Chamber Head Opposed To New Wage Ceilings
Eric A. Johnston president of the Chamber of Commerce told the War Labor Board that wages should rise but not lift ceilings. He warned inflation could lead to deflation and said higher wages now would raise postwar costs for consumer industries. He spoke as an industry spokesman at hearings on scrapping the Little Steel formula.
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Washington
Eric A. Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
War Labor Board
Johnston
National Asian of
Victory
Little Steel
Robert M. Gaylord
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Three Germans to be tried for treason in exile report
London reports from German border sources that three prominent Germans will face treason charges. Editor Count Schwein of National Zeitung is accused over involvement in a failed plot against Hitler. Dr Gessler, a non Nazi ex war minister, also stood trial alongside General Wagner for defying Hitler’s orders.
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London
Hermann Goering
National Zeitung
Count Schwein
Hitler
Gessler
nQon
General Wagner
Germany
Salisbury Meeting Postponed To Friday Night
District OPA Director L. W. Driscoll delayed a meeting with 54 local ration board appointees until next Friday night. The Charlotte OPA executive said other conferences would fill his schedule and he would address letters to all local parties urging attendance. Ration board matters continued under Paul Murphey district representative.
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Salisbury
District Opa
L. W. Driscoll
Charlotte
Isaac C Lowe Pioneer Cotton Manufacturer Dies in Charlotte
Isaac Christopher Lowe 77 a pioneer in cotton manufacturing and banking in North Carolina died at his Charlotte home Saturday night ten days after a stroke. He helped found major local mills and bank ventures shaping the state's industry.
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Charlotte
Isaac Christopher Lowe
Allied Air Power Supports New American Offensive Over Germany
More than 2,700 Allied planes aided a major push into northwest Germany targeting the Siegfried Line. Bombers struck Cologne Kassel Hamm and other strategic locations while Eisenhower urged Dutch evacuations ahead of continued raids on Schelde estuary.
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London
N Offen- Siegfried Line
Germany
Courtney H. Hodges
Cologne
Kassel
Hamm
Aachen
Eisenhower
Schelde
Rhine
Hitler
Hanover- Brunswick
Work Stoppage Halts Production In Airplanes
In Kansas City on October 2, Pratt and Whitney halted airplane engine production as about 80 percent of the 10 000 day shift workers left after clocking in. Union leader Lyndon reportedly said members voted to halt work unless foremen were dismissed and a probationary employee reinstated. All maintenance staff remained at work as officials sought a quick settlement.
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Kansas City
Pratt and Whitney
L. C. Mallet
W. T. Beebe
Thomas F. Lyndon
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Perrin D. McElroy
Building and Construction Trades Council
Allies seize 300 tons sheet aluminum from Algrange mine
Allied troops in Algrange France captured 300 tons of sheet aluminum and crates of equipment in a mine used by German efforts to turn French ore into a bombproof plant for 1000 Messerschmitts monthly. Another Fontoy mine yielded additional materials. The Germans fled after a fake evacuation order by the FFI.
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Algrange
France
Fontoy
FFI
Early End Of Polish Rumpus Now Unlikely
In London on October 2 the Polish exile government faced a fresh blow as the Soviet backed National Committee of Liberation in Moscow attacked Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk. President Osubka Morawski led the press briefing denouncing the London regime and complicating any prospects for an early settlement with Britain and the United States believed to back Mikolajczyk.
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London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Nave
Committee of Liberation
Moscow
Osubka Morawski
National Committee
Britain
United States
Mikolajczyk
Morawski
Yankees Beat Back Attacks Of Germans On Italian Front
Rome reports Fifth Army forces repelled German counterattacks on Monte Battaglia and captured nearby Monte Cappella after a fierce fight. Clear weather enabled air support to join the ground fight, with at least one enemy counterattack broken by bombing.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Monte Battaglia
Imola
Monte Cappella
Tony
Air Perce
Allied Push in Aachen Sector Signals Western Front Offense
The U S First Army launches a drive in the Aachen area signaling a possible broad offensive before winter. German counterattacks aim to disrupt Allied lines, but show Hitler’s will to fight as Eisenhower plans strategic strikes along the 460 mile front into the Rhine and Cologne industrial region.
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U. S. First Army
Aachen
Western Front
Eisenhower
Europe
Rhine
Cologne
Hitler
Ike
World War II Outlook with Three Months Left in 1944
Dewitt Mackenzie argues the war could extend into 1945 but offers cautious optimism. He notes Arnhem setback, German defenses, and Allied air bombardment while praising the Calais operation and Ike’s potential grand offensive in a volatile three month window.
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Arnhem
Holland
Ike
Inter
Hitler
Reich
Gestapo
Germany
Eisenhower
Calais
Bottling Up 200000 Nazis in the Balkans
Soviet and Yugoslav forces press a morning drive along a curved front southeast of Belgrade, trapping an estimated 200,000 German troops. Russian air units report raids against transports and supply lines while Hungarian operations threaten Budapest.
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Moscow
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Balkans
Balkan
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Belgrade-Nis
Budapest
Turkey
Hungary
Magyar
Warsaw
Berlin
Morava
Belgrade-Greece
Sturmoviks
Condition Of Al Smith Remains Unchanged
New York October 2 The condition of former Governor Alfred E. Smith remains unchanged while seriously ill at Rockefeller Institute Hospital. Smith 70 entered the institute September 22 after heat exhaustion at St Vincent's Hospital on August 10.
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New York
Alfred FE. Smith
Rockefeller Institute Hospital
Smith
Rockefeller Institute
St. Vincent's Hospital
Art treasures mostly safe in exile after French seizure
London reports most of France s national treasures including the Mona Lisa Venus de Milo and Bayeux Tapestry are safe the display a supreme commission disclosed tonight amid war turmoil.
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London
France
Army Air Forces drop millionth ton of bombs in war
The Army Air Forces announced it dropped its millionth ton of bombs by Sept. 28, including 432000 tons since D Day. Arnold cited 42000 plane losses, 27200 battle casualties, 19000 hours overseas flights, and over 27,000 enemy planes destroyed or damaged.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Merseberg-Leuna
Germany
Dday
Henry H. Arnold
AAF
Arnold
Continental
United States
German Populace Cooperating With Allied Occupation
An officer in the first allied military government in Germany reports that civilians are cooperative and have shown no violence toward American troops. Sniping incidents are linked to Nazis near front lines. the area is strongly Catholic with Nazi influence weak. Included are Lt. Shale L. Tulin of East Norwalk Connecticut and Tech Sgt Carl Miller of Canton North Carolina.
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Kornelimunster
Germany
Undt
Shale L
Tulin
East Norwalk
Conn
Reich
Srd
Carl Miller
Canton
N. C
Japanese War Running Ahead Of Schedule
Washington reports Japan moving ahead of wartime plans with invasion of the Philippines likely. Japanese high command could either mount a major effort to hold the islands or wage a holding war, with observers leaning toward the latter due to vast stockpiles already built up and the ability to sustain warfare for months or years.
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Washington
Philippines
High Command
Japan
Japanese naval losses tally from Allied communiques
Associated Press reports Allied communiques indicate at least 1 220 Japanese surface craft were close or damaged last month with 303 ocean going ships definitely sunk. The summary continues on page.
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Associated Press
First Army Hits Siegfried Line Near Aachen
The U S First Army launched a major west front offensive north of Aachen driving two miles into the Siegfried Line on a six mile front. Allied bombardments and rain hindered German defenses as veterans pressed toward the Ruhr and Berlin.
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London
U. S
Rhine
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Cologne
Duesse
Ruhr
Berlin
the . S. First Army
Allied Forces Break German Defenses in Normandy Push
Lt Gen Courtney H headed a week long assault using heavy artillery and air power to smash concrete posts and create holes as American troops stormed from muddy foxholes toward the Siegfried Line. The drive opened a fourth front with intense fighting as front line correspondents reported shattered positions.
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Courtney H
St. Hack
Normandy
Siegfried
Corres
Pullman Plans to Sell Sleeping Car Unit Under Antidecree
Pullman Inc notified the U S District Court it will abandon its sleeping car business while keeping railroad car manufacturing. The antitrust decree of May 8 orders separation with no interlocking directors or cross holdings among Pullman entities and directs filing of a separation plan.
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Philadelphia
F Pullman, Inc
U. S. Ditrict
Busi
Pullman, Inc
Pal Company
man-Standard Car Manufacting Company
Nnt
Pullman
Thomas to Quit After 1944 Presidential Campaign
LOS ANGELES Oct. 2 The Examiner quoted Norman Thomas five time Socialist candidate as saying this will be his last campaign and that after the Chicago party meeting in January he will retire from active politics. He ran for president in 1928 1932 1936 and 1940 and is now making his fifth run.
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Los Angeles
the Examiner
Norman Thomas
Socist
Iites
Thomas
Chcago
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