Roosevelt names Byrnes to lead wage and price controls
President Roosevelt named Associate Justice James F Byrnes to head the supreme court directorate of economic stabilization with broad policy powers to curb inflation. Congress passed the anti inflation bill and the president prepared an executive order to apply brakes on wartime costs. The act sets wage and price levels, with farm price adjustments and parity rules, aiming to stabilize the economy by November 1 with reference to September 15, 1942.
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Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Braid
Congress
Price Administration
WAT Neens
Senate-Howls
House
Third Series Game On Third Series Game On
New York World Series opener at Yankee Stadium features the Bronx Bombers and St Louis Cardinals. With the series tied, fans queued for gates as 28 000 seats were sold and scalpers asked high prices. McCarthy named Spurgeon Chandler to start for New York while Billy Southworth planned Ernie White for St Louis. Odds favored the Yankees 11 to 5 in a 12 20 p m start.
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Yankee Stadium
Bronx Bombers
St. Louis Cardinals
Reading
Joe McCarthy
Yanks
Spurgeon
Spud” Chandler
Billy Southworth
Ernie White
Yankees
Cardinals
Willkie Urges Aggressive Action in War Effort
In Chungking on October 3, Willkie told Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek that the war cannot be won by timid rulers. He urged immediate bold action, framing the conflict as a world struggle for freedom and insisting victory comes only through courageous leadership and decisive plans.
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Dell Willkie
Derna Hit By Allied Bombs
CAIRG Oct 3 Allied air forces bombed Derna Libya aLibyan port in a night raid with heavy and light bombers. Fires were started at landing grounds near Sidi Haneish. British HQ said land forces reported no new actions, while Axis air activity increased. German planes were shot down with no losses. A British torpedo plane set a tanker on fire north of Tobruk.
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Dern
Sidi Haneish
Tobruk
Japs Pushed Over Hills In Guinea
General MacArthur headquarters reports Australian forces nearing the summit of New Guinea’s Owen Stanley range after advancing from Menari with minimal resistance from retreating Japs. Allied air strikes paralyze Jap supply lines and targets include the Walrop bridge over the Kumasi river. Fortresses attack across the Coral Sea report direct hits on transports at Rabaul and attacks on Bougainville with planes returning to base.
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Bougainville
Solomons
Aled
Tank Cars Still Transport Wine In War Effort
Washington Ont reports tank cars are still used to move wine. The Office of Defense Transportation acknowledged disruption, noting most single compartment cars and nearly all suitable for petroleum or vitally needed products have been removed from the wine industry.
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Washington
Three Hurt in War Plant Fire
An early morning blaze at the Tiffin Ark Metal company plant in Tiffin Ohio injured three workers. The fire’s origin was undetermined, and the plant produces war materials.
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Tiffin
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Tiffin Ark Metal Company
Lost 17 Days in New Guinea U S Fortress Returns Safe
Four U S Army Airmen returned to their base after 17 days marooned in New Guinea following a raid near Rabaul. They survived with minimal gear, marshaled 500 natives to help salvage their Flying Fortress, and managed a beach takeoff after stripping the plane of nonessential items and assembling a temporary runway.
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Tex
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Halsey
Halsay
Reds Break German Defense Near Stalingrad
Soviet forces push toward Stalingrad amid heavy tank and infantry actions on both sides. Red Star reports three zones of battle with Germans retreating under Soviet pressure, 130 damaged German tanks abandoned, and renewed assaults near the Volga as the siege continues with continued hand to hand fighting and mountain of casualties.
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Mozdox
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Novoroaslek
ALF in Iceland Aids University Fund Drive
A United States soldiers unit stationed in Iceland helped raise 15 500 dollars for a new dormitory at the University of Iceland by staging a student fair. A key drawing card was Pvt. Harold Feldman of Philadelphia. An orchestra played Hawaiian music for Icelanders during the event.
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Philadelphia
AEF Bombers Reported Destructive Raids in Burma and China
AP dispatch from New Delhi reports U S Army Air Forces bomber and fighter sorties over upper Burma and Yunnan Sunday and Monday. A medium bomber struck Tingka airfield and Lowing field injuring workers and dispersing staff, en route to India the crew dropped explosives on railway tractors near Kathe Li. The Myitkyina barracks area also faced a separate bombing target.
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Youth Asks Gets Early Death Date In Murder Verdict
In Chicago, Paul Williams, 28, stood before Chief Justice John Sbarbaro and asked for a quick end. He received a death sentence to be carried out January 16 for the murder of Thomas Papayanis, a 47 year old grocer and father of four.
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Cpiga Pately
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Thomas Papayanis
Saute Bide
Worker Slain Over Draft in Rural Moorhark Area
Coroner James W Graves reports Earl Brow 25 year old war plant worker was shot in a fatal argument over selective service reclassification from 3-4 to 1-A. Brow’s 45 year old father in law Charles Mera Mull admitted self defense firing a revolver. Brow’s widow Cora says he feared reclassification and threatened to “get even” before the-death occurred after midnight near Merrill farm south of here.
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Hind
Merrill
Here
Russians Use Dummy Guns To Foil German Bombers
War correspondent reports on a hillock near Stalingrad where Russian gunners built plywood dummy gun barrels and left them exposed. A German bomber circled, misjudged the scene, and departed without bombs as Russians swapped in real guns, then back to dummies, using dust and secrecy. The area was cratered and a pit now occupies the former hillock.
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Hewes
UC Ai A Ome
Staliiprad
Wermany
FDR's Son Appointed Unit Commander in England
Lieut. Col. Elliott Roosevelt has been assigned to command a unit at an air base outside London and will lead operational flights. The president's son arrived in Britain this week for the duty as disclosed today in London.
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U S Labor Head to Visit Canada Plants
Frances Perkins United States secretary of labor will visit war plants in Toronto and district on Tuesday. Ottawa quoted Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell as confirming the trip. Forecasts mention scattered showers in San Antonio and East Texas with slight cooling in the northwest.
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Welland
Humphrey Mitchell
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Frances M. Perkins
United States
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Texas
RAF Bombers Hit Rhineland and France in Major Raid
Allied daylight and night raids hit targets in northern France and the Rhineland. American Fortresses claimed 13 Focke-Wulf 190s shot down, with heavy losses to several British bombers. The Royal Air Force reported strong action over Meault and an airfield near Quer, while La Havre was bombed by US planes with no notable losses.
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Cal
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Ree
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W. A. Williams
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Smnoxe
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