Soviet says chance to hold Stalingrad grows
Soviet troops push northwest of Stalingrad and claim a chance to hold and repulse the Fascists as German counterattacks are repelled. The communique reports dislodgement of Germans from buildings inside the ruined city with about 400 enemy deaths. Farther south near Mozdok and in the Black Sea region, German assaults are repulsed with large enemy losses.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Volga
Mozdok
Caucasus
Grozny
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Transportation Systems To Be Investigated
Federal grand juries in nine cities will probe the nations transportation industry led by rates and relations among railroads buses trucks waterways and airlines. First evidence goes before a Chicago grand jury next Thursday with subpoenas issued for the Pennsylvania North Western Burlington Milwaukee railroads and the Illinois Freight Association.
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Washington
Justice Department
Chicago
Pennsylvania, North Western
Burlington and
Milwaukee
Ilinois Freight Association
Navy
Kaiser Calls Steel Bottleneck in War Production
Los Angeles September 26 Kaiser West Coast industrialist called steel the bottleneck in the nation war production schedule. He outlined plans to boost output at Southern California plant using western ore and projected pig iron by January and rolled plate soon after from a Fon tana steel plant now under construction. He praised the nationwide scrap drive but offered few specifics.
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Los Angeles
Henry J. Kaiser
California
Pacific Ports
Kaiser
Fontana
Calif
America
Laval fires aide to protect his French rule
Paris, Sept 26 Fighting French sources report Pierre Laval dismissed Jacques Benoist-Mechin, secretary to state in the Vichy foreign ministry, after fears he opposed Laval to please pro Nazi circles. Berlin radio cited rumors Benoist-Mechin might resign but said official word said he had not quit. Laval claimed the aide had gone to Paris after a long talk. The dispute reflects internal factional struggles for German favor in Vichy. Benoist-Mechin helped form the French Tricolor Legion and was placed in charge of French labor in Germany last May.
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London
Pierre Laval
Jacques Benoist- Mechin
Vichy Foreign Ministry
Laval
Jacques Doriot
Paris
Berlin
DNB
Vichy
Benoist-Mechin
French Tricolor Legion
Petain
Germany
England’s war plant hours total 53 per week
Chicago dispatch reports Daniel J. Tobin, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, that English war plant workers average 53 hours weekly with rare labor stoppages. He noted strikes are short and governed by union rules, and praised England’s rationing and cost of living stability.
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Chicago
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
England
Columbuas Broadcasting System
Tobin
British Trades Union Congress
A. F. of S
Roosevelt
New Deal for Britain Urged by Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury urged UK credit be issued by the state rather than banks and called for land reforms and broader opportunity. He argued money credit functions like a monopoly and proposed public authority control over new credit to serve the public interest. He framed property as stewardship, not exclusive use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Industrial Christian Fellowship
Britain
RAF Bombers Strike Tobruk In Night Raid
RAF heavy and medium bombers attacked Tobruk in force, with explosions in the harbor area and near anti aircraft posts. British submarines reportedly sank five to seven Axis supply ships in the Mediterranean, while further raids targeted Galal near the Alamein line and roads between Salam and Sidi Barrani. South African aircraft hit enemy landing grounds at Matruh and Fuka, starting large fire and several smaller blazes.
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Cairo
Egypt
Alfied
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Admiralty
London
Galal
Alamein
Salam
Sidi Barrani
Matruh
Fuka
35 Mile Speed Limit Curbs War Time Driving
Washington announces a 35 mph national speed limit to be enforced via state proclamations. All private vehicles face tire inspections every 60 days after rationing begins. Nationwide gasoline rationing to start around Nov. 22 with a basic four gallons weekly per car, merging with Atlantic seaboard program. Administration requires compliance for tire and gasoline rations.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Atlantic Seaboard
Henderson
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastman
Armed Forces
une@ecr
ODT
Roosevelt
William M. Jeffers
Roosevelt Granted Broad War Powers Without Congress
President Roosevelt can requisition industry labor and material for the war effort under a sweeping clause inserted into the Selective Service Act. The provision allows him to place munition contracts with any entity and makes compliance obligatory under penalties up to three years in jail and ten thousand dollars fine. The origin of this clause remains unclear, dating to debates over conscription.
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Ray Tucker
Roosevelt
Congress
Governmnt
Lewis B. Hershey
F.D.R
GOP To Aid Okay Of Farm Price Compromise
Administration officials projected the compromise on farm prices in the anti inflation bill would pass the Senate next week with Republican help. A Barkley led plan drew 28 Democrats, 10 Republicans and one Independent in support, with 12 Democrats and 3 Republicans opposing. A vote tally aimed for a 26 to 7 margin on the Monday roll call, as uncommitted Senators were eyed for party line shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Associated Press
Barkley
Roosevelt
Thomas
D-Okla
Hatch
Norris
Nebraska
Administration
Allies Guarded Arctic Convoy With 75 Warships
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disclosed that seventy five British warships guarded a large convoy of Russian American and British ships attacked by Nazi planes and submarines in the Arctic Sea earlier this month. He noted the voyage carried the largest total of munitions yet transported in a single trip from Britain and the United States including aircraft tanks guns ammunition and stores. He praised the bomber offensive against Germany noting 5000 tons of bombs were dropped in the first two weeks of September 1942 and cited major night raids on London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anthony Eden
Arctic Sea
Leamington
Britain
United States
Germany
Ris
Cologne
Eden
Nelson Reorganizes Supplies to Tighten War Production
WPB chief Donald M Nelson orders a transition from the old priority system to an allocation based flow of scarce materials to war plants. Ferdinand Eberstadt is moved ahead of the Army Navy Munitions Board, signaling a friction clash with military officials. About 80 percent of production will shift to allocation with PRP phased out, leaving only small items to be scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erling F. Green
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Armed Services
Nelson
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Army- Navy Munitions Board
WPB
Entertain Close Associates
PRP
Willkie urges early second front in Europe with Britain
In Moscow Wendell Willkie urges a real second front in Europe at the earliest possible moment with Britain, saying public prodding may be needed. He advocates acting now to aid Russia as soldiers die holding Stalingrad, after meetings with Stalin and Molotov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Wendell L. Willkie
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
Willkie
Hitler
Central Front
Joseph Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
America
Stalingrad
Oslo Near Siege After Quisling Rally Bombed
Oslo, reported by Ernest Agnew from London, is said to be on the verge of a state of siege as Norwegian patriots and RAF bombers disrupt a Quisling Nazi puppet party convention. Patriots attacked Bislen stadium, burned the Quisling paper Fritt Folk, and caused fires and street fighting amid leaflets urging boycott. Quisling blamed murder planes, claiming the raid targeted the Norwegian Nazi party, not German troops. four killed and 40 wounded, he said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Agnew
London
Urgency of Scrap Metal Drive May Be Last
New York, Sept 26 James Marlow reports that a national scrap metal drive, urged to run through Jan 1, aims to extract every bit of metal from homes and farms. Industry leaders say vigorous public cooperation, aided by newspapers, could end the need to tap further sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
New York
Hves
Irving S. Olds
Chaman
United States Steel Corp
Newspapers of
America
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HMR
Milne Bay
Australia
Steel
Aide
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Oslo
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