Stimson Estimates Next Year To Swell Army Over 7 Million
Washington report notes a looming large tax bill amid six months of congressional wrangling. Senator George predicts differences may be resolved by Saturday with roll calls early next week. House committee chair Doughton cites remaining points but aims for quick completion. Over $1 million daily in new excise taxes will flow after the President signs, though higher income and corporate taxes will take effect next year.
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Stimson
Washington
Moint Committee
George
D-Ga
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Possibility of Releasing Older Men Is Youth Drafted
Secretary Stimson announced plans to draft 18 and 19 year olds as Army strength nears 4.25 million, with projected 1943 needs of 7.5 million including 2.2 million air forces and 3.3 million ground troops. General Marshall warned the average combat age has risen and explored releasing older draftees to ease strain, noting divisions with ages rising from 26 to 30. He stressed modern warfare requires vigorous soldiers and rapid mobilization.
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Washington
Stimson
House Military Committee
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
War Department
Marshall
American Air Sea Power In Pacific Grows
United States submarine forces continued heavy strikes in the western Pacific sinking a heavy Japanese cruiser and multiple ships while boosting total Japanese losses to 123 ships sunk or damaged. Allied communiques report advances in the Solomon Islands Aleutians New Guinea and Guadalcanal actions with several ships destroyed or damaged and substantial air bombardment.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Navy
Western
Pacific
Western Pacific
U. S
United States
Solomon Islands
Aleutian Islands
Wiska
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Kokoda
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
Solomons
Aleutian
New Britain
Japan
Marine Corps
Guada
Samuel M. Moore
Alexandria
Quaincy
Vincennes
Astoria
The War Today on Moscow and Stalingrad defense
London reports Stalin’s forces hold Stalingrad while counterattacking, expanding the Allied defeat of Hitler. The piece notes heavy Soviet losses, disrupted western Russia industry and transport, and the urgent Russian demand for a second front to relieve Moscow this winter and sustain Allied war momentum.
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London
Stalingrad
Hitler
Victroy
Hitelr
Russia
Ukraine
Union
Uncle Sam
Stalin
Ural Mountains
Urals
Crata
Moscow
United States Fighters Score First Major Victory in Middle East War
CATRO Oct 14 United States fighter planes claimed their first major victory in the Middle East war, shooting down two Messerschmitts and damaging a third in a clash with 12 American pilots versus 20 German planes. Second Lieut Arnold D Jaqua and First Lieut George D Mobba credited for kills, with Royal Air Force and South African pilots also involved in broader air actions over North Africa and Malta.
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Associated Press
CATRO
United States
United States Army
Arnold D. Jaqua
South Bend
Ind
George D. Mobba
Little Rock
Ark
North Africa
RAF
Malta
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Bombardier Levin Awarded Silver Star for Coral Sea Gallantry
Sergt Meyer Levin, Brooklyn bombardier who flew with Capt Colin P Kelly and helped sink a Japanese battleship last December, earned the Silver Star for gallantry in an attack on Japanese warships May 8 in the Coral Sea. His Fortress damaged its target, bombs bracketed a transport, and crew bailed out after fuel ran low.
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MacArthur
Australia
Sergt
Meyer Levin
Brooklyn
Colin P. Kelly
Haruna
Philippines
Sergt. Levin
Capt
Kelly
Coral Sea
Levin
Capt. Kelly
Believe Enemy Has Forsaken Aerial Defense Of Aleutians
ALASKAN ARMY AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS reports comforting quiet over Kiska as Allied pilots believe the enemy has forsaken aerial defense of the outer Aleutian island. Since Oct 3 Canadian American air attacks routed six Zeros, with five shot down, while two to one losses favored Allied fighters through September.
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Alaskan Army Air Force
Kiska
Aleutian
Andreanos Islands
Planes Near 5000 Monthly Production Goal
The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce reports the aircraft industry is pressing toward a 5,000 monthly production rate, surpassing the 41,000 monthly rate reached in May and noting heavy, long range aircraft growth. Between Dec 7 and Oct 1 war production rose beyond all prewar output, with forecasts for 1942 totaling over 34 billion dollars in airplanes engines and propellers. U.S. pilots and planes scored major successes including the Solomon Islands fight where 442 Japanese fighters were destroyed with no American losses.
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Washington
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
United States
Pearl Harbor
Solomons
America
Two Die Nine Injured When Train Wrecks
Hamlet reports a Seaboard Air Line passenger train crash on the main line ten miles north of town killing engineer James Abner Robertson Jr and fireman John Louis Stafford. Nine others, including three mail clerks and six passengers, were injured and treated at a local hospital. Robertson began as an engineer in 1911 with a 30 year accident-free record. Stafford hailed from Princeton and came to Hamlet in 1941 from Smithfield.
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Hamlet
James Abner Robertson, Jr
John Louis Stafford
Stafford
Robertson
Atlanta
Raleigh
Hedges
Germans Inch Toward Volga Stall Are Slowed By Red Army
In the 51st day of Stalingrad’s siege, Russian gains north west and south of the city slowed Hitler’s 1942 onslaught. Red Army counterattacks reclaimed streets and positions with tanks, artillery, and snipers taking heavy German losses. Marines also attacked along the Black Sea coast, destroying enemy forces and supplies.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Volga
Stalingrad
Red Army
Hitler
Steppes
Russia
Red Star
Pravda
Western
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Nazi Owners Fire Loyal Workers at Long Island City Plant
German owners of Machinery Buildings Inc were exposed as they discharged skilled foremen and workers while producing high precision Army and Navy recoil mechanisms and ammunition hoists. The Alien Property Custodian assumed control and the plant now runs with loyal Americans as investigations by the FBI and the Custodian widen to probe other weapon makers.
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Ray Tucker
Long Island City
New York
Army
Navy
Investi
Himmler Visited Rome Seen as Important
Berlin said Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Gestapo, was in Rome on a private visit as a guest of the fascist government. Reports in neutral capitals hinted the trip could signal more than a social call as German-Italian tensions rose over attitudes toward the United States.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
Gestano
Rome
Italy
United States
DNB
Himmiler
Li Duce
Mussolini
Himmler
Germany
Ankara
Istanbul
Adriatic
Trieste
Balkan
London
Perhas
Stockholm
National Zeitung
Basel
Switzerland
Stockholm Dagens
Allies Forcing German Subs Further Afield
A British source says German submarine warfare has intensified around the Cape of Good Hope as U boats are driven farther from France. He notes a shift to concentration operations with supply networks likely in the area and UN ships aiming to hit fueling points and shore bases to disrupt them.
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London
Cape of Good Hope
United Nations
Africa
Britain
United States
Middle East
China
Russia
France
Cape
RAF Bombers Hit Kiel In Massive Night Raid
London reports a fleet of well over 100 RAF bombers attacked Kiel last night in a storm of explosives. The raid aimed to overwhelm German air defenses and strike a major Baltic naval and U boat base, with Britain noting nine planes lost, a loss rate likely below five percent.
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London
Kiel
Baltic
RAF
Evening News
Germany
42 Seamen Of Allied Nations Lost On Ships
The Navy said 42 United Nations sailors were lost in August and September in two Atlantic sinkings off South America. A US ship was torpedoed at dawn and sank in two minutes, with a survivor noting lifeboat suction pulled five men under. The Panamanian vessel sank in two hours with heavier casualties.
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Washington
United Nations
Navy
United States
Atlantic
South America
Government Considers Billeting Private Buildings for War Workers
Washington reports government may billeting and commandeer private buildings to house war workers if needed. It plans to lease homes while seeking sweeping rent controls nationwide to curb drastic increases. Housing administrator Blandford cites 1.6 million new workers coming to production centers before June and a $600 million housing program to meet demand.
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Washington
John B. Blandford
House Banking Committee
James F. Byrnes
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
Byrnes
Steagall
D-Ala
White House
Blandford
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