Record-Breaking U.S. Bomber Raid Near Lille
More than 100 U S Army Air Forces bombers and fighters attacked the Lille region in Northern France in what officials called the largest daylight raid by American bombers and allied fighters in the European theater. The operation involved four motor Fortresses and Spitfires, Hurricanes, and RAF escort, with no immediate disclosure of targets.
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Lille
London
United States
France
United States Army Air Forces Headquarters
RAF
Britain
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BBC
United States Army Air Forces
England
Folkestone
Evening News
War Today: Japanese Retreat Gains Ground On Multiple Fronts
The column notes a prolonged Japanese retreat on three major fronts with few advances elsewhere. Attu and Adatu are abandoned while China sees gained ground by Chinese and American forces. In the Pacific the U S Marines push into Salomon beaches and New Guinea forces force Japanese withdrawals. The overall pace favors the Allies as Midway era stagnation limits Japanese options.
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Stalingrad
Isles
Aleutian Islands
Mid- Way
Hawaii
Attu
Agattu
Kiska
Tokyo
China
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Kwangtung
Owen Stanley
Milne Bay
Japan
Midway
Burma
India
Thousands of Canadians Arrive in Great Britain for Armored Division
Thousands of Canadian soldiers, many troopers of the armored force, arrive in a British port to join Maj. Gen. Worthingtons armored division. Reinforcements include Canadian, British, Australian, and New Zealand airmen along with nursing sisters and fire crews, cheering as ships dock.
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Great Britain
F. Worthington
Atlantic
Senate votes five per cent victory tax to start next year
Washington Oct 9 The Senate approved a 5 percent wartime victory tax on earnings over 624 yearly, rejecting a plan to raise exemptions to 1200 and 10 percent above 2400. Credits would total 1.169 billion yearly, with 25 percent for singles and 40 percent plus 2 percent per dependent for married filers. Tax to be withheld from payrolls starting January 1 and collected with regular income tax.
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Senate
Downey
D-Calif
Treasury
Victory
CIO Meeting Faces War Resolutions Controversy
Cincinnati, Oct 9 The United Mine Workers 37th convention moved to potential controversy as resolutions were debated including one on war support. John L Lewis indicated he would authorize extending the 35 hour mining week only if essential to prosecuting the war. The committee reported 1942 coal production 17 percent ahead of the prior year.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Harold Ickes
Lewis
UMW
Rumors Spread In Nation Aid To U S Enemy
Boston report by Robert H. Knapp of the Massachusetts committee on public safety exposes a nationwide spread of anti allied and anti government rumors. The study cites distribution via everyday venues and highlights regional contrasts with fear, fifth column, anti Negro and anti-Semitic themes prominent in the South.
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Boston
United States
Robert H. Knapp
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Hitler
America
Knapp
South
Labor factions split in wartime unions threaten harmony
The article details growing disarray within United States labor, citing major groups such as the American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Railway Brotherhoods, and United Mine Workers. It notes emerging "federal unions" chartered by the AF of L and CIO operating independently, with Meany opposing them as threats to unity during war.
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United States
The
American Federation
Japanese Base At Kiska Hit Hard By Army
Navy reports that army Liberator bombers dropped about seven tons on the Kiska seaplane hangar area and eight tons on the camp area starting fires. Two cargo ships were attacked with one on fire and sinking, the radio station damaged, and seaplanes affected. Muskeget coast guard cutter presumed lost with next of kin notified.
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Kiska
Washington
Navy
Aleutian Islands
Atlantic
U. S. Coast Guard
Muskeget
S. S. Cornish
Hines
North Pacific
Attu
Agatta
Eastern Steamship Lines
AEF Bombers Destroy Burma Railway Bridge
AEF bombers damaged a Burma railway bridge near Mogaung along with 600 feet of track and several railroad cars. They also hit Japanese barracks southeast of Loiwing, the Loiwing air field, and a Yunnan suspension bridge. A transport plane with its crew is listed as missing, likely due to bad weather, not combat.
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India
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Burma
Yunnan
U.S. Army Air Forces
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Loiwing
Yunnan Province
Tingka
Indo- China Ferry Command
China
Germans Fetter Allied Prisoners
Berlin reports German lines claim they have cuffed 107 British officers and 1,269 noncommissioned officers. They threaten to match British countermeasures, promising to manacle three times as many Britons at noon tomorrow if Britain proceeds. The German communique says chaplains medical staff and the wounded are exempted.
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Berlin
Willkie Survives Japanese Shelling Near Chinese Front
While touring the Yellow River front in China, Wendell Willkie and his party were shelled by four Japanese shells near their railway handcar. The earlier Loyang air raid killed six as planes attacked a blue railway coach similar to Willkie’s car. Willkie continued toward the front, noting the pursuit and remarking with irony about the attention.
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China
Wendell Willkie
Yellow River
Willkie
Loyang
North China
Allied air and sea blows hit Solomon Islands operation
Washington reports new Allied strikes in the Solomon Islands where eight Japanese aircraft were destroyed and five enemy ships damaged including a heavy cruiser. The offensive continues to press the invaders across the Pacific war zone.
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Solomon Islands
Washington
Pacific War Zone
Taft proposes fusion of manpower groups in wartime plan
Senator Taft introduces a bill to create an office of manpower director with authority over recruiting for the armed forces agriculture industry and essential civilian work The plan envisions voluntary recruitment and would abolish the War Manpower Commission transferring Selective Service and the U S Employment Service to the new agency Farm state senators urged Hershey to freeze dairy and livestock workers for three months to protect food output while a broader manpower program is developed The note ends with a war update on Pacific actions including naval battles near Shortland Island and Guadalcanal and aerial strikes by MacArthur's forces.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service
United States Employment Service
Farm State
Lewis B. Hershey
Ball
Rminn
Brown
D-Mich
Castner's Cutthroats Led Aleutians Landing Heroic Scouts
Alaska defense command narrates the combat intelligence platoon known as Castner's Cutthroats. Led by Col Lawrence Castner, volunteers from the Alaskan back country faced storms and fog, paddling in rubber boats to land on a wary Aleutian island and secure a foothold against Japanese forces.
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William L .Workden
Alaska Defense Command
Andreanos Islands
Aleutians
Castner
Col
Lawrence Castner
Joseph C
Bull) Castner
Kiska
German Drive Near Stalingrad Advances on Kalmyk Border
German forces push on a wide flank from Stalingrad toward Kalmyk territory near the lower Volga, threatening a reach to the Caspian Sea. Kalmyk leaders vow resistance as Russian dispatches note ongoing fighting and limited German gains. Meanwhile Russians press a northwest flanking advance, repelling counterattacks as the Stalingrad struggle intensifies. On the Caucasus front Mozdok remains contested and German efforts near Novorossiisk persist.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Kalmyck
Volga
Caspian Sea
Tzvestia
Strakhan
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Don
Tzvestin
Kanukovo
Elista
Astrakhan
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Eliista
Atrakhan
Tzvesia
Terestia
Caucasus
Stalingr
Mozdok
Novorossisk
Germa
Voronezh
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Hitler Demands 30 000 Danes Join His Army
Stockholm reports Germany sought 30 000 Danish volunteers for service on the eastern front. In Trondheim nine Norwegians were executed for aiding sabotage, raising deaths to 34 since the civil siege began. Danish asks and possible actions include declaring war on Russia and expanding ship and labor contributions to the Reich.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Christian
Norway
Norwegi
Trondheim
Chary
Trondhe
Denmark
London
Russia
Reich
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Ray Tucker
John H. Wiggins
New Guinea
Solomons
Shortland Island
Douglas MacArthur
Guadalcanal
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