Draft board revokes Second-front Joe Cur amid wartime tensions
The draft board revoked the latest element of Second-front Joe Cur, the National Maritime Union president and New Deal ally, citing hesitation to serve until submarine threats subside. The report notes Cur’s political ties, deportation orders for associates, and speculation about his military readiness and travel plans.
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Joe Cur
Rans
Curran
National Maritime Union
New Deal
Knox
Kaixton
Ity Bridges
Earl Browder
United States
Mare Idges
Tettinius Named Aide to Hull in State Department Shuffle
Ed rd R. Stettinis Jr., long associated with lend lease work, is appointed under secretary of state as part of a broad reshuffle on Capitol Hill. The move follows a cabinet-level realignment and signals a firmer stance toward international policy ahead of life talks with Britain, Russia, and the United States.
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Rosere
Lend Lease
Capitol Hill
Euave
Cartest Mettinin
Congrem Pth
Plans Completed For Huge Bond Rally Tuesday Night
London dispatch reports a major bond rally planned for Tuesday night as Britain and its allies mobilize public support. The article notes ongoing air actions over Emden and northern France with US bombers and Thunderbolt fighters conducting operations against Nazi targets.
Sabotage Claim Shocks Norway Nazi Ships Reported Damaged
London reports dispatch claims German capital ships Tirpitz Scharnhorst and Lützow were damaged by crews while at anchor in Norwegian waters near Spitzbergen after Russia relief rumors. Unconfirmed. ships tied up in Norway with speculation of possible breakout against British fleet.
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London
Reuters
Stockbolrs Seid
Tiepitz Scharmhorst
Suetsen
Altenspand
Norway
Niews
Vessers
Admiral Scheer
Arctic
Spitzbergen
Scharnhorst
Deutschland
Russia
Father Held After Plunge Kills Baby in Los Angeles
Los Angeles detectives book Claude L. Dexter, secretary of a cracker bakers' union, on murder suspicion after the ten floor plunge death of 16 month old Johnnie Dexter. Witnesses describe horror as a man appeared at the sidewalk, a woman cried out, and Dexter gave a minimal account.
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Los Angeles
Claude L. Dexter
R. B. McCreadie
Johnnie
John F. Rowe
McCreadie
Dexter
Cracker Bakers’ Union
South Gate
Bond Rally and Auction Planned in Monroe Downtown
Plans were completed for a bond rally and auction Tuesday night in Monroe with over 25 prizes for attendees and 50 prizes for bond purchasers. Ouachita parish seeks to reach its third war loan quota as traffic will be restricted on DeSiard street and North Second. the event starts at 7 30 pm with music from a local band and officials predicting the parish total of 4 112 00 toward a 4 315 000 goal.
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Monroe
War Finance Committee
Ouachita Parish
DeSiard Street
Jackson
St. John
North Second Street
DeSiard
Illinois Central Railroad
North Second
Band
Lange
J. Rogers
Parih War Finance
Parisch
Aotal
B. {. Brantley
Jacktony
St. Geohn
Trin City
New Ship Production Seen At Six Per Day In September
Gulf coast director L R Sanford told Gulf Shipyard workers via WDAE broadcast that September 1943 would see an average of six new cargo ships per day launched. He credited teamwork of shipyards workers and maritime commission personnel for a record fleet growth and honored Victory Fleet Day tied to the SS Patrick Heney launch.
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New Orleans
Sept
L. R. Sanford
Gulf Coast
United States Maritime Commmission
Sanford
Gulf Shipyard
Tecio
WDAE
Pla
Hie
Samford
America
Anpyard
R Mariitime Commissione Personne
United States Hawe
Shiga
Merchant Marine
Jen
Patrick Heney
Italians Push to Join Allied Forces in Southern Italy
Report from southern Italy notes Provisional Italian leadership under Badoglio seeks recognition as Allied allies. British and American troops show resistance to Italians as comrades, fearing loss of control and integration of civil authority with AMG officers discontent.
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Edward Kennedy
Italy
United Nations
Badoglio
Germany
Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
Haly
Bari
Treape
Eighth Army News
Tewil
Eighth Army
Britain
Mediterranean
Train Wreck Delays German POW Transfer to Camp
Three hundred German prisoners of war were delayed nine hours at Shadwell Virginia when their transport wrecked. Fireman Jake Pritchett and guard Charles Dillard died. six guards and a brakeman were treated. Two Germans were moved to Woodrow Wilson hospital in Staunton under guard. The wreck halted a single line as 11 cars derailed and toppled near new track installation.
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Charlottesville
Shadwell
Jake Pritchett
Charles Dillard
University of Virginia
Garrard Plagman, I
Richmond
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Staunton
Red Cross
High Washington Tax Program Moves Forward in Senate Finance
Sept 27. The House ways and means committee voted against repealing the renegotiation law for excess profits in war contracts and began shaping a new general revenue act by January. The panel sent repeal ideas to a subcommittee and pursued amendments covering lotteries, community property, mandatory joint returns, and municipal and state bond levies as it weighs a requested 12 billion additional revenue. Chairman Doughton noted subcommittee study would continue.
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Washington
Housewigs Indiews Committee
Hgh
Indust
Doughton
North Carolina
Britain Censures Argentina Press Over Finschhafen Tone
Britain condemns Argentina for not breaking ties with the axis and urges alignment with freedom loving nations. London states it will maintain relations and trade with Argentina while criticizing its foreign policy stance.
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Buenos Aires
Uup
Argentae
Axis
Britain
Argentina
London
Mijesto
Republies
Rio de Janeiro
Publishers Meet at Hot Springs for Annual Convention
In Hot Springs Arkansas on September 3 the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association opened its 41st convention with 300 delegates expected. Sessions covered newsprint labor relations circulation and advertising while speakers included Palmer Hoyt Major General Alvan Gillem Robert Burns M G Sullivan Dor A Bridge and others discussing the press role in wartime America.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Ro Geta
SN. P. Ace
Will. Edd Wedenday
Palmer Hoyt
Office of War Information
Alvan C. Gillem
Fort Knox
Armored
Robert K. Burns
War Labor Board
M. G. Sullivas
War Predi¢Tion Board
Dor A. Bridge
Treasury Department
War Finance
Cone. P. Rouge
State Times and Advocate
Americet
Axis Planes Seized in Italy Reach 224 in Allied Drive
Allied headquarters in North Africa announced 224 Axis planes captured intact or lightly damaged across six airfields in the Italian campaign. At Montecorvino Ravella near Salerno 77 planes were found, Vibo Valentia saw 4, Taranto 69, plus 16 at the seaplane base, with 12 more abandoned in Sicily in July and August.
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North Africa
Montecorvino-Ravella
Salerno
Vibo Valentia
Italy
Taranto
Northwest African Air Force
Germans Reel Westward In Retreat Along Smoking Front
Soviet dispatches report Red Army units advancing across the Dnieper as Germans pull back from Kiev toward Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye. Losses exceed 5,000 Germans with many killed or drowned. Moscow broadcasts quote German plunder fleeing Kiev and British coverage notes Soviet breakthroughs along the river.
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London
Dnieper
Kuban
Smolensk
Kiev
Russia
Dnepropetrovsk
Kremeschug
Pereyaslavl
Berlin
Associated
Preas
Red Army
Moscow
Reuters
Tugwell urges aid to Puerto Rico and statehood plan
Rexford G Tugwell told Congress the United States must provide economic aid to Puerto Rico or risk suppressing an angry, hungry population. He urged a deliberate aid policy followed by a plebiscite on statehood, with a Philippine-like gradual plan if statehood fails, in a report to Senator Dennis Chavez.
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Washington
Rexford G Tugwesl
Congress
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Tugwell
Senate Ator
Dennis Chavez
Democrat
New Mexico
Chavez
Soldiers Take Cassano as Fifth Army Advances in North Africa
American forces under General Clark seize Cassano in a 10 mile deep advance, prompting German withdrawals along the Naples flank. British Eighth Army advances up the Adriatic coast toward Foggia, taking Cerignola and Margherita di Savoia as Cairo reports proximity to the air center.
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North Africa
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Cassano
Naples
Broad Bay
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Foggia
Cerignola
Margherita di Savoia
Oranto
Gulf of Manfredonia
Benyond Foggia
Cairo
Reuters
Balkans
Germany
Axis Marks Third Tri-Partition Pact Anniversary
Germany and Japan marked the third anniversary of the tripartite pact with a show of calm over Italy's capitulation and warnings to satellites not to break from the war. Nazi and Tokyo propagandists minimized Italy’s role while promising continued joint warfare and signaling future broadcasts.
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London
Germany
Japan
Haly
Voelkischer Beobaeister
Tokyo
Berlin
Italy
Benito Miussolini
Nae
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Mamera Shigemits
Mussolini
von Ribbentrop
Texas labor leader released on habeas corpus in Dallas
In Dallas Texas on September 27 Vice-President R J Thomas of the C B O Detroit labor leader and head of the United Automobile Workers was freed from Travis county jail on a writ of habeas corpus. He had been held for contempt for allegedly violating a Texas order preventing solicitation of units without a state permit. A $1900 bond was posted and a October 20 hearing was set as a test of the statute. Thomas said he would speak in Texas despite the law.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
R. J. Thomas
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Army
Navy
Washington
Travis County
James P. Alexander
Texas Supreme Court
Thomas
J. Harris Gardner
Alexander
Bend Thomas
Thames
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