Hershey Clarifies Demobilization Remarks Conflict
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, told President Roosevelt that his August remark on demobilization was his personal opinion in a field outside his responsibility. He stated the fact was understood by all present and noted his Republican affiliation. He asked that publicity not misstate the context of the Denver reply.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Hershey
White House
Dewey
General Hershey
Denver
Texans Help Lead Wedge Into Arawe Invasion Fight
Wounded, but determined, Texas National Guard 112th Cavalry joins MacArthur’s forces in the Arawe operation on New Britain. The 112th spearheads a feint toward Arawe while Krueger’s Sixth Army advances toward Gloucester as veterans recount perilous landing scenes and a heroic rescue at sea.
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Robert Eunson
Ken
Philippines
Mac Arthur
Pacific
112Th
Texas National Guard
Alamo
Lone Star
Arawe
New Britain
Oys
Java
Rabaul
Hollandia
We- Wak
Madang
Alexishaven
Saidor
Sio
New Guinea
Vitiaz Straits
Cape Gloucester
Arawe, Gasmata
Vitiaz MacArthur
Gloucester
Arane
Walter. Krueger
Sixth Army
MacArthurs
Cavalry
Harold Halter
Vienna
Phil North
Fort
Krue
Ben Decherd
Dala
Julian Cunningham
112Th Cavalry
F Fight
Dallas
Harry Werner
Werner
Laird
Fort Worth
F Y Piblo Island
Army B
Wrights
Wright
Stud
A. Harold D
Southard
REA Earmarks Loans For Line Extensions
The Rural Electrification Administration announced the earmarking of 12.5 million dollars for loans to extend electric lines in states with unelectrified farms as of July 1. Allocations include New Mexico 96,405 dollars for 27,205 farms, Oklahoma 517,500 dollars for 145,887, Texas 1,020,911 dollars for 287,802. In Albuquerque, USO facilities are rated best in the region for servicemen. Early European attempts to settle the Solomon Islands were blocked by cannibalism among natives.
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Washington
Rural Electrifications Administration
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Albuquerque
York Firms Build New 8 Inch Mobile Gun for U S Army
Two York Pennsylvania companies collaborated to assemble a new 8 inch mobile gun for the U S Army. The S Morgan Smith plant, known for hydraulic turbines, hosted final assembly while The York Corporation supplied refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. The assembly line traversed both plants.
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BIG Gun
York
U. S. Army
S. Morgan Smith
York Corporation
Japs Take Kwangsi In Bloody Slaughter
CHUNGKING Oct. 4. Kweiping a key town in southern Kwangsi has fallen to Japanese forces after bitter street fighting. Japanese reinforcements outnumbered defenders four to one but Chinese counterattacks left the field littered with enemy dead. Kweiping sits at the Liu and West rivers junction, 70 miles south southeast of Liuchow as Japanese drive toward Liuchow to outflank Kweilin.
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Chungking
Kweiping
Kwangsi Province
Liu
West Rivers
Liuchow
Kweilin
Southeast China Defense Center
More Cattle To Be Fed Out This Winter
The Agriculture Department forecast a moderate rise in cattle fed for market this winter compared with last year. Lambs and sheep fed for winter and spring markets are expected to be somewhat smaller than a year ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Brothers No Bills In Fist Fight Death Case
Angleton Texas October 14 brothers Frank and W A Bud Ellis of West Columbia were no billed by the Brazoria county grand jury in the murder death of Daniels a West Co nightclub operator killed in Angleton September 20 21 following a fist fight.
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Angleton
Tex
Frank
W. A
Bud) Ellis
West Columbia Brothers
Brazoria County
Daniels
Oamee West Co
Humble
Nthe Eliis Brothera
Nazis Claim American Destruction of Aachen
Nazi high command broadcast claims Allied forces devastated Aachen and ruined surrounding areas, while acknowledging slight Allied progress near Padmde as strong German tank actions continued.
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London
Aachen
Pade Mde
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