Japanese pledge to adhere to axis policy implied
Washington reports disclose Hull and Welless conferred with Japanese minister Wakasugi on improving relations. Tokyo hints that negotiations toward a U S solution continue despite cabinet changes. Manila orders ships to port raising questions about Pacific tensions as senators push for a hard line.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Hull
Welless
Kapamee Wakasugi
America
Waksugi
Tokyo
United States
Tojo Promises Firm Course Under Japan War Cabinet
Tokyo October 18 Lieut Gen Eiki Tojo premier and head of the war and home ministries pledged his government to continue East Asia and Axis policies despite Pacific tensions. Nichi Nichi warned U S attitudes provoke Japanese indignation as the cabinet outlined a three point plan: co prosperity sphere in East Asia, China affair settlement, and treaty obligations while reinforcing internal defense and cordial external ties. The Berlin Reichradio praised the cabinet and reports linked Yosuke Matsuoka’s possible return and Shigenori Toji as foreign minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
Eiki Tojo
War and Home
Japan
Pacific
Nichi Nichi
United States
Tojo Takc
East Asia
China
Information Board
Reich
Berlin
Yosuke Matsuoka
Russia
Foreign Office
Shigenori Toji
Moscow
Ieabine
Tojo
Tankmaking gains as U S firms plan mass production
Detroit reports early plans to mass produce tanks for the army by spring with Chrysler joining Ford and General Motors. K. T. Keller of Chrysler has overseen three assembly lines already and production targets rise from 40 50 to perhaps 100 tanks per day, a wartime mobilization effort in a new industrial field.
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Detroit
K. T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation
Alrady
Origan
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
London Press Warns Tokyo Government
London newspapers react to the Tokyo cabinet shakeup warning Tokyo that any attempt to spread the war in the Far East would be met by the combined powers of Britain and the United States fleets. Editorials urge restraint and stress allied naval force, with the News Chronicle and Star discussing fleet actions and Pacific decisiveness. The Mail calls for US-led Pacific action while the Herald signals the first step lies with the United States.
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London
Tokyo
Japan
Far East
United States
Russia
Afternoon Star
the Star
Pacific
News Chronicle
the Mail
The
Herald
Fierce Fight Is Continuing on Russian Front
London dispatches report heavy fighting along the long Russian front with no large movement seen. German thrusts are partly checked and time-gaining counterattacks are under way as Moscow area action remains severe. Soviet counterattacks aim to stem the German drive near Vyazma and outer Moscow approaches.
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London
Moscow
Vyazma
House Armament Bill Sent To Senate For Speedy Action
The House approved merchant ship arming legislation 259 to 138 and sent it to the Senate with hopes of final action within two weeks. Debate centers on speed versus expanding the bill to allow travel through combat zones, while hearings and witness lists loom for a structured review beginning next week. The bill follows the torpedoing of the destroyer Kearny, boosting support in Congress and among administration allies for rapid passage.
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Washington
Senate
House
Teceland
Roosevelt
Washington Grimly Waits For New Report On Kearny
Washington nurses grim anticipation as the torpedo damaged destroyer Kearny heads toward an undisclosed port after a raid. Officials gave little on the attack’s exact nature or attacker nationality. Naval experts note reduced radio use in danger zones and await port reports for full details.
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Washington
Kearny
U. S
Teeland
Navy
Flynn Charges Conspiracy in Destroyer Kearny Case
New York October 18 John T Flynn spokesman for the America First Committee and NY chapter chairman says the torpedoing of the destroyer Kearny and other incidents are being manufactured for war making purposes He accuses a war party of provoking public war fever without congressional or public authority and claims American vessels are being hunted by German submarines under Navy orders.
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New York
John T. Flynn
America First Committee
Kearny
Flynn
Knox
Iceland
Congress
Namiely
War Party
Initial Army Maneuver Concludes First Phase in Carolinas
The first army under Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum completed the initial two weeks of a two month maneuver in the Carolinas. Maj. Gen. Charles F. Thompson and Maj. Gen. Lloyd R. Fredendall will lead enemy corps in the next phase as Truesdell’s sixth corps stays in its area. Ft. Devens and Camp Polk divisions join, signaling full force readiness for the climactic November period. Soldiers receive a day and a half leave starting today amid town preparations.
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Alfo Littlefoun
Camden
S.C
Hugh A. Drum
Carolinas
Charles F. Thompson
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Truesdell
Ft. Devens
Mass
Third Army
First Army
Armored
Camp Polk
Berlin Claims 60 000 Tons Sunk At Sea
Berlin reports a recent German submarine attack on a North American bound convoy under naval protection. Ten merchant ships totaling 60 000 tons and two escort destroyers were sunk in the blockade zone near Iceland. The Kearny was said hit southwest of Iceland. German communiques named enemy destroyers.
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Berlin
Britain
North America
High Command
Kearny
Iceland
Germany
German Ships Sunk by Baltic Torpedo Boats
British radio cites Moscow claim that Russian Baltic fleet torpedo boats sank a German cruiser and two destroyers. A second cruiser was said to be torpedoed and then halted.
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TCR
Radio Today
Moscow
Massive German Claim Of Encirclement At Bryansk Vyazma
Berlin reports the annihilation of eight Russian army groups under Marshal Timoshenko with about 1.25 million troops, 648,196 prisoners taken, huge war material captured and heavy enemy losses. The field bulletin credits von Bock with leading the victory on the Moscow front amid pursuit of scattered remnants. In California, five Shell Oil workers were burned in a tank fire at Ventura storage facility, with ten others unharmed.
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Berlin
Bryansk
Vyazma
Moscow
Associated Press
Semeon Timoshenko
Adolf Hitler
von Bock
Kesselring
Timoshenko
von Kluge
Baron von Weichs
Strauss
Gauderian
Hoth
Hoeppner
Reinhardt
Ventura
Calif
Shell Oil Co
Navy Air Arm For Japan War Supremacy 2 To 1
U S Navy air power assigned a two to one advantage over Japan in a potential war scenario. The analysis outlines northern and southern war theaters, weather, supply routes, and the impact of U S and Allied bases from Hawaii to the Philippines. It notes potential blockades and the strategic use of Manila and Vladivostok to disrupt Japan.
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Japan
Siberia
Vladivostok
Russia
Roose Velt
Hawaii
Europe
Hitler
British
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Ting
Philippines
Moscow Says Germans Are Beaten Back
Moscow reports German divisions striking at Moscow’s western defenses were beaten back several times by the Russians. Soviet officials claim Odessa withdrawal was a strategic triumph and note a mid day claim of recaptured Orel rail center. The bulletin highlights stubborn fighting in the west with several German planes down near Moscow and notes Moscow radio limited in sharing broader updates while embassy staff depart.
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Moscow
Odessa
Exchange Telegraph
London
Moscow Radio
Orel
Red Army
Soviet Information Bureau
Kazan
Washington
State Department
East
United States
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Red Cross
Information Bureau
British Nerves Strengthened by Bombings and Privations
Durham Oct 18 A Duke University medical symposium heard that bombings and privations have hardened rather than weakened English nerves. Dr Wilder G Penfield, director of the Montreal Neurological Institute, said the war of nerves crystalized English resolve to persevere. He noted less neuro psychosis in wartime Britain, crediting free criticism of government and national unity in crisis.
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Durham
Duke University
Wilder G. Penfield
Penfield
Montreal Neurological Institute
England
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Robert E. Wood
John Cudahy
Belgium
Hill
Alabama
Bailey
D-Nc
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