Missouri River Compact Urged by Reclamation Official
Reclamation Commissioner John C. Page urged a nine or more state compact for Missouri River and tributaries to irrigation flood control and navigation. He emphasized postwar irrigation needed for food, fiber, and regional economic stability, and backed surveys for multi purpose dams to support settlement and wartime transition.
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Missouri River
Pierre
John C. Page
Hine
South Dakta
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota Reclamation Association
Page
North Dakota Reclamation Association
Bureau of Reclamation
Fage
West
South Dakota
War Production Board orders halt of 200 to 300 gold mines
The War Production Board ordered the shutdown of 200 to 300 of the nation's largest gold mines to free manpower for copper and other war metals. Mines must stop extracting new ore within seven days and halt operations by October 15, with full cessation within 60 days, except minimal activity to maintain safety and facilities.
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Washington
War Production Board
Alaska
WPE
Rubber shortage threatens 5 million trucks and 150 thousand buses
Washington reports defense transportation chief Joseph B. Eastman warned before the House appropriations committee that the Baruch rubber allowances fall short of current tire consumption. He estimated nearly 100,000 of the 150,000 buses serve school children and urged more rubber be allocated to keep them in operation.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation Director
Eastman
House Appropriations Committee
Students Help In Vital Copper Mines
Salt Lake City reports Montana School of Mines cannot supply students to aid in the sugar beet harvest as requested. President Francis A. Thompson said the students from Butte are busy mining copper to relieve a manpower shortage in a vital industry.
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Salt Lake City
Montana School of Mines
Francis A. Thompson
Butte, Mont
Still Alive Eugene Moore Famed Pacific Tank Rescue Story
Eugene Oliver Moore, a former Huron High School athlete, is believed alive after a miraculous escape from Japanese soldiers on Gavutu Island. Marine Private First Class Moore, injured and knocked unconscious, survived after the tank hatch was breached and the crew killed. His family in San Francisco confirms the possible identity amid reports of his death.
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Eugene Oliver Moore
Huron
Moore
Carthage
Oliver
AU. S
South Pacific
Eugene Oliver
USMC
Gavutu Island
San Francisco
Calif
Seo Moore
Page
Postwar Europe Needs Unified Yet Fragile Plans
London reports intense efforts by small wartime governments to forecast postwar Europe needs. Belgium Czechoslovakia Netherlands Norway Poland Greece Yugoslavia seek a coordinated approach, adapting to shared aims amid uncertain futures. The leaders push for cooperation, though many questions remain about concrete goals and feasibility.
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Dewit't Ackenzie
London
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Greece
Yugoslavia
Reds Fight Back To Don Bend In Stalingrad Area
Soviet tanks broke into the 40 mile German barrier northwest of Stalingrad, driving Prussian troops from other fronts to stem the assault. Red armies reportedly overran Nazi positions above the Volga, while German claims of encirclement were contested by Soviet dispatches.
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Stalingrad
Don River
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Nazia
Transocean
Orovka
Red
Volga
Don
Red Army
Rome
London
Don-Volga
Semeon
Timoshenko
Red Star
Aleutian Island Battles Shift as Japanese Withdraw
U S bombers and sea power drive Japanese from Attu and Agattu in the western Aleutians, with Kiska remaining but under heavy pressure from new American bases. Navy reports show 98 ships sunk or damaged and 40 planes destroyed so far, while weather and supply constraints threaten continued occupation.
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Washington
Oct
Aleutian
Attu
Agattu
Kiske
Kiska
Oreat U
Dutch Harbor
Midway
Russia
Aleutians
Gandhi’s Congress Won’t Seek Settlement While Violence Continues
London October 8 The Gandhi led Congress will not pursue negotiations with Britain until violence ends. Secretary for India L Amery told the House of Commons that 846 people have been killed and 2024 wounded since violence began with Gandhi’s arrest on August 8. Government workers among the dead and wounded number sixty and six hundred forty eight respectively.
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London
Mahandas K
Gandhi
Congress Party
L. & Amery
India
House of Commons
Amery
Sal
Fair Premiums To Be Paid Saturday At Lam Store
Beadle County building premiums from the State Fair will be paid Saturday afternoon and evening, October 10, at the Lam store in Huron. County Agent Leonard Lt. Ladd said a table near the store’s east door will handle the matter. Anyone who won a prize in the Beadle County building may collect their premium. All prize winners are invited to call.
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Beadle County
Lam
Huron
Leonard Lt. Ladd
Rennes
Night fire damages barn and stored grain
A barrel of tar heated behind Myers Cigar Store on Dakota Avenue caught fire at about 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, damaging a barn and stored grain. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, estimating the incident as the first of yesterday's two fires. The tar barrel belonged to Holland Wheeler at 173 Sixth Street Southwest, with cause attributed to a short in the wiring.
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Myers Cigar Store
Dakota
War Bill Sent To House Navy Gets Most
Washington October 8 a 6236956621 appropriation bill sent to the House floor earmarks about 90 percent of new spending for the Navy. The measure funds 14 611 new naval planes and supports a broad wartime program including rubber for weapons, air lanes for Allied messages, and war housing. Navy spending would rise to 30 827 982 282 for fiscal 1943 as total defense outlays since 1940 reach 220 000 000 000.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
Army
G. W. Anderson
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Office of Civilian Defense
Office of War Information
Guayule
War Manpower Commission
Congress
Unity with Red Trades Union Urged by British Delegate
Jack Tanner, fraternal delegate from the British Trades Union Congress, appealed to the American Federation of Labor for practical unity with Russian and other United Nations trade unions. He urged embracing all American workers including CIO and railway brotherhoods to strike a timely, aggressive alliance. Tanner argued that a second front would mobilize factory workers and counter fascist profits, though he did not cite AFL executive council decisions.
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Toronto
Jack
Tanner
British Trades Union Congress
American Federation of Labor
United Nations
CIO
AFL
anti-Fascista
Hitler
Campaign to boost Allied aid to Russia noted in Soviet press
Soviet newspapers echoed Stalin’s call for greater aid as Allied reactions streamed from London Washington and Chungking detailing responses to the premier's appeal to Russia’s allies to fulfill obligations fully and on time.
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Red Press
Moscow
Russia
Stalin
Associated Press
London
Washington
Chungking
Lewis Miners Split From CIO
United Mine Workers of America left the Congress of Industrial Organizations under long time leader John L. Lewis. At the 37th constitutional convention delegates voted near unanimously to withdraw, after Lewis challenged supporters to choose him or the CIO. Lewis said he would stay as president, and recalled his CIO founding role and past resignation tied to political bets.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
UBIW
CIO
Congress
CIG
Lewis
UMA
Tve
Phillip Murray
Pittsburgh
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Willkie
UMW
Allied Troops Reach New Guinea Mountain Summit
Allied forces reported near Port Moresby after driving Japanese from Owen Stanley peaks. Supply line troubles and uncertain forward movement cloud progress as natives from Rabaul report forced labor and fatalities under Japanese control. James Hemingway returns to Denver after a ten day visit with his parents.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Toribsiwa
Gwen Stanley
Rabaul
New Britain
Buna
Tward
Denver
James Hemingway
Continental Airlines
G. W. Hemingway
Dakota South
Fortress Crew Rescued After Week Aboard Shark-Ravaged Raft
Seven survivors from a B 17 bomber crew endured seven days adrift on a four man rubber raft after their aircraft was downed. They rationed water and chocolate, dodged three sharks, and fought a torn raft hull while two fellow crewmen died of exposure. They kept faith they would be saved.
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Fortress
Charles McCartry
Pacific Fleet
Pacific
Iter
Ghatk
Bee Fortress
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