Pacific War Outlook: Von Wiegand Survey From Port Elizabeth
Karl H. Von Wiegand presents a 1943 general summary from a voyage departing Shanghai September 20, noting shift in world military focus to the Far East as year three of the Pacific war approaches. He highlights American air and naval strength, Japan’s strategic vulnerabilities, and the uncertain tempo of battles on land and sea.
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Karl H. von Wiegand
Port Elizabeth
Pacific
Far Eastern
Shanghai
India
Japan
Imperial Jap
Germany
Solomong
Sumatra
MacArthur
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Bay of Bengal
Malaya
Siam
Burma
Inna
Europe
Singapore
Surabaya
Java
Sunda Straits
Malacca Straits
Sunda
Manila Bay
San Fernando
Manila
U. S
Japan’s Long War Stretches Across Asia Pacific
The report outlines Japan’s strategic posture in the Pacific with Singapore and Surabaya fortified, Corregidor strengthened, and Hongkong defenses improving. It notes Allied offensives under MacArthur and Mountbatten, a cautious Tokyo stance, intensifying domestic unity, hunger control, and continued Axis diplomacy amid stalled negotiations with Russia.
On the Home Front Tales of the Times by Eudora Garrett
A civilian defense column shares anecdotes from home front life during wartime. A city apartment-seeker complains about old style heat while a veteran landlady seeks a photo of her unseen granddaughter. A lieutenant shows a soldier’s bond with a kind elderly landlady who values timely, supportive notes.
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Eudora Garrett
Times
Uzo
Chicago
Jelther
Virgil
Visitors Week Set at San Antonio Junior College
Visitors Week will be observed at San Antonio Junior College Monday through Friday students will entertain their parents and families with activities and displays, showcasing campus life and student work during the event.
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San Antonio Junior College
Atudenta
Yariens
German Official Admits War Lost
London Nov 6 Field Marshal Carl von Runstedt the German commander in Holland Belgium and France preparing for the second front is reported to have written to Hitler stating the war is as far as it is humanly possible to judge He was said to have confessed in a letter that the war effort has reached a terminal stage and that Germany faces grave prospects without a decisive victory sought by the regime.
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Manchukuo
China
Philippines
Borneo
Java
Indo-China
Joe
Shigemitsu
Germany
Russia
Europe
Pacific
Hitler
Tokyo
Japan
Moscow
Berlin
Hirohito
Matsuoka
Stalin
London
INS
Carl Radph
Gerd von Runstedt
Holland
Belgium
France
von Runstedt
Major Boettiger Becomes U S Army Major
Capt John Boettiger, on leave from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is promoted to major in the U S Army. He is the son in law of President Roosevelt and says Hitler should resign for the sake of the fatherland.
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Boettiger
Algters
INS
John Boettiger
U. S. Army
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Major Boettiger
Roosevelt
Hitler
Cessna Producing New Combat Planes at Wichita Plant
Wichita production of two new combat aircraft is underway, announced by President Dwane L. Wallace. Cessna has previously built twin-engined trainer bombers for the United States and Canadian governments.
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Cessna
Wichita
Dwane L. Wallace
United States
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