British censorship views on war news and press access
London reports on British censorship of battlefield news arguing that full reporting boosts morale. Basil, Bracken, and Admiral Thomson discuss information control, potential official reporters, and the tension between services and public need for news.
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London
John Bull
Basil I
Information
Brendan Bracken
G. P. Thomson
Messrs. Bracken
Thomson
Navy
Army
Air Force
Ministry of Information
Bracken
AFL Opposes U S Control Of Workers
The AFL opposed government decree control of workers until safeguards are set. The convention backed equal pay for equal work for women and criticized the Mavpower Commission’s move to freeze miners and lumber workers. It urged protections, travel and relocation costs borne by employers or government, and strong social insurance. The door remains open to John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers, with Green presiding as the convention advances.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Toronto
American Federation of Labor
Resolutions Committee
U. S. Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
Management-Labor Policy Committee
The
Manpower Commission
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
AFL
William Green
Green
Lewis
Churchill Declares Allies Rising As Hitler Declines
Allied medium bombers struck a 10,000 ton Japanese seaplane tender southwest of Rabaul in New Britain. Two direct hits left the vessel motionless and badly crippled as pilots reported 12 planes visible on its upper deck. Other bombers hit overland supply lines in New Guinea between Kokoda and Buna.
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Solomons
New Guinea
Kokoda
Buna
Churchill in Edinburgh Praises Allied Strength and Unity
In Edinburgh Prime Minister Churchill portrays the Allies as steadily advancing from strength to strength despite German threats. He cites August and September as the last bad months for shipping but notes rebuilt tonnage and heavy Allied air raids on Germany, plus growing U.S. troop arrivals. He denounces Hitler’s atrocities and urges no weakness to the enemy while Scotland is praised for national unity. Ambassador Winant and Cripps attend. Randolph Churchill accompanies the Prime Minister.
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Associated Press
Edinburgh
Scotland
Churchill
United States
Russia
China
Britain
Hitler
Germany
Europe
Kiev
British Isles
John G. Winant
Winant
Farm payments shift to boost war food output in 1943
The Agriculture Department plans a 1943 Food-for-Freedom program where farm subsidies, once tied to acreage and soil practices, would also reward meeting production goals for hogs cattle milk poultry eggs peanuts soybeans and other essential war foods. Deductions apply for missed goals, with weather and other factors excused.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Jeffers Promises Pure Tire Production With Rayon Debate
Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers told Farm State Senators he would back rayon if it proves superior to cotton for heavy tire manufacture while defending a WPB order. He asserted no influence from others and noted rayon expansion would take a year. if cotton works better, he favors cotton. Downey and Reynolds planned a bill to let the government buy old cars for war use, replacing them with vehicles from less vital sources.
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Associated Press
Washington
William M. Jeffers
Farm State
Agricultural Committee
Jeffers
McKellar
D-Tenn
WPB
Downey
D-Calif
Reynolds
D-Nc
United Nations Victory Seen As Boost For Oppressed
President Roosevelt declared a United Nations victory would be a victory for oppressed and enslaved people everywhere. He framed the war as a test of progress against tyranny and promised a nationwide address at 10 pm Eastern War Time. His Columbus Day statement recalled Columbus and the search for liberty and democracy across the Americas.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
White House
Christopher Columbus
Américas
Roosevelt Secret Tour Reveals Labor Shortages Warns Defense Reorganization
President Roosevelt toured the nation to spot production problems and urged reorganizing Washington defense setup. A West Coast munitions plant head said 14 000 hires in three months, 11 000 women, many with no factory experience, and trained workers blocked by Selective Service. he suggested informing General Hershey. Industrial leaders accused of hoarding labor and materials as Pacific ship and plane builders face shortages.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Pacific Coast
Douglas
North American
Boeing
Strikers Defy WLB And Own Union In Cleveland
207 workers at Steel Improvement and Forge Co in Cleveland began firing furnaces after defying a War Labor Board order and their AFL union president. WLB chairman William H. Davis warned of forfeiture of rights and replacement by loyal workers. Telegrams urged return to work, but strikers had voted down a settlement over chronolog time checkers at the drop forges. Charles Smith, company president, said fires were started and then gas turned off as they prepared to reopen.
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Cleveland
Steel Improvement & Forge Co
Drop Forge
War Labor Board
International Union
William H. Davis
Systein Davis
Toronto
Roy Horne
AFL Blacksmiths
WLB
Charles Smith
Norway Police Taken Over By Maj. Quisling
Oslo reports say Jonas Lie was dismissed as Norwegian chief of police and Major Vidkun Quisling assumed personal charge of the civil police. Germany lifted the Trondheim coast emergency. thirty four executed as saboteurs. Oslo sources expect further Norwegian outbreaks under Nazi rule.
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London
Moscow
Oslo
Jonas Lie
Vidkun Quisling
Trondheim
Quisling
Stockholm
Willkie Arrives in Fairbanks During Asia Flight
Wendell Willkie and his party touched down in Fairbanks at 5 p m on a direct flight from China via Siberia. He said he would reach the United States in a few days and that all aboard were in good health.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Wendell Willkie
China
Siberia
United States
U S Bombers Batter Axis Sea Routes In Mediterranean
U S heavy bombers hit two Axis freighters off Crete escorted by three destroyers and downed two Messerschmitt 110s and a Junkers 82. British bombers scored a direct hit on an enemy destroyer at night in the eastern Mediterranean. Italy detours shipping via Greece Crete to escape Malta. London commentators foresee renewed efforts in the Egypt theater.
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Frank
Martin Catro
Mediterranean
United States
Crete
Malta
Italy
North
Africa
Greece
London
Egypt
Vichy
Jap Submarine Sinks Tanker Off West Coast
A Japanese submarine attacked a coastwise tanker off the Pacific coast at night, sinking six crewmen including the chief engineer and third mate while 38 others were saved. A lumber schooner helped rescue survivors as flames hampered escapes. It was the first west coast sinking since June and the eleventh submarine attack in the area.
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Navy
Pacific Coast
Americans Forge New Bases Across Africa In War Push
Report from Cairo details U S forces rapidly establishing desert and jungle camps across North Africa and beyond. Fires of speed drive men, matériel, tanks and planes into Africa as electric lights, running water, and mahogany furnishings appear at remote camps. Observers note growing U N presence and strategic moves toward Rommel's forces with emphasis on rapid build up and morale.
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United Nations
Rommiel
North Africa
Bertin
Vichy
Americas
Africa
United States
Wwe
Army
Nazis Abandon Storm Plan at Stalingrad Front
Russian dispatches report Red Army gains northwest of Stalingrad and in the Caucasus as German plan to storm the city is shelved in favor of artillery and air assaults. Soviets deny Stalingrad in first paragraph, note counterattacks north of the city and in the Mozdok area while German troops suffer heavy losses.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Volga
Don
Mozdok
Grozny
Hitserites
Pravda
FDR to Speak Tonight At 10 On War Home
President Roosevelt will deliver a 30 minute radio address at 10 p m Eastern War Time. The White House indicated the talk will cover war and domestic problems with several topics expected. War manpower commissioner Paul V McNutt said manpower allocation in the war effort might be discussed. This will be his second fireside chat in recent weeks, the prior one five weeks ago on Labor Day.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Paul V. McNutt
Mr. Roosevelt
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Harry Lauder
Joachim von Ribben
By Ray Tucker
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