Germans Hit by RAF Bombers After Frankfurt Onslaught
Allied air power strikes hit German airfields in Greece for the first time aiding the defense of the Dodecanese. Bomber fleets fill the night with raids on Frankfurt and Ludwigshafen while Italian front gains, with Montesarchio and Termoli noted as Allied advances.
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Robert Studevant
London
Frankfurt
RAF
Ludwigshafen
Algiers
North Africa
Greece
Cae
Dodecanese
Italy
Brenner Pass
Bolzano
Fifth Army
Montesarchio
Benevento
Termoli
Adriatic
Mannheim
Germany
Fen
Britaain
Rhine
Churchill
Wallop
Carl A. Spaatz
Great Air Force
Waloping
Argose
Menidi
Athens
Cairo
Second Lary Island
Middle East
Northwest African Air Force
War front mud slows Russo German fights and air war shifts
Autumn rains have turned large areas on the eastern front into mud, stalling ground operations from now until mid November. Russia plans a large winter offensive after summer gains, while air battles surge as both sides push for aircraft and bombers amid strategic raids across Greece, Italy, and the Balkans.
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Moscow
Pravda
Berlin
Red Air Force
Red Capital
Hitler
Soviet Attacks Slow in Heavy Autumn Rain Across Front
London reports the Soviet push on the 750 mile eastern front slowed by autumn rain. German communiques say local attacks paused in the Kuban and northern sectors while the Smolensk Kiev area remains active. Soviet claims cite local engagements with tank battles near Gomel and river operations in White Russia.
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London
Mos
Red Army
Kuban
Smolensk
Smolensk-Kiev
Gomel
White Russia
Dnieper
Ukraine
Moscow
Caucasus
Crimea
Trop Concentra
Berlin
Staro-Tamans
Rubber Up For Senate Sources For Rubber Up For Senate
Wartime measures to boost natural rubber output may be discussed in a closed Senate session. Five senators returning from a world tour reported rubber drained from trees in Ceylon, with estimates varying on the impact of conservation and tapping practices. One view says current output is about 30 percent of potential if peacetime conservation ended, while another suggests double tapping could raise immediate yields though at a cost.
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Washington
Senate
Ceylon
United Nations
Committee In Firm Stand For Increase In Dependents' Allowances
Washington oct 5 members of the house military committee pressed for sharp boosts in allowances for dependents of enlisted men with $70 to $75 monthly for a wife and one child and additional sums for more children. Senate figures of 68 and 11 were deemed inadequate as living costs rise. The panel asked the Bureau of Labor Statistics for regional cost data and left current pay for wives at 50 dollars monthly unchanged, while debating first child amounts between 20 and 25 dollars.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
House
May
D-Ky
Subcommittee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Security Agency
Sysagen Acm
Beheading of American Airman Shocks Pacific Front
Allied dispatch from southwest Pacific reports Japanese officers Komai and Tsukio ka executed a US airman under the samurai code. The diary of a captured soldier details the ritual and the prisoner’s composed demeanor as he faced the sword at Salamaua.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Komai
Tsukioka
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Transport Command
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Salamaua
MacArthur
Osomune
Pris
Japs Flee On Solomons Amid Cannon Fire Hell
Allied headquarters report Japan’s attempted evacuation from Kolombangara Island in the central Solomons as American air and naval forces hunted and sunk barges. Halsey’s ships intercepted flotillas in Vella Gulf, destroying over 40 barges and killing or wounding many Japanese troops.
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Ee Schedler
Southwest Pacific
Prempto
Kolombangara Island
Ae Poona Oaan
Admiral Halsey
Choiseul Island
Kolombangara
Solomons
Vella Gulf
Vella Lavella Island
Trouble For Japs Brewing In Vital Area
Washington reports American reconnaissance planes engage Japanese fighters around Nauru, a small island in the Southwest Pacific. Analysts say the island’s location near Truk and the Solomon, Gilbert, and Marshall groups makes it a key observation point and potential launch site for future actions.
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Washington
Nauru
Southwest
Pacific
Truk
Solomons
Senate Moves From Debate To Action On Father Draft Issue
Washington Oct 5 The Senate shifts to action on the father draft issue with leaders aiming to decide this week. The Bailey amendment replaces the Wheeler bill, seeks to place able bodied workers into the armed forces, and may bar federal jobs for non fathers of draft age unless indispensable. Taft proposes delaying fathers drafting to prioritize younger men. General Marshall backs the posture in correspondence to Senate military leaders.
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Washington
Senate
Montana
Barkley
Bailey
D-Nc
Iley
Ashington
Taft
Rohio
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Reynolds
Victory Sales Tax Proposed for Victory Purchases
M L Seidman, chair of the New York board of trade tax committee, urged Congress to adopt a ten percent victory retail sales tax estimated to raise 6 billion dollars. He testified before the House Ways and Means Committee as Treasury plans for 10.5 billion in extra income and excise levies faced opposition in Congress.
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Washington
Congress
M. L. Seidman
New York Board of Trade
Seidman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Turkey Moves Toward Allied War Entry in Nerve Battle
Washington October 5 Turkey, long a cautious ally of Germany, now appears ready to join the Allies when timing and weather favor entry. Diplomats say Ankara could tilt the war by early spring if assured protection, while Berlin loses hope of luring Turkey into its orbit.
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Washington
Turkey
Germany
United Nations
Hitler
European
Balkans
France teeters toward civil war amid French resistance surge
London reports a renewed French uprising against German occupation and Vichy rule. Executions for terrorism followed sabotage attacks on three power stations. Sabotage spreads to Romania with Dutch threats and growing resistance in Brittany. Officials estimate 150 000 to 200 000 organized resisters plus 200 000 in hiding across France.
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London
Pierre Laval
Vichy
France
Chalons- Sur-Saone
Germelles
le Crousot
Algiers
Molne
Eder
Royal Air Force
Arthur Seyss Inquart
Netherlands
Romania
Brittany
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