Germans Held At Bay During Greatest Fight
Moscow dispatch reports Stalingrad’s defenders, halted retreats, holding off a massive German assault in what may be the war’s greatest battle. Despite 18 days of siege and renewed German pressure north of the Volga, Russians countered on the Leningrad front near Sinyavino while winter snows threaten the Caucasus and Grozny approaches.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Volga
Joseph Stalin
Leningrad
Sinyavino
Tikhvin
Volkhov
Caucasus
Lower Volga
Terek
Grozny
High Caucasus
Bombing Flattens German Industry and Strains Rail System
As Allied air fleets intensify strikes against Duesseldorf and other targets, Germany faces crippling industrial losses and a collapsing rail network. The bombardment also dampens morale in Germany and its satellites while threatening Hitler’s capacity to wage the Caucasus and Middle East campaigns.
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Hitler
Caucasus
Germany
Middle East
Royal Air Force
Duesseldorf
Rhine
Reich
Patterson forecasts swarms of U S planes from Willow Run to Tokyo and Berlin
Detroit September 12 Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson predicted traffic will jam air routes from Willow Run to Tokyo and Berlin as four motor B 24 Liberator bombers built at Willow Run dominate the skies He praised the B 24 and B 17 Flying Fortress and urged continued progress saying better planes are on the way He warned battles over German occupied Europe require resolve courage and rising losses as missions expand
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Patterson
U.S
Willow Run
Tokyo
Berlin
Associated Press
Detroit
Robert P. Patterson
Refinery Fire in Enid Brought Under Control
A Champlin Oil Company refinery fire in Enid Oklahoma was brought under control today by company firemen who fought to keep flames from a nearby tank farm.
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Enid
Okla
Champlin Oil Company
Roosevelt to Set Specific Farm and Wage Controls
Washington Sept 12 congressional leaders pressed to complete anti inflation legislation with indications that the method of stabilizing wages and farm prices would be left to President Roosevelt. Senate Leader Barkley said the president showed no personal preference but would gain authority to determine how to limit wages and farm prices. Farm bloc members urged stabilization of both wages and farm prices, while others warned of delay. The president warned action by Oct 1 or he would act. Banking committee hearings may be delayed but identical measures should pass both houses next week and the following week.
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Washington
Congressional Rcaders
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Farm Bloc
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Big Japanese Force Routed At Solomons
The U S fleet off Solomon Islands reports American airplanes partially smashed and turned back a large seaborne Japanese force in a two day battle. Navy bombers hit carriers battleships transports and cruisers with several vessels left burning or damaged.
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Clark Lee
Solomon Islands
Ryujo
Navy
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Governor Broughton Urges Olivine Use For War Aid
Governor Broughton wrote to Donald Nelson of the War Production Board urging immediate survey and utilization of olivine deposits in western North Carolina. He described 20 or more accessible deposits with about 230 million tons over 45 percent magnesium and 940 million tons over 49 percent magnesium, plus chrome and nickel, as vital raw materials to support war production and reduce transportation burdens.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
North Carolina
Nelson
Rommel Positions Shelled By Allies
CAIRO September 12 Allied artillery in the El Alamein southern sector shelled Rommel forces yesterday with little ground action reported. Allied air activity increased with at least two Axis planes shot down and several damaged. Another Meisterschmitt 109 was downed while attempting to machinegun an Allied airfield.
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Cairo
el Alamein
Erwin Rommel
Axti
Madagascar Advance Proceeds Smoothly
British and African troops press inland with minimal resistance toward Tananarive and other strategic targets in Madagascar. West coast landings link with Nosybe forces. Ambanja near 20 miles away reports light machine gun fire but no casualties. Mahaho operations proceed after Morondava advance as Vichy forces count 1,400 defenders.
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Associated Press
London
Madagascar
Tananarive
William Platt
Vodemar
Diego Suarez
Nosybe
Ambanja
Morondava
Mahaho
Miss America Crown Tonight At Atlantic City Pageant
Miss America of 1942 will be chosen tonight from 30 contestants including 18 year old Carroll Dennison of Tyler Texas the only double winner in preliminaries. Jo Carroll a brunette wowed a 4 000 strong crowd as most charming and talented in her group. The favorites include four 18 year olds barred married women and titles from Cincinnati Birmingham Chicago and New York City. All stay at one hotel near the boardwalk as the army air forces occupy earlier luxury hostels.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Carroll Dennison
Tyler
Tex
Jo Carroll
Cincinnati
Barbara Patterson
Birmingham
Marie
Lucille Duncan
Chicago
Bette Brunk
New York City
Amyie Diane Sherman
Rosemary la Planche
Los Angeles
Cal
U. S. Army Air Forces
Oceanfront
Allied Bombers Slashing At New Guinea Lines
Allied bombers including Flying Fortresses attacked Japanese supply lines in New Guinea. One destroyer was set afire and sank while a second was damaged near Normandy Island as both sides regroup for a major clash toward Port Moresby. MacArthur said no further advances by the Japanese in the Owne Stanley Mountains, with both sides reassembling for the next phase of the fight. An Australian survivor described Japanese troops as large and formidable.
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M’arthur
Australia
New Guinea War
Port Moresby
Normandy Island
Milne Bay
New Guinea
MacArthur
Owne Stanley Mountains
Sabotage suspected in crash of pilotless Curtiss plane
FBI investigated possible sabotage after a flaming pilotless Curtiss-Wright plane crashed into the Curtiss-Wright Buffalo plant killing 10 and injuring 39. Test pilot J Bertrand Purney parachuted to safety with severe burns. Eyewitnesses described a roof breach and a bombing like detonation.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Curtiss
Bulding
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division
Abens Netneth Wl. Riper
FBI
J. Bertrand
Jack) Purney
Flying
Francis Ryan
Kenmore
Lester Glenn
U. S. Army
Paul Chase
Glens Falls
W. C
Martin Till
Frank Warda
Salivatori Palmeri
Carlson Rauh
Joseph Scialino
Norman Savage
William Davey
Purnell
Winston J. Dandreau
Strike Closes Gary Plate Mill in Indiana
A strike of cranemen loaders and hookers halted production at Carnegie-Illinois Steel 160 inch plate mill in Gary Indiana the largest plate mill this side of the Alleghanies A company spokesman said the strike was not union authorized and union officials declined to name themselves The mill was producing plate for the maritime commission and navy Four cranemen hookers and loaders off shift were suspended The company noted no grievance is now on file though a wage increase demand had been previously settled by an incentive plan The strike left several hundred workers idle due to interdependent work segments
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Gary
Ind
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Alleghanies
Steel Workers Union
Maritime Commission
Navy
S A. m
Senate panel weighs 5 percent cap on war profits
Senate Finance Committee may study a five per cent limit on war profits as part of the new revenue bill. Chairman George D. afterward suggested renegotiation rules for war contracts could be repealed or amended. Vandenberg urged action to restore production certainty while Army and Navy officials favored contract renegotiation changes.
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Senate Finance Committee
Washington
George D-Ga
Army
Navy
George
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Bond Purchases Essential Says Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau declares voluntary war bond purchases essential to the national effort and urges continued and intensified sales until victory. He rebuts claims of endorsing failure and praises volunteers nationwide aiding the war finance, while calling for heavy taxation to support war needs.
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Washington
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
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