Bill Proposes 1000 Dollar Loan For Veterans Debts Relief
A House bill introduced by Rep Joe Long of California would let the Reconstruction Finance Corp underwrite $1000 loans to honorably discharged veterans to settle debts. Loans would bear 6 percent interest, repayable over three years, with no security or co signers required. The measure follows veterans relief efforts and faces referral to the House Bank Committee.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Joe
House
Foreign soldiers in US camps under Allied eyes
Congressional and journalistic observers report German and Italian POWs in US camps are living under comfortable conditions and working hard on farms. They note limited protest, diet issues, and the army’s mail delays from North Africa to Italy, with expectations of improvement.
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North Africa
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Sardinia
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Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Germany
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Berlin
Nazi Withdrawal Tightens as Russian Push Persists
The German retreat is orderly and steady, with road-rollers showing logistics hold amid weather delays. High-ranking officers note Wehrmacht still offers strong resistance and shifts several miles when pressured, aiming to shorten the frontline before winter.
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Wehrmacht
Shipping Losses Force Japs To Abandon Scheme
Washington October 30 The Japanese have abandoned their co prosperity plan in the Dutch East Indies in favor of colt sufficiency for captive isles a Tokyo broadcast picked up by U S government monitors said the program centers on three aims pressuring Indonesians to join a Japanese sponsored defense corps recruiting large numbers of nationals and easing troop deployments for future combat readiness.
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Isles
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United States
Defense Corps
Month Will Determine Success Of Labor Plan
The West Coast plan aimed at boosting war production tests its leverage after a month of operation in five areas including San Diego and Seattle. The program hinges on management and labor cooperation rather than compulsion, using urgency and manpower priorities committees to direct workers to critical plants and limit nonessential hiring.
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Tobacco Markets Reopen After Three Day Holiday
North Carolina and Virginia flue cured tobacco markets will resume Monday after governors ended a three day sales holiday. Prices had sagged before the break as buyers faced allotment cuts, CCC assurances, and hopes for steady quotas.
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Virginia
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Darden
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Amens 9 000 000 Men And Wartime Inspection At Pentagon
A Blakeslee article describes Overseas Inspection at the Pentagon noting how shells dented in North Africa, a five piston truck, and rushed ammo reached front lines. The piece highlights the risk of uninspected materiel and the role of the overseas inspection unit in catching faulty items.
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Japanese Drive An Indies Self Sufficiency Plan
A broadcast highlights three aims for Japan in the Indies: forced labor to staff a regular supply of workers for Japanese interests, economic self sufficiency to remove reliance on supply ships, and urgent needs to boost food production and savings due to shortages and inflation.
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Indies
Italian Chief Dies at 78 Former Italian Minister
Gen. Giuseppe Franceso Ferrari dies at his Lerici home after a long career ending as chief of the general staff of the armed forces. He led Italian troops into Trieste in World War I and served as vice president of the senate.
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Associated Press
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Lerici
Taly
Berlin
Tolay
Trieste
Senate
Weather forecasts to return to 48 hour detail Nov 1
The weather bureau announces forecasts will provide detailed 48 hour outlooks starting November 1 after wartime restrictions. Since 1941, forecasts were vague to protect security and deter enemy submarines. Coastal lighting restrictions were lifted this week as part of broader wartime progress.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer Horizontal Clues List
crossword style puzzle with numerous horizontal and vertical clues including sour-fruit acid gastropod and Hawthorne novel setting for House of the Seven Gables among others the list spans science geography history language and culture with names and terms across many categories and difficulty levels
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New England
V-Mail Be Sure Campaign Highlights Home Letters for Troops
A Charlotte recruitment official discusses V-Mail benefits for soldiers, stressing letters from home reduce waiting and boost morale. The process microfilms letters into film rolls, replacing many sacks of regular mail and preserving original letters for re-filming if needed. More than forty million V-Mail letters have been dispatched abroad with no loss of letters observed.
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V-Mail
Jones
The
Enterprise
Jas. A
U.S. Army
Charlotte
N.C
Army Postal Service
State Farm Men Confer With Jones On Livestock Feed
North Carolina officials met in Raleigh with Marvin Jones food administrator and J B Hutson to discuss expanding livestock feed for farmers. D S Coltrane said Jones and Hutson believed help could ease the feed shortage. Hutson called NC in a tough spot for feed. The Army has a dental corps of 13 000 officers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Marvin Jones
J. B. Hutson
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N. C. State College
C. W. Tilson
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