Weather outlook across states with scattered showers and cooler days
North Carolina shows scattered showers in the east Sunday morning with cooler conditions to follow. South Carolina reports scattered showers in the east and south on Sunday morning, cooler Sunday. Georgia sees scattered coastal showers Saturday morning and cooler conditions Sunday. Rhode Island population rises to 711,669 in 1940 compared with 687,497 in 1950. The note mentions a daily cost of $1.60 to keep one and references London barrage balloons.
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Germans gain ground as Red Army resists near Voronezh
Reported by Pravda, the Soviets claim heavy German forces including 40 tanks and aircraft attacked, with about 600 enemy killed and Germans reaching the outskirts of a populated area. Aleksandrov, head of the Communist Party propaganda, says Germany’s 1942 strategic plan has been upset and Moscow defense remains pivotal.
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Moscow
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WPB report notes mixed rate changes in August output
RATE was 7 per cent over August with no strong gains in motor vehicles clothing and medical supplies. The bulk of misc munition stocks limited further increases while heavier weapons saw emphasis and airplanes rose 10 per cent versus 5 per cent.
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War production gains and naval output rise in September report
The monthly report shows ordnance up 7 percent, naval and army shipbuilding up 22 percent, and merchant ships up 10 percent. Tank output climbs 3 percent while tank gun production stays ahead. anti aircraft guns improve though ammunition varies. Seventy two combat vessels launched, with cargo ship construction up 10 percent in value and tonnage up 34 percent. President Roosevelt notes limits on 1942 goals, signaling conversion to heavier weapons.
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Guadalcanal Battle Reports Fuel Tactical Uncertainty
The report notes Japanese units not yet returned to base potentially regrouping for a new attempt. It questions whether ships bombed at Buin harbor October 30 were part of MacArthur's fleet or a separate force. Japanese land forces on Guadalcanal reportedly rely on landed materiel, with tanks and artillery ashore and air power balancing the Japanese advantage in land forces. Washington weighs a counter-offensive versus a renewed Japanese assault while supplies run low.
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Naval raid near misses damage several ships in Buin Faisi area
Japanese reports say near misses probably damaged other ships. The day before three waves of bombers damaged a large warship, likely a cruiser or battleship, possibly hit an aircraft carrier, plus another cruiser, a destroyer and an unidentified vessel set ablaze in the Buin Faisi area.
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North Carolina fishermen reap excellent sea harvest
Enterprise Bureau reports from Raleigh that North Carolina commercial fishermen are earning more this season. Strong prices for mullet bluefish mackerel and spots lift gains despite total catch not surpassing other years. A purse seine haul of 56 000 pounds of mullets sold for 6 1/2 cents a pound brought about 3400 dollars, while a spots catch topped 2000 dollars. The five week season remains, with fishermen praising revised conservation rules aiding production and potential food supply.
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Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
John Nelson
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Board of Conservation and Development
London warning greets Mrs Roosevelt on England visit
The largest curial town’s damaged edifice was viewed by Mrs Roosevelt yesterday during her England visit. The London warning was the second she heard, but she remained unperturbed and continued an informal speech. Tonight’s alert was brief with no enemy activity nearby. Canterbury, hit several times before, last June in reprisal for the Cologne RAF raid.
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Lend-Lease Debate Divides Senate Military Panel
Senators clash over Venning’s call to recover lend-lease funds with blood and dollars rhetoric. Reynolds, Wheeler, Nye, Gillette weigh whether aid is a gift or loan, warning against taxpayer burdens and noting the lend-lease law permits various dispositions without obliging recipients to repay.
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Senate Military Committee
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Wheeler
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Nye
Gillette
Iowa
Willkie delays pledge amid criticism of administration
The nation hears Willkie in a late paragraph commit to voting the Republican state ticket led by Dewey next Tuesday. He faulted the administration’s wartime policy, saying it clings to yesterday's theories while global affairs shift, and warned of censorship and confusion in war efforts at home.
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Vichy claims 40 U S bombers land at Gibraltar
The Vichy radio broadcast a La Linea dispatch saying 40 American bombers landed at Gibraltar. The report, carried by a British agency, said the British battleship Rodney, aircraft carrier Furious, 14 destroyers and 18 seaplanes were anchored there, with merchant ships unloading a large contingent of American troops and war materiel.
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Industrialists Protest State Control Increase
Industrialists protest state control rise drawing opposition to higher government oversight. Strong business leaders rally against expanded regulatory powers, arguing adverse effects on commerce and employment.
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MacARTHUR Aerial Campaigns Over Southwest Pacific
The MacArthur air force carried out extensive reconnaissance and ground support in New Guinea and the Solomons. In October raids focused on Rabaul with 60 tons dropped in one attack, and the fleet reported 15 strikes on fuel dumps, wharves, and warehouses. Eleven ships were sunk or damaged, including 50,000 tons of naval and military vessels, with 27 tons dropped on Oct 30 on Japanese ships in Bin harbor. Only two Allied bombers were lost in these operations.
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British push at El Alamein as Rommel fights back
Allied forces press frontal assaults along the El Alamein line with Royal Air Force and Allied planes striking forward airports and supply routes. British artillery, expanding beyond mine fields, targets Rommel’s positions while Axis defenses are described as stubborn and stretched. US fighters engage in dogfights. Crete and Daba airfields are attacked. nine Axis planes fall with limited Allied losses.
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Miners hear Churchill on coal needs in London gathering
Pit toughened miners from 1,300 British mines filled a London hall for a war production briefing by Prime Minister Churchill. Leaders Lawther and others stressed the need for every man to boost coal output amid an 11 million ton shortage and fuel rationing fears. Also spoke Maj Gwilym Lloyd George and South Africa’s Smuts as trains carried workers from Scotland to Wales.
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England
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Gwilym . Lloyd. George
French Women Resist Nazi Labor Orders in Unoccupied Zone
French women barricaded town halls to block German doctors who were to examine men for the Hitler labor draft. Strikes spread from Annecy to Marnaz Scienziera Annemasse and other towns in Haute Savoie and beyond. Workers quit when told to report, with women and families joining, while authorities and police attempted to maintain order. The episode influences Laval’s quota extension and possible prisoner exchanges, amid wider fears of forced conscription and reprisals in occupied regions.
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Bern
Switzerland
Reich
Haute-Savoie
Pierre Laval
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Germany
Volved
Thurs
Annecy
Marnaz
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Vidkun Quisling
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Sweden
National Zeitung
Basel
Quisling
Samling
Gudbrand Lunde
800000 American Soldiers Abroad Reveals Marshall
Washington reports the overseas US armed forces total 800000 men in a exchange of letters between General George C Marshall Army chief of staff and Admiral Ernest J King commander in chief of the United States fleets. Marshall notes 10000 sailors escorted troops safely across submarine infested waters and King cites Army Navy cooperation at Bataan Midway and in the Solomons.
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United States
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
Marshall
Wing
Atlantic
Pacific
Plane From Malta Crashes Killing Fifteen In Gibraltar
MADRID Oct 31 Fifteen persons were killed and 12 injured when a four motor plane from Malta crashed on a hill top in eastern Gibraltar whirled into the sea. Dispatches from La Linea cited 32 aboard including ten crew. Some passengers were women and children. Several missing.
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