Clash Between Hitler and Von Bock for Stalingrad Battle
War column analyzes alleged feud between Adolf Hitler and Marshal Werner von Bock over the Stalingrad siege. Report notes Hitler’s insistence on attacking Stalin’s city while Von Bock favored concentrating on the Caucasus, with potential impact on Nazi campaign. Column argues the dispute, whether factual or not, unsettles German strategy as Soviet forces press counterattacks.
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Herritler
Caucasus
Fedor Vonk
I von Bock
Jalin
Hitler
von Bock
Lithal
Won K
Alaska Highway Opens December First Despite Thaws
Washington announces the Alaska Highway will be ready for use about December 1, with 1600 miles of two way traffic expected until spring thaws. The Alcan road is described as a well graded truck road, with muskeg threats largely overcome by corduroy crossings. only four miles of muskeg in a 60 mile stretch remain.
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Washington
Alaska
Stimson
Alcan
Corps of Engineers
Secretary Stimson Shocked by Prize Fight Arrangements
Secretary of War Stimson said he was shocked by the Louis Conn championship fight setup and began a personal investigation. He noted details were unknown to him until this morning and aimed to conclude the inquiry within 48 hours. The inquiry centers on the October 12 Yankee Stadium bout and disputed prize allocations to Louis and Conn and obligations to promoters and managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Joe Louis-Billy
Ankee Stadium
New York
Ceeds
Army Emergency Relief Fund
Committee of
New York Sports Writers
War Department
Louis
Conn
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Mike Jacobs
John Roxborough
Flying Fortresses clash with Japanese warplanes in sea dogfight
American pilots report giant 20 ton B 17s engaging Kawanishi flying boats over the South Seas in a pair of bomber bomber battles. One fight lasted 25 minutes over 60 miles with about 1500 rounds fired and both enemy planes believed destroyed. Capt Walter Lucas and Lt James Lancaster reported the duels, with one pilot recalling near formation flying at 8000 feet.
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Eugene Burns
South Seas
Walter Lucas
Starkville
Miss
James W. Lancaster
Temple
Tex
Lucas
Duke Power On Move Again To Get Low Taxes
The Duke Power Company pivots from Jersey City to Flemington New Jersey to cut intangible property taxes. The firm operates electricity generation and distribution plus transit and utilities across North and South Carolina. Also noted is Mrs Doris Duke Cromwell contesting a 222 million intangible assessment in Hillsborough in federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
Trenton
WN. J
Duke Power Company
North
South Carolina
Jersey City
Flemington
Doris Duke Cromwell
James Buchanan Duke
James H. R. Cromwell
U. S
Canada
Hillsborough Town
Correspondent Reaches Port Moresby After 47 Days
Vern Haugland AP war correspondent who parachuted into New Guinea amid a damaged bomber has surfaced at Port Moresby Allied base. He is reported very ill from malaria exhaustion and famine but expected to recover.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Vern Haugland
Associated Press
Port Moresby
Haugland
German-Held Fortifications Are Destroyed Near Stalingrad
Red Army forces at Stalingrad recaptured a settlement northwest of the city and reported heavy Soviet casualties for the Germans, claiming 7,200 invaders slain. Volga gunboats supported artillery and infantry as tanks and field guns were wrecked or captured in renewed action. The defense reportedly held despite intense, streets-by-street fighting on the 31st day of the siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Volga
Red Navy
Volga River
Red Star
US Destroyer Jarvis Lost Without Trace At Sea
The Navy reports the destroyer Jarvis vanished in the Southwest Pacific after being damaged near Guadalcanal. About 250 sailors are feared dead. The auxiliary transport Little also sunk in Solomons operations, with roughly half the crew saved and two commanding officers lost: LCDR William Walter Graham Jr. of Phoenix and LCDR Gus B. Lofberg of Santa Cruz.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Jarvis
Southwest Pacific
Little
Solomons
Guadalcanal
William Walter Graham, Jr
Phoenix, Ariz
Gus B. Lofberg
Mission Street
Santa Cruz
Calif
Brown Raps Disunity In Government
Senator Brown warns Congress and the President face a possible collision that could force a Supreme Court resolution. He cites disunity between legislative and executive branches as dangerous as farm parity price disputes and labor costs influence a proposed up to 12 percent parity boost. House support and party leaders back an amendment including all farm labor costs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Brown
D-Mich
Senate Today
Congress
Supreme Court
Brown
Congressional
Roosevelt
Administration
House
Thomas
D-Okla
Senator Hatch
D-Nini
Soviet Denies Air Attacks on Bulgaria
Moscow reports via Tass an official denial that Soviet planes bombed Bulgarian cities. Tass says the claim is a lie aimed to provoke. Bulgaria remains allied with Axis powers, with no Soviet involvement in bombing Bulgarian towns.
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Bulgaria
Moscow
Tass
Russia
Axis
Hitler
Berlin
Vichy
Five Die In Washington Bound Train Wreck
Five persons are believed killed with perhaps up to 23 dead as rear end collision between two Washington bound trains sent a pullman into a fast freight near Dickerson Maryland. The Ambassador express from Detroit to Washington and the Cleveland night express were involved. Fire from overturned diesel engine and baggage car spread through wreckage as rescue teams responded. A hospital train was dispatched and fire crews faced water shortages amid the disaster scene.
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Dickerson
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington Evening Star
Washington
Ambassador
Detroit
Cleveland
O. M. Burdette
Frederick
Burdette
Willkie Delivers Roosevelt Message to Stalin in Moscow
Wendell L. Willkie, Roosevelt envoy, carried a personal White House message to Joseph Stalin after a Kremlin meeting. He warned of growing disappointment in the United States and Britain over the failure to open a Second Front, saying locals expect one in 1942. Willkie toured Moscow’s officials and factories as Soviet leaders and Molotov pressed for actions toward a Second Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Willkie
Moscow
U. S. Army Air Transport Command
United Nations
Willkie
F. F. Molochkov
People’s Commissariat For Foreign Affairs
Konstantin Oumansky
United States
Associated Press
Wendell L. Willkie
Washington
Soviet Russia
Britain
Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
Kremlin
Stalin
Cairo
Chungking
Vyacheslav Molotov
London
Europe
House Committee Weighs Draft Labor Legislation
Washington Sept 24 House Agriculture Committee members on the verge of drafting legislation to address a farm labor shortage They plan to consult Maj Gen Lewis Hershey War Manpower Commission head and possibly Paul V McNutt before acting Secretary Wickard warned relief is urgent but offered no solution Fulmer favors aggressive action and higher farmer prices or subsidies to attract labor without waiting for a food shortage to loom
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Treasury
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
D-Sc
Lewis B. Ntershey
Selective Service
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Hershey
Agriculture Wickard
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