Allies Announce Pacific Front Gains and Traps for Japanese
Allied and American air forces destroyed 22 Japanese planes in a week and damaged ships in the Pacific battles. U S Marines held Guadalcanal while Japanese reinforcements reached the Viru harbor. MacArthur reports Australian troops advancing in New Guinea past Kagi toward the Owen Stanley range with gains toward Myola lakes and Buna.
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Washington
New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Aleutians
Solomons
Navy Department
United States
Guadalcanal
Viru Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Kagi
Owen Stanley
Myola Lakes
Buna
Westbrook Pegler Recaps Lehman Move on Fay Case Ties to New Jersey Mob
Westbrook Pegler reports Governor Lehman ordered records in the Fay case tied to Frank Hague mob influence in New Jersey. The 1941 incident in Rochester and Syracuse involved logging union violence, an indictment, a disappearance, and rapid dismissal amid wartime labor turmoil and David Dubinsky's push against racketeers in the AFL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert H. Lehman
Podlum
Joe Fay
Frank Hague
Party of Humanity
Newersey
A. F
New Jersey
H. Orville Warner
Rochester
N. Y
New York State Federation of Labor
Syracuse
Auly
Warner
Aken
Jesse Cantor
Fay
Hans
David Dubinsky
New Orleans
L. A
Dubinsky
Werner
Vandenberg Attacks Field Over AP Monopol y Claim
Washington Oct 6 Senator Vandenberg Republican Michigan and Senator Byrd Democrat Virginia challenge publisher Marshall Field on the Associated Press monopoly claim. Field says government suit could threaten press freedom. Byrd says AP is a cooperative non profit. Both stress risks to free information flow amid antitrust actions.
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Washington
Senator Vandenberg
Republican
Michigan
Day
Marshall Field
Vandenberg
Byrd
Emocrat
Virginia
Baltimore Sun
A. P
Field
Chicago Sun
Peterborough
Ont
Fna
Associated Press
Virginia Democrat
America
Blaze Destroys Major Camp in Southern Alberta
A vast fire in a new prisoner of war camp in Southern Alberta caused about 30000 dollars in damage to a 1 750 000 camp complex. No prisoners were present as firemen battled the blaze with limited water and unknown origin.
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Calgary
Alberta
Newhere
Four Judges Memorialized in New Orleans Ceremony
A state supreme court memorial service in New Orleans honored four judges and 27 Louisiana Bar Association members. Ledoux Provosty opened the ceremony while Sumpter Marks Jr named the individuals. Judge Rufus E. Foster received a special and a general memorial.
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New Orleans
State Supreme Court
United States
Rufus E. Foster
Louisiana Bar Association
Ledoux R. Provosty
Alexandria
Bar Association
Sumpter D. Marks, Jr
William W. Westerfield
Orleans Parish Court of Appeals
Foster
Auto Rescued from Mud by Trained Elephant
A. O. Wright sat in his car stuck in mud in Amarillo Texas on October 6. The front end rose as the elephant hauled the auto to dry land, prompting Wright to flee to carnival workers who then called off the animal, explaining it was trained to rescue cars.
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Amarillo
Tex
A. O. Wright
Wright
Robbie Rogers
John McKinney
Bobbie
South First
Coleman
O. O. Clark
Frank Cline
Jeff Caldwell
West Monroe
Roy E Byrd
Linderman Avenue
Wayne Parker
South Second Street
D. H. Sale
Linderman
P. C. Peck
Dorothy Ruth Wright
North Sixth
Lantis Hatten
Brown Paper
O. A. Wright
Fred Bennett
Foreman
J. W. Hinton
Reggie Hatchell
J. W. Hudson
Otis Downing
Jones urges real reason for Higgins shipyard cancellation
Gov Sam Jones testifies before the American Federation of Labor committee in New Orleans urging members to seek the real reason behind the cancellation of Higgins shipyard contract for 200 Liberty ships. He says he was shocked by the July 18 decision and pled state cooperation in probing maritime commission steel shortage claims.
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New Orleans
Sam Jones
American Federation of Labor Committee
Higgins Corporation
Maritime Commission
Washington
William Green
Jones
Italy claims sinking of US battleship Mississippi
Rome reports via radio that the Italian submarine Barbarigo scored four torpedo hits on a 33,000-ton United States battleship off Freetown, West Africa at 2 34 am. No independent confirmation exists. The vessel named is the Mississippi, oldest of the New Mexico class.
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London
United States
Atlantic
Freetown
West Africa
High Command
Barbarigo
Rome
Brazil
Mississippi
Idaho
New Mexico
Tax Plan Prompts Demand for Added Levies in Senate
Senate finance leaders debated a sweeping revenue bill as Secretary Morgenthau urged extra levies to meet wartime needs. Chairman George estimated annual taxes could total about 36.5 billion dollars with new measures, while committee members warned of further increases to reach a projected 50 billion dollar target.
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Washington
George
Georgia
Finance Committee
Senate
Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Treasury
Herring
Iowa
Radcliffe
Maryland
Woman Admits Fraud in AAA Scheme at Aberdeen
In Aberdeen Mississippi on Oct 6 a woman pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud tied to Agriculture Adjustment Administration payments. The case, involving forged AAA papers and checks, amounts to 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. others pleaded innocence and await March term with possible sentence for Blanche Eaves Lloyd 29.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
United States District Court
Allen D. Cox
Cox
Blanche Eaves Lloyd
AAA
James Clinton Barrett
Monroe Street Car Rails To Be Removed For War Effort
Roger L. Tennant of Dallas, regional WPB official, says unused Monroe rails will be removed and devoted to the war effort once city signs removal contract. Ray Pittman will bring forms. bids from two contractors required. Metals Reserve to receive rails.
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Monroe
Roger L. Tennant
Dallas
War Production Board
News-Star
Tennant
Ray Pittman
Conservation Division
Metals Reserve Company
WPB
Churchill Refuses To Discuss Second Front Plea
Stalin urges allies to fulfill obligations and prioritize the second front in a letter to Henry Cassidy of the Associated Press Moscow bureau. He stresses its first rate importance and calls for timely action by Allied powers.
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Churchill
Russia
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Close friend hints Simonton desert death murder
Los Angeles reports deputy federal alcohol tax collector Charles J. Simonton found fatally wounded in his stalled Nevada desert car. Earl R. Barnaby argues a suicide note is a disguise for murder, pointing to July Wednesday reference, unsigned handwriting doubts, and urging Las Vegas authorities to test the note.
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Los Angeles
Charles J. Simonton
Nevada Desert
Charlie Simonton
Earl R. Bernaby
Internal Revenue Bureau
Alcohol Tax Unit
Las Vegas
Nev
Barnaby
Pahrump
Charlie
Simonton
Denmark Rejects Model State Offer From Hitler
London dispatch reports Denmark rejected Hitler's demand for voluntary incorporation into a bloc of model states as a showpiece of the Nazi order. A threat to invade if refused was allegedly delivered with the demand. The Danish council here provided the report today.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Denmark
New Order
Little Monarchy
Free Danish Council
Gestapo Woudd
Churchill defers discussion on Britain Russia relations in Commons
Prime Minister Churchill refused to discuss Britain's war relations with Russia urging the House not to press these matters unduly after MPs questioned Stalin's letter to Henry C Cassidy. He noted no official news of talks between British and American ambassadors and avoided extemporaneous remarks on allied offensive timing.
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House of Commons
London
Churchill
Britain
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Stalin
State of emergency proclaimed in Trondheim Norway
The Vichy broadcast reported a nationwide state of emergency in Trondheim province from 5 a.m. due to sabotage. A curfew from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. and closure of public buildings were ordered. The measure follows unrest and fires against German targets, with prior Oslo emergency in 1941.
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London
Vichy
Trondheim
Norway
Josef Terboven
Arctic Circle
Vindy Radio
British RAF Bombers Hit Western Germany In Night Raid
A strong force of RAF bombers attacked western Germany last night in what was the third raid this month. Flensburg and the Rhineland had been targets on Thursday and Friday. The British lost about 10 planes, with estimates suggesting around 20 were shot down overall. Other formations swept the southeast coast and the occupied Channel coast as explosions and flashes lit the British coastline.
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London
Germany
Flensburg
Rhineland
Channel
Stalingrad Defenders Halt Nazi Assault Amid Fierce Street Battle
Reports from Moscow describe three Nazi divisions mounting a flame filled offensive to seize a workers' settlement near Stalingrad. Red Army countermeasures and heavy fighting persisted as German attacks were repelled and Soviet lines held along the Volga.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Pravda
Communist Party
Red Star
Volga River
Izvestia
Stalin
Semeon Timoshenko
F D R Opens Chest Drives War Aid Mobilization
Washington Oct 6 Roosevelt urged a nationwide drive for community and war chests to fund human needs and support democracy. He said giving will be hard due to war toll but will prove Americans keep faith with democracy and transform buying power into giving power. Continued on Fifth Page.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Scrap tally from wartime auction items
The list records quantities of weapons and household goods: copper kettle, rifles, mortar, vacuum cleaner, washing machines, bombs, 37 mm guns, electric cord, explosives. Items include 84 rifle rounds, 110 rifles, 25 washing machines, and 1000 37 mm explosives.
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Eli
Eiamd Cael
Aleutian Islands
Westbrook
Pegler
Canada
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Nelson and McNutt
Donald Nelson
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Higgins
M’kinney
Italy
Pahrump Ranch
Volga
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