CIO Chieftan Opposed To Wage Freezing
President Philip Murray of the CIO opposes wage freezing in the anti inflation bill, urging stabilization of living costs. Senator Smith of South Carolina backs redefining parity to include farm labor costs, opposing Roosevelt on the issue. Senate Banking Committee revises the bill to allow price and wage stabilization near September 15 levels, with farm prices possibly rising slightly.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Smith
D-S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Murray
Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
House Banking Committee
Steagall
Dala
Senate Banking Committee
Brown
D-Mich
Dieppe Raid Costly for Canadian Forces
Ottawa disclosed that five thousand Canadian troops took part in the Dieppe raid on August 19, with total casualties reaching 3,350 in the costliest Canadian operation of the war. Among the dead were 170, with 633 wounded and 2,047 missing, and the loss attributed to a chance encounter with a German tank and daylight landings.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
Dieppe
English Channel
No. 3
Berneval
Royal Regiment of Canada
Puits
Royal Regiment
Channel
Ambassadors and Allies Face Russian Secrecy Gap
The writer argues that Soviet restraint on war details confounds Allied understanding of the Red position in the Caucasus and fuels distrust. Moscow’s caution stems from decades of anti Communist sentiment, making cooperation with the Allies resemble a barrier. (Con. on Page 2-Col. 3)
Parachute Troops in Britain Lift U S Invasion Plans
American parachute troops, many from the South, training in Britain join British units under Lieut. Col. Edson Raff. They arrived after Pearl Harbor and may serve as a spearhead for invasion or for commando missions, Eisenhower confirms.
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Great Britain
Wes Gallagher
London
United States
Hitler
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A.E.F
Edson D. Raff
East 74Th Street
New York City
Georgia
United States Army
South
Alain Josephs
New York
Shomah Home
Ovah
Rivuhside
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Bru
GE President Heads New WPEB Agency
Washington September 18 The War Production Board created a new production committee chaired by Charles E Wilson president of General Electric to survey the entire war production picture for Army Air Force Navy and Maritime Commission Twice weekly the group will meet military agencies the Maritime Commission and WPB to review needs and schedules Wilson will serve as vice chairman on a dollar a year basis and relay up to date information to WPB officials
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Washington
Armed Services
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Army
Air Force
Navy
Maritime Commission
Wilson
Legion Proposes Drafting Certain Offenders Into Army
Authorities and inmates have urged a step in Washington to reclassify convicts for temporary paroles to aid the four freedoms. Experts suggest determining which offenders could serve without endangering society or the armed forces, with liquor violators and petty criminals among those considered. About 750,000 inmates nationwide are involved in the debate.
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Legion
Washington
British Force Lands on East Coast of Madagascar
A strong new British force has landed on Madagascar's east coast and occupied Tamatave after French resistance. Tamatave, 130 miles northeast of Tananarive, is the island's principal seaport and a key rail link to the inland capital.
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London
Madagascar
Tamatave
British East Africa Command
Tananarive
Better Grades Lift Tobacco Prices on Middle Belt Markets
Improvement in tobacco grades boosted average prices to about 40 cents across nine Middle Belt markets, halting a minor downward drift after Monday's opening. Lower grades also firmed, with notable gains in reed and priming grades. Durham unofficially returned to 40 cents as sales neared 950,000 pounds, with L. G. Cheek noting expected continued heavy selling today.
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Associated Press
Middle Belt
Durham
L. G. Cheek
Japanese Supply Base at Buna Blasted by American Planes
Allied planes blasted Buna New Guinea with 35 000 rounds of cannon and machine gun fire and 30 mile distant bombers pounded Rabaul New Britain. Buna serves as main Japanese supply base as forces push toward Port Moresby. Submarines sank or damaged 107 ships since Pearl Harbor. Madagascar battle sees British forces take Tamatave, near Tananarive.
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Buna
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
United Nations
New Britain
Buna J
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Australia
Gasmata
Japan
Navy
Washington
U. S
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
United States
Toribaiwa
Port Moresy
Tananarive
Taaatave
Tamatave
Madagascar
Grew Declares Japan Far Tougher Enemy Than Germany
Former Ambassador Joseph C. Grew told a Syracuse rally that Japan is vastly tougher than Germany and will be utterly crushed. He warned Americans not to expect a quick victory over Japan and said defeat must come through complete physical destruction or exhaustion of their war resources.
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Grew
Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Japan
Germany
Joseph C. Grew
Berlin
Tokyo
NBC
Bomber Crash Near Columbia Kills Four Airmen
Four army airmen were killed when their bomber crashed in a wooded field about a mile west of the Columbia army air base shortly after takeoff. The crash near Columbia, South Carolina occurred around 9:30 a m. Names could not be released until next of kin were notified. The crew included two officers and two enlisted men. A board of officers was appointed to determine the cause.
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Columbia. S. C
Columbia Army Air Base
Air Base
Germany Fends Off Weather as RAF Attacks Coast Docks
London dispatch notes weather shielded Germany Proper from air attack while RAF Coastal Command hit docks at Bordeaux. Fighters destroyed three enemy bombers over the Bay of Biscay with one RAF loss. British coast suffered some damage and casualties from four Nazi planes. Balloon threats sparked Sofia and Hungary jitters amid Axis diplomacy strains. Minor German activity over Britain with no RAF strikes into Germany reported.
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London
Germany
RAF
Coastal Command
Bordeaux
France
Bay of Biscay
Air Ministry
Britain
Europe
Sofia
Hungary
Budapest
Vichy
Black Sea
Varna
Moscow
Russia
Bulgaria
East Anglia
Soviet Strikes Back At Stalingrad In Last-Ditch Defense
Soviet forces counter attacked along the Volga at Stalingrad driving two enemy wedges from the city in a desperate effort to save the industrial hub. German assaults from the northwest were repulsed as Red Army troops also advanced toward Voronezh breaking through Don defenses despite slow progress on the north flank.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Volga
Stalingrad
Northwesterm
Bulleletin
Red Army
Voronezh
Red Star
The
Don
Bund Leaders Defy Draft, Kunze Ordered All Bundists
In New York on September 18 the government alleged in opening statements that Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, former Bund leader, issued Command Number 37 directing Bundists to refuse Army service under the selective service act. Prosecutor Howard F. Corcoran said the Bund opposed the draft and spread its stance through Free America, meetings, and word of mouth. Kunze, already sentenced to 15 years as a Nazi spy, is among the defendants charged with conspiring to counsel evasion of the draft.
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New York
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Bund
United States Army
U. S
Howard F. Corcoran
Kunze
Hartford
Conn
Corcoran
Free America
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Wendell Willkie
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John Bull
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Stalin
America
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