Public wary of war information on Mrs Roosevelt trip
Advisory committee argues the Office of War Information fails to inform the public about Mrs Roosevelt's latest journey. The piece questions who funded the trip and notes costs run through private channels, with salaries and plane rentals highlighted, while urging clearer disclosure of tax money used for war efforts.
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Office of War Information
George Dunne
Air Transport Command
Unites In
Democracy in Italy pledged after Mussolini ousted
Oct 2 dispatch reports Prime Minister Badoglio pledging democracy in Italy after Mussolini's fall. Badoglio describes Mussolini clinging to power, his last talks with Hitler, and the shift toward a civilian government under royal guidance.
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Talian
Italy
Ideboia
Pre
Pietro Badoglio
Alle
Via
Emanuele
Benito Minsen
Duce
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Hitler
Badogno
Musso
Count Ga- Cano
Badoglio
Cisne
Duces
Major General Hurt Near Florien in Louisiana Maneuver
Major General Stonewall Jackson was critically injured yesterday near Florien when a low flying plane he watched in the Louisiana maneuver clipped a tree. Pilot Sergeant Robert W. Miller of Wichita was also seriously injured. both were unconscious with cerebral concussions and other injuries. Mrs Dorothy Jackson of Plato, Iowa, has been notified. General Jackson commands the Army division in the Louisiana maneuvers. Miller’s father Grant Miller of Wichita was likewise notified.
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Louisiana
Stonewall Jackson
Florien
Hich
Infantry
Robert W. Miller
Wichita
Camp Polkion
Dorothy Thson
Helen Street
Plattesburg
Miller
Grant Miller
Oneral Jackson
Cornell University
Georgetown University
Allied Air Blitz Hits Greece and Italy Fronts
Allied forces launch a major air strike from North Africa into Greece and Italy, smashing bridges at Bolzano Brenner Pass and targeting airfields north of Athens. American Liberators hit Mend air fields while Mitchell bombers strike Argos, Pisa, and Argos as German defenses wane. Troop advances move toward Montesarchio near Naples and Termoli receives reinforcements.
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Wes Allied
Algiers
Greece
Italy
Brenner Pase
Bolzano
Calore
Benevento
Montesarchio
Naples
Term
Germany
Boilzans
Cos
Middle East
Mend
Athens
Uvaeded
Coo
Argon
Peloponnesus
Pisa
Rome
Strategic Air Force
Carl A. Spwatz
Creat
Mitchells
Argos
Naples Pride in Scars Amid City’s Fall
Naples after the fall shows pride in its scars as Italian forces claim they fought the Germans amid shell-riddled streets and ruined avenues. An Italian naval captain recalls sailors defending the city with pistols and grenades, soon arming with captured rifles and armored cars as British and American advances pressured German positions.
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Naples
Italien
Nocera
Avellino
State Democratic Committee Set to Meet in Baton Rouge
Dozens of gubernatorial and other candidates gathered in Baton Rouge for an afternoon meeting of the State Democratic Central committee to set qualifying dates and adjust schedules for the January primary. Reports suggested a group would introduce an “unusual interest” resolution, but no details were disclosed.
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Baton Rouge
State
Democratic Central Committee
Autumn rains slow Soviet advance on front
London reports heavy autumn rains slow the Soviet push on a wide front from July to early October. The Red Army gains are described as limited with focused engagements and stiffer German resistance. Air forces attack German remnants fleeing toward the Crimea, sinking barges and destroying supplies.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Red Army
Gonel
White
Dnieper
Ukraine
Moscow
Caucasus
Crimea
Continuance Granted in Draft Board Case in Aberdeen
In Aberdeen Mrs Oct 5 a continuance was granted in the case of three county draft board members and a county supervisor and his employee charged with violating the selective service act. The defendants pleaded innocent and the trial will resume at the April 1944 term. The board members named are Lyman Burge Mitchell Clarence Jefferson Knight and Arthur Raymond Mesner. Charles L Dick and Arnold Jobe were also charged and appeared with attorneys. Selective Service Director Lawrence W Long said resignations of the three board members were accepted by President Roosevelt effective Oct 2 and successors will be appointed later.
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Aberdeen
Hubert Stephens Jr
Ascorn County
Federal District Court
Stephens
Allen Cox
Oxford
Miss
Lyman Burge Mitchell
Clarence Jefferson Knight
Arthur Raymond Mesner
Charles L. Dick
Arnold Jobe
Wherry Seeks NFL Star Sinkwich in Limited Draft Use
Senator Wherry of Nebraska argues the armed forces could place Frankie Sinkwich the All-America back from Georgia with the Detroit Lions in the NFL in limited service. He cites Sinkwich's medical discharge as an example to reduce the number of potential draftees.
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Washington
Wherry
Reyubticon
Nebraska
Senate
Frankie Sinkwich
University of Georgia
Detroit Lions
Sinkwich
Marine Corps
Vote Near on Father Draft in Senate Action Stage
The Senate moved from debate to action on the Father Draft with leaders aiming to decide this week. Administration chiefs plan to call up substitutes for the Wheeler bill, which would delay drafting fathers until January 1. Kentucky's Majority Leader Barkley will first seek Bailey’s substitution, a revision designed to draft able-bodied government workers into service, while civilian payroll impacts are debated.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Bailey
North Carolin
Iisotar
Liquidation Board to Meet Over Court Order in Baton Rouge
The state board of liquidation will meet at 3 p.m. to discuss a court order temporarily blocking transfers of state funds to the department of education. The order was issued by a 19th district court director of the New Orleans bureau of governmental research and is set for hearing October 1. The education board planned to meet today to review a recommendation by the school budget committee that the wansler be made.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Liquidation
Department of Education
New Orleans
Board of Education
Wansler
Washington
Beauford H. Jester
Texas Railroad Commission
House
Naval
Four Children Die in Bus Truck Crash in Vicksburg
A collision near Fit ley between a school bus from Isis county and an explosives truck killed Bennie Heath Stuart 13 Catherine White 1 Elisabeth Wolfe 10 and Jimmy Heath who died after arrival at a hospital. Albert Wolfe 11 and Maxie Joe Moody 13 were critically injured with six others hurt as drivers escaped unharmed parts of the vehicles damaged and classes postponed.
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Vicksburg
Mass
Isesquera County
Fitley
Bennie Heath Stuart
Sharkey Stuart
Catherine White
Mis
Ben F. White
Elisabeth Wolfe
Clyde Wolfe
Jimmy Heath
James Heath
Albert Wolfe
Maxie Joe Moody
Patcolman
E. H. Bounds
Bounds
Sharkey Stuart, Jr
Albert Bedgood
Tallulah
J. P. Stafford
Cary School
Germans Admit Loss of Corsica Amid Strategic Claims
London reports German acknowledgment of evacuating Corsica deeming it a semi victory and an operative master piece. French American and Italian forces claimed final towns, wiping out pockets as Corsica eyed as base for future Allied missions and potential springboard to southern France or the Italian coast.
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London
Corsica
France
Bastic
Pietro Badoglio
Nice
Genoa
la Spezia
Leghorn
Napoleon
Berlin
Strait of
Messina
Ince
British Air Raids Pound Frankfurt And Ludwigshafen
British heavy bombers struck Frankfurt in a major night raid delivering over 500 tons of bombs after the daylight attack on the city's warplane factory. A subordinate raid hit Ludwigshafen as a twin city with Mannheim. Twelve planes failed to return from the operations.
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London
Frankfurt
Ludwigshafen
Britain
Ludwigshafen i
Rhine
Main
Germany
St. Dizier
Louisiana board seeks voiding of Burton oil lease
The Louisiana mineral board lawyers filed a district court petition asking the state recover a 470000 acre oil lease granted to William T. Burton by former Governor O K Allen. They allege favoritism fraud and conspiracy in the leases tied to Lake Pontchartrain beds and other parcels across seven parishes.
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Lake Charles
State Mineral Board
O. K. Allen
William T. Burton
Lake Charles Oman
Justie C. Daxpit
Baton Rouge
Norrie Marcantel
Shreveport
Burton
Allen
James A. Noe
Noe
Lake Pontchartrain
Louisiana
Ten Per Cent Sales Tax Proposed by New York Board
M L Seidman proposed a 10 percent federal retail sales tax aimed at raising about 6 billion dollars. He urged no exemptions and opposed higher withholding, corporate taxes, excess profits, and top-bracket rate hikes. He spoke to the House Ways and Means Committee as the treasury revenue plan faced opposition.
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Washington
Congress
M. L. Seidman
New York Board of Trade
Seidman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Coughton
North Carolina
Congressional Tax Authority
Ways and Means
Roosevelt lauds AFL for war production effort
President Roosevelt sends a congratulatory letter to the AFL on its war effort praising workers in shipyards and factories for producing munitions and equipment. He urges continued labor cooperation to stabilize wages and curb prices while backing a price rollback and domestic economic stabilization. Green notes price controls have lagged, pledging support to roll back high costs. The Brotherhood of Teamsters submitted to the AFL.
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Federation
William Green
Roosevelt
Green
War Labor Board
Brotherhood of Teamsters
American Federation of
Ten new states above bond quota in war loan drive
Washington October reports ten more states exceeding their bonds quota in the third war loan drive. Colorado Connecticut Florida Indiana Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Montana Pennsylvania Texas push total subscriptions to 1.384 billion dollars after the formal close at midnight Saturday. Tabulations continue through October 16.
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Washington
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Indiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Montana
Pennsylvania
Texas
Treasury
Yankees Grab Opening World Series Win Over Cardinals
In a caustic fielding game at Yankee Stadium on October 5 1943 Spud Chandler limited the St Louis Cardinals to 2 runs as the New York Yankees won 4 to 2 to take a 1 0 lead in the World Series. The crowd neared 70000 as fans packed the park for the Yankees Cardinals opener led by Chandler and Cardinal starter Max Lanier.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Spud Chandler
Sid Feder
Ruth
Redbirds
Yankees
Ball Park
Spurgeon
Spud) Chandler
Yankee
Max Lanier
Cardinals
Musics Makers
Roy Weatherly
Bombers
St. Louis Cardinal
Marty Marion
Kingo Kong Keller
Milk Subsidy Set to Aid Twin Cities Producers
The OPA will not raise wholesale or retail fluid milk prices for Twin Cities producers. A subsidy, from Oct 1 to Dec 31, will replace the requested increase, funded through the AAA, with a range of 25 to 50 cents per 100 pounds of milk. The plan aims to ease higher feed costs amid 48 quarts per 100 pounds.
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OPA
Twin Cities
Chamber of Commerce
A. J. Burke
Dallas
Sam Smith
Chamber
CPA
Monroe
California Democrat Lea Chairs FCC probe panel
Representative Clare F. Lea of California, famed for his calm conduct, assumed the chairmanship of a special House committee investigating the Federal Communications Commission. The 63 year old Democrat said he would study past actions and consult colleagues to chart the future course, succeeding Representative Eugene Cox.
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Washington
Clarence F. Lea
California
House
Federal Communications Commission
Eugene £. Cox
Georgia
Sam Sam Rayburn
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