Gunboats Help Oust Nazis From Stalingrad Forts
German defenses at Stalingrad faced renewed pressure as Volga gunboats provided support for Marshal Semeon Timoshenko’s Red Army. The four day battle resulted in heavy German losses, with reports of more than 13,000 Nazis killed. Hitler’s high command claimed ongoing fierce house-to-house combat.
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Associated Press
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Murmansk Danger Seen in Stockholm London Dispatch
A Stockholm message to the London Daily Express reports German troop trains moving north through Norway and a new offensive likely against Murmansk, Russia, Arctic port for Allied munitions. The Times of London editorializes that Moscow may be safe for another season and Germany faces another winter of attrition in the Russian snows.
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United States
Times of London
Moscow
Soviet Counterattacks Slow Nazi Push at Leningrad Front
Soviet and German positions in a 31 day siege near Leningrad show heavy clashes with 34 German tanks destroyed north of the city and Soviet claims of avoiding new breaches. Red Army says Germans yielded in four other front sectors at Sinyavino Voronezh near Stalingrad and in the Caucasus as of mid day.
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Lost 12 bed emergency hospital found in North Philadelphia
John Michel of the Red Cross appeals to return a 12 bed emergency hospital unit lost in transit. The compact 20 by 30 foot canvas station was being delivered when a cabinet maker dropped it from his truck, leaving the Red Cross without the life saving facility.
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Red Cross
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Farm Labor Draft Law Views Sought
Washington officials discuss possible farm labor draft legislation as House Agriculture Committee weighs options. Chairman Fulmer says he will hear Maj. Gen. Hershey and War Manpower on manpower needs, with ideas ranging from wage subsidies to selective service drafting and farm deferments.
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House Agriculture Committee
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South Carolina
Imorrow
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Paul V. McRose
Hershey
Pulmer
Von Bock Ousted Over Stalingrad Strategy Clash
Wide World War Analyst reports a major dispute between Adolf Hitler and Field Marshal Fedot Von Bock over Caucasus focus versus Stalingrad assault. Von Bock allegedly preferred a costly Caucasus push and opposed simultaneous attack on Stalingrad, leading to his relief from command.
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Willkie Discusses Second Front With Stalin In Moscow
Wen dell L. Willkie said he would take back to Washington from Soviet Russia a report of growing dissatisfaction over the failure to establish a second front. He handed Stalin a large envelope containing Roosevelt's personal message after a Kremlin conference.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Washington
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United States
Britain
Willkie
Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
Kremlin
Ship Toll 474 Reported By The Associated Press
The Associated Press tallies 474 deaths in a Western Atlantic incident involving a United States Navy vessel. Navy officials confirmed all aboard were accounted for and most likely perished in the disaster. The United States government indicated ongoing investigations and search efforts.
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Congress May Let FDR Use Powers On Price Control
Washington September 24. Senator Brown of Michigan argues Congress nears a collision with Roosevelt over price control powers. He backs the anti inflation bill and opposes a farm parity amendment. House passage already records votes on the bill and an amendment factoring labor costs into parity calculations.
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Congress Parity Debate Intensifies Over Farm Labor Costs
Leaders meet with farm bloc members as an official poll shows 40 of 98 senators backing upward parity revision while 22 oppose and 19 are undecided. Senator Thomas, co author of the amend ment, rejects a Reed Tydings compromise. Administration backs a plan to adjust price ceilings for farm labor costs without changing parity basis.
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Five Killed In Train Collision Near Dickerson Maryland
Five or possibly as many as 23 people were reported killed after a rear end collision involving a Washington bound passenger train and a fast freight near Dickerson Maryland. A sleeper car fell into a deep cut and wreckage covered the tracks as the Ambassador express struck the Cleveland night express. The incident left many unaccounted for and the casualty count remained uncertain.
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Washington Evening Star
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We Are Losing the War Says Navy Official at Shipyard
Ralph A. Bard assistant secretary of the navy told shipbuilding workers that the nation must face danger and accept that we are losing the war. He rejected pep talk optimism and urged action, warning it will take all we have to win. He stressed realism over rhetoric and questioned the plan for a glorious finish.
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Ralph A. Bard
Navy
America
Slain Parents Confessed Killing in Money Dispute
In St Louis on September 24 27 year old Robert Nash confessed to police to killing his father Charles Nash 61 and mother Eleanor Nash 49 over debts in a quarrel on a deserted road near Springfield. He described taking a hand ax and slaying them then fleeing, later altering clothes and hitchhiking toward the city. The case unfolded after investigators secured a showup identification from coal hauler James McCue and Nash spoke with reporters.
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Stimson Shocked Over Lewis Conn Fight Situation
Secretary of War Stimson said he was shocked by arrangements for the Joe Louis Billy Conn championship card and began a personal inquiry. Initial sanction dated September 8 said all net proceeds would go to the Army Emergency Relief fund and no private profits. A September 18 committee change, approved by the war department, outlined payments to Louis and Conn and listed their obligations to clubs and managers.
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John Roxborough
Deliveries For Civilians Cut Rationing Urged
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard announced civilian meat deliveries would be cut to about 79 percent of 1941 last quarter levels starting Oct 1. He urged individuals to limit to 2½ pounds per week, with beef and veal at 80 percent, lamb and mutton 95 percent, and pork 75 percent, to preserve army navy and lend-lease needs. Public eating places may use meatless days while he consul ts with cafe groups to help patrons stay within limits. He noted rising wartime needs and that the new plan remains sufficient for proper nutrition.
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Wickard
Army
War Production Board
Draft Strikers Board Reclassification Ordered
MOBILE Alabama Sept 24 Brig Gen Ben M Smith state Selective Service director ordered all Alabama boards to reclassify workers who walk off defense jobs He said no man is deferred for personal favor and that strikes void preferred status The first order under the new policy targets about 70 workers who walked off a road project at an air base amid union claims of non union labor participation
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Selective Service
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State Guard
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WAAC band tootle at Fort Des Moines march
The WAACs prepare a public flute recital by a 32 piece band led by Mary Caughan of Billings Montana as the next Saturday graduation draws near for 125 officer candidates at the Women’s Army Auxiliary Training Corps School.
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Writer Lost In Jungles 47 Days After Parachute Jump Found Alive
Vernon Haugland AP war correspondent survived a 47 day jungle ordeal after parachuting into New Guinea storms. He reached Port Moresby in a delirious, malnourished state and was hospitalized. He was later airlifted to Port Moresby base hospital for treatment. Haugland, born May 27 1908 in Minnesota, had earlier worked in Missouri and Butte before joining AP.
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Associated Press
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