Allied Planes Batter Buna and New Britain Bases
Allied forces unleashed a heavy air attack on Buna New Guinea destroying or damaging at least 15 landing barges and igniting fuel dumps visible for miles. Rabaul and Gasmata in New Britain were struck with bombing and strafing missions as ground combat near Toribarwa continued amid sporadic fighting.
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MacArthur
Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Joribarwa
New Britain
Solomons
U S
Rabaul
Technies Coast
Baas
Upper New Guinea
Owen Stanley Mountains
Air Parmandar
George C. Kenney
Toribarwa
Answers To War Quiz From Page Five
The page presents quiz answers noting the insignia of the South Division, four $18.75 war bonds buy 15 steel helmets, and a note on the origin of sergeant linked to feudal tenancy. It also lists the Amur as the twelfth longest river at about 2,500 miles.
Four More Jap Ships Sunk By U S Submarines
The Navy reported four additional Japanese ships sunk and four damaged in Far East operations, raising total submarines sinking to 107 vessels. The actions, spanning several weeks, are not linked to campaigns in the Solomon Islands or Aleutians, and included two large freighters and a small patrol boat sunk, with a large tanker left afire and other ships damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Japan
Sun
Solomon
Philippines
Malaya
The
Indies
Aleutians
Far East
United States
Solomon Islande
General Motors Workers Get 4 Cents Hour More
The War Labor Board approved a four cent per hour wage rise for General Motors employees. The ruling includes a maintenance of membership clause, allowing a 15 day withdrawal window, and retroactive effect to January 1 1942. It covers over 1 225 000 workers across 95 plants represented by CIO unions.
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Washington
War Labor Board
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Montgomery County Board Names Five Charter Candidates
In Rockville on September 17 the Montgomery County board of commissioners, with one Democratic dissent and a Republican absent, named five nominees for the charter board to appear in November. The slate includes Alan H. Gerdner, Joseph A. Cantrel, J. Bond Smith, Otto W. Anderson, and Roger J. Whiteford. Oxley opposed the slate, saying county officials had opposed the charter and should not nominate a state with Democratic dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
Charter Board
Commitsineg
Alan H. Gerdner
Charter Committee
Joseph A. Cantrel
J. Bond Smith
Maryland Park and Planning Commission
Otto W. Anderson
Roger J Whiteford
Cantrel
Smith
United Democratic
Jonn E. Oxley
Walter , Tolinson
Oxley
Sellman Recommended for Washington Seat in Senate Nomination
Roosevelt sent to the Senate to confirm postmaster nominations. Maryland based figures James G. Archer Mount Airy and Ralph Sellman are noted in the recommendation.
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Sellman
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Maryland
Bel Au
James G. Archer
Mount Alry
Ralph Sellman
Roosevelt declines to touch Japanese flag from Makin raid
President Roosevelt received a handmade American flag from Philadelphia seamstresses and refused to touch the Japanese emblem captured during the Makin Island raid. He advised Marine Corps archivists to store the flag in historic records. The flag was crafted by 333 seamstresses from 15 states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Makin Island
Army Quartermaster Depot
Philadelphia
Thomas Holcomb
Marine Corps
Iio
Holcomb
Evans F. Carlson
James Roosevelt
Only A Third Of Voters Went To Primaries
An unofficial 1842 primary tabulation across 35 states shows 14 937 426 ballots cast out of 42 191 779 eligible voters, 35 percent turnout. Officials cite wartime apathy, lack of decisive issues, and voter displacement as reasons for the low participation.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Voters urged to expiate neglect and back strong Congress choice
Miss Marguerite M. Wells of the National League of Women Voters urged voters to show stronger interest from now to November and send the best men to Congress. Southern states performed best, helped by contests in governors and other races. The Navy reported a British merchant vessel torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean in late August. survivors reached an East Coast port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Marguerite M. Wells
National League of Women Voters
Washington
Navy
Caribbean
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Amur
U.S
Pacific
General Motors
Royal Australian Air Force
Frederick
Allen
N. Market ST
White
Makin
Biddle
Anthony J Drexel Biddle, Sr
Pennsylvania
Yugoslavia
Greece
London
Cincinnati
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Frederick Cloak
Gaurd & Market Streets
North Market Street
Spa
Sbana
Andirons
Carty
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick Street
Henry
Rayon
Henry ’S
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