U.S. Ideals in War Hailed By Afghans
A 1942 dispatch from Peshawar to Kabul reports Afghan respect for the United States and its war ideals. Maj. Gordon Enders pilots the jeep journey from Peshawar through Khyber Pass to Kabul, noting Afghan views of the United States as a protector of small nations and a market for caracal skins.
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A. T. Steele
Chicago Daily, News, Inc
Peshawar
Northwest Frontier
India
Kabul
Afghanistan
United States
Afganistan
Lafayette
Ind
Khyber
Alexander
Texas
Afghan Frontier
Khyber Pass
Trek Across Afghanistan Reveals Tribal Migrations and Kabul Ramzan
An envoy travels through Afghanistan describing wandering tribes, mud walled farmhouses, and lofty passes. The journey ends in Kabul during Ramzan as Muslims fast from daybreak to sunset. The report notes Jalalabad’s prosperity and Simla Garden lodging before reaching Kabul at 6000 feet.
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France
Indies
Afghanistan
Israel
Jalalabad
City of Light
Simla
Akbar the Great
Kabul
Byrnes Takes Stabilization Post As New Economic Plan Unfolds
Byrnes, 63, resigns from the Supreme Court to lead the stabilization board with broad presidential powers. The plan centers on setting a stabilization point from Sept 15 wage and price levels and may involve two labor and two farmer representatives. Farm leaders fear impacts on agricultural prices, while critics question how parity adjustments will affect ceilings.
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Byrnes
South
Stabilization Board
Albert 5
Goss
National Grange
War Labor Board
WLB
Bankhead
D-Ala
Russell
D-Ga
Brakeman Finishes His Run and Dies at Terminal
Francis J. Sell a 47 year old Buffalo New York Central brakeman died suddenly at Grand Central Terminal after completing his run He was stricken while heading to a locker room and pronounced dead at Terminal Emergency Hospital by Dr C A Hart railroad physician
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New York
Francis J. Sell
Buffalo
New York Central
Grand Central Terminal
Sell
Terminal
C. A. Hart
Senators Forecast 26 Billion Tax Bill Amid War Financing
Senator George D Ga asserts a new revenue bill will raise more than 26 billion yearly from individuals and corporations. He warns rate hikes could lower living standards and urges compulsory savings or loans to fund wartime needs. Debate on the measure to begin after today.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate
Finance Committee
Congress
Treasury
Worker at Women’s College Accused of Attacking Two Girls
In Stonington Connecticut October 5 an ex convict and college worker Harry Whitford 35 faces charges for attacking a 10 year old girl and beating her nine year old sister. He lured the girls to an abandoned cabin north of Stonington with a lift in his car and threatened to kill the younger girl. Police compare the case to recent slayings of the Lynch sisters in Westchester County. Names of the children were not released by police.
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Women’s College
Stonington
Conn
Harry Whitford
Eastern Women's College
Whitford
Lynch Sisters
Westchester County
Ban on Outdoor Christmas Trees Angers LaGuardia
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia called a prohibition on outdoor Christmas tree lights along the Eastern Seaboard “silly” while confirming the order from Major General Thomas A. Terry to curb coastal dim-out measures. He said the ban would be obeyed and that Terry may not have reviewed the directive.
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LaGuardia
New York
Seaboard
F. H. LaGuardia
Thomas A. Terry
Second Service Command
Major LaGuardia
Hitchhiker Confesses to Road Slaying
Bay City reports a 16 year old farm boy confessed to killing Clyde Valentine a 39 year old Detroit bartender. He described hijacking the car, shooting, beating him, and posing as Valentine during a roadside tour before his capture. He later claimed the body and fled toward Midland then Royal Oak before Bay City police.
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Bay City
Mich
Frank W. Anderson
Clyde Valentine
Anderson
Valentine
Midland
Sanford
Mildland
Royal Oak
Detroit
Prosbate
A. M
Six-Pound Cut In Meat Diet Is Forecast
Chicago Oct. 5 meat institute head says per capita meat use next year may drop to about 137 pounds from 143 this year. He notes 1934 output may rise, but government sales reduce domestic supply. pork and beef gains cited, total meat production up about 16 percent from 1941.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
George A. Schmidt
Schmidt
Schmist
World War II Meat Supplies and Lend Lease Deals
The report notes Lend Lease provisions and government purchases to feed troops as the 1943 supply outlook shows meat shipments totaling about 7 billion pounds, with around 30 percent of production allocated to armed forces.
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U.S
America
Gape
Turkey
Roosevelt
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Miami
Fla
Ankara
W.T. Grant Co
Salina St
Noosevelt
Carmen
Cavallaro
Syracuse
Thomas
Carmen Cavallaro
Syracuse, N. Ye
dJay-Cobbs
Jay-Cobbs
War Emergency Board of the Fur Industry
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