Military Leaders Declare Fathers Needed For War
In Washington the Army and Navy seek 1,221,000 more men in the last four months of 1943, with only about 775,000 non fathers available. Maj. Gen. Hershey testified that 446,000 must come from married men with children, while Navy head Rear Admiral Jacobs said 533,000 must be drafted for the Navy. Officials oppose delaying the father draft, noting large ongoing enlistment and projected needs through December. Page Two.
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Washington
Army and Navy
Lewis B. Herghey
Congress
Hershey
Senate Meilitary Committee
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
John
Randall Jacobs
Naval
War Department
Jacobs
Marine Corps
Coast Guards
Truck Deliveries To Be Restricted Nationwide
Restrictions on motor truck deliveries extend nationwide from October 11, tightening service for a nation groaning under gasoline shortages. The order bans retail deliveries under five pounds or 60 inches combined length and girth, halts Sunday deliveries except for ice milk and cream, and limits certain items to weekly or biweekly drops. White goods like bread meat and produce face reduced weekly frequencies. laundries dry cleaners and tailors face two trips.
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Washington
Yoseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportaion
Cavour Surpasses War Bond Quota in Beadle County
Beadle County reports Cavour, nine miles east of Huron on Highway 14, reached a war bond quota of 2600 with sales at 3185 and projected to exceed 4000. James J. Meaghan, chairman, announced the town’s War Bond drive. Local figures include Mrs. Max Eckman and P. J. O’Keefe among others. Virgil was the first town in the county to top its quota.
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Ley
Cavour
Porter
Beadle County
James J. Meaghan
Huron
U.S. Highway 14
Max Eckman
P. J
Pat” O'Keefe
Earl Fisher
Dennis Donovan
John Norfolk
U. S
Meaghan
Virgil
Here
Bombers Raid Nantes After First Dusk Assault On Continent
London dispatch reports American Flying Fortresses led a large raid on Nantes France after an inaugural dusk assault on Hitler's Europe. The operation involved Thunderbolts Libators and Marauders with RAF support and followed a night of raids on Berlin Montlucon and Chartres with major targets including Nazi airfields and tires for war machines.
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London
Hitler
Europe
Nantes
France
Loire
RAF
Berlin
Montlucon
Vichy
Germany
Air Ministry
Ate
Chartres
Munich
Paris
Caudron-Renault
Frederick L. Anderson
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Allies Take Two Islands On Way To Balkans
Allied dispatches from Ankara report occupation of Samos and Lero with Greek gendarmerie control after Italian surrender. Ninth Army reportedly crossed the Mediterranean from Syria and Transjordan, raising speculation of a Balkans invasion. Brereton's transfer to a new assignment fuels intensified Middle East operations.
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Balkans
London
Italy
Ankara
Sames
Dodecanese
Lero
Crete
Britain
Ninth Army
Middle East
Mediterranean
Syria
Transjordania
Samos
Aegean Sea
Rhodes
Brereton
Cairo
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S
Mesa- See
Prepare For Postwar Construction Projects Now, Speaker Tells Cities
Mitchell Sept 14 1943 Col William N Carey Washington chief engineer Federal Works Agency urged municipal governments to plan now for postwar construction to reduce unemployment. He called for plans specifications and contracts for improvements and new conservation projects airports and city works. Miller lieutenant governor noted cooperation with federal government will extend to public works including Missouri River development. Meeker highway engineer outlined postwar highway program. Members of the 1043 legislature and other officials attended the session.
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Sury Mitchell
State Convention of League of Municipalities
William N. Carey
Washington
Federal Works Agency
A. C. Miller
League
Iys
Miller
Spose
Joe Bottum
Ity
Ged
The
E.W. Meeker
Ment
Sion
Leo’ Heck
Kimball
C. Halls
Garretson
Dean
Trippler
Canova
Ernest
Mann
Stick
Mitch
And
Ney
Harvard
Noble
CA Polley
Jones To Tell Senate Committee Of Milk Production Problem
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones will tell the Senate banking committee that milk production faces a critical problem risking winter consumer rationing and higher values for fluid milk cheese and canned milk. Aides say government subsidies may be proposed to ease costs, with estimates up to 269 million dollars. Urban areas already face shortages and a sales program is planned to shift production toward the WEA goal.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Senate’ Banking Committee
Novorossisk Falls To Russians After Five Day Battle
London dispatch reports Novorossisk fell to Soviet forces after a five day fight as Rokossovsky’s central front crossed the Desna River and battered German defenses. Red army drive westward between Bryansk and Nezhin aimed at Novgorod-Seversky and the Kuban Delta port, with four German divisions and Romanian units routed. Stalin announced the blows in separate orders with prospects of Kerch Strait escape potentially lingering for German troops. The fall of the Kuban port crushed Hitler's Caucasus oil hope as Nezhin and advances toward the Dnieper reflected a widening Soviet push across Ukraine plains.
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London
Vorossisk, Black, & Av
Caucasus
Red Army
Bryansk
Nezhin
Novgorod-Saversky
Stalin
Moscow
Novgorod-Seversky
Constantine Rokossovsky
Desna
Gerfren
Hitler
Black Sea
Vitalort
Twe
Kuban
Novorossisk
Cross Strait
Kerch Strait
Criméa
Anaps
Crimea
Ukraine
Dnieper Hiver
World Events At A Glance From The Associated Press
Italy's Fifth Army claims a solid Salerno bridgehead with Clark vowing no ground gives way, while Russia reports capture of the Novorossiysk base jeopardizing the Caucasus Nazi position. RAF, USAAF strike France and Berlin area as Balkans moves unfold. Allied campaigns in New Guinea Burma and China push forward amid broad strategic aims.
Dakotan Aids Allied Airlift Over Europe Base
A Dakotan plays a key role in sustaining Allied air operations over Europe, assisting logistics and maintenance at the English base. Details indicate continued support for bomber and transport missions, reflecting regional contributions to the broader wartime effort.
Allied push nears Lae amid intense jungle fighting
Allied reports from northeast New Guinea describe fighters smashing through pillboxes trenches and machinegun nests within two miles of Lae as a death trap tightens around the 20,000-man garrison. Australian columns from east and west seize plantations and approach Shell Town while shelling centers from both flanks. In Burma Lt General Stilwell's forces claim a bold raid by American Chinese troops into Japanese-occupied North Burma killing 200 and destroying depots and bridges, signaling broader operations as monsoon rains fade. Speculation in Washington links a potential Japanese assault on Soviet Russia to push the Germans toward a second front, with Chungking outlining a north of Pailingmiao clash and strategic implications for the Trans-Siberian Railway.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Salerno
Clark
Eighth Army
Russia
Moscow
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Caucasus
Ain
Montlucon
France
Berlin
Germany
Paris
London
Balkans
Londos
Balkany
Ninth Army
Middle East
Guinea
Ithin
Japan
Lee
Burma
Dering
Associated Press
Lae
New Guinea
Joseph W. “Stilwell
India
Naga Hills
Soviet Russia
Washington
Chungking
Pailingmiao
Gobi Desert
War Reporters First To Reach Fifth Army Fronts
War correspondents have established the fronts of the Fifth Army in Italy as of September 16. Reporters describe initial movements and lines as U.S. and Allied forces push toward key objectives in a rapidly evolving theater.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Submarine commander's radio mistake alarms TWA plane
In mid-Atlantic air, Otis Bryan of Transcontinental Western Air said a German U-boat commander advised a TWA radio operator they were both using wrong codes. The incident involved a Nazi sub hearing the wrong day code and realizing a mismatch with the plane.
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Kansas City
TWA
mid-Atlantic
Otis
Frank Bryan
Transcontinental Western Air, Inc
Bryan
Coal Mine Blast Traps 17 Workers in Kentucky Tunnel
Seventeen men were trapped a thousand feet underground when an explosion closed a tunnel at the Three Point Coal Company mine near Harlan Kentucky. Nearly two hundred miners were on duty at the time. all others accounted for. No contact has been made with the trapped workers.
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Harlan
Three Point
Mitchell man electrocuted at Army Air Base
Carl Fowler 59 Davison County representative in the South Dakota legislature in 1935 and Rexalted Ruler of the Mitchell Elke Lodge was electrocuted at the Mitchell Army Air Base early Thursday morning. J Fowler an electrician was sent to repair field lights at about 2 o clock and was killed when he touched a high tension wire.
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Mitchell
Carl Fowler
Davison
South Dakota
Mitchell Elke Lodge
Mitchell Army Air Base
J . Fowler
British Racing To Aid Of Allies In Battle At Salerno
Allied dispatch from North Africa reports Fifth Army gains at Salerno with Clark declaring the bridgehead secure. German forces driven back toward the sea as Eighth Army advances, while Britons and Americans flood the area with reinforcements and air power.
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Salerno
Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Fifth Army
Italy
Mark W. Clark
Clark T
Mediterranean
Sele
Calore
Altavilla
Nazie
British Broadcasting Corporation
NBC
Algiers
Eighth Army
Agropoli
Clark
Bernard L. Montgomery
Sapri
Fifth
Middle East
Valiant
Warspite
Tegrimed Tommies
Hitler's Move To Revive Fascism Aids Allies More
DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes Hitler's bid to revive Fascism as a ploy to boost Axis weakness, while the Allies watch for Mussolini’s influence and the emergence of a puppet regime. The piece notes public skepticism and cautions against accepting Nazi pretenses. Page Five.
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Hitler
Axis
Dewitt MacKenzie
Mussolini
Europe
Such & Tl
Bee Mackeenzie
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