Hitler may shift to airpower as Stalingrad nears end
London analyzes Hitler’s Stalingrad statement suggesting he plans to withdraw air forces for Western Europe raids and to harden defenses. The commentary links heavy Allied bombing of Lille and Western Europe to pressuring a strategic airpower shift while Nazi forces reinforce on other fronts.
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Stalingrad
Colossus
Europe
Reich
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Alli-Highest
Berlin Claims At Lake Ladoga Branded Lies
Moscow reports denounce German claims of wiping out seven Russian divisions south of Lake Ladoga as a fabricated lie. Soviet bureau says Germans had about 60,000 men on the northern front and lists losses on both sides, including tanks, guns, and aircraft, from September operations around Sinyavino.
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Lake Ladoga
Soviet Information Bureau
Sinyavino
Crimea
Stalingrad
Terek River
Senate Stays At Work On Tax Measure
Washington Oct 10 The Senate began an unusual weekend session to finish its version of the new tax bill aiming for swift passage before the November elections Democratic Leader Barkley Kentucky said expected no more than two weeks to resolve House differences. The measure would raise taxes by a disputed amount between 37 and 40 billion dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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Barkley
Kentucky
House
Congress
Four Children Die In Baltimore Fire on West Lombard Street
Four children aged eight to sixteen perished in a West Lombard Street blaze in Baltimore. A 20 month old baby was critically injured after Norma Brent, sixteen, dropped him from a second floor window as flames swept through their home. The fire began about 4 30 am in a two building blaze. The mother Mrs Brent 35 returned from a nearby room to find the infant fallen and the others dead. The father works as a night mailroom worker at the Sun papers. Origin of the fire was not immediately determined.
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Paul Brent
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Shirley
Norma
Gary
Sun Papers
Flying Fortresses Amaze British Air Experts With Raid
American Flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers returned from the daylight raid on Lille with most planes safe. British air experts noted the heavy payloads and compared performance to prewar and Dieppe era attacks while German responses were muted amid weather gaps.
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France
England
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Dieppe
Air Ministry
Ministry of Home Security
Rabaul Blitz: 60 Tons of Bombs Hit Japanese Base
General MacArthur's airmen struck the Rabaul base in New Britain, dropping 60 tons of bombs on supply dumps, barracks, and jetties. The raid, seen for 80 miles, marks the largest Allied heavy-bomber attack in the southwest Pacific. Australian ground forces advance into the Owen Stanley range, with forward elements contacting Japanese patrols at Myola Templeton crossing as withdrawals continue.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
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Knox
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Pacific
Owen Stanley Mounntains
New Guinea
Myola-Templeton
Okoda
Americas and Britain End Extraterritorial Rights in China
The United States and Britain announced they would abolish extraterritorial rights in China on the 31st anniversary of the republic. Acting Secretary Welles said a draft treaty would soon relinquish such rights, while Ambassador Wei Tao-Ming hailed it as a new era in China Western relations. The move follows long Chinese aims to curb foreign privileges and aligns with postwar nationalist goals and Willkie’s recent China remarks.
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Washington
China
London
United States
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Wei Tao-Ming
Wei
United Nations
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Hull
Wendell Willkie
Chungking
Willkie
Reds Finally Relieve Commissars From Red Army
MOSCOW Oct 10 So viet Russia abolished the political commissar system of her Red Army and ordered the military command to absorb the commissars as regular officers A decree signed by Kalinin with a supplementary by the defense ministry and Premier Stalin set the reorganization details Stalin directed war councils to promote existing commissars and train inexperienced ones in two month courses by Oct 20 with 180 to 250 students per course Advanced courses for 200 regimental and 600 battalion commanders to begin by Nov 1
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Russia
Red Army
Supreme Soviet
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Commissariat of Defense
Stalin
Germany
AFL Convention Recesses Before Report Making
The AFL convention recessed for the weekend as committees prepared to report early next week. Matthew Woll, vice president and resolutions chairman, said a partial report would be issued Monday covering labor unity international labor relations racial equality and Indian independence.
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Toronto
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Matthew Woll
AFL
Labor Unity
Argentina and Chile protest U S Axis linkage claim
Argentina and Chile issued strong notes denying Sumner Welles's assertion that Axis agents used their countries as bases. The protests, alongside expected implications for ties with the United States, signaled cooling relations after Welles linked sinkings in American waters to Axis spies. President Rios’s U S trip could be affected.
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Washington
No Comment Washington
Washington on October 10 reports Sumner Welles, acting secretary, provided no comment on the matter. Further details continue on page 2 col 38.
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Sumner Welles
Willkie Starts Return Flight To Washington
Wendell L. Willkie began his return from a 13-country fact finding mission urging a second European front and more aid for China. He left Chengtu after meeting Chiang Kai-shek troops and planned to report to President Roosevelt in Washington. He carried souvenirs from Chinese organizations and officials.
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Chungking
Wendell L. Willkie
China
Chengtu
Szechwan Province
Chiang Kai-shek
Willkie
Washington
Roosevelt
Yellow River
Wilkie
Sian
Airmen blast 20 Axis planes in African front battle
Cairo dispatch reports American and British airmen shooting down or damaging 20 Axis planes in a major air battle on the African front. American pilots claim several Messerschmitt 109s down, three gun emplacements destroyed, and many enemy trucks set ablaze. American bombers hit Bengali harbor and back lines, while British claims include 10 Axis fighters downed and 10 damaged.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bangasi
William J. Mount
Osawatomie
Kansas
United States Air Forces
Mount
United States
Bengali
Jap Destroyer Sunk and Cruiser Damaged at Guadalcanal
Washington reports that American dive bombers and torpedo planes sunk a Japanese destroyer and damaged a destroyer and cruiser while supporting landing operations at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The Navy says enemy losses include seven planes and a small launch, while two American planes were lost.
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Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Marine Corps
State schools amendment sparks party crowd clash
In Raleigh on Oct 10 nearly a million NC children face a November 3 vote on a constitutional amendment creating a single central State board of education The campaign pits politicians against the state university faculty over control of the public school system and the 30 million dollar annual appropriation Opponents and supporters mix but both concede current five-board system is untenable and must change The adoption camp led by Monroe Redden includes many Democratic insiders while the opposition centers on the Chapel Hill Wake Forest alliance led by Dr Hubert Poteat
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Education
State University
North Caro
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Hoey
Clyde R. Hivex
Monroe Redden
Democratic State Executive Committee
Chapel Hill
The
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Wake Forest
Committee For
Tank and Infantry Attacks Near Stalingrad Escalate
Moscow dispatch reports ferocious German tank and motorized infantry assaults aimed at breaking into Stalingrad from the northwest. Izvestia notes renewed hopes of rapid victory by Hitler’s forces, while Red Army units defend and reinforce across the Volga. The day sees heavy aerial bombardment and continued urban combat with counterattacks repelled and casualties recorded.
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Stalingrad
Volga
Tzvestin
Red Star
Abkhazetz
Red Army
Prices Rise Under New Office of Price Administration Plan
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will raise prices on hundreds of food items including breakfast cereals canned fish oils sugar coffee and lard under a new pricing formula effective Oct. 15. Two items lard and dried fruits will have compulsory ceilings. Retailers are sorted into classes by sales volume and markups vary by class.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
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Izvestia
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