World War News From London on Sermons Battle and Hitler Strategy
London dispatch describes the Sermons clash as rivaling Nazi Allied focus on the Pacific. Hitler presses in the Caucasus while Russia fights at Stalingrad, with two main aims: sever Russian lines to hostilities near the Persian front and block the Black Sea coast for Mediterranean access. The weather favors the defenders as winter slows operations.
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Dewitt MacKenzie Ide
London
Amer
Germany
Japan
Britain
America
Hitler
Russia
Stalingrad
Trategic
Icted
Caucasus
Isthmus
Caspian
Fightzoe
Novorossisk
Taupse
Hack Sea
Grive
Smountains
Black Sea
Middle Islsand
Mediterranean
Owever
Vo.sas
Aucasus
Juke Girl at Saenger Sunday Delivers Drama and Romance
A lively film starring Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan and Richard Whorf opens at the Saenger Theater next Sunday. In a Florida town Sheridan plays a dancer whose world centers on music and romance as two visitors seek work. A conflict with Henry Madden Gene Lockhart over fair pay leads to a fatal clash and a tense climax involving a lynch mob, marking a high point in cinema for the year.
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Saenger Theate
E Picure
Fim
Hollywood
Ann Sheridan
Ronald Reagan
Richard Whorf
Sheridan
Kings Row
Ann
Faye Emerson
Florida
Dan
Reagan
Whart
Henry Madden
Gene Lockhart
Lockhart
George Tobias
Tobias
Market Report from St Louis and New York Stocks
Market report combines livestock at National Stockyards showing hogs and cattle prices with calf and hog weight group details, followed by New York stocks with mixed closes and market tone. Grain and provisions, Chicago poultry and produce prices, and cotton futures rounds out the financial snapshot.
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St, Louis Livestock National Stockyards
U. S. Dept. Agr
Unclear Campaign Ambitions Fade as Caucasus Aim Falters
A political strategist argues that pursuing a decisive victory by penetrating the southern Caucasus and the Middle East is increasingly unlikely. The speaker likens the chances to chasing a rainbow’s end, noting the elusive goal and the inability to even glimpse the spectrum.
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Caucasus
Middle East
Enemy Lands Continued from Page One Dispatches
On the Owen Stanley summits American forces blasted and strafed enemy troops. Front line reports say the Japanese advance was delayed more than halted after ten days of steady retreat and unexpected resistance.
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Owen Stanley
Amendments on Page Four Fit Governing Board Rules
The proposed amendments limit abolitions to the state institution level and require new boards to have five seven or ten members. Governors may remove members for cause with written approval from a majority of remaining members. Vacancies from causes other than term expiration are filled by gubernatorial appointment with remaining member approval. The measure does not specify term-expiration vacancy rules. Some people are color-blind in one eye.
Missing Child Found Ends Gripping Kidnap Plot in West
Red Bluff California police hold a Portland couple after confessing to kidnapping Vivian Miller a four year old girl found safe in Grants Pass Oregon. Du Bois 39 and wife 24 signed a statement detailing the plan naming their routes from San Francisco to Willits Grants Pass and Red Bluff with a motive to obtain a child of their own. Vivian was located unharmed at a Grants Pass school and her mother Mrs Louise Miller rejoiced over the safe return.
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Red Bluff
Calif
Vivian Miller
Grants Pass
Ore
Vivian
Beaumont B. du Bois
Portland
du Bais
James. Froome
San Francisco
Louise Miller
Grants Ass
Morris Miller
du Bois
Marvin E. Dowell
John O'Connell
McNeil Island
San Quentin
Sheriev
James N. Froome
Dolly
Willits
Oregon
Beaumont B
Charlotte du Bois
Viian
Japanese Losses Topped by Pacific War Leaders Dies Honored
New York reports belated posthumous awards from Japan for top officers and men killed in the Pacific and China. Among the honorees are Vice Admiral Yukichi Yashiro Rear Admiral Toshio Otake Rear Admiral Yukio Kato Major General Tateo Kato and Major General Chigeki Usui. Also recognized are naval aviators and special attack flotilla members tied to Pearl Harbor and near Malaya air battles.
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New York
Pacific
Tokyo
Japan
Yasukuni Shrine
China
Gnin
Yukichi Yasshiro
Toshio Otake
Yuki
Roosevelt Silent on Talks With Willkie
President Roosevelt said he had an exceedingly successful talk with Wendell Willkie but declined to discuss details, citing unfairy secrets. He warned no controversy could be stirred while Willkie calls for opening a second front.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell N. Willkie
Wilkie
Addiion
Willie
Surplus Labor Areas May Get War Contracts
Washington reports Senator Pepper proposes shifting war contracts to labor surplus regions and creating a national migration policy. He cites evidence contracts cluster where farming shortages exist and urges bringing work to workers in place. McNutt of the War Manpower Commission discusses funding a broader agricultural labor survey and placement, suggesting some farmers may need to work for others.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Paul VY. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy Lib Benson Credited With Sinking Two Jap Carriers
San Francisco October 16 Navy Lieutenant Robert H Benson 22 has officially sunk two Japanese carriers earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and a Navy Cross for earlier actions in the Battle of Midway and the Solomons. He is the son of Marine Major Albert E Benson of San Francisco and has served with a carrier based dive bomber squadron in the Pacific.
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San Francisco
Robert H. Ben. Son
Benson
Albert E. Benson
U.s.s.yorks
Hawaii
Solomons
Marine Corps
Action on Sale of State Land Deferred
Land Commissioner Bush Binley postponed the state land sale for about 46 000 acres in the Ozark and Wichita national forests. A 20 member land use committee will meet at 10 p.m. to review bids and ensure a business like process before bidding resumes next Wednesday.
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Sitle
Ozark and Wachita National Forests
Bush Binley
Adkins Seeks Classes for State Colleges
Governor Adkins pressed for special army training at Arkansas state colleges and universities after renewed draft legislation. He told groups from Arkansas Tech and Conway State Teachers College that enrollments could drop, while institutions could host about 6,000 trainees in programs such as engineering and signals. Estimated enrollments include Arkansas, Arkansas State, Tech, A. and M., Magnolia, and Tenderson State Teachers, with university figures around 1,000 each and Magnolia smaller. He offered campus facilities to war department officials, who showed interest. The state publicity department is compiling institutional data at officials’ request.
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Little Rock
Adking
Arkansas
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
State Teachers College
Conway
Adkins
Signal Corps
University of Arkansas and
Arkansas State College
Jonesboro
Matticetto A
Magnolia A
War Department
Washington
State Publicity Department
Morgenthau Arrives in British Isles
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau arrived in Britain by plane, the first U.S. cabinet member here since the war began. He stayed at a London hotel and met with Ambassador John G. Winant, with talks likely to touch on reciprocal aid within lend-lease. Dr. Harry D. White accompanied Morgenthau, who was invited by Prime Minister Churchill.
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London
Tony Morgenthau, Jr
United States
Harry Hopkins
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Alherg
Washington
Morgenthau
Harry D. White
Churchill
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