War Today column on Tojo regime’s morale drive in Japan
DeWitt MacKenzie reports from Britain that Tokyo intensifies civilian morale efforts to stoke support for the war. Radio Tokyo extols regime achievements ahead of Pearl Harbor anniversary while a festival venerates battlefield dead as Japan builds greater East Asia amid rumors of new moves in the Pacific.
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DeWitt McKezie
Glenn Babb
MacKenzie
Britain
Tojo
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
Ma‘aya
Indies
Radio Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
Greater East Asia
Pacific
Siberia
Southwest Pacific
Fierce Battle Is Waged Over Strategic Area
Red Army troops hold firm in north Stalingrad as German forces push to widen the Volga front. Izvestia reports orderly Soviet withdrawal from an industrial settlement, while Red Star notes 30,000 infantry and tanks backing the assault. Despite losses, Soviet defense remains stubborn with continued counterattacks.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Volga
Berlin
Izvestia
Red Star
Soviet Information Bureau
Novorossisia
Blast At War Plant Injures 34 Workmen
PITTSBURGH Oct 17 Molten metal spilled into water in the open hearth section of a war plant exploded injuring at least 34 workers none seriously. The blast blew off about 200 feet of roof of the Continental Roll and Steel Foundry plant showering a 500 yard area. Plant officials expect operations to resume in about four days.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Coraopolis
Sewickey
Wayne Shanks
Coraoplis
Continental Roll and Steel Foundry Company
George Hockensmith
Hockensmith
William Walker
Carapolis
Shanks
Treasury and WLB to regulate paychecks across economy
Washington reports the Treasury and the War Labor Board will jointly control salaries over 3 000 dollars and those up to 5 000 tied to wage agreements. WLB expands to cover all industrial wages and salaries under 3 000 dollars with top limits set at 25 000 dollars after deductions and taxes. Agricultural wage oversight shifts to Wickard with farm worker incentives kept under price ceilings.
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James F.byrnes
New Economic Stabilization Board
Wickard
Agriculture Department
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Treasury
WLB
Errol Flynn Faces Rape Charge in Los Angeles
Actor Errol Flynn, 33, is charged in Los Angeles with raping Betty Hansen, 17 months old? No, 17 year old, at a Bel Air party hosted by Fred McEvoy. The complaint, signed by Miss Hansen’s sister, cites efforts to lure and threaten her with a job. Flynn posted bail at 1000 dollars and awaits a preliminary hearing on October 23.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
John F. Bockweiler
Flynn
Betty
Jack Marsden
Miss Hansen
California
Sinking of Newfoundland Ship Claims 137 Lives
Sydney Nova Scotia reports an enemy submarine torpedoed the 2200 ton Newfoundland steamer Caribou in Cabot Strait near North Sydney. Seventy percent of passengers were asleep. 137 people died including 13 Americans and 35 Canadian servicemen among civilians. Only one of 15 children aboard survived. Captain Ben Taverner and two sons among the bodies recovered. 30 other victims found.
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Sydney
N. S
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Caribou
Leonard Shiers
Halifax
Cabot Strait
Thomas P. Fleming
Ben Taverner
Channel
Newfoundland
Downey
Harold
William H. Gerth
Camden
N. J
James Flynn
New Haven
Conn
Louis Gagne
Woonsocket
R. I
John Sheppard
Auburn
N. Y
Charles Berry
Mount Vernon
Third Negro In Week Lynched In Mississippi
LAUREL Miss Oct 17 Howard Wash a Negro sentenced to life for the May 18 murder of Clint Welborn a dairyman was taken from the jail and lynched by a mob. Five other Negroes were taken to Jackson for safekeeping as guards patrolled. This marks the third lynching in Mississippi that week with two 14 year old boys hanged near Shubuta. Washs body was found hanging at Welborns Bridge. Sheriff Reddoch estimated the mob at 10 men and said deputies were overpowered.
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Laurel
Miss
Howard Wash
Clint Welborn
Mississippi State Guards
Jackson
Mississippi
Shubuta
Wash
New Mosquito Planes Bomb Nazi Factories
London reports say Britain's Mosquito planes attacked at dusk, skimming roofs at 100 feet to bomb factories at Hengelo in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands with no opposition. Coastal Command Hudsons wrecked an Axis ship in the English Channel. German raids along Britain's northeast coast caused some casualties, but were small in scale. One Nazi plane was shot down off the South Coast this morning. RAF attacked Cologne Thursday night but did not retaliate further last night.
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London
Britain
Hengeelo
Netherlands
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Hudson
English Channel
RAF
Cologne
Germany
House Votes Down Training Amendment To Draft Bill
Washington Oct 17 The House refused to consider amendments barring teen troops in foreign combat and kept the 20 year age limit for selective service with a rule blocking floor changes. Vote 212 to 42 followed a letter from General Marshall and supports a quick bill passage to meet war needs. Senate leaders faced a McNary objection delaying a vote as members return to their districts.
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Washington
Army
House
George C. Marshall
Rules Committee
Military Affairs Committee
Ward
Roosevelt
May
D-Ky
Senate
McNary
R-Orc
Troop Train Blast Kills or Injures 500 Japanese
Chinese dispatches report a troop train hit a mine near Shanhsiatu in Kiangsi province, leaving about 500 Japanese dead or wounded as six coaches were destroyed and a steel bridge damaged. Chinese high command also claims counterattacks on Oct 5 on the Chekiang front with 100 Japanese killed and damage to garrisons at Yunshialing and Lingchi.
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Chungring
Shanhsiatu
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Yunshialing
Lingchi
Decisive Fight In Solomons Underway In Pacific War
The Navy reports B 26 bombers sank one destroyer and damaged another while setting a cargo ship ablaze near Kiska in the Aleutians. In Guadalcanal area heavy fighting continues as Japanese troops reinforce with artillery and a large invasion fleet. Allied air forces reportedly bombed a large enemy merchant ship at Buin.
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U.S
Guadalcanal
Solomons
U. S. Navy
Southwest Pacific
Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Aleutian Islands
Solomon Islands
U. S
Shortland Islands
Midway
Coral Sea
Douglas MacArthur
Buin
Tax Measure Wins Approval of Joint Group
Washington Oct 17 UP Postwar rebates for corporations win approval of a joint Senate House conference committee The panel also keeps an overall 80 percent cap on business taxation It approves current credits for debt reductions and postwar rebates of 10 percent of excess profits taxes The 80 percent limit affects only firms with earnings high enough for 90 percent tax on excess profits If their total taxes exceed 80 percent of net income liability drops to that level
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
Worst Flood in Washington History Crest Hits Capital
The flood crested in Washington as Potomac and Rappahannock rivers swelled. Five dead and many missing nationwide, with Fredericksburg Virginia hardest hit as cities lost power and communication amid widespread damage across Virginia Maryland and West Virginia. Washington prepared with levees and sandbags while rail traffic slowly resumed.
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Washington
Capital
Roosevelt
Potomac
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Fredericksburg
Union Station
Cumberland
Red Cross
Ridgely
W. Va
Alleghany County
Rappahannock River
Mass Awards Pinned To Heroes Of Air At Base
At an advanced base in the Southwest Pacific a grand mass ceremony awarded 386 air heroes with the Distinguished Service Cross Silver Stars Distinguished Flying Cross Purple Hearts and Soldiers Medal Major General George C. Keny presented decorations to officers and enlisted men including Lieut Col Richard Carmichael from Austin Texas who earned the DSC DFC and Silver Star for bravery over Rabaul Also honored were Master Sergeant Alva S Haseau of Readlands California First Sergeant Robe R Davis of Albuquerque New Mexico Master Sergeant William Prince of Santa Rosa California and others with Huffman of Highwood Montana and Clovis O Jones of Chathamma receiving multiple honors among the most decorated personnel of the group.
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Australs
Uine States Army
Southwest Pacific
George C. Kney
Gardiner
Richard Carmichael
Austin
Texas
Carmichael
Rabaul
New Britai
Sergi
Alva S. Haseau
Realands
Calif
Robe R. Davis
Albuquerque
New Merco
William Prince
Santa Rosa
Russell I. Huffma Highwood
Mont
Clovis O. Jones
Chathama
Ruffman
Jane
Bombers Hit Benghazi Harbor and Tobruk in Allied Air Push
Cairo dispatch reports United States bombers struck Benghazi Harbor despite storms as Allied forces pressed on in Tobruk. RAF claims heavy raids over El Daba and El Alamein with several Axis aircraft shot down around Malta. seven British planes reported missing but crews safe.
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Cairo
United States
Bengasi Harbor
Bengasi
Alli
Tobruk
RAF
Man Lof
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Ger
Wadsworth
Georgetown
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