Balkans war fears echo 1918 as Axis strains show
A Daily feature by Glenn Babb notes an optimistic Yugoslav official in London likening today’s Balkan crisis to 1918. The piece argues the parallel fails, cites German pressures on Romania and Hungary, and highlights far-reaching air raids shaping fear in Bucharest Budapest Sofia and Zagreb.
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D.wilt MacKenzie
Glenn Babb
MacKenzie
Britain
London
Balkans
Turkey
Bulgaria
Austria - Hungary
Hitler
Red Army
D'Esperey
Hungary
Rumania
Balkan States
Bucharest
Budapest
Sofia
Zagreb
United States
Romania
Defense Chief Landis Warns of Increased Attack Risks
James M. Landis, civilian defense director, told West Virginia officials that war developments since Pearl Harbor raise the chances of attacks on U S shores. He warned Nazi Germany has gained ground and oil, noted Japanese ambitions, and urged preparedness for a long war. He said safer inland cities remain vulnerable if strategic, and raiders could target Pittsburgh Detroit Cleveland and Charleston.
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Landis
U.S
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
James M. Landis
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
Lanais
West Virginia
Grew
White House
Japan
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Cleveland
London Denies Nazi Sinking Claim as Untrue
The ministry of information stated that the German claim to have sunk American troop transports in the Atlantic is quite untrue. The announcement said the enemy claim to sink troop transports in the Atlantic is quite untrue.
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London
Ministry of Information
Atlantic
Two Japanese Subs Damaged In Kiska Raid
ALASKAN DEFENSE COMMAND reports two Japanese submarines in Kiska harbor were damaged by U S Army fliers. Lieut Col Jack Chennault led a strafing run as nine planes attacked the surfaced sub, while a second squadron under Major Wilbur Miller engaged another sub that was seen sinking slowly.
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Alaskan Defense Command
Kiska Harbor
United States Army
Air Force
Jack Chennault
Flying Tigers
China
Chennault
Washington Navy
Kiska
Wilbur Miller
Debate Over Sponge Iron Pilot Plant And War Production Board Hmm
Criticism targets War Production Board steel policy as conservative figures push sponge iron as a ship and weapon metal substitute. Senator O Mahoney secures 600000 dollars for a Laramie pilot plant after a NAS critique and a Japanese factory seizure.
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War Production Board
W.P.B
Bureau of Mines
Barkley Urges Quick Action On Inflation
Washington Sept 29 Democratic Leader Barkley Ky urged immediate Senate action on anti inflation legislation before October 1 to justify the legislative system. He said prices may rise if Congress does not move and that action may require staying in session to complete price and wage stabilization measures. Farm bloc members seek a compromise mandating administrator to weigh all productive costs before ceilings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Brown
D-Mich
Michigan
Montana
Senator Hatch
Hatch
British Warn French of Allied Invasion Plans
A British army officer in a BBC French service broadcast warned the French that the chances of a British and Allied landing on French soil must be foreseen. He said naval intervention in French waters and RAF strikes against occupied France would occur as the Allied offensive develops. The warning echoed a prior BBC French broadcast.
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London
BBC
RAF
France
Hitler
Germany
Allies Step Up Drive In Pacific War Zone
A determined Allied offensive is under way in the Pacific, driving Japanese forces back in New Guinea and inflicting heavy losses on planes and troops in the Solomons and Aleutians. MacArthur reports progress north of Port Moresby as air and ground attacks, aided by Canadian planes, disrupt supply lines and halt invasion progress. Naval high command meetings at sea accompany the campaign.
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John H. Wiggins
Washington
Pacific
New Guinea
Solomon and
Aleutian Islands
U. S. Navy
Air Force
Solomons
Aleutians
MacArthur
Owen Stanley Mountains
Port Moresby
Gona
Kiska
Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Dutch Harbor
Pacific Fleet
Army
Hitler reshuffles German command over Stalingrad drive
Allied dispatches report a purge of Nazi generals after Stalingrad setbacks. Field Marshal Fedor Von Bock loses command at Stalingrad, Von Leeb is replaced on the Leningrad front, and Siegmund List plus Hermann Von Hoth take key roles. Georg Von Kuschler reportedly substitutes Von Leeb in the north. List, a blitzkrieg proponent, is expected to press a new assault with heavy losses.
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London
Hitler
Moscow
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Leningrad
Vichy
Siegmund List
Balkan
von Boz
Hermann von Hoth
Georg von Kuschler
von Leeb
List
Berlin
von Finschler
von Bock
France
National service act eyed to meet wartime manpower needs
Washington report outlines a proposed compulsory labor allocation law to assign workers to critical war jobs. Paul V. McNutt, war manpower chief, told the House Agriculture Committee persuasion may not suffice and that constitutional questions exist. He noted compulsion would apply to very few and could help place workers where they contribute most to victory.
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Frank M. Lemay
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Newspaperen
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Austin
R-V.j
McNutt
British Seize Last Seaport In Madagascar
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Tulear, the last port in Madagascar, had surrendered to the British. He credited the Royal Navy with the successful landings and noted the progress of the King's African Rifles against light opposition as French forces south of the capital move toward armistice.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Tulear
Madagascar
Royal Navy
King’s African Rifles
Armand Annet
Majunga
State Bar meetings set for October in Raleigh
The State Bar Council will meet here October 22 and the State Bar will hold its annual meeting the next day. The notice, dated September 29, outlines the two sessions and their dates in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
State Bar Council
State Bar
Stark Diary Of 32 Day Jungle Survival By AP Reporter
The diary of Associated Press war correspondent Vern Haugland recounts 32 days of survival after being dropped into New Guinea. He wandered through jungle terrain with no food or tropic experience, ending Aug 9 to Sept 9 before medical care and recognition by colleagues. The entry ends with his delirious state and discovery by missionaries, with security restrictions on exact landing location.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
Vern Haugland
New Guinea
Haugland
Port Moresby
Harry Lehrbas
General Macarthur
Owen Stanley Mountains
James A. Michael
Temple
Okla
Hawgland
Russians Press Northwest Drive Near Stalingrad
Moscow dispatch reports a Soviet push northwest of Rzhev clearing Germans from a bank of the upper Volga while flanking moves from the lower Volga bend to relieve Stalingrad in its 36th siege day. Night assaults yielded heights near Stalingrad as street fighting raged, with forces in stubborn street battles and deep contested objectives on both sides.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Rzhev
Uper Volga
Troo
Lower Volga
Garriso
Stalingrad
Stralingrad
Soviet Information Bureau
Allies Use Tokyo Tactics on Japanese in New Guinea
Allied forces in the Owen Stanley range north of Port Moresby launched an infiltrating attack on the Ioribaiwa ridge using jungle warfare tactics learned from the Japanese. Aircraft targeted enemy supply lines while the Wairopi bridge near Kokoda was again attacked with cannon fire and incendiaries. The operation aimed at the Japanese positions near the village of Ioribaiwa.
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MacArthur
Australi
Allied
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Po Moresby
Buna Io
Ioribaiwa
Buna
Guinea
Wairopi
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William L. Worden
Kay Tucker
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Laramie
Bureau
National Academy of Sciences
Pacific War Zone
Wilmington
Hanover
Pender County
By Wes Gallagher
Tokyo
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