Heavy Japanese naval units press attack on Guadalcanal
In a navy communique dated October 15, the Japanese are cited bringing up heavy warships and aircraft in a renewed push to drive American Army and Marine forces from the Solomon Islands. The four day fighting near Guadalcanal left seven ships damaged including a battleship and 33 planes destroyed or damaged, with enemy raids hitting the Guadalcanal airfield and two American fighters lost. Secretary Stimson said substantial American ground and air forces have arrived to bolster the Marines in the Solomon Islands defense.
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Washington
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Solomon Islands
Fieht
Stalingrad Deadlock Holds as German Attacks Fail
Moscow dispatch reports Stalingrad remains stalemated with repeated German probes repulsed and Red Army lines steady. Five counterattacks northwest of the city were repelled with about 300 Germans killed. Soviet air forces destroyed seven tanks and forty trucks as weather shifts toward winter.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Stalinrad
Red Star
Mozdok
Central
Caucasus
Tobruk Raided In Daylight By U S Warplanes
Cairo dispatch reports a daylight raid on Tobruk harbor by U S bombers scoring two direct hits on a large merchant vessel and destroying a companion merchant ship. Royal air force and British Mediterranean forces claimed 23 Axis planes shot down over Malta amid heavy air battles.
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Tobruk
United States Army
Malta
RAF
Middle East
Salam
el Daha
Hitler shifts focus to Africa and southern Europe
In a daily feature by Newitt MacKenzie, Glenn Babb notes Adolf Hitler pivots to the southern front. With Stalingrad setbacks, he appears to pursue Africa, Italy, and the Balkans as the war enters a new phase. U boats and propaganda signals reinforce the anticipated shift.
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Glenn Babb
MacKenzie
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Africa
Italy
Balkans
Somervell Accused of Aiding Big Concerns While Praising Small Business
Washington, Oct. 15. Senate Small Business Committee Chairman Murray accuses Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell of voicing friendship for small business while expanding production of larger concerns. Somervell denies, citing limited small-plant output and ongoing use of big plants. He says some curtailment stems from material shortages, with improvement after private building slows.
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Washington
Murray
D-Mont
Senate Small Business Committee
Brehon Somervell
War Department
Services of Supply
United Nations
England
Great Britain
Nazi Supply Ship Sunk In Channel
London report says a heavily escorted German supply ship, described as important, was sunk in the English Channel by British light naval forces. Two escort vessels were damaged, and a separate clash near Guernsey left a German R boat blown up and a torpedo boat damaged. The German high command acknowledged a loss of one vessel while claiming a British torpedo boat was sunk and five motor torpedo boats damaged.
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English Channel
Admiralty
Channel
Guernsey
Nation wide home conversion plan eyed for war workers
A federal program to convert outmoded mansions into safe living quarters for war workers aims to ease cramped urban and rural housing. Owners could remodel with permission to create apartment houses while preserving decent income for occupants. Willkie factions move Wendell Willkie toward the Democratic side.
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Armed Services
Hitler
Howard appeals from embezzlement conviction
Harry S. Howard former cashier for the state revenue department appeals his Wake County embezzlement conviction. Robert L. Ward Jr former accounts chief also plans to appeal. Several others serve sentences after Howard was sentenced to one to three years for embezzling $1,650 and aiding abetting embezzlement of state funds.
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Harry S. Howard
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Wake
State Supreme Court
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Howard
Croats Revolt Against Nazis' Ante Pavelic
Bern dispatch reports civil strife in Croatia against Ante Pavelic's puppet regime led by Vladimir Macek supporters. About 4000 peasants clash with Ustashi militia as Axis forces fight insurgents including Mihailovic. Rumors say Germany may seize Crete Slovenia and Adriatic ports amid Balkan turmoil.
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Switzerland
Croatia
Vladimir Macek
Ante Pavelic
Pavelic
Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Yugoslav
Mihailovic
Balkans
Ankara
Turkey
Cretia
Slovenia
Italy
Germany
Adriatic
Hershey Urges Draft Younger Men for 18 and 19
Washington Oct 15 Selective Service Director Hershey testified before Congress that 1.1 million more men must be drafted by Jan 1 to cover 18 and 19 year olds with dependents or without. He said lowering the draft age to 18 would yield about 1.5 million and detailed how monthly inductions would rise through year end, with many teens likely in service by Christmas. He noted benefits to agriculture, argued about deferment measures, and comments by Mayor La Guardia on women's auxiliary roles and draft board transparency.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House Military Committee
Hershey
General Hershey
House
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Fiorello H. Laguardia
New York
Draft Board
High Ranking Jap Military Men Are Lost
The Tokyo broadcast of posthumous awards shows heavy losses among top Japanese army and navy leaders in the Pacific opening months of the war. Vice Admiral Kukichi Yashiro and Rear Admirals Toshio Otake Yukio Kato plus Major Generals Tateo Kato and Chigeki Usui were among those honored with the order of the Golden Kite.
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New York
Tokyo
Japan
Yasukuni Shrine
China
Kukichi Yashiro
Toshio Otake
Yukio
Willkie Returns to Private Life After World Tour
Wendell L. Willkie ends his 30 000 mile world circuit and returns to private life after reporting to President Roosevelt. He urges a second front, saying Germany will not conquer Russia. He toured 14 countries in 50 days, meeting military leaders and reporting two aims: show US unity for victory and learn how to win the war quickly.
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United States
Wendell Willkie
Minneapolis
Minn
China
Alaska
Edmonton
Alberta
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
White House
Roosevelt
Middle East
Russia
Willkie
Moscow
Germany
Ion
Egypt
Soviet Urges Hess Trial by Allied Tribunal Now
Moscow urged immediate Allied punishment for Nazi leaders held by States opposing Germany. The proposal cited Rudolf Hess as a prime captive and called for a special tribunal to indict and sentence any German fascist leader who faced Allied custody. Hess landed in Scotland in 1941 with a peace overture to Britain. The British government indicated Hess is among leaders potentially affected by wartime war-crime indictments, though he was captured May 10, 1941.
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Moscow
Stalin
Germany
Rudolf Hess
Russia
Hess
Fuehrer
Scotland
Churchill
Britain
London
German Agent Is Put Under Guard By Chile
Chilean police guard Dr Hans Borchers former German consul general in New York who arrived in March without credentials. He is kept under surveillance at Zapallar with three other men arrested as German spies Refused entry to Argentina. News follows US remarks that Chile and Argentina host Axis agents prompting political calls to sever ties with the Axis and resign Chilean Foreign Minister Barros Jarpa.
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Santiago
Chile
Hans Borchers
New York
Cleveland
Borchers
United States
Zapallar
Valparaiso
Sumner Welles
Boston
Argentine
Axis
Ernst Barros Jarpa
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