Local draft age group eyed as Congress weighs 18 limit
About 842 boys aged 18 and 19 are listed in two boards as 20year age threshold looms. Board One has 437 and Board Two 385 in the 18–19 group, with 678 of 18–20 in Board One and 536 in Board Two from the fifth registration. Questionnaires are sent as youths reach 20, with potential new registrations if the age limit drops. Officials expect rapid action if Congress passes the measure, and local examinations for 20yearolds have begun. It remains unclear what share of 18–19-yearolds would be accepted, though a Washington county estimate of 90 percent is deemed unlikely by local officials. If many youths are deemed fit, calls could begin in three to four months.
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Congress
Board One
Board Two
Roosevelt
Selective Service
Washington County
George C. Marshall
Staf
War Department
Marshall
Stimson
May Day
Army
May
United States
Mail ballots for armed forces in race to be counted
Ballots for men in the armed forces are being prepared for the November 3 election. About 46 ballots have been requested with 300 printed total to cover potential demand, and more are expected as registrars complete revision days. Ballots list 47 candidates across offices plus 24 write-in spaces and 14 constitutional amendments.
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Board of Election
Wis Plas
Starisa
Robert
Roulzahn
TDR Em
Secretary of State
Circuit Court
Register of Wills
House of Delegates
Orphans Court
Iup
Hesss Wife Seeks Arrival With Rudolf Hess in England
London reports Frau Hess wife of Rudolf Hess former deputy Fuehrer of Nazi Germany seeks permission to join her husband in British internment. Labour MP diam Thorne told the House of Commons he would ask Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden for the government’s reply to Frau Hess’s request.
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London
Frau Tse Hess
Fuehrer
Nazi Germany
Rudolf Hess
House of Commons
Diam Thorne
Anthony Eden
Frau Hess
England
Nazi Generals Ousted and Von Bock Under Arrest
London reports a Tass dispatch from Moscow via Geneva dateline stating several German generals and motorized infantry chiefs were removed and Field Marshal Fedor Von Bock was placed under arrest. Longstanding rumors of Von Bock’s relief amid the Stalingrad assault have circulated but were not confirmed.
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London
Reuters
Tass
Moscow
Geneva
Fedor von Bock
von Bock
Stalingrad
Yugoslavs Kill Nazis Tank Leader in Balkans Action
Ankara reports the death of German armored division General Erwin Mack at the head of his troops during a southwest operation, with Berlin’s Boersen Zeitung Sept 27 issue cited. Yugoslavs claim German Italian troops clashed with Mihailovic forces in July and August in Yugoslavia and Bosnia, forcing Mihailovic to retreat into South Bosnia after taking substantial captured artillery.
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Ankara
Turkey
Erwin Mack
Berlin
Boersen Zietung
Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Nimitz reports hold and consolidate gains after Solomon Islands trip
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz described a recent visit to Guadalcanal and other Solomon Island positions saying the US can hold what it has and consolidate before advancing. He praised Marine fighters, noted Japanese bravery and supply issues, and said submarines are keeping pressure as he outlined observations from the jungle campaign and the strategic distance to Pearl Harbor Tokyo and Malaya.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Chester W. Nimitz
Solomon Islands
Robert L. Ghormley
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Nimitz
Tokyo
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Rabaul
New Britain
U. S
Navy
Marine
Army
RAF Bombs Kiel Uboat Base in Major Night Raid
British bombers struck Kiel, the U-boat base, last night in a strong concentrated attack. Ninety planes reportedly went missing with nine not returning. Air Ministry cited good weather and heavy damage, while Coastal Command Beaufighters claimed two Junkers 895s and a flying boat destroyed without loss. Preliminary pilot reports called it a good show.
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London
Kiel
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Bay of Biscay
Army Cooperation Command
France
Royal Canadian Air Force
Germany
Berlin
Motorists Must Pay For Periodic Fire Inspectors
Washington October 14 motorists must pay the cost of periodic fire inspections tied to nationwide gasoline rationing starting November 22 the Office of Price Administration announced. A nominal fee will be charged for each inspection and many garages and filling stations will be designated to perform them earning the entire fee. Designated sites will not pay a fee for this role.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Delaie
OPA
Scigl
Byrnes Urges Rent Freezing Power Before Congress
Washington Oct. 14 James F. Byrnes Economic Director urged Congress to grant the president authority to stabilize and freeze rents for all real property including residential and commercial. He noted rent increases up to 200 percent in some areas such as New York City and suggested the omission of rent controls from the anti inflation law was an oversight.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Roosevelt
Byrnes
House Banking Committee
New York City
Toward 5.0 A Month Emphasized by A C C
The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce said the aircraft industry is pressing toward a 5,000 monthly production rate requested by President Roosevelt after surpassing 4,000 units in May.
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Washington
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Draft plan holds 4.25 million now, 7.3 million next year
Secretary Stimson reported to the House Military committee that the Army totals 4,250,000 now and would rise to 7,300,000 next year. He outlined 1943 needs: air forces 2,200,000. ground units 3,300,000. services and support 2,000,000, with emphasis on building the largest sustaining air force possible. Marshall urged older draftees be released where possible to ease burden and noted high body ages in evolving divisions.
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Washington
Stimson
House Military Committee
United States
Army
Slimson
Marshall
Willkie Flies From Minneapolis to Capital on World Tour
Willkie departed from Wold-Chamberlain Field at 9:09 a m for the final leg of his round the world tour. The flight was aimed toward Washington and he was expected to arrive in the capital later today.
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Minneapolis
Wendel
Willkie
Wold-Chamberlain
Washington
Miners Vote To Work Six Days With U S Help
The United Mine Workers of America agreed to a six day week and asked the government to cooperate on transportation, prices, and mining equipment supplies. After debate, the union endorsed the scale committee’s recommendation for the six day schedule through the remaining contract period ending next March.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America Today
Arthy
Solid Fuels Coordination
12 U S Planes Clash Over German Lines In Middle East
Cairo reports United States fighter planes scored the first major victory of the Middle East war by downing two Messerschmitts and damaging another while 12 U S planes faced 20 Germans. First Lt Mobba of Little Rock bagged one also. 17 Axis planes were shot down over Malta by RAF fighters as defenses held firm against continued Axis attacks.
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Cairo
United States
United States Army
Arnold D. Bayle Uh
Ay Ee Glone
Eeree 1D. Mobba
Little Rock, Ark
Malta
RAF
Mediterranean
Tobruk
North African
Daba
Nazi Italian Rift Reported Stakes Over Trieste Rise
Basel newspaper reports a German Italian rift threatens Italy’s Adriatic port of Trieste. Disagreement linked to Myron Taylor landing in Rome and Roosevelt envoy talks. U.S. Attorney General Biddle says Italians in the U S would no longer be enemy aliens. Concurrently New York markets show moderate selling led by American Telephone as prices drift lower.
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Bern
Istanbul
Stockholm
National Zeitung
Basel
Italy
Trieste
Dagens Nyheter
Myron C. Taylors
Rome
Roosevelt
Vatican
Tiis’der
U.S
Francis Biddle
United States
Hitler
Mussolini
Turkey
Germany
New York
Navy reports eight ships sunk or damaged in West Pacific
Navy communique No. 11 details operations in Far Eastern waters. Submarines reportedly sank one heavy cruiser and several ships, including cargo vessels and tankers, with additional vessels damaged or possibly sunk. Total to 79 sunk, 20 possibly sunk, 24 damaged, across 123 ships.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Western Pacific
Far East
Far
Navy Department
Fall Nor'easter Brings Heavy Rain To City
A fall Nor'easter drenched the city and surrounding county with over 3 inches of rain in 24 hours, swelling the Monocacy River and Carroll Creek while Israel's Creek neared flood stage. Temperatures cooled to a low of 53 as leaves fell and orchardists faced harvest delays.
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Monocacy
Israel's Creek
Liberty Road
Carroll Creek
A.m
Most of Italy's Merchant Fleet Destroyed
New York reports estimate that by mid 1940 Mussolini’s merchant fleet of 3.5 million tons had been reduced by about two thirds to 1.4 million tons due to losses from Allied air and naval actions. The review notes 1.5 million tons destroyed and 2.366 million ships damaged or seized. In 1941 Mediterranean operations further battered Italian cargo ships.
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New York
Italy
Mediterranean
United Nations
Moscow papers highlight Roosevelt address on war strategy
Moscow newspapers print a two column abstract of President Roosevelt’s Monday night address. He states that major strategic decisions have been made to divert enemy forces from Russia and China to other theaters. Details on launches remain not broadcast.
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Moscow
Roosevelt
Russia
China
Germany
Japan
Coldest Fall Day Ties Record Amid Low Spillway Flow
Report notes spillway flow nearly ceased on Tuesday as heavy rains filled Fishing Creek reservoir. Mayor Lloyd Culler said Water Superintendent William Davis reported greatly replenished water supply this morning and the creek running full. Mountain springs feeding the creek had been very low before the recent rain.
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Jay
Fishing Creek
Lloyd C. Culler
William J. Davis
Davis
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