Surprise U S Attack Damages Solomons Naval Force
An American carrier task force struck the Shortland Island area in the North Solomons, damaging a heavy cruiser and four other ships, destroying eight aircraft and hitting an airfield on Bougainville. The action, conducted in bad weather, was described as a surprise attack against Japanese defenses.
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Washington
Japan
Solomon Islands
Navy
Shortland Island
Bougainville
Solomons
Inieta
Shortland
Guadalcanal
R. L Ghormier
South Pacificc
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Faisi
Fats
Shortland Harbor
Faa
Ait Kieta
Berlin
Pacific
Solamon Islands
Tokyo
Radio
Pacifc
Labor Board Grants Hourly Wage Increases to Five Firms
The Labor Board announces hourly wage increases for employees at five major industries: WS Cartridge Company St Louis Underwood Elliott Fisher Company Hartford RCA Manufacturing Camden Worcester Behemoth Sheldon Muskegon Toledo Peoria Western Railroad and others. Rulings completed up to October 4 align with the President anti inflation order and cover increases as of September 15.
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Washington
Wat ‘Labor Board
WS Cartridge Company
St. Louis
Underwood Elliott Fisher Company
Hartford
RCA Manufacturing Company
Camden
Worcester Pressed Steel Company
Worcester
Mass
BE HH. Sheldon Company
Laboratory
Muskegon
Alse
Congress
Davis Sar
Answers To War Quiz Sparks Mixed Grades In Survey
A recent survey shows 23 percent of elders and 31 percent of sailors, with 49 percent of soldiers and 48 percent of sites, rating Bibles as swell or junk. A warrant officer notes varied reactions amid the wartime quiz.
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T. Navy
Rand
Nazis Begin Buildup For Stalingrad Retreat
A Berlin broadcast cited by the DNB claimed the siege of Stalingrad was easing and the objective achieved, suggesting Germany would shift to heavy artillery and air power while planning a possible retreat. Reports noted a Russian counteroffensive on the Volga Don steppes and rumors of Von Bock being removed as commander.
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New York
Geronda Machine I
Stalingrad
Red
DNB
DND
Volga
Don
Berlin
Hitler
Associated Press
von Bock
Re Uy SR
Fedor von Bock
Ukraine
Kuban
Mufti
van Back
Rostov
British Caution Over German Plans For Winter Front
London observers report a German intimation that infantry could be withdrawn from Slahagral as Hitler readies for winter on the Russian front. Front dispatches describe heavy house to house fighting in the Volga city and renewed combat elsewhere. The leather industry diverts all heavy sole material to military use, constraining civilian footwear.
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London
Get &P
Hitler
Volga
Loss Of Gas Ration Books Burdening Car Owners And Stations
Local gas ration books and coupons vanish at increasing rates as owners and employers face extra checks and losses. Gasoline stations endure added labor to verify coupons and owners must advertise for returns. The disruption compounds the workload for defense workers eligible for supplemental rations.
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Buih
Ration Board Tackles Defense Workers Travel Cuts
The ration board cites defense workers as a primary rationing concern. It seeks to determine when and how far distances have been reduced by changing work locations, a major issue for ration board personnel.
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Defense
Ration Board
Joe E Brown's Son Dies in Army Bomber Crash
Captain Don E Brown 25, son of actor Joe E Brown, was killed in a bomber crash near Palm Springs while en route from Long Beach to Utah. He had been promoted to captain after being commissioned as a second lieutenant on July 11, 1941.
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Long Beach
Calif
Don E. Brown
Joe B. Brown
Palm Springs
Army Ferrying Command
Brown
Utah
Air Forces
Fullest U S Aid To Russia Emphasized By Welles
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles urged U S aid to the Soviet Union as the surest path to defeat Germany. He argued arms, equipment, supplies, or a second front could be used and stressed early, unstinting help and continued unity among free peoples toward a peacetime world.
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Boston
Sumner Welles
Germany
Russia
Welles
Hitler
Weiles
Hots Gaurney
Paca Isy
Argentina
Chile
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Chace
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Dutch Harbor
Peter Holm
Continental
NEA
Joe E. Brown
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