Finlandzer Peace Move Sparks Global Interest
The Finnish minister to Washington proposes ceasing hostilities once Finland’s security is guaranteed, a move seen as a possible peace offer. It could ease pressure on Murmansk, aid the Soviet front, and affect Arctic shipping routes. Berlin reports sinking or damaging merchant ships as Tirpitz reemerges, while Helsinki’s response remains uncertain.
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Finland
Land of Lakes
Russia
Leningrad
Arctic
Murmansk
Gulf of Finland
Kronstadt
Berlin
London
Smashing RAF Attack Over Munich Leaves Devastation
London reports a broad Munich devastation from a 11th nightly RAF raid this month. 1300 mile round trip, 200 aircraft involvement, 10 planes lost. Saar region also struck. Fires seen for miles, bombs and incendiaries dropped for 30 minutes.
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Munich
Associated Press
London
Air Ministry
Germany
Saar
RAEF
RAF
Scrap Drives Can Avert Cut In Steel Output
The War Production Board warned that unless Americans step up iron and steel scrap collection this fall, blast furnaces may cut steel output this winter. Deputy Director Paul C. Cabot said only about half of the 7,000,000 tons needed by year end is on hand, a 3,500,000 ton shortage. He urged immediate intensification of scrap drives led by newspapers and local salvage committees to meet the target.
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Washington
War Production Board
Paul C. Cabot
WPB
Cabot
National manpower crisis taints war agencies says report
Ray Tucker outlines a growing national scandal as War Production Board, Paul V. McNutt's Commission, and the Selective Service System clash over scarce labor. The Tolan Subcommittee exposes executive-session abuses showing competing demands for 100000 skilled workers, with no central bureau to resolve priorities.
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Ray Tucker
War Production Board
Paul V. McNutt
Commission
Selective Service System
Tolan
Geo. H. Bender
Ohio Republican
Willkie Hopes For Frank Talk In Stalin Visit
Wendell Willkie arrived in Moscow and planned a frank talk with Joseph Stalin. He hoped to deliver a written message from Roosevelt and asked to visit the front, stating he believes the Stalingrad front is an American and British front as well. Willkie met with Sir Archibald Clark Kerr and Vyacheslav Molotov as he began his visit.
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Moscow
Wendell L. Willkie
Joseph Stalin
Wilkie
Archibald Clark Kerr
Vyacheslaff Molootov
Willkie
Stalin
Roosevelt
Stalingrad
Another Survey Of New Tax Bill Held For Senate Group
Senate finance committee meets again on the new tax bill after Morgenthau says it is inadequate. Some members consider major changes and pay-as-you-go income tax collection is revisited. Estimating added revenue at 6.8517 billion, Morgenthau notes this exceeds House totals by 560.4 million.
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Senate
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenshau
Senate Finance Committee
Clark
D-Mo
Morgenthau
House
Procope Says Finland Seeks Cease Fire But Demands Security
Finnish minister to the United States Hjalmar J Procope says Finland wants to cease fighting as soon as its existence is secured with lasting guarantees though no proposal or territorial restitution has been offered. He noted that a separate peace would hurt Germany, which uses Finnish air bases for attacks on convoys to Russia.
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Washington
Hjalmar J. Procope
Finland
Helsinki
Uncle Sam
Mighty Atom
Associated Press
United States
Russia
Caucasus
Procope
Allied Planes Attack Lae Base in New Guinea Offensive
Allied air forces attacked the Japanese base at Lae on the northeast New Guinea coast for the third day, burning five barges and a tugboat and damaging shore works. Bomber and fighter raids also hit supply lines inland from Buna to Kokoda, as Japanese advance toward Port Moresby showed no progress. Ground reports said Japanese forces were stalled at Ioribaiwa on the Owen Stanley Mountains, 32 miles from Port Moresby.
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MacArthur
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Buna
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Ioribaiwa
Owen Stanley Mountains
Tirpitz Prowls Arctic Seas For Allied Convoys
London reports the German battleship Tirpitz has left Trondheim and is patrolling Arctic sea lanes under Nazi air cover in search of Allied convoys. Observers say Germany is using all resources to disrupt supplies to Russia after a six day clash sunk 38 merchantmen from a 45 ship convoy.
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Tirpitz
Arctic Sea
London
Trondheim
Arctic
Trondheim Fjord
Russia
Anti-Inflation Bill Faces Senate With Food Price Advances
The unprecedented anti inflation bill moves in the Senate with a committee report showing food prices rising 40 percent yearly since spring. Farm price parity proposals and wage controls are debated, as Senate and House consider measures to stabilize prices and wages before November 1.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate Agricultural Subcommittee
Full Agricultural Committee
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
Council of Farm Co-operatives
House
British Forces Nearer Capital In Madagascar
British forces advance toward Tananarive Madagascar with reports of a three mile proximity. The British column moves from Majunga while troops landed at Tamatave near the east coast lie about 90 miles from the capital. Rail junction at Brickaville seized and Ankazobe taken on September 19, with rain hindering northwest roads.
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London
Madagascar
Tananarive
Port Louis
Mauritius
Majunga
Tamatave
British East Africa Command
Brickaville
Ankazobe
Average In Middle Belt Better Than $38 In First Week
North Carolina middle belt tobacco markets opened the 1942 season with 14,582,024 pounds sold at an average of $38.44 per hundred. Purchases totalled more than twice the first week last year, with an $8.93 higher average. Eastern Bright belt markets moved 43,154,898 pounds that week, bringing total since opening to 143,124,282 pounds at $34.88 per hundred.
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Middle Belt
Raleigh
Federal
State Agriculture Departments
North Carolina
Bright Belt
Tolan Calls For Manpower Budget To Support 10 Million Army
Washington reports Chairman Tolan of the House Defense Migration committee urged a clear decision on allocating manpower between army and industry as the army is projected to reach ten to thirteen million next year. He noted a shortage of manpower and cited proposed moves to draft 18 and 19 year olds if Congress acts. Senator Hill planned to push a universal service and total mobilization amendment to empower presidential coordination of manpower and industry.
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Washington
Tolan
D-Calif
House
Special Committee On Defense Migration
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Congress
Hill
Soviet Troops Hold In Stalingrad After Heavy German Assault
In Stalingrad on September 21 heavy German bombardment failed to break Soviet defense. Pravda reports close fighting in the suburbs with urban street by street combat and stubborn Russian counterattacks, despite German reinforcements and extensive battlefield losses.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Stalingrad
Pravda
Acale
Leningrad
U S Airmen Raids Hit Jap Bases Across Asia
U S airmen carried out 23 bombing raids on Japanese installations in occupied China French Indo China and Burma in July and August. They shot down 28 Japanese planes and probably six more while destroying 30 enemy craft on the ground with no bomber losses. Five American fighters were lost with one pilot confirmed safe. The Chinese air force aided ground personnel and air warning services. Flying Tigers joined after the AVG disbanded to bolster Chiang Kai-shek’s forces. Direct hits were made on two hangars and several aircraft at Nanchang, Kiangsi province.
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Chungking
China
Indo- China
Burma
Joseph Stibwell
Chinese Air Warning Service
U. S. Army Air Force
Flying Tigers
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High Point
N. C
U. S
Fort Bragg
Airborne Command
Army
Jap Lne
Senator Hill
Ala
U.S
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