Stettinius Named to Welles Post
President Roosevelt ordered a sweeping reorganization of the foreign economic machinery. Edward A. Stettinius Jr. becomes lend-lease administrator and undersecretary of state, replacing Sumner Welles who resigns. Leon T. Crowley named foreign economic administrator while Herbert Lehman becomes relief and rehabilitation director.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Edward
A. Brattinius Jr
Slade
Sumner - Welles
Office of Foreign Economic Administration
Leon T. Crowley
Herbert F. Lehman
Foreign Teller and Rehabilitation
Office of Inter- American Affairs
Office of interAmerican Affairs
Nelson Rockefeller
Crowley
Lehman World Relief
Lehman
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
New York
Office of Economic Warfare
Salerno Casualty Report Details 3497 Americans
The War Department released casualty figures for American troops in the Fifth Army from the Salerno landing through September 15. The total casualties include dead, wounded and missing, with September 14 noted as the date Germany claimed 8000 to 10000 Americans were killed or captured.
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Washington
Sept
INS
War Department
Fifth Army
Salerno
Slermany
United States
Department
Italy
Fifth Army Gains In Drive On Naples Front
Allied forces under Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark reported gains of several miles in the southern approach to Naples after pushing through rugged terrain on the Sorrento peninsula. German artillery and air barrages clashed as the Fifth Army seized strategic high ground north and northeast of Salerno, enabling heavy bombing of the Naples plain. Meanwhile British Eighth Army advanced in eastern and central Italy, with Marietta near Bari falling to the allied advance and German prisoners reported.
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Alliey Srallguaicietes
North Africa
INS
Fifth Army
Naples
Mark W. Clark
Sorrento
Corsica
Ap! Beaufighters
Nagi Junker
Bernard L.' Montgommery
Eighth Army
Taly
Marietta
Bari
Montgomery
Yatamura
Salerno
Fifth Amy 1
Union Man Out On Bond
R J Thomas union leader and president of the United Automobile Workers was released on $1000 bond from Travis county jail after a contempt sentence and a writ other legal actions. He left for Dallas to attend a war production meeting in Washington with figures like General George Marshall named among attendees. The case centers on violating a restraining order barring solicitation of union membership without a permit under Texas law.
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Austin
R. J. Thomas
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers Union
Wce
C. 3. GO
Travis County
Jamey Alexander
Texas Supreme Court
Thomas Pemdiately
Dallas
Washington
A. PL
I. O
Texas
Thomas
George ©. Marshall
U. S
Stett
J. Harris Gardner
Tomes
Presidents Labor ‘Advisory ‘Committee
Perry
Houston
1B Workers’ Union
Gardner
Gerald Mann
Mann
Weather forecast for San Antonio and East Texas Sunday
Forecast shows little temperature change with occasional rain in San Antonio and vicinity. East Texas expected light rain with minimal temperature change.
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San Antono
East Texas
Spellman Calls Prayers for Pope Held Prisoner by Nazis
Archbishop Spellman declared Pope Pius XI a prisoner of the Nazis and urged Catholics to pray for the Holy Father to endure persecution and fulfill his duties. He spoke during ceremonies dedicating St. Joseph's Academy new five story building.
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New York
Francis
J. Spellman
Pius XI
St. Peter of Old
St. Joseph's Academy
Allied troops near Finschhafen threaten Jap base in New Guinea
Allied forces within about 1000 yards of Finschhafen, after Jungle troops breached a key defense along the Buta River amid fierce hand to hand fighting. Japanese bombers and Zeros challenged the attack but were repelled by Allied fighters. two Allied planes lost. Reinforcements continue as Australians push along the coast toward the stronghold.
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Pagiftc
Seni
Rap
Finschhafen
MacArthur
New Guinea
Buta
Long River
Fingchhalen
Japs Plot Red Nazi Peace Pact
Washington reports a Japanese move toward a separate peace with Germany or the Soviet Union. High authorities indicate Germany may threaten a Dnieper breakthrough to push a German Soviet settlement, prompting talk of a three power meeting with Hull, Roosevelt, and Standley. Soviets seek close US Britain cooperation to end the war quickly amid mounting German pressure.
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Kingsbury Smith I
N.S
Washington
JINS
Germany
Russia
Wis
Dneiper
Soviet Union
United States
Great Bruce
Brute Hull
Moscow
Hull
Roosevelt
White House
William H. Standley
Arlette
Europe
U.S
Britain
Ten Million Dollar Chicago Hold Up Nets Nothing
Chicago firm papers report a September 14 design hold up where three gunmen stole three large bundles of cancelled checks from a railway express company truck after it collected money from the Fed. The bandits left with no cash but caused extensive bookkeeping disruption. Federal Reserve Bank president C. Young noted potential widespread effects if the checks are not recovered.
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Chicago
Ina
Railway Express Company
Fed‘een
Reserve Bank
Young
The
Federal Reserve Bank
Chere Willa & Tremendous Son of
Immigration Reform Urged by New York Grand Jury
A New York grand jury urges congress to tighten immigration laws and naturalization standards. It calls for admitting immigrants based on welfare of the United States, English literacy, and knowledge of U S principles, warning existing policy risks and urging nationwide investigations into refugees and allegiance.
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America
New York
United States
Congress
Ellis Island
Grand Jury
New York Grand Jury
Planes Forced Down Prompt U.S. Internment by Russia
Moscow radio said on September 12 a group of American aircraft landed on the Kamchatka peninsula in eastern Siberia and were interned under international law. The report claimed seven planes in total landed in Kamchatka after engine trouble and noted a U.S. air action in the Kuriles the day before.
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London
INS
Moscow Radio Today
Kamehara Peninsula
Siberia
Kharbarovsk
U.S
Kamchatka
Kamenatka Peninsula
Navy Department
Paramshint
Kuriles
Ukraine Capital Battered by Soviet Advance Across Dnieper
Latest dispatches describe Soviet forces racing toward Kiev and Dnieper crossings as Smolensk falls and Nazi lines collapse. Red troops push along a 400 mile front from Kiev north to beyond Dniepropetrovsk, threatening Berlin’s eastern flank.
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Thurston Macualey
Erwin Rommael
Alvin Korps
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
Libyan
Punisia
Tunisia
Mold ‘Hillery
Nazetide
Smilensk
Hitler
Russe
Moscow
Stalingrad
Smolensk
Russia
Stalin
Roslavl
Sovensk
Dnieper River
Kiev
Pital
Dniepropetroya
Dnieper
Aduve
Black Sea
Dniepropetrovsk
Red
Berlin
Ure
Ruasle
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Whité House
Standard Gas and Electric Company
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State Department
Atartinius
T Iis
Leaze
United Nations
Rusgan
Slettinius
United States Steel Corporation
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Yeonemea
Herbert Ti, Leiman
Edward R. Btettinius JR
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Finschhaffen
Jap Guinea
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East Prussia
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