Nation on Upswing in War Production for 1943
War Production Chief Nelson told the House committee that 1943 output would exceed the $80 billion goal, nearing maximum production. He said the nation is on a large upswing, with mass production possible in specific plants and cargo planes to be built as decisions are made by officials. He emphasized mandatory manpower and efficient labor use, but said legislation may not yet be studied.
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Waskington
Nelson
House Committee On Defense
Iit
Paul McNutt
Jix
Henry J. Ratner
West Coast Shipbuilder
Petting
Welcon Ethc Bi
Chieta
Stat
Kaiser
Maximim
Wendell Fund
WPD
War at a Glance From Asenolgrad Press
Russians fight Germans in stairwells and cellars of Northwestern Stalingrad as natives strike Yalachs. British blasts Ruhr and Rhineland targets with heavy explosives. Allied bombers hit enemy ships near Rengash. Japanese pressure rises near Fort Moresby amid Pacific actions. American planes raid Montians and South seas.
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Moscow
Alles
Stalingrad
Ruhr Valley Swept By RAF Bombers
London reports a massive RAF raid on the Ruhr with up to one hundred bombers delivering heavy explosions on Germany's industrial heart. A dusk attack hit Wiesbaden, seat of the armistice commission, while Spitfires repelled German daylight raiders over the channel. Two American pilots with the RAF described widespread fires in the Ruhr as defenses proved hard.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Wiesbaden
Rhineland
German Armistice Commission
Jett Mane Sires
Royal Canadian Air Force
Cologne
Edward Murphy
Dovchester
Mass
Veteeran
James Burton
Billings
Mont
Ruhr Valley
Ertlehart
U.S
Bell
Guadalcanal
Dap
Rekata Bay Mbou
Solomons
Alculians
Battle Rages in New Guinea as Japs Press Toward Port Moresby
Allied and Japanese forces clash in rugged Owen Stanley mountains near Port Moresby. Japanese reinforcements and mountain guns push toward the port, while Allies bomb bases at Bina and in the Solomons as air and ground operations continue across New Guinea, Aleutians, and surrounding areas.
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Macarthun
Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Owen Stansley
Toribatwa
Kfogi
MacArthur
Fare Mountains
Iormeiwa
Gon. MacArthur
Bina
Lnemy Slypers
Riumul
New Britain
Buka
Solomons
Bulletin
Sala
Vatican Enters French Dispute Over Anti Jewish Measures
London dispatch reports the Vatican intervened in the dispute between Marshal Petain's government and French ecclesiastical authorities regarding anti Jewish measures in unoccupied France. The Swiss radio broadcast noted Vatican involvement in the ongoing conflict.
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London
Vetlcrn
Henry Philippe Fetain
France
Twenty four German ships sunk off Norway reported
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm quoted a Norwegian report that 24 German operated ships were sunk last week off the coast of Norway by Allied planes and submarines. Also notes shipyard workers rewarded with war savings bands for efficiency and waste curtailment suggestions.
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Norway
VLAN
Washington
Whia
Maritine Commission
San Antonio Forecast: Showers Along Coast Thursday Night
Local showers expected along the southeast and extreme east Thursday and near the upper coast with little temperature change. Winds on the coast Thursday afternoon may be brisk. Weather bureau data referenced on page four.
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San Antonio
Texas
Soldiers Put On Cash Basis Across U S Army Posts
Washington September 17 After a preliminary test the War Department decreed a strictly cash policy for all soldiers at posts in the continental United States Secretary Stimson announced the new order which abolishes credit privileges for personal purchases. The policy aims to save bookkeeping reduce credit buying and educate soldiers habits. It becomes effective November 1. The preliminary test has run at Fort Bragg North Carolina since August 4. Stimson also announced men between 65 and 40 who are experienced mechanics will be Recertified as technicians with the army. Minor physical defects will not disqualify applicants. The medical administrative corps officer candidate school at Camp Barkley Texas has been ordered coiled. Army sticks and personnel will assist civilian agencies in the vale section of scrap tmelss.
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Washington
War Department
Ronkinental
United States
Stimson
Department
Pew
Fort Bragg
N.C
Stinson
Army
Medical Administrative Corps
Cantik School
Camp Barkley
Texas
Tmelss
Police Question Travelers In Eastern Long Island
State and village police across Eastern Long Island questioned motorists and passengers seeking identification. Trains on the Long Island Railroad headed to New York were halted as authorities checked passenger identities with no official explanation given.
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Bay Shore
Long Island
Long Island Railroad
New York
Nation’s firerail production to triple next year
WPB Chairman Nelson testified before the labor migration committee that total production value will triple from 1842 levels. He cited 1943 figures around $7,960,000,000 this year and an expected $27,000,000,000 next year, asserting large industry growth projections.
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Washington
INS
Nalion
Whith
WPB
Nelson
Tolan Labor
Adrenité Indushry
Reich reprisals in Yugoslavia reported by Belgrade dispatch
A Belgrade report quoted from Istanbul today states German forces executed men in four Yugoslav villages and sent women and children to camps in reprisal for a train explosion. The train was blown up by Serbian irregulars on September 10, with many young officers en route to reinforce Marshal Reschiniel's Africa corps killed.
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LOM Son
PHA Bcl
Crs
Tustanbul
Belgrade
Germans Break Through in Stalingrad Fighting Amid Heavy Losses
Moscow broadcast reports German forces massed 400,000 troops to push into Stalingrad as Soviet defenders fought from attics and cellars. Red Star claimed 4,000 Nazis fatally injured and a German general mortally wounded near Reher, northwest of Moscow, while battles raged along the Volkhov front and Caucasus river valleys.
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Red Star
Sunyavine
Volkhov River
Upper
Bon Basin
Terek River
Caucasus
Rittan
Reher
Moscow
Soldier to die in electric chair for police chief murder
TIPTON Ga Sep 14 IN S Joel L Palmer of High Polo Fla was sentenced to die in the electric chair on November 6 for the murder of Police Chief Joe Menderson in a battle on Tifton street. A Superior Court jury found him guilty. The sentence was pronounced by Judge TR Eve.
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Tipton
INS
Joel L. Palmer
High Polo
Fla
Joe Menderson Lash
Superior Court
TR. Eve
Henderson
Tifton’street
Upperclassman Gable wins movie privilege at West Point
West Point cadet Gable earned off duty movie access after rigorous officer candidate training. Col. McNait lauds his dedication to academics and physical prep while peers note his shift from plebe restrictions to upperclass status. He juggles intense drills, classes, and limited evenings with growing freedoms.
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Miami Reagh
Fin
Vinsi
Miami Beach
West Point
Charles H. McNait
Wat Gibb
McMair
Gable
X Gable
Rhett Butler
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Rec Star
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