Russians Take Grim Stand To Hold Stalingrad
Soviet forces clash fiercely on the Stalingrad front with reinforced troops and counterattacks aimed at turning back German divisions near the city heart. Across the front from Karelian to Caucasus regions, heavy fighting, strategic gains, and massive tank actions are reported as both sides push and probe in a pivotal theater of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Karelian
Central
Caucasus
Voronezh
Volga
Berlin
Don
Hves
Kalinin Front
Lake Ilmen
Central Caucasus
Mozdok
Terek River
Terek
Red Star
Japs Will Fight Until Utterly Crushed, Grew Warns
Former Ambassador Joseph C. Grew declares that Japan will not crack morally or economically and must be defeated by utter destruction of their men and materials. Reports from Guadalcanal show fierce fanatical resistance, with Japanese soldiers fighting to the end. (Con. on Page 2-Col. 1)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C
Weo
Nippon
Pearl Harbor
Orient
Mr. Grew
Southwest Pacific Islands
Guadalcanal
Knox Says Submarine Menace Is Still a Problem
Secretary of the Navy Knox warned the submarine threat remains central to wartime strategy and tied to plans for a second European front. He urged unity on the home front, emphasized intensified anti-submarine measures, and called for coordinated efforts to keep Russia supplied and sustain allied war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Kansas City
the Navy
Europe
American Legion
United Nations
Western
Pacific
Russia
Empty Junk Yard Scrap Drive for War Mills
A nationwide scrap metal drive is launched to gather metals from High Point salvage depots junk yards and auto graveyards. The plan explains why empty yards delay shipments and how sorting grading storage and winter stockpiling keep mills stocked for wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
America
Arbitration To Settle Ferry Strike In Mobile
In Mobile Alabama thousands of shipyard workers return to Alabama Drydocks after a two day layoff over a five cent ferry charge. Brig Gen Ben M Smith commands state troops while about 60 percent of normal workers report for duty. The CSO union will represent the plant before the maritime commission though they disclaimed responsibility for the stop. Police remain on duty around city hall and yards as the ferry operation continues pending federal guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Federal Maritime Commission
Alabama Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company
Ben M. Smith
Bankhead
Pinto Island
Charles A. Baumhauer
Maritime Commission
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CSO
George Goodenow
Smith
Dashiell Hammett Enlists in Army as Private Samuel D Hammett
Dashiell Hammett, 48, famed mystery writer, enlisted today as Private Samuel D. Hammett at Camp Upton New York. The Pleasantville, New York resident previously served as a sergeant in the medical corps during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Upton
N. Y
Dashiell Hammett
Samuel D. Hammett
Pleasantville, N. Y
Allied Planes Hit Jap Bases In New Guinea
Allied aircraft blasted Japanese bases in New Guinea and New Britain affecting routes to Port Moresby. Rabaul was hit in a night raid with fires visible for miles, while Salamaua Lae Buna and transport facilities at Buna suffered bombardment and machinegun fire. Timor defense holdouts continued against intensified Japanese pressure.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
New Britain
Port Moresby
Rabaul
Solomon Islands
Salamaua
Lae
Buna
Owen Stanley Range
Yoribaida
Timor
Darwin
Fresh Outbreaks Reported In India
Fresh outbreaks of violence spread across India as government sources report. The most serious incidents occurred in Agra where a mob raided an income tax office and burned records, and Ahmedabad where a homemade bomb exploded near a railway culvert. The government fined Kuhlina, 70 miles northeast of Calcutta, 30 000 rupees for damage to the post office, railway station and telegraph wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Agra
Ahmedabad
Kuhlina
Calcutta
Giant Four Ton Bomb Hailed As War Deadliest Weapon
London reports reveal a new four ton bomb designed to crush steel and concrete, used in Karlsruhe and Duesseldorf on Sept. 2. Air observers call it the war's deadliest weapon, noting vast destruction and fires aided by thousands of incendiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War
London
Air Ministry
Karlsruhe
Duesseldorf
Reich
British advance toward Madagascar capital reported
Vichy radio says British troops occupy Brickaville on Madagascar east coast about 100 miles from Tananarive. The move follows initial landings at Tamatave and earlier west coast operations. A Lon don commentator calls occupation methodical as forces push toward Tananarive. A Free France station from Port Louis questions armistice terms and motives while a Vichy station in Madagascar counters with anti British propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vichy
Madagascar
Brickaville
Tananarive
Tamatave
Majunga
France Libre D'Outre Mer
Free France
Large Supply Scrap Rubber Lost In Blaze
SENECA South Carolina September 19 Large supply of scrap rubber from Standard Oil plant destroyed by fire early today about half of 33000 pounds burned over a storage tank incendiary origin believed. Night watchman saw a match flare and rubber ignite. another guard reported firing at a prowler. Owner E E Abbott suspects deliberate setting. fire department halted further damage with no gasoline lost. Gulf Oil plant adjacent risked damage if blaze spread.
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Seneca
S. C
Standard Oil
Joe Bellotte
E. E. Abbott
Standard
Gulf Oil
Salvage Campaign Planned in North Carolina Schools
Charlotte September 19. The 90,000 NC school children will start a salvage drive October 5 to raise funds for classrooms and support war production. James B Vogler, state salvage secretary, says the plan aims to collect hundreds of thousands of pounds of scrap metal and rubber, with a goal of one pound per student per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
North Carolina
Uncle Sam
James B. Vogler
Acute Food Shortage Seen By Agriculture Committee
Washington reports the house agriculture committee warned of an acute food shortage for coming winter as meat supplies were challenged by a drastic shortage. The senate defense inquiries probe the cattle feeding program after complaints from packers and farmers. Chairman Fulmer promised an aggressive review of farm labor, war manpower, and agriculture policy with calls for explanations from McNutt Wickard and Hershey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Committee
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Rep
Fulmer
D-Sc
House Committee
Truman
D-Mo
Senate Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Selective Service System
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Italians Claim Heavy Losses In North Africa Action
Rome reported heavy Axis losses to Allied tanks and troop columns in the El Alamein front while British planes and German Italian air units pursued continued bombardment and machine-gunning. Cairo’s dispatch noted only artillery exchanges and minor air combat.
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Rome
Egypt
el Alamein Front
North Africa
Cairo
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War Production Board
Allied
China
China xxx." the Secretary of Navy
Legionnaires
Navy
ARMY
Buck
Moresby
Germany
Naples
Chief Port
Page
D-Ga
McNutt
Lewis Hershey
Wickard
Clevenger
Ohio
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