Russians halt heavy German force at Stalingrad
Moscow reports Soviet midnight communique that German assault with 80 tanks and large air forces, plus two reinforced divisions, was repulsed near the factory district of northern Stalingrad. About 500 Germans killed in area, 1,500 in sector, 57 enemy tanks destroyed, 100 guns and 26 planes, plus 150 captured tanks. Heavy fighting continues northwest of the city and south of Stalingrad.
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Stalingrad
Moscow
Stalinrad
Tony
Resh
Eplace
Facory
Communistc
Howver
British Lancasters strike Milan in daylight raid
London reports a 1,200 mile daylight attack on Milan by a large force of RAF Lancaster bombers. The raid marks the first British daylight assault on northern Italy targets, following heavy nighttime raids on Genoa Turin and Savona. Vichy and Bern alerts connected with the operation, and an unconfirmed report claimed a daylight attack on Montlucon.
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London
RAF
Milan
Italy
Vichy
France
Genoa
Turin
Savona
Caproni
Europe
Switzerland
Tonight
Montlucon
Bern
Mussolini
Mediterranean Area Hinges On Outcome Of Rommel Assault
Cairo Oct 24 The British eighth army breached Rommel’s Alamein Line in dawn actions as Allied forces opened the long anticipated offensive. A fleet of US light warships and American airmen supported the push 80 miles west of Alexandria, with air bases reporting air superiority. The battle likely to decide control of the Mediterranean began under a full moon as Gen Harold Alexander’s forces advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
Cairo
Egypt
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Alamein
Mediterranean
Harold Alexander
Alexandria
British Egypt Offensive Aims at Nazi Pressure Relief
British and American units launch a major three-way assault in Egypt to force a retreat by Rommel's forces and ease the Nazi pressure on Russia. Meshed with winter threats on the Don and Volga fronts, the operation could shift the war balance by widening Allied gains in North Africa and threatening Axis positions along the Mediterranean. Front-line reports describe a swift bombardment at Matruh and a swift advance through gaps in German lines as the Eighth Army, now better supplied, presses the coordinate attack.
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Egypt
North
Africa
Russia
Don-Volga
Stalingrad Seige
Mediterranean
Volga
Stalingrad
Non- Volga Bulge
Caucasus
Rommel
Hitler
Britain
Matruh
Alexandria
Nile
North Africa
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Eighth Army
Thunderous Allied Air Offensive Opens North Africa Campaign
Allied airmen unleashed a massive attack from an advanced base in the Western Desert as the British Eighth Army launched the land offensive toward the Axis desert army. The air campaign targeted air fields, armor, supply lines, and troop formations to gain air superiority.
Argentina and Chile Stand by Sovereign Decisions
Buenos Aires reports Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu said Argentina and Chile are determined to command respect for their sovereign choices. Both nations remain at peace and avoid Axis ties. The speech, tied to General Bernardo O Higgins’ death centenary, echoed Sumner Welles and the good neighbor policy, with last minute edits to soften lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Enrique Ruiz Suinazu
Argentina
Chile
Bernario O'Higgins
Sumner Welles
Boston
United States
Welles
Ruiz Guinazu
Senate Passes Teenage Draft Bill With Restrictions
The Senate approved lowering the draft age to 18 with a key amendment delaying overseas combat until one year of training. Another rider allows deferment for essential agricultural workers until replacements are found. The bill, 58 to 5, moves to the House for action before selection day November 3.
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Washington
Senate
O'Daniel
D-Tex
Tydings
Bulow
Clark
Idaho
Johnson
Calif
Nye
R-Nd
Shipstead
R-Minn
Continental
United States
Nip Landing Force Exterminated On Beach In Solomons Battle
A U S Army base report from Guadalcanal in the South Pacific notes five days of heavy combat as American land forces push 16 miles inland. Marines trap a Japanese landing party on the beaches, while US fighters claim air control and high loss rates for enemy bombers and Zero fighters. American losses appear light given the scale of fighting as Fortresses strike Japanese supply lines.
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Olen Clements
U. S. Army
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
United States
Solomons
Carlo Wuertele
Denver
Marine Corps
Control Air
W. W. Thompson
Puerto Rican Supplies Exhausted Warns of Disturbances
Filipe L. De Hostos, president of the Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce, warned that the island's supply of vital foods is near exhaustion and urged immediate shipments. He said 50 items are exhausted and basic goods like matches and soap are non-existent, threatening food disturbances reported by Governor Tugwell. Senator Chavez introduced a five man, $5,000 study committee to investigate wartime shipping bottlenecks.
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Washington
Filipe L. de Hostos
Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce
de Hostos
Congress
Chavez
Tugwell
Nazi transports sunk in Baltic total 15000 tons
Soviet information bureau reports German forces sunk several transports in the Baltic Sea totaling about 15 000 tons during a midnight communique. The announcement notes Russian ships involved were damaged while reporting German losses.
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Moscow
Baltic
Soviet Bureau of Information
Kaisers Miracle Territory Ships Hit One-A-Day Pace
Portland shipyards under Henry J Kaiser press toward a steady one ship per day output. In ten days they plan multiple Liberties, sub chasers, mine sweepers, tankers, and landing ships across Swan Island and Vancouver, Washington, totaling about 63,000 deadweight tons. Navy officials note they’ve exceeded the two-day pace for months.
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Fred Hampson
Portland
Ore
Henry J. Kaiser
Navy
Maritime Commission
Williamette
Ron & Steel
Williamette River
Kaisers
Liberty
Oregon
Kaiser, Inc
Vancouver
Wash
Kaiser
Swan Island
Oregon Shipbuilding
Commercial Tron
Albina Engine & Machine Works
Williamette Iron & Steel
Swan Islands
Jap Seaplane Tender Is Sunk In Rabaul Raid
Gen MacArthur's headquarters reports a large Japanese seaplane tender of 17 600 tons was hit amidships by a 500 pound bomb during a night raid on Rabaul New Britain. Flames enveloped the ship as Allied bombers attacked the harbor and Japanese air forces in northern Australia faced further strikes. Allied forces pressed the advance on Kokoda in the Owen Stanley range.
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MacArthur
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
High Command
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Lae
New Guinea
Darwin
Kokoda
Owen ‘Stanley Mountains
Christmas Mail To Soldiers In Britain Is Lost
The Army postal service reported 4986 sacks of US mail bound for American forces in the British Isles were lost in a United Nations cargo ship sinking. Much was parcel post and part of the first Christmas mail shipments. Mail deposited in the US late September and debarked at New York after October 3 were not included. Gift senders are advised to adjust expectations. previous guidance urged gifts for overseas troops to be mailed before November 1.
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Washington
Army Postal Service
United States
British Isles
United Nations
War Department
New York
Debarkation Army Post Office
Navy shifts Solomons command to Halsey in Pacific
The Navy removed Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley from command in the Solomons and gave Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. command to direct the battle there against Japan. The change follows a costly campaign and precedes a likely Japanese drive. Halsey is noted for carrier operations in the South Pacific and earned the Distinguished Service Medal for the Gilbert Islands raid.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Navy
Robert L. Ghormley
Solomon Islands
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific Command
Ghormley
Halsey
South Pacific
Gilbert
Marshal Islands
Gilbert’ Islands
Ellice Islands
Solomons
Soldier-Killer Sentenced to Hang for Girl's Death
Pvt. George S. Knapp was sentenced by a general court martial at Camp Swift Bastrop Texas to hang for the murder of eight year old Lucy Rivers Maynard. Brig. Gen. Robert S. Spragins presided and explained the time of execution would be decided later. Knapp admitted picking up the child in an Army truck, then choking her and leaving her unconscious in a pasture. she died October 8 after being found 24 hours later.
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Knapp
Bastrop
Napp
Preview of 1944 race hints at GOP crossovers
A preview of next month’s poll ling foresees sensational upsets if Democratic hopes materialize. Farleyites seek cross party vote transfers and GOP defections as in 1912. Key figures James A. Farley John J. Bennett Jr. Dewey Andrew Jackson May Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. lead to a wider party realignment.
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Farleyites
Messrs. Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
John J. Bennett Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
G.o.p.-Ers
Big Jim
Kentucky
Andrew Jackson May
House
Eight American fliers may be held by the Japanese
Washington reports that eight airmen who bombed Tokyo may be prisoners. Berlin cites Tokyo lists of captives, with Army records showing names including Lt. Robert J. Meade of Cleveland, Lt. E J Nielsen of Hiram Utah, Lt. Chase J. Neilson of Hyrum Utah, Lt. Robert L. Hite of Earth Texas, and Lt. George Barr of Queens Village Long Island.
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Washington
Tokyo
War Department
Berlin
Japan
Stimson
China
Robert J. Meade
Cleveland, O
Robert J. Meder
Elmwood Ave
Lakewood O
E. J. Nielson
Hiram
Utah
Chase J. Neilson
Hyrum
Robert L. Hite
Texas
Earth, Tex
George Barr
Long Island
94Th Road
Queens Village
Strange Malady Killing Babies In Hospital
In Cleveland at St. Luke s Hospital an intestinal disease struck the nursery killing 15 babies in the hospital and two after discharge. Today one more infant died, bringing total deaths to 17 among under month old patients. Dr. Fred G. Carter said no new cases in 10 days and the illness is a diar rhea of the newborn likely caused by a filterable virus.
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Claveland
St. Luke’s Hospital
Iik
St. Luke's
Fred G. Carter
Military Editor Blames Navy Errors in Solomons Fight
New York Times military editor Hanson W. Baldwin says the United States likely will retain footholds in the Solomon Islands but warns that August and September mistakes cost heavy losses. He cites surprised ships Astoria Quincy Vincennes and Canberra sunk while patrolling transports, due to defensive postures, poor detection, crew at battle stations, and lack of clear tactical command.
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New York
Hanson W. Baldwin
New York Times
Pacific
Solomon Islands
United States
The
Times
Solomons
U. S
Astoria
Quincy
Vincennes
Canberra
Navy Department
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