Morality of American Troops Praised by Eisenhower Staff
London dispatch reports a war era morale piece noting Ike Eisenhower’s stance against loose living and praising the high moral standards of U S troops. Officers Colonel James L Blakeney and Colonel P B Rogers attest to strong conduct among service members in the British Isles with little erosion from wartime temptations.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
AEF
James L. Blakeney
Eisenhower
United States Army
British Isles
P. B. Rogers
U S Ready To Cooperate In Setting Up War Crimes Commission
President Roosevelt announced the United States would cooperate with Britain and other nations to establish a United Nations war crimes investigating commission after the war. He said the goal is to punish Axis leaders responsible for atrocities, with surrender of war criminals to the UN. He estimated punishments would be small relative to enemy populations and noted ongoing information on barbaric crimes against civilians.
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U.S
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
United Nations
Stephen Early
Hitler
Mussolini
Capital Acts On Help For Soviet Russia
Washington Oct 7 The United States moves to clarify misunderstandings in the British American aid to embattled Russia. President Roosevelt said Ambassador Standley will return with military and naval attaches to report on lend lease deliveries and the war situation. The State Department announced a British American Soviet protocol pledging uninterrupted supplies to Russia and recognizing Moscow conference agreements.
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Associated Press
Washington
Russia
Roosevelt
United States
William H. Standley
Soviet Union
Moscow
Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Standley
Laurence A. Steinlandt
Turkey
Steinhardt
State Department
Stalin
Churchill
House of Commons
Osnabrueck Raid by RAF Bomber Force
A strong RAF bombing attack on Osnabrueck in Hannover province hit the German industrial and railway town. Six RAF aircraft were missing as about 120 bombers struck, the air ministry said, with Osnabrueck noted as attacked previously on Aug. 17.
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London
Osnabrueck
Air Ministry
Hannover
Germany
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Europe
Hart Claims RAF Failed to Protect Ships Sunk
Admiral Thomas C. Hart, former Allied naval commander, said RAF fighters were “half an hour away” and did not reach the British battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales when they were attacked and sunk by Japanese airmen last December as reported from Philadelphia on October 7.
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Admiral Hart
RAF
Prince of Wales
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Royal Air Force
Repulse
Thomas C. Hart
Western
Pacific
Singapore
Tom Phillips
Malaya
Phillips
Hart
Navy
Churchill
London
Fighter pilots set pace in Aleutian combat month
Headquartered at Alaska Defense Command on October 6 1942 Col Phineas K Morrill reported American fighter pilots with no air combat before September 1 downing an average of 22 enemy planes for every American lost in 30 days of fighting in the Aleutians Two pilots Pat M DeBerry and Arthur T Rice credited with two Jap planes each while overcoming overheated guns and limited ammunition in dogfights including gunnerless returns over Kiska Air battles and strafing raids are cited along with broader remarks on Allied air power and leadership from Hart and Churchill in subsequent dispatches from London and beyond.
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Alaska Defense Command
Phineas K. Morrill
United States
Pat M. DeBerry
Austin
Tex
Arthur T. Rice
Farmington
Utah
Kiska
de Berry
Rice
Byrnes Appointment as Inflation Czar Draws Broad Praise
The choice of former Justice James F Byrnes to check inflation is praised across party lines. His record as an economic realist and independent leader on Capitol Hill could reassure a Congress upset by price and wage controls and altered court balance. The decision may shift the Supreme Court balance toward liberalism depending on the appointee and wartime impacts.
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James F. Byrnes
Capitol Hill
White House
Congress
F.D.R
Leon Henderson
Jimmie
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Salary Boosts Watched By Broughton
Raleigh October hearings before the advisory budget commission showed Governor Broughton closely watching requests for 10 percent salary increases for state workers. Revenue Commissioner Edwin Gill urged inclusion in any general raise, noting latitude may be needed for department heads. Broughton questioned if flat raises should apply universally and discussed incentive effects.
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Raleigh
Oct
Broughton
Advisory Budget Commission
Edwin Gill
Gill
Woh
Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Research Bureau
Revenue Department
Pearl Harbor Workers Donate 370000 Check for War Effort
President Roosevelt accepted a 370000 check from Pearl Harbor Navy yard industrial workers created from a wing fragment of a downed Japanese plane. The fund, raised on Labor Day, will go to general war purposes with a Pearl Harbor nameplate promised for a motor torpedo boat.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Pearl Harbor
Treasury
M. M. Dana
Navy
Tony Todaro
White House
Pearl Marbor
Bank of Hawaii
Hitler’s Gunmen Enforce Reign Of Terror In Trondheim
Nazi Commissioner Joseph Terboven and new German secret police impose a terror regime in Trondheim Norway. Ten prominent Norwegians were executed and about 700 arrested to curb sabotage. A state of emergency was proclaimed across Trondheim and a 400 mile coastal strip. Victims included theater manager Henry Greditsen city councilman Harald Langhelle and shipowner Per Lykke with properties confiscated.
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Hitler
Trondheim
Associated Press
London
Joseph Terboven
E Tree Tee Tee
Terboven
Stockholm
Henry Greditsen
Harald Langhelle
Social Democratic
Per Lykke
Reeros
Orkanger
Mountain Gap Is Recaptured By Australians
Australian advance forces have recaptured the Owen Stanley range gap near Kokoda as Allied troops push toward Port Moresby. The Japanese stand in the high ridges appears increasingly unlikely as reports from Gen. MacArthur's headquarters describe continued offensives across the Owen Stanley range.
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MacArthur
Australia
Owen Stanley Range
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Willkie Calls For All Out Allied Offensive Now
Wendell Willkie urged the United Nations to mount an all out armed offensive everywhere as he spoke for himself not for any other. He said he was Roosevelt’s representative on some tasks but that in speaking for himself he could say whatever he pleases. He cited ally doubts about arms production and noted China and Russia have suffered heavy Axis casualties and stressed an end to empire over nations in Asia.
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Chungking
Wendell Willkie
United Nations
Willkie
Roosevelt
Chiang Whai- Shek
China
Russia
Saad
Hitler Hurls Fresh Troops Into Conflict
MOSCOW Oct 7 Russian dispatches report Marshal Semeon Timoshenko driving a counteroffensive between the Don and Volga against German forces near Stalingrad. Stalin’s defenders surged back in street fighting as fresh German divisions arrived. Casualties included 1,200 Romanian troops killed or captured in a village clash. Red Star noted renewed Soviet counterattacks clearing parts of the German trench lines.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Steppes
Red Star
Red Army
Semeon Timodshenko
Novay
United Nations Sink 218 Nazi Merchant Vessels
New York October 7 The United Nations have sunk or seized no less than 218 Nazi merchant ships totaling over 1 000 000 tons since the war began three years ago official announcements show. The losses hindered the German war effort and prompted salvage attempts and plans for standardized merchant ships. Notable victims include the Hansa and Steiermark while torpedoed ships Bahia Laura and Donau carried troops. Nearly 3 000 German soldiers died as depth bombs exploded during rescue attempts.
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New York
United Nations
Europe
Hansa
Steiermark
Indian Ocean
Sydney
Atlantic
Donau
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Ambassador Standley
Tokio
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U. S. Army Signal Corps
Nea
R.R
Green America
William L. Worden
Saturday Evening Post
U. S
By Ray Tucker
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