Aircraft industry pledges 40 billion in 1944 output
Washington reports the aircraft war production council projects nearly 40 billion dollars in plane and equipment output for 1944. manpower and material shortages loom as industry prepares for twofold 1943 output with promised deferments for skilled workers and government support.
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Washington
Lodey
Aircraft War Production Council
United States
Robert A. Lovell
Lawrence D. Bell
Bell Aircraft
War Department
WPB
Industry
Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Minor temperature change with widely scattered showers Friday afternoon through Friday night. East Texas sees little change Friday afternoon with cooler readings in Morlones and far north portions. Saturday morning remains mostly unchanged with isolated showers along the Ky extreme southern portion and coastal areas.
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San Antono
Vicinly
Texas
Kiev Battles Rage as Soviet Forces Press Dnieper Front
Reported fierce fighting around Kiev as Soviet troops push toward the Dnieper front. German defenses hold key river crossings while air battles intensify and Go mel city is said to be close to capture. Soviet communiques claim 3200 Germans killed and 172 towns taken amid broader advances toward Vitebsk and Mogilev.
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Chieper
Smolense
Black Sea
Gertin
Atlantic
Guler
Stalingrad
Dnieper
Fuehrer
Cily
Gost
Gomel
White Russia
Kelchev
Mogilev
Minsk
Bellefin
Bayevo
Lebetevo
Orsha
Ahlobin
Seetlelovithi
Staiki
Ivanovka
Stalin
Krichev Mh
Rudnya
Vitebsk
Tiga
Ballis
Swiss Down Flying Fort
Swiss report says an American Flying Fortress was downed in a midday aerial battle over eastern Switzerland during combat with German fighters. Bombs damaged multiple Swiss localities as reports from the commando noted material damage but few details on casualties.
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HPRN
Switzerland
Aeas
Aix
Japs Evacuate Kolombangara Amid Pacific Clash
Dispatches from South Pacific HQ report Japanese evacuation from Kolombangara and nearby islands as American and Australian forces press air and sea attacks. Barge traffic under moonless nights aims to escape as Vila airbase is outflanked. Allied bombing hits Vila Kahili and targets rail centers in China and Burma front.
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Presa
Kelembangara
Solomons
Garison
Aty
Prontery Nesault
Admiiyal Haley
South Pacific
Kolombangara
Vila
New
Georgia
Vella Lavella
Choiseul Island
Kolombannara
Boypadaville
U.S
Kolombatgara
Kahili
Bouegoliville
Myingyan
Kangauk
Father's Trial in Child Death Delayed
John Franklin Noxon a 48 year old corporate lawyer charged with murder by electrocution of his six month old son Lawrence was continued in District Court until October 28. Police Chief Sullivan described the infant death as abnormal noting it occurred a week earlier in the Noxon home library.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John Franklin Noxon JW
Corporation
Lawrence
Jeport
John L. Sullivan
Noxon
Allies Capture Naples In Italian Campaign Advance
Allied forces entered Naples Italy as German defenders retreated to Rome marking a major victory in the 1943 Italian campaign. The port city home to about 925 000 residents was found empty of German troops and poised to support further advances toward the Volturno and beyond.
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Apriga
Lipal
Mark W. Clark
Naples
Italy
Rome
Allied
Fifth Army
Eliy
Vesuvius
Volturno
Lac Volturno
Saerno
Genoa
Us & Grant
Rainfall Dips Across Texas Amid Unsettled Weather
Showers moved across Texas from late September into October with heavy activity near Austin and San Antonio. Fort Worth logged 7.13 inches for September, the wettest since 1932, while Houston and Laredo recorded scattered rain and forecasts called for more. Congressman Rogers to speak in Corpus Christi on November 9 under Faculty Club auspices.
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Austin
Lake Austin
Dam
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Houston
Weather Bureau
Laredo
Requiver
Wichita County
Electra
Rogers
Corpus Christi
Ool
Will Hogers
California
Will Beline
Il Club
Foorster
Soldiers Miss Beauty of Naples
A nostalgic travel portrait traces Naples from its bays to Vesuvius, noting its historic rise from Greek settlement to capital of the Two Sicilies. It mentions wartime Allied advances, prewar art treasures, and Naples’ modern gains in water supply, industry, and urban development after cholera and foreign dominations.
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Fily
Europe
Naples
Aveling
Masuli’y Canal
Agustino Depretis
Roosevelt Hails Allied Rome Crusade and Vatican Stand
President Roosevelt stated the Allies will press the Rome Vatican campaign as the German threat persists. He noted Rome and the Vatican face risk while Allied forces advance, with the pope in a state of siege and efforts to prevent destruction.
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Rome
Pope
Washington
Oct
Roosevelt
Tiany
Vatican
Bisen
St Peter's Square
Heli
Mirani
Gueette de Tausatine
Thaly
Sweden Prohibits Nazi Fuel Transit Across Railways
Sweden bans Nazi fuel transit by land to Germany, forcing reliance on sea routes. Foreign office states Germany must reroute supply lines to keep troops in Norway and northern Finland supplied.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Lroysituf
Foreign Office
Germany
Norway
Finland
Mission Bombed by Japs Struck in Remote Mountains
Melbourne reports the Benedictine mission in the Kite berley mountains was bombed and strafed by 25 planes last weekend. The rector Rev Ito Thestias Gil was killed.
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Melbourne
Benedictine
Kiteberley Mountains
Ito Rev
Thestias Gil
U Boats Use New Torpedo in North Atlantic Action
U boats returned to battle off Allan on October 1 with a new torpedo that is described as deadly and efficient. More than 100 survivors from sunken merchant ships were picked up, including American British and Norwegian seamen and a female stowaway, a 16 year old girl. The three day clash featured intense submarine and Allied surface air forces, and Canadian destroyer St Groix was lost with 116 of 147 crew.
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Lan Adtanport
the Allan
North Atlantic
United States
Sir
St. Groix
Princess Maria of Bourbon-Parma Held Under Nazi Arrest
Press dispatches from Switzerland report Princess Maria, Queen Victoria Eugenia's daughter, and her husband Prince Lewis of Bourbon-Parma placed under house arrest by German authorities at their Cannes estate.
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London
Victor Emanuel
Maria
Prince Lews of
Bourbon-Parma
Cannes
Switzerland
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