Nazis Gain New Block In Stalingrad Breakthrough
German troops advancing over hundreds of their dead seized a new block in Stalingrad as Russian defenders sent fresh troops to blunt the latest siege assault now in its sixth day. The mid day Soviet communique said 18 German tanks were knocked out and fourteen German planes were downed as the attack pressed toward a final break through. Croatian legion troops were reported among those in the storming force.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Air Force
Pravda
Barringer Boosts Scrap Bumpers as Steel Quality improves
Edwin C. Barringer of the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel reports cautious optimism on bumper steel. He says adding bumpers to other scrap can reduce plating issues, with mills to Mel t in controlled heats. The OPA classifies uncut bumpers as No 2 heavy melting steel, allowing whole ship ment to mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin C. Barringer
Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel
Washington
OPA
Draft Vote Delayed as Senators See Military Age Issue
The administration agreed to delay Senate debate on the 18 and 19 year old draft bill to Thursday to allow absent senators to return. Senator Vandenberg proposed a constitutional amendment to lower voting age to 18, arguing those drafted should vote on government. The measure faces ratification by three fourths of states after congressional approval. The Senate also considers the tax bill and a $6.341 billion appropriations package with navy funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
McNary
Oregon
House
Vandenberg
Michigan
Navy
Stateville prison under new regime reshapes after escape
Chicago Oct 19 Stateville penitentiary near Joliet Ill undergone a change in administration and routine as the nation wide search for seven escaped desperadoes continued Public safety director T P Sullivan assumed supervision with full authority from Governor Dwight H Green Warden Edward M Stubbfield resigned in a voluntary move Sullivan's post will reform conditions after an investigation into the escape from October 9 involving Riger Touhy Basil Banghart and five others and laxity by prison staff will be dealt with promptly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stateville
Joliet
Ill
Illinois’ Public Safety
T. P. Sullivan
Dwight H. Green
Edward M. Stubblefield
Sullivan
Stateville Prison
Riger Touhy
Basil
the Owl) Banghart
Regulations Stop Overnight Evictions Under War Rent Rules
Washington Oct 19 regulations by the office of price administration halt overnight evictions and evasive house sales. Before a buyer can occupy, one third of purchase price must be paid and three months must pass after eviction authorization. Henderson ties actions to wartime morale and housing security for workers and armed forces families.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Dutch Warn Trains Will Be Destroyed By Allied Bombs
London reports the Netherlands government in exile warns Dutch civilians as Allied bombers target rail yards and canal shipping in Holland. Railways are urged to stop work during alarms and civilians told not to use trains at night. The notice cites weak spots in German transport and promises civilian protection where possible.
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London
Holland
Netherlands
Schneider
France
Government In
le Creusot
United States
Mutinies and Desertions Rise Among German Occupation Troops
Reports from the Norwegian government in exile say 200000 German troops in Norway show growing mutinies and desertions. Concentration camps opened for mutineers near the Finnish frontier. North of Kirkenes 1000 soldiers rebelled against a Russia bound order with one tenth to be executed, later reversed as firing squads balked.
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London
Norway
Kirkenes
Russia
Hitler
Europe
France
Navy Speakers Group Formed to Boost Recruitment
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting the Civilian Navy committee announced a speakers bureau campaign to recruit 300 sailors. Plans include radio addresses and talks to civic clubs, high schools, and the junior college in Ouachita Parish with leadership by E. C. Gibson C. C. Calvert and Rev. E. F. Hayward and division chiefs handling school radio and civic channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Speakers Bureau
Civilian Navy Committee
E. C. Gibson
C. C. Calvert
Navy
Civic Club
Twin Cities
Calvert
Jack Hayes
Ouachita Parish
Paub Neal
Neville High School
E. F. Hayward
A. J. McGinn
KMLB
Gibson
Eleven Army Airmen Die In Sierra Grande Crash
In New Mexico eleven Army airmen are killed when a four motor bomber crashes on Sierra Grande peak during a training flight from Rapid City South Dakota. Wreckage found by local sheep herders shows bodies ejected from the craft and fuel igniting after impact. An army investigation will determine if the downed craft is the missing bomber.
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Des Moines
N. M
Army
Sierra Grande Peak
New Mexico
Rapid City
S. C
Loweiy
Harold A. Hill
Raton
Rent Control Director Appointed for Local Area
A rent control director takes over effective November 1 as Monroe area rents freeze at 1942 March 1 levels. Landlords must file per unit rent statements with the rent control office, which covers Monroe West Monroe Sterlington Farmerville and Bastrop. About 8 752 units fall under its jurisdiction with a small staff to enforce the rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Kilpatrick
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
West Monroe
Farmerville
Bastrop
Sterlington
Scrap Drive to Move to Farms in Louisiana Parishes
A statewide farm scrap drive launches October 18 in all 64 Louisiana parishes to collect thousands of tons of scrap. Neighborhood Leaders and school yards serve as salvage depots as farm families are urged to gather scrap and notify leaders to move it to depots. The effort, backed by the Agricultural Extension division, aims to support wartime needs.
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Louisiana
Victory
J. G. Richard
L. S. A. Agricultural Extension Division
Mr. Richard
Louisiana Farms
American Fliers Tell How They Downed German Messerschmitts
Three American fighter pilots recount engagements over the Middle East on October 9 and 13. First Lt. George D. Mobbs describes firing from the stern as a hostile ME-109 crashes in flames. Second Lt. William J. Mount details a tail-gunning kill at about 15 yards and near 1,500 feet over water.
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Cairo
Messerschmitt
Middle East
George D. Mobbs
Little Rock
Ark
Messerschmitt 10
William J. Mount
Ossawatomie
Kans
Allied air raid eases pressure on Guadalcanal in Solomons push
Allied bombers struck Buin and hit ships and cruisers in a large raid aimed at easing Japanese pressure on Guadalcanal. The operation followed attacks on Rabaul Buin and Buka and Chalamaua New Guinea. Pilots reported a ship hit and seven flying boats destroyed amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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New Guinea
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Buin
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Buka
Chalamaua
Dramatic Escape Of 2 Sailors From Philippines Reaches Australia
Captain William Lloyd Osborne of Los Angeles and First Lieutenant Damon Gause of Winder Georgia arrived in Australia after a 159 day escape from the Philippines. They crossed by foot and boat, dodging Japanese forces and surviving a near air strike, completing a 1500 mile journey ending close to their target coast. Osborne previously fought on Bataan and fled with Filipino companions into the mountains.
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MacArthur
Australia
William Lloyd Osborne
Los Angeles
Damon Gause
Winder
Philippines
Osborne
Bataan
Death near for Mrs Henry in Louisiana executions
Final disposition of death sentence appeals moved closer as the U S Supreme Court refused to review the George Pierre murder case. Awaiting state Supreme Court action and a new execution date, authorities plan to petition for the electrocution order and governor to set the date. The fate of Annie Beat rice Henry and Nes Henry hinges on the Pierre ruling.
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New Orleans
Annie Beatrice
Toni Jo) Henry
Lake Charles
Hugh Pierre
George L. Iles
Shreveport
Supreme Court of the United States
Pierre
St. John Parish
Henry
Nes
State Supreme Court
Les
Guadalcanal Defenses Brace for Major Japanese Assault
American forces on Guadalcanal fortified positions along the island’s north shore as Tokyo prepared a large land assault. MacArthur’s HQ dispatched four bomber waves to disrupt Japanese supply lines in the Buin and Shortland areas, while Allied air raids continued against enemy ships and airfields. The Navy reported continued battles near the Guadalcanal airfield with fighters and antiaircraft guns destroying several enemy aircraft.
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Guadalcanal
Navy
United States
Buka Island
New Georgia Island
Broken Line
Island
Washington
MacArthur
Australia
Solomons
Buin-Shortland
Buin
Army
Marine Corps
Kadens Captured After Currency Exchange Hold Up Attempt
Irwin Kadens, 32, labeled a three state crime wave by J Edgar Hoover, was captured when he attempted to hold up a currency exchange on Madison Street in Chicago. Police arrived to beat him unconscious after he menaced staff with a pistol. Kadens deserted the army at Camp Grant and burglarized a home before the arrest.
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Chicago
Irwin Kadens
J. Edgar Hoover
Madison Street
Kadens
Detroit
Joseph Fallon
Fillmore Street
Richard Nelson
Nelson
Hoover
Camp Grant
Baton Rouge Man Among 14 Fliers Awarded Silver Stars
Seven crew members from a B-25 bomber that crash landed while returning from a raid on the Deboyne Islands, who waited a month for rescue, are among 14 American fliers awarded Silver Stars. Sergeant Walter A. Doiron from Baton Rouge, La, is named among the recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
MacArthur
Australia
Deboyne Islands
Walter A. Doiron
Pravda Demands Immediate Trial For Hess
Pravda calls for the immediate trial and punishment of Rudolf Hess, now in Britain, insisting he either stands as a criminal or as a plenipotentiary of the Hitler regime. The editorial supports the Soviet government's demand for swift action against any German war leaders held by anti-Hitler states.
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Moscow
Pravda
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Hess
Engeland
Hitler
Communist Party
Germany
Victor Mature Inducted Into Army Amid Draft Directive
Los Angeles reports actor Victor Mature, who joined the coast guard temporary reserve on July 2, has been ordered inducted into the army on October 26. A coast guard official notes the directive targets able bodied men of draft age in the reserve, excluding regular coast guard members. Martha Mature dropped her divorce suit to avoid interfering with his coast guard duties.
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Robert H. Benson
San Francisco
Albert E. Benson
Solomons
Los Angeles
Victor Mature
United States Coast Guard
Army
Selective Service
A. G. Berrys Jr
Actoy
Coast
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Pegler
Solomon
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New Georgia
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