Russians Drive Toward Key Caucasus Cities Amid Kiev Pressure
Soviet forces pressed toward Gomel, Mogilev, and Vitebsk as they enveloped and pushed German troops along the Dnieper. The Berlin line claimed Temryuk base was destroyed and Germans retreat toward Crimea, while the Red Army reported heavy advances, over 70 villages, and near Kyiv on the Dnieper's west bank.
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London
Sem
White Russia
Gomel
Mogilev
Vitebek
Colummns
Kiev
Kremenchug
Dnepropetrovek
Melittopool
Crimea
Temryuk
Moscow
Kerch
Gurreona
Berlin
Temryak
Dnieper
Maxis
Dnepropetnerek
Sporogdhes
Kremenehty
Sd Gge Moscow
Red Air Force
Gornel
Mogilevorsna- Vitetsk
Rowan Front
Jima Totem Bel Com
Getrel
Sowk River
Tr Butery
Warsaw
Leningrad
White Rusa
Baltic States
Yeatenday
Smolensk
Peny
Vitensk
Ludwig Sertorius
The Fractured Tale of Mrs Spelvin and Her Garden
Mrs George Spelvin falls behind in reading and revels in springtime canning and victory gardening. The narrative sketches jars of produce, pickling, and wary fantasies of sustenance against famine, ending with notes on salted goods and kitchen abundance.
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George Spelvin
Japanese Loyalty Split Strikes Families Across Arizona Camp
The article describes couples marrying under Christian rites amid forced relocations in Arizona while families face repatriation to Japan. Edith A. Pleming notes U S reports show Japanese choosing loyalty to the United States over kin abroad. Two daughters born in the region accompany the repatriation process.
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Chrisstian
Budd
Renanc
West
Arizona
Edith A. Pleming
ARA
United States
Japan
Prominent Lawyer Pleads Innocent in Death of Infant
Pittsfield Mass September 28 194? John Franklin Noxon Jr a year old corporation lawyer and Harvard graduate pleads innocent in district court to murder in the death of his six month old son Lawrence held without bail Judge Charles L Hibbard and officials discuss the case before the bench The infant described as abnormal died after authorities investigated a death initially thought accidental by a loose radio wire.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John Franklin Noxon, Jr
Corporation
Harvard
Lawrence
Charles L. Hibbard
John L. Sullivan
Valmore Cote
Sullivan
Noxon
Michaell. Eisner
Walter J. Donovan
Hibbard
Berkshire County Hall
Joan
Grd
Plane sinks 3 U boats as a single plane destroys 3 German subs
A U S Navy report credits Lieutenant Robert Pershing Wilim, his crew Morris Grinstead, Letts, and Melvin Paden with destroying three German submarines and damaging a fourth during Atlantic convoy duty. Williams attacked first, Steiger strafed, and another aircraft crashed. one pilot is listed missing. Separately, Prentiss Brown contemplates resigning as OPA price administrator after a successful month.
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Washington
Sept
Atlantic
Pany Today
Robert Pershing Wiluim
Snoqualmie
Wash
Morris C. Grinstead
Tl. Letts
Melvin H. Paden
Salinas
Calif
Williams
Paden
J. G
Earl H. Steiger
Buffalo
N. Y
Steiger
Marshall Field III Receives Large Inheritance
Chicago on September 28 reports Marshall Field II, at his 50th birthday, inherits an estate estimated between 70 and 15 million dollars from his grandfather Marshall Field I. He is noted as one of the world's wealthiest men and publisher of PM in New York, with roles in business, philanthropy, and the Marshall Field stores. Field II is a Chicago native, married with five children.
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Chicago
Marshall Field II
Marshall Field
Carl J. Weitzel
Field
Chicago Sun
First Field
New York
Marshall Field and Company
MacArthur’s Command Status Stays Unchanged
Canberra reports the Australian government has no knowledge of any change in General Douglas MacArthur’s command. Prime Minister Curtin says any shift would require Commonwealth approval. He notes Mountbatten’s Southeast Asia command does not affect MacArthur’s Southwest Pacific role.
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Canberra
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
John Curtin
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Curtin
Mountbatten
Germans Strike Back After Foggia Fall
Berlin announced quick counter moves as Montgomery’s forces overran Foggia. German landings hit Corfu and claimed Split in the Dalmatian coast. British air forces attacked Crete and Syros as Allied and Axis actions intensified across the Aegean and Adriatic regions.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Foggia
Corfu
Greece
Split
Hitler
Balkan
Italy
Danube Valley
Germany
Balkans
Adriatic Sea
Berlin
Ionian Sea
Iland
Adriatic
Aegean
Middle East
Dodecanese
Cao
Lero
Kasteneli-Pediada
Crete
R. A. F. Wellingtons
Syros
Aegean Sea
Comnyur‘tue
Butter Ration Up Again Amid Shrinking Supply
The Office of Price Administration announced a further rise in butter ration points from 1 to 16 starting Sunday as production remains down about 10 percent from a year ago. Other meat and processed food values also shift, with some veg and cheese items adjusted in October.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ouachita Bond Rally Aims to Top Parish Goal Tonight
In Monroe a downtown bond rally tonight will award valuable prizes as Ouachita Parish seeks a 4 315 000 Third War loan quota. Sales by noon Tuesday stood at 4 203 984, about 112 000 short, with sirens and whistles planned once the goal is reached.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish War Finance Committee
Ouachita
S. J. Rogers
War Finance Committee
Twin Cities
Teachers May Get Increase In Louisiana Salaries
Governor Sam Jones said the state school budget committee favors transferring about 2.1 million dollars from the state treasury surplus to the department of education to boost teacher pay from 20 to 22.50 dollars per educable. If approved, the average salary rise would be about 10 percent for Louisiana teachers.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Boards of Education
Sam Jones
Theffice School Budget Committee
State Treasury
Department of Education
Jones
Louisiana Teachers Association
Roosevelt Offers Stettinius Name to Senate
President Roosevelt formally submitted the nomination of Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as undersecretary of state after accepting Sumner Welles’s resignation. He also sent Dwight D. Eisenhower’s promotion from lieutenant colonel to major general, with Eisenhower already serving as a full general temporarily.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Sumner Welles
Stettinius
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
FCC approves merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph firms
The Federal Communications Commission approved a merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph to create a single nationwide telegraph system. The plan envisions a two year integration, preserving 60,066 jobs with wage parity, a shift to domestic operations, and a plan to modernize facilities to compete with telephone and air mail. Commissioner Durr dissented over fears of reduced competition and obsolescence in the industry.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Mercer
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
James L. Fly
Paul A. Walker
Norman S. Case
T. A. M. Craven
Ray C. Wakefield
J. Durr
Durr
Combine
Postal
Western Union
Sinner Indinex
FCC
Wester Union
Navy Sub Chaser Severed in Crash
A pre-dawn collision off the Golden Gate severed 25 feet from the stern of a 110 foot navy sub chaser. Seven sailors were dumped into the sea, two believed dead. Rescue boats towed the forward section to port. Five sailors were injured, two seriously. two listed missing. Names not released.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
Navy
12Th Naval District
Allied thrust opens toward Madang in Southwest Pacific
General Douglas MacArthur reports his New Guinea forces have secured 30 miles of coastline from Salamaua to Finschhafen since September 12 and now push toward Madang, extending control 170 miles northwest. The advance comes as Allied headquarters enlarge operations in the Southwest Pacific theater.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Salamaua
Finschhafen
Madang
Allies seize Foggia air base and advance in Italy
Allied forces report capturing the air base city of Foggia with 12 satellite air fields after a 25 mile advance through Kesselring's defenses. Montgomery’s Eighth Army entered Foggia at 3 pm amid light resistance while Clark's Fifth Army pushed 2 to 5 miles north near Salerno, taking Liont Castelnuovo and Melfi as German losses climb.
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North Africa
Albert Kesselring
Foggia
Sir Bernard Sir Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Salerno
Liont
Castelnuovo
Melfi
16Th Panzer
Italy
Sae
Rail workers granted raise in emergency board recommendation
The White House said a railroad emergency board urged at least four cents an hour raise for 300,000 operating employees under the Little Steel formula. The vote split with a dissenting member seeking a 7 1 2 percent increase, and the action awaits stabilization director approval before taking effect April 1, 1943.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Freel M. Vinson
Em : Board
Cnaenaneia
Emsployes
Wege
Denmark Under New Nazi Reign of Terror
Stockholm dispatch reports Denmark enters a new terror era as General Kurt Daluege takes over from von Hannecken. Under Hitler’s orders, mass deportations of Danish Jews begin while sabotage and resistance continue against the Nazi occupation.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Kurt Daluege
Heinrich Himmler
Cometry
Hermann von Hanenecken
Stockholn
Dagens Nyheter
Daluege
Adolf Hitler
von Hannecken
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Daily Report
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Prentiss M Brown
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