American Held Positions Are In Grave Peril
Pearl Harbor dispatch describes a decisive Japanese push in the Southwestern Pacific. Guadalcanal remains surrounded by three sides of enemy force with air and sea superiority, threatening American footholds between Hawaii and Australia. Japan moves carriers and battleships east, aiming to erase American bases. U.S. pilots urge more planes and torpedo craft for defense.
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NAVY
Solomons
Washington
Stewart Islands
Guadalcanal
U.S
Tulagi Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Truk Island
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
Bataan
Central Air Sea
Southwest Pacific
New Hebrides
Philippines
South Pacific
British Offensive in Egyptian Desert Deepens as Tanks Enter War
The British Eighth Army presses Rommel in the Egyptian desert with a developing tank battle. Montgomery aims to lure German armor into counterattacks while advancing through fortified ridges and minefields on a staged, railway-like advance. Casualties and progress are mixed, with Rommel withdrawing armored units after losses.
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London
B. L. Montgomery
Axis
Rommel
Eighth Army
Broughton backs Grange at North Carolina meeting
Burlington October meeting of the North Carolina Grange heard Governor Broughton pledge full support to the Grange program in the upcoming legislature. He praised the Grange for loyal state progress help. About 200 farmers attended as J B Tluston of the Commodity Credit Corporation prepared afternoon remarks. The session ended with plans for officer elections tomorrow.
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Burlington
Grange
Broughton
North Carolina Grange
J. B. Tlutson
Commodity Credit Corporation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Americans Supplying Russia Through Arctic Bomber Lane
Navy and merchant seamen describe grim ordeals delivering arms to Russia via the Arctic bomber lane. Survivors from a ship torpedoed, bombed, and set afire spent 10 days in an open boat amid ices, then endured months in a Soviet hospital before returning to Britain. Ensign William Rey Kirby recalled Sept. 13 torpedo bomber attacks as the convoy bore toward safety.
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U. S. Navy
William Harkins
Gloucester
N. J
Albert D. Friday
West Point
Miss
Sanctuary
Russia
Britain
U. S.navy
William Rey Kirby
Cof‘feyvile, Kas
Solomons Vet Says Pacific Fight Is Tough
NEW RIVER Oct 29 Colonel George R. Rowan US Marine Corps returns from the Solomons issuing a blunt warning that the fight in the Pacific is hard and everyone must join in. He recalls surprising the Japanese and seizing equipment but notes fierce resistance and disciplined enemy troops who preferred death to capture. He reports personal safety during the invasion.
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Solomons
New River
George R. Rowan
U.S. Marine Corps
Solomon Islands
America
Col. Roiwan
Marine Barracks
Col
Rowan
Missing New York Football Contact for Gaels Visit
Missing New York details report Dinty Doyle sought to greet St Marys Gaels before their Saturday game with Fordham. Arrival postponed to this morning and no football team showed at the appointed hour, leaving the Gaels’ New York representative awaiting confirmation.
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New York
St. Mary's
Dinty Doyle
Gaels
Dinty
West Coast
Fordham
War Department backs shorter training in O'Daniel amend
Testimony by Ray Tucker shows War Department backs an intensive drive for repeal of the O'Daniel amendment requiring 12 months of training before overseas service. Marshall favors nine months while some propose six months for specialists. A year is needed to perfect a division for front duty, officials say. Continued on Page 7-Sec. A.
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Ray Tucker
War Department
House
Senate
Marshall
Fighters Add Four Planes To Rising Toll
CAIRO Oct 29 Allied air reports say US and British pilots added four Me 109s to the day’s tally of enemy planes shot down as the North Africa campaign continues. Bombers struck Rommel’s line and allied forces repelled a desert counterattack while continuing to press the Alamein front.
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Cairo
United States
Eighth Army
Rommel
North Africa
Mediterranean
Alamein
Crete
RAF
Avis
Malta
Nile
Rommels
Reuters
Egypt
B. L
Jap Radio Claims U.S. Fleet Destroyed in Tokyo Broadcast
London dispatch reports Reuters recording a Tokyo radio claim to U S troops at Guadal canal that further resistance is caseless after a crushing Japanese victory in the Solomon area.
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U.S
London
Reuters
Tokyo
Guadalcanal
United States
Solomon
Nazis Gain Ground On Caucasus Front
Moscow dispatches report a German offensive expanding southwest of Mozdok into the Nalchik sector with troops, artillery, tanks and planes as Stalingrad’s garrison endures a 66th day. The Red Army says five German battalions and about 20 tanks were lost in yesterday’s fighting. Blizzards and freezing conditions hinder both sides as ski detachments join the fight in the Caucasus mountains.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Central
Caucasus
Red Army
Nalchik
Mozdok
Stalingrad
Red Star
Ordzoni- Kidze
Taupse
Wage and Salary Regulation Set to Open in 10 Days
Washington dispatch reports a decentralized system to regulate most wages and salaries up to 5000 dollars, to be operating in 10 to 15 days. The War Labor Board partners with the Labor Department to use Wage Hour Division offices to administer executive order duties, with Treasury to announce a 25000 dollar annual salary ceiling after taxes, charitable contributions, life insurance, and fixed obligations. Field offices will answer employers and workers questions on applicability and approvals for wage increases.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Perkins
Labor Department
Wagehour Division
James F. Byrnes
Treasury
Unified Pacific Area Command May Be Asked By MacArthur
Washington October 29 Protests over divided command in the south Pacific build toward a possible appeal from General Douglas MacArthur for a unified command across the area. MacArthur denies political aims and says any such suggestion is a friendly gesture.
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Unified Pacific Area Command
M’arthur
John H. Wiggins
Washington
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Aso
MacArthur
United Nations
Australia
Sydney
John Curtin
Comonwealth
Capitol Hill
Robert H. Ghormiley
Southern Pacific
Solomon Islands
William H. Halsey
U S Forces Struggle to Hold Guadalcanal War Pace
American and Japanese forces prepare for another fierce clash in the Solomons as U S air and ground troops fight to defend Guadalcanal's airbase. The conflict expands 400 miles northeast toward the New Hebrides and Fiji, with Allied bombers striking at Rabaul and Duka in the Solomons.
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U.S
Guadalcanal
Associated Press
Washington
Solomons
United States
Southwest Pacific
Stimson
Salomans
Joint
United States Chiefs of Staffs
New Hebrides
Fiji Islands
Australia
Navy
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Duka
MacArthur
Buka
AFL Opposed To Relaxing Wagner Act
Washington October 29 The American Federation of Labor opposes relaxing the wage hour law even on a voluntary basis proposed by Ramspeck The AFL says extending the work week without overtime pay would not aid the war effort and could cause chaos and unfair competition by creating two classes of workers and threaten the 40 hour standard.
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Washington
Administration sidetracks plans to relieve manpower problem
Washington October 29 The administration reportedly sidetracked compulsory mobilization plans delaying White House recommendation. Labor opposition and political hurdles stall action on manpower bills while senators push for quick measures. A Senate panel warned of a health emergency from unplanned doctor recruitment and urged a survey and reallocation of medical personnel.
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Washington
White House
Senator Hill
Ala
Armed Services
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Pepper
D-Fla
Roosevelt
Warns Against Belittling Foe Of America
Boston on October 29 Rear Admiral C H Woodward retired urged Americans to avoid demeaning enemy fighters. He spoke at a conference with Army Navy and industrial leaders noting that production alone cannot win the war and battles are won on the front lines. He warned against complacency and stressed urgency in the Solomons where Japanese reinforcements arrive quickly.
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Boston
C. H. Woodward
U.S.N
Navy
Associated Industries of
Massachusetts
Woodward
Solomons
Blue Pacific
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Duff
Walter Clausen
David Richardson
Meridian
By Dewitt Mackenzle
Brougthon
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William B. King
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