Cooper Brothers Play On After Father's Death in World Series
Mort and Walker Cooper faced grief as their father Robert died of a heart attack near Kansas City. The Cardinals pitchers joined the Yankees in the 1943 World Series at Yankee Stadium, with Mort set to oppose Ernie Tonham. Manager Southworth offered support as the brothers chose to continue, honoring their dad's wish to play.
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Federal Workers To Be Probed War Labor Deferments Debate
Washington Oct 6: Senate votes to substitute a Wheeler measure that would force thousands of federal and war plant workers into the armed forces by proving indispensability for all draft age non fathers with occupational deferments. The move scuttles Wheeler’s bill to postpone prewar father inductions and sets up medical and employer statement requirements for deferments.
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Briton Sees Pacific War Second to Europe Conflict
British Home Secretary Herbert Morrison said Britons view the Pacific war as secondary to Europe due to its proximity. He affirmed resolve to fight GERMANY and JAPAN until victory, noting it was not the Japs who bombed London. The remarks followed an Anglo-American Press luncheon on war misunderstandings.
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Firetraps Inviting to Disaster by Katherine Dillard
A Light feature probes San Antonio fire safety by shadowing Chief Fire Inspector Marvin Uecker. Inspecting shabby tenement sections reveals packed overcrowded rooms, crumbling stairs, rotting walls, and a lack of required fire escapes. Authorities have filed charges for fire code violations as inspections continue citywide.
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Bitter Fighting For Coo Looms In Dodecanese War
ANKARA Oct 5 Delayed British forces reportedly hold most of the Dodecanese islands except Rhodes as fighting rages on Coo. German bombers attack the isles while Berlin claims key installations on Coo are secure. Reports say British troops landed in three days and air operations, with U S transports, have been active near the Turkish coast. A new airfield near Kumburnu on Coo’s north coast is said to be under construction.
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Latest Frankfurt Raid Kills 1000
Allied heavy bomber raids on Frankfurt reportedly killed about 1000 people. Bern dispatches describe widespread destruction with 64 streets destroyed and fires in the city center as German defenses remained wary after Kassel. Reports from Algiers say Bologna raid smoke lingered while big bombers hit Pisa freight yards and nearby storage dumps.
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MacArthur Commended By Marshall Anzacs in 60 Mi. of Madang
Allied headquarters report Australian troops have entered the Ramu valley near Madang in New Guinea and tightened the air and sea blockade in the central Solomons. General MacArthur sent telegrams of commendation to Marshall, while plans to strengthen air bases and push operations in northeastern New Guinea and Kolombangara island are noted. Reports also say American forces sank six barges off Kolombangara and Vella Lavella evacuations proceeded near Vila.
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Yugoslav Partisans claim severed Trieste rail link
Yugoslav national army of liberation reports success against German forces including cutting the strategic Trieste to Austrian border railway. Croat partisans after a bold naval assault reportedly seized the Italian island of Lissa near the Dalmatian coast and gained control from German garrisons as Rommel warns harsher punishments for sabotage.
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Own Mines Kill Retreating Nazis
United Nations radio in North Africa reported patriots dug up enemy mines and buried them again behind German troops causing deaths as they retreated, while calling on Italians to intensify sabotage.
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Synagogue Burned In Copenhagen Amid Fire Blitz
In Copenhagen a synagogue on Krystalgade and several Jewish prayer houses were gutted by fire. Danish refugees arriving in Malmoe said today that incendiaries were involved, recalling similar pogroms during Germany’s 1930s Nazi era.
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Weather forecast for Sananton and Weanity region
Forecast indicates little temperature change through Wednesday night and Thursday forenoon. East Texas near the one hundredth meridian shows scattered showers and slightly warmer conditions in extreme northwest areas. Overall, temperatures remain steady with minor changes.
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British and American Forces Advance in Italy and Balkans
Allied forces mass on Italy's east coast for invasion while Fifth Army crosses the Volturno river north of Naples. Aversa and Maddaleni seize towns as German resistance continues along the Biferno line. Bologna and Brenner pass targets hit by heavy air attacks as Montromeri and Clark push units toward Rome.
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Soviet offensive stirs on White Russia front as gains reported
Moscow dispatches say Red Army motorized columns press on both ends of the Eastern front with a major advance into White Russia. In the Kiev to Dnepropetrovsk sector the center remains quiet, while 46 towns and villages in the Vitebsk region fell to Soviet forces, boosting the Latvia frontier push to about 1,140 miles. Berlin cites increased German counterattacks and Soviet air power.
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