Stimson outlines 1943 Army needs to House panel
Secretary of War Stimson told the House military committee the 1943 U S Army would total about 4,250,000 with a goal of reaching 7,500,000 next year. He detailed 1943 requirements: air forces 2,200,000, ground units 3,300,000, and services of supply 2,000,000, and urged expanding air power as far as production and transport allow. The testimony accompanied legislation to lower draft age to 18 and 19 as urged by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Stimson
House Military Committee
United States
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Backing Bennett Highlights NY 1944 Gubernatorial View
Westbrook Pegler outlines Roosevelt’s cold support for governor hopeful John Bennett while noting Farley’s strong anti New Deal stance. He argues Bennett’s loyalty to Farley and opposition to Dewey shape New York politics as the 1944 race looms, with party realignments among unions and the left in play.
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Roosevelt
John Bennett
Jim Farley
New York
Bennett
Farley
White House
Tom Dewey
Dean Allange
American Labor Party
Warren G. Harding
Dewey
Democratic Party
Social Democrats
Tugwell
A. F. L. to Rename Green as President Near End
Toronto Oct 14 The American Federation of Labor convention nears adjournment with expectations to reelect President William Green and most of the executive council. Green, 69, has served 17 full terms plus an unexpired term of the late Samuel Gompers since 1924. Delegates approved wage policy and procurement recommendations without dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Executive Council
Green
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
War Labor Board
United States
War Production Board
Economic Stabilization
Resolutions Committee
Billeting May Be Needed for War Housing Crisis
The government warned it may billet and commandeer private buildings to house war workers if private housing cannot meet demand. Housing administrator John R. Blandford said the state would lease properties but would compel use through billeting and requisition if necessary. The House Banking Committee prepares to hear James F. Byrnes outline plans for sweeping rent controls as inflation fears rise.
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Washington
John R. Blandford
House Banking Committee
James F. Byrnes
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
Byrnes
Manpower program under scrutiny by Senate panel
Washington Oct 14 The voluntary manpower program urged by President Roosevelt as unsatisfactory faced a Senate subcommittee inquiry into how best to fill war jobs including agriculture industry and armed forces A budget bureau observer Eric Biddle described Britain's manpower mobilization as the panel weighs legislation to possibly compel participation General MacArthur's headquarters Australia Oct 14 Twenty one silver stars were awarded to 17 army air forces members and four medical officers for gallantry in action including Technical Sergeant Lavery G Dempsey of Louisville Miss
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Education and Labor
Eric Biddle
Budget Bureau
Britain
England
Pepper
Democrat
Florida
General MacArthur
Australia
United States Army Air Forces
Lavery G. Dempsey
Louisville
Miss
Kiel Raid Shows Dense RAF Bomber Blitz Over Germany
London report says a large RAF force of well over 100 bombers struck Kiel in a saturation raid aimed at swamping anti aircraft fire. The attack, part of two consecutive German targets, involved many Canadian and a French unit, with German losses claimed by British sources and Hamburg also said to have been bombed.
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London
Kiel
Baltic
Germany
North Sea
Hamburg
Kiel Canal
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Bay of Biscay
Army Cooperation Command
France
Royal Canadian Air Force
Scrap campaign collects metal to aid war effort in parish
On Wednesday is the first scrap pick up day as city parish and state trucks gather metal from several schools including Ouachita Parish High Neville High and Monroe Colored High. Collections continue through Thursday with possible extension to Friday or Saturday and visit remaining schools tomorrow under C R Tidwell.
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City
C. R. Tidwell
Ouachita
Free press vital to American democracy says treasury official
Chicago Oct 14 One of democracy's cardinal principles is a free press says Paul Otegard assistant secretary of the treasury Speaking at the fall conference of the Newspaper Advertising Executives association he credits the press freedom to the competitive economic interests in advertising pages The press must crusade criticize expound expose and report without fear or favor he adds.
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Chicago
Paul Otegard
the Treasury
Otegard
Newspaper
Advertising Executives Association
Treasury
Morgenthau
McKenzie Leads Mills In Fifth District Runoff Victory Likely
Charles E. McKenzie, Monroe insurance executive, led Newt V. Mills in a runoff for the Fifth District on a light voter day. With 34 of 264 boxes reported, McKenzie held a 687 vote edge on Mills, 12 911 to 12 324, as early tallies favored McKenzie while Mills claimed a 100 vote lead at his headquarters. Local precincts remaining included several small boxes and larger Ferriday Vidalia boxes in Concordia. Bass Risher won Monroe city marshal race 2 216 to 1 991 over Percy Walker. West Monroe bond issue for 230.4 million dollars was defeated.
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Charles E. McKenzie
Monroe Insurance
Newt V. Mills
McKenzie
Mills
Onne
East Carroll
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Union
Jackson
Tensas
West Carroll
Ouachita
Caldwell
Catahoula
Franklin
Richland
Concordia
Ferriday
Vidalia
News-Star—World
Monroe
Bass Risher
Percy Walker
Risher
Walker
West Monroe
High Officials Observe Manuevers At Third Army Maneuvers
In Louisiana基地 observers including Lt Gen Lessley J. McNair and Brig Gen Floyd L. Parks will view combat maneuvers. Several units and individuals earned commendations for outstanding performances, with names and commands listed from Alexandria, Perry, Hattiesburg, Tyron, and New Orleans among others, as weeks of exercises proceed.
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Third Army
Louisiana
War Department
Lessley J. McNair
Army Ground Forces
Floyd L. Parks
Virgil L. Peterson
United States Army
Walter Kreuger
Oliver Glencamp
Alexandria
John H. Claybrook
Perry
Tex
Clifford McDowell
Hattiesburg
Miss
Truman C.pherson
Richard G. Cooley
Benjamin C. Jones
Tvyrone
Penn
William L. Blanton
Robert L. Stilwell
Evansville
Ind
R. P. Stimson
New Orleans
Nimitz Sees Gains as Solomons Tour Deepens
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reports confidence in consolidating positions in the Solomons after visits to Guadalcanal and other bases. He notes Japanese supply troubles, tough jungle fighting, and strong American morale while praising submarine actions and cooperation among forces in the Pacific theater.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Oct
Chester W. Nimitz
Solomon Islands Battle Zone
Robert L. Gbhormley
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Hess Wife Seeks to Reunite with Rudolf Hess in British Camp
London reports say Frau Hess requests permission to join her husband in British internment. Laborite William Thorne will ask Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden for the reply to the German leader’s wife, whose movements since 1941 are largely unknown. The brunette, manly-dressed Frau Hess kept to Munich, cared for her child Ruediger Hess, and avoided socialite duties.
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London
Fran Ise Hess
Fuehrer
Nazi Germany
Rudolf Hess
House of Commons
William Thorne
Anthony Eden
Frau Hess
England
Germany
Messerschmitt
Scotland
Britain
Russia
Hess
Italy
Switzerland
Berlin
Munich
Ruediger Hess
Russians Make New Ad vance Northwest And South Of Stalingrad
Soviet lines report new gains northwest and south of Stalingrad as German positions in the salient are squeezed. Red Army counterattacks reclaim streets, destroy equipment, and push back infantry, with Red Star noting advances in two sectors and Pravda confirming gains south of the city. Combat reports say Russian tanks, snipers, and marines engaged in related actions, signaling a shift in momentum after 51 days of siege.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Volga
Stalingrad
Red Army
Hitler
Russia
Red Star
Pravda
Caucasus
Big Tax Bill Nearing Passage By Next Week
The largest tax bill in American history could be ready by mid next week after six months of committee handling. Senator George of Georgia says differences could be resolved by Saturday with roll calls soon after, while Chairman Doughton notes remaining points to settle but aims to finish early next week. The measure will raise over $1,000,000 daily in new excise taxes once signed, though most benefits from higher income and corporate taxes come next year. Cigars and cigarettes will rise in price as taxes increase. The story continues on the second page.
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Washington
George
Georgia
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Dog Terrier Guards Woman Found Dead Near Vernal
In Vernal Utah a white fox terrier stood over the body of an unidentified woman found 23 miles west of town amid tumble weeds. The terrier fought off presumed assailants but was subdued. The woman, about 50, wore a house dress and had a crushed skull. no identification was located. Sheriff Herbert M Snyder reported the scene.
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Vernal
Utah
Herbert M. Snyder
Here
Himmler Visits Mussolini as Axis Tensions Grow
Berlin reports Heinrick Himmler travels to Rome for private talks with Mussolini amid rising German-Italian friction. Dispatches hint at Axis pressure over Trieste and possible wariness toward U.S. relations. Reports from Ankara Istanbul and Stockholm suggest rumors of German aims and the role of Myron Taylor’s Rome visit in widening rifts.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
Gestapo
Rome
Italy
United States
DNB
Himmler
1 Duce
Mussolini
Germany
Ankara
Istanbul
Adriatic
Trieste
Balkan
London
Stockholm
National Zeitung
Basel
Switzerland
Dagens Nyheter
Two Thirds Of Italy’s Merchant Fleet Lost In War
A New York dated dispatch reports that two thirds of Italy’s prewar merchant fleet of 3,500,000 tons had been knocked out by June 1940. Losses from destroyals, damages, and seizures by United Nations forces left 2,566,000 tons gone, including 1,500,000 on the destroyed list. Further heavy losses occurred in 1941 with British actions sinking multiple cargo vessels and seizing 307,438 tons across 55 ships.
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New York
Italy
Mussolini
United Nations
Mediterranean
Liguria
Tobruk
Lombardia
Conte Rosso
Upholder
Sicily
Neptunia
Oceania
Nazi Attacks on Malta Beaten Off
Cairo Oct 1 United States fighter planes claimed their first major victory in the Middle East war as 12 fighters fought 20 Messerschmitts over German lines and shot down two. Cairo Oct 14 RAF fighters repelled a steady Axis bomber stream over Malta, shooting down 17 Axis planes and totaling 56 destroyed over three days.
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Cairo
United States
United States Army
Malta
Mediterranean
Tobruk
North African
Daba
Navy says U S submarines sink cruiser and four other ships
Navy communique reports U S submarines in the western Pacific sunk a Japanese heavy cruiser and four other vessels with possible additional sinks and damage. Total toll reaches 79 sunk, 20 possibly sunk, 24 damaged, across Far Eastern waters. Also notes broad Allied successes across the Pacific from the Aleutians to the Solomons with ships sunk and air forces damaging enemy positions.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Western Pacific
Far East
Far
Navy Department
John H. Wiggins
Aleutians
Solomons
Solomon Islands
Aleutian Islands
Kiska
Inevader
Scrap average moves higher in national collection drive
New York report shows an average of over 50 pounds of metal per person across ten leading states, with a total 1,238,260 tons or 38 pounds per person for the top 24 states. Donations range from horseshoes to bedsprings as communities push to keep steel mills supplied. Kansas and Nevada race closely for the top per capita spots, while Utah and Rhode Island show strong per person totals.
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New York
United Scrap Metal Drive Committee
America
Kansas
Nevada
Utah
Oregon
Rhode Island
Police Jury Endorses Vagrants Put to Work Ordinance
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury approved a measure ordering vagrants to perform work under law enforcement supervision, citing national labor shortages. Jurors urged Monroe to adopt a similar ordinance. They also passed a 35 mph speed limit aligned with federal guidance and state law.
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Ouachita Parish
City of
Monroe
United States
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King Lardner
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Morrison
McHugh
Larcade
Ontinue
Nimitz
Tokyo
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Rabaul
New Britain
United States Fleet
Marine
Army
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