Teen Age Youths May Be In Army Before Christmas
Washington H Hershey told a House military committee that by January 1 draft levels would rise by about 1.1 million with 14 and 19 year olds eligible. Lowering the draft age to 18 could add 1.5 million, mostly from dependents households, while most December and November indctions will still come from older men.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House Military Committee
Hershey
House
Senate
Biledsby
Jocal
Robert P. Patterson
Wer
War
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
Dash
United States
War Department
May
Kentucky
House Committee
Gurney
South Dakota
Berry Says Peace Is More Than War Victory
MILBANK Oct 15 Tom O Berry Democratic nominee for United States senator declared Gov. Herman Bushfield’s claim that only one issue dominates this campaign misses the broader fight. Berry argued the bigger issue is winning the peace and preventing a future world war, criticizing Bushfield for not addressing postwar safety for unborn generations. He cited Senate votes on the 1919 peace treaty and noted Senator Taft opposed any peace that ends the war. He urged stronger commitment to stopping world wars and warned Bushfield’s stance could leave babies to face future conflicts.
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Milbank
Tom O ‘Berry
United States
Herman J. Jushfield
Misatsken
Yankton
Bushfield
Berry
Hitler
Senate
Roosevelt
Bushfeld
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Wendell Willkie
Wendell Willkie In Favor of A Peace To End War. ‘Taff
South Dakota
Queens president seeks six foot blonde for mystery favor
The Queens borough chief executive James Burke states he is searching with a soldier for a tall blonde met at a Queens ballroom who allegedly disappeared in a subway. The description notes a woman about six feet tall wearing high heels.
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York
Queens
James Burke
Queens Ball
War Today Shows Nazi Trickery In Broadcasts
DeWitt MacKenzie reports from Britain as Adolf Hitler shifts focus from Stalingrad to Africa and the Balkans. Broadcasts reflect growing anxiety about an African phase and U boat activity, signaling a strategic propaganda push and potential turning points on eastern and southern fronts.
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Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Africa
Balkans
Key Jap Airbase Bombed Fourth Time By Yankees
An airbase in Japan was targeted for the fourth time by American forces. The attack involved long-range fighters and bombers, causing returns of enemy aircraft and disrupting operations. Reports note extensive aerial activity and the endurance of U S air strikes in the campaign.
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Yankees
United States
Guadalcanal
Uni States
Willkie Says Fronts Won't Conquer Russia After Tour
Willkie, on a 50 day, 14 country tour, asserted unity in the United States to win the war and that Germany cannot conquer Russia. He stressed two aims: show neutral nations U S resolve and learn how to win quickly and secure peace. He planned written reports and said Roosevelt denied criticisms of him while abroad as erroneous.
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Cormell
Washington
Wendell Li
Willkie
Middle East
Russia
Moscow
Germany
Wilkin
Alice
United States
Cairo
Chungking
Indiana
Roosevelt
Wilke
German Puppet State In Revolt
In Bern, Oct 15, reports say the Nazi created Croatian puppet state is in civil strife as peasant leader Dr Vladmir Macek gains revolt against Premier Pavelić. About 4,000 organized peasants clash with Pavelić's government while Axis armies face mounting skirmishes in the Balkans, with Italian figures noting hundreds wounded over months.
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Switzerland
Croatia
Vladmir Macek
Ainst
Inte Paveélic
An ‘Brrsy
Pavelli
Gavnze
Mussolini
Oc- Thre
Balkans
Zagreb
Belgrade
Lisbon Sees Unconfirmed Explosions At Sea
A dubious report from Lisbon notes alleged naval explosions off Portugal in the Atlantic. The story cites unclear broadcasts about Rommel’s return and renewed German activity, with details unconfirmed and varying across sources.
Nationwide tire sale opens under Uncle Sam demand
Washington reports the largest tire sale in U S history underway with government buying more than five tires per private car. Uncle Sam plans to spend 150 million dollars via the Defense Supplies Corporation to inventory 250 to 11 25 size tires. Rationing coupons through the OPA will be issued to private cars after serial tire numbers are certified with a limit of five per car and a false certification carries a 10 000 fine and up to ten years in prison.
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Washington
Uncle
Sam
America
Uncle Sam
Defense
OPA
May ration rail travel slows civilian trips
Director Joseph B. Eastman of the Office of Defense Transportation told 700 railroad officials last night that pleasure travel still impedes troop movements and war material distribution. He noted gasoline rationing aids travel and warned that an army of 7,600,000 men planned for the next year would overwhelm road transportation with current facilities.
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Baltimore
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastman
Germans Stalled At Stalingrad Thrust To South
Soviet headquarters reported the Red armies repulsed five German counterattacks near Stalingrad while the city defenders held off Nazi tanks and infantry in heavy street fighting. Dispatches spoke of a waning battle, German burial parties clearing the field, and Moscow evacuations as World War II frontline action persisted across the Caucasus and Volga regions.
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Associated Press
Stalingrad
Volga
Thee
Stalin
Red ‘Army
Man Il Timoshenko
Inithat
Fergain
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Mordokc
Big Naval Guns Guard Guadalcanal Landing
Secretary of War Stimson disclosed substantial American army groups and air forces had arrived on Guadalcanal to reinforce Marines and defend the Solomon Islands against Japanese attacks. Army and Navy forces act under unified command as reinforcements spread to New Hebrides and Fiji, with further positions disclosed.
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Washington
Stimson
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
New Hebrides
Fiji Islands
United States
Australia
Solomons
Secretar
Navy
Guadalacanal
Hitler Forces Major Shakeup in Military Command
London dispatch reports a drastic reshuffle of the German high command with Field Marshal von Blomberg or von Bock reportedly dismissed and Halder replaced by Alfred Jodl at Hitler’s headquarters. A Geneva source cites a consolidation move as the cause amid Nazi party opposition and Eastern Front pressures.
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von” Bock
Nedess
Arted
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Imne
Stockholm
Halder
Ataff
Alfred Jodl
Daily Express
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Deutsc Meing’ Zeitung
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