Air power can end the war in twelve months says columnist
London commentary argues Allied air strength and bombing power are crucial to force Hitler’s collapse within a year. It emphasizes US and British air campaigns over Western Europe and Germany, notes limits of 1000-bomber raids, and warns that sustained heavy raids require reinforcements and replacements.
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Fuehrer
United States
Europe
Germany
Britain
Hitler
Royal Air Force
Cologne
Uncle Sam
John Bill
Protective Restrictions For 18 And 19 Year Olds Urged
U.S. mothers and protest letters push Senators to shield 18 and 19 year olds from schooling and off duty activities during a proposed draft. Taft predicts an amendment to remove 18 year olds, favoring 19 year olds while arguing the bill is rushed. Senate considers anti intoxicant and anti vice measures near posts, with House plans for students to finish the academic year.
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U.S
Jack Bell
Washington
Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Sam
Taft
House
Lee
D-Okla
Deputies Seek Quiet Prowler In Guilford
Special to The Enterprise. Guilford County deputies hunt a “cat's foot” burglar active in rural Guilford and small towns. The thief enters by removing a window pane, ransacks sleeping residents, and pockets purses containing cash and papers, often near railways or main highways.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Ramsacker
Guilford
Gibsonville
Pussy Foot
War pilots tale of Doolitite flyers in wartime China
Hurts and tales from Doolitite raiders recovering at Waller Reed Hospital recount an epic of war. One plane ditch near China after 300 mph flight. crew ejected 250 feet into water with gear lost. Rescued by locals in Japanese occupied regions, they hid in huts and wore improvised garments. They survived on rice and feared contaminants. A reunion notes each flyer carried a small incendiary bomb for self destruction.
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Waller Reed
Marco Polo
China
Prisoners Seen As Morale Aid To U S Army
Dr. Ralph S. Banay a psychiatrist from Sing Sing told the 72nd Congress of Correction in Asheville in a prepared address that the presence of prisoners in the armed forces could boost morale if handled wisely. He proposed a simple educational program to help selectees accept prisoners and to encourage prisoners to shed defensive attitudes, aiming to increase tolerance and morale. He stressed that general release of prisoners or amnesty for service was not advocated, nor turning delinquents into soldiers.
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Asheville
Ralph S. Banay
New York
Sing Sing
72Nd
Congress of Correction
Barnay
Doctor Fined For Violations Of Dope Law
Wilson October 20 Dr. Cooper Person Pikeville physician pleaded nolo contendere in federal court to Harrison Narcotics Act violations. Judge Meekins recommended a $1000 fine on count one and 18 months probation on counts two through twenty, with sentences on later counts concurrent, plus a ban on selling or sharing opium derivatives to nonpatients.
Italian Alpini Mutiny Reported at Gorizia
Reuters dispatch from London under the Italian frontier dateline says an Alpini regiment mutinied near Gorizia as it was ordered to the Russian front. Ringleaders were reportedly shot by Fascist military forces and troops were embarked forcibly without arms.
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London
Reuters
Gorizia
Italy
House completes wartime tax bill record vote
The House approved a wartime revenue bill by 130 to 2 after 500 amendments were reconciled with the Senate. The measure would raise about 6.88 billion in new funds, with a gross of ten billion and a net eight billion, pushing total federal taxes in 1943 to roughly 27 billion. Senate action was expected to finalize the bill for Roosevelt's signature to start November 1 excise taxes.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Roosevelt
Nazi Generals Directly Answer Hitler for Four Russia Armies
London reports four German army groups in Russia under generals directly responsible to Adolf Hitler. North Leningrad led by Georg von Kneehler, Center Moscow by Guenther von Kluge, South Stalingrad by Hermann von Hoth, Caucasus by Siegmund Wilhelm von List. Reorganizations followed Hitler’s seizure of supreme command, with prior changes in Leeb Bodock Runstedt and Bock moves noted.
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London
Germany
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Lsted
Leningrad
Georg von Kneechler
Moscow
Guenther von Kluge
Stalingrad
Hermann von Hothan
Caucasus
Siegmund Wilhelm von List
von List
Yugoslavia
Greece
Russians Hold At Stalingrad As Storms Bombard Front
In the Don Volga steppes a cold autumn storm slows the battle at Stalingrad. Russian defenders hold firm while air warfare resumes, with German artillery and infantry assaults repelled. Red Star notes weather restricts operations for both sides and reports continued supplies to the city.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Izvestia
Don- Volga
Red Star
Virginia Judge Found Dead In Underbrush
Winchester Virginia October report says Judge Philip Williams of the seventeenth Virginia circuit was found shot to death in underbrush near the Winchester reservoir. He had been missing since midnight after returning from a Charlottesville hospital checkup. City Engineer Jack Brandon found the body. a revolver lay nearby. Williams was son of the late John J Williams and previously practiced in Winston-Salem before moving to Winchester. One survivor is R Gray Williams, Winchester attorney and director of the UVA board of visitors.
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Winchester
Philip Williams
Seventeenth Virginia Judiciary Circuit
Winchester Municipal Reservoir
Harry Bird
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Jack Brandon
John J. Williams
Virginia
University of Virginia
Winston-Salem
D. C
R. Gray Williams
University of Virginia Board of Visitors
Britain's War Claim Sinks Over 530 Axis Subs
London report quotes A V Alexander stating British and allied action has sunk or damaged more than 530 Axis submarines since the war began. He notes US efforts contributed to this total, Russian and French actions before June not counted, and stresses sea control as key to victory. He adds US and Britain shipbuilding gives grounds for confidence while warning of increased enemy sea power.
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London
Britwin
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Alexander
Caxton Hall
United States
France
Germany
Japan
U S Navy Pilot Claims First Uboat Kill Off Iceland
London dispatch says US Navy air wing from Iceland claimed a Catalina bombing destroyed a U boat. The submarine’s 52 crew abandoned and boarded an Icelandic fishing vessel, later captured by an Allied destroyer. Catalina crews reported two bombing runs and near sinking.
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London
United States Navy
Iceland
British
Air Ministry
Catalina
Congress urges super control board to run war agencies
The Tolan committee recommends a new office of war mobilization to replace the War Production Board the Selective Service Administration and the War Manpower Commission with a central policy directing chairman and three offices war supply war manpower and economic stabilization The plan would transfer divisions and agencies without immediate personnel changes and warns Washington is risking the war by business as usual after Pearl Harbor Col.
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Washington
Super Control Board
Special House Committee On National Defense Migration
Rep. Tolan
Dcalif
War Production Board
Selective Service Administration
War Manpower Commission
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Mobilization
Pearl Harbor
Office of War Supply
WPB
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Office of War Manpower
Office of Economic Stabilization
OPA
Knox Sees Stiff Battle Ahead in Solomons Fight
Secretary of the Navy said Japan has likely used maximum force in the Solomons but cannot reveal all details. He noted land based planes may play a larger role and labeled a War Information report on U S warplanes as extremely wide in scope. American warships shelled enemy positions in broad daylight as enemy forces attacked under cover at Guadalcanal.
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Washington
Americ
Solomons
Knox
Navy Department
Navy
Office of Wr
Americas
Fac
U. S
Uni
Wen
Guadalcanal
Doug x MacArthur
Shortland Island
Solomon
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Islan
Justice Is Not Acceptable To U S Parker
Federal Judge John Parker of Charlotte told the Connecticut Bar Association that many believe justice in courts is satisfactory, but he warned reform is essential. He heads the American Bar Association committee on improving administration of justice and urged faster, simpler legal machinery to boost national morale and wartime efficiency. He called for reforms in the court system, appellate procedures, and agency proceedings.
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New Haven
Conn
John Parker
Charlotte
N. C
Connecticut
Call of Appeals
American Bar Association
Parke
Association
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