected to continue but overall stalemate until mid November, according to DeWitt Mackenzie.
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Lulta
MacKenzie
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