Tojo seeks tighter state control of Japan armament industry
Premier Hideki Tojo urged the Diet to expand government control over Japan’s vast munitions sector as part of 14 measures for drastic wartime reorganization. The broadcast cited readjusting production to strengthen fighting power amid Emperor Hirohito’s grim wartime warning.
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Japan
New York
Hidekai Tojo
Tokyo Radio
Office of War Information
Tojo
Diet
Hirohito
Sea Control Seen as Key to Victory
London reporting Navy Day remarks from A. V. Alexander first lord of the admiralty. He cites Pacific and Mediterranean actions proving seapower can drive battle to the enemy and that sea control opens lines of communication and paves the way for overthrow of the enemies as UN navies unite.
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Lo Victory
London
Pacific
Mediterranean
A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
U. S
Frank Knox
United Nations
Navy Day Programs Highlight Heroic War Efforts
From Page One the piece outlines Navy Day activities in major cities featuring top Navy Bureau heads and returning frontline fighters as part of recognition events and public tributes.
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Navy
Grew warns Jap Navy may come out in force
In a Navy Day address, Grew cautioned that Japan’s Navy remains powerful and could surge into combat at any moment. He warned against complacency from Allied successes and stressed that withdrawals in the Pacific were strategic, not signs of Japanese morale breaking. He urged vigilance against underestimating Japan’s resolve.
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Grew
New York
Japan
Bassador
Tokyo
Secretary of
Kiska
Pacific Islands
Strong Carrier Fleet Built in a Year at Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor report says the US Navy expanded its Pacific carrier fleet dramatically in 12 months since the Santa Cruz battle. Five 25,000 ton carriers joined the fleet with more converted from cruisers, plus a plan for 500,000 tons of new carrier construction and three 45,000 ton carriers for multi engined bombers.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
United States
Guadalcanal
Essex
New Yorktown
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Intrepid
Independence
Princeton
Cabot
Monterey
Langley
Belleau Wood
Cowpens
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Land declares merchant marine essential to victory in Navy Day talk
Rochester October 27 Rear Adm Emory Land Maritime Commission chairman told a Chamber of Commerce luncheon that the war proves a merchant marine is as vital as the Army Navy and Air Force No Navy no Merchant Marine No Merchant Marine no Army on the front No Army no victory He noted over 15 000 ships added to the Navy in three years including more than 3000 combatants and said Allied forces strike fear on the seas
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Rochester
Adm
Emory
Land
Maritime Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Seven Seas
Everglades oil leases deferred for clearer data
Tallahassee Florida cabinet delays granting new state land leases in the Everglades until clearer information on oil discoveries is available. Offers on nearly all Everglades land remain pending as State Geologist Herman Gunter confirms oil recovery at the Sunniland Humble Oil Co. well near Fort Myers. Former Governor James V Allred of Texas had proposed a 1 090 000 acre lease. Governor Spessard Holland says the pause will not hurt anyone and will aid a saner view.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Everglades
Florida
James V. Allred
Texas
Spessard Holland
Herman Gunter
Humble Oil Company
Sunniland
Fort Myers
Soviets Ring Mine Center and Push on Dnieper Bend
Soviet forces sealed the mine center from three sides and pressed forward toward the Dnieper bend. More than 7,000 German troops were killed near Dnepropetrovsk and Dneprodzerzhinsk as Germans failed to hold rear lines. Across the Dnieper southward, Melitopol area operations seized 28 localities with heavy fighting for Veseloye and about 3,000 German deaths in the sector.
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Krivoi Rog
Red Army
Arrows
Karnovatka
Dnepropetrovsk
Solenoye
Melitopol
Veselove
Dneprodzerzhinsk
Dnieper
Crimea
Veseloye
Miss Judge Drops Suit Over Ruggles Settlement
Film actress Arline Judge withdraws a suit against her first husband director Wesley Ruggles after accepting 7000 plus dollars in settlement for their son Wesley Jr. The case notes he had not paid this year as agreed while Ruggles says he paid about 59000 since their 1936 divorce.
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Miss Judge
Ruggles
Los Angeles
Arline Judge
Wesley Ruggles
Wesley, Jr
Fingerprint in Oakes Case fuels trial drama
The Nassau courtroom addressed a fingerprint believed to belong to De Marigny found on a bedscreen as witnesses tied it to Sir Harry Oakes. Testimony detailed Melchen's statements and Barker's expert role in processing prints, with defense questions challenging opportunities to touch the screen and the timing of evidence revelations.
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de Marigny
Barker
Melchen
Westbourne
Eunice Oakes
May
Herbert Pemberton
Nassau
Miami
Eric Hallinan
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Major Pemberton
Col
R. A. Erskine-Lindop
Harry
Trinidad
Duke of Windsor
S. I
Keeler and Hawley Ties Shine in Marigny Trial
Dr. Leonardo Keeler of Chicago, inventor of the Ile detector, is listed as a defense witness for Count Alfred De Marigny in the Nassau Bahamas murder case of Sir Harry Oakes. Dr. Hiram B. Hawley of Syracuse and Com. Eugene F. McDonald of Chicago, Zenith head, are noted as Keeler and Hawley’s close friends and former hosts on a 1938 Mizpah cruise for sea life study.
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Leonardo Keeler
Chicago
Alfred. de Marigny
Nassau, Bahama
Harry Oakes
Hiram B. Hawley
Com
Eugene
Caribbean Sea
Dr. Hawley
Dr. Keeler
McDonald
Hawley
Marigny
Kee ‘Ler
Fingerprint omission noted after funeral trip
Justice Daly questions why Barker did not disclose the fingerprint during a Miami to Maine round trip. Melchen confirms he learned of the print the day after the funeral in Bartlarbor, Maine, and Barker offered no information during the 36 hours of travel.
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Barker
Sir Harry
Bartlarbor
Melchen
Miami
Maine
Justice Daly
Normandie Salvage Work Completed and Liner to Navy
The $4.5 million salvage of the Normandie was completed as the vessel, on an even keel, was transferred to the Navy during Navy Day ceremonies. Capt. Manseau delivered the ship to Capt. McKittrick. debris removal totaled about 15,000 tons after the ship capsized in February 1942. The hull will be moved to dry dock for a $15 million refit before service as the transport Lafayette.
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Normandie
Navy New
Ithe Navy
B. E. Manseau
H. V. McKittrick
New York Navy Yard
Hudson River
Bureau of Ships
Merritt, Chapman & Scott Corporation
Lafayette
Guadalcanal Veteran Thomas H. Kenney Jr Discharged
Watertown’s Thomas H. Kenney Jr son of Mr and Mrs Thomas H Kenney of 809 Boyd Street returned after more than six months on Guadalcanal with the Army and 18 months overseas service He received an honorable discharge He was with Company A 108th Infantry New York National Guard which left Watertown Oct 15 1940 for Federalization He went to Guadalcanal Dec 7 1942 fought the Japanese for 27 days and was not wounded.
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Watertown
Thomas H. Kenney, Jr
Thomas H. Kenney
Boyd Street
Guadalcanal
Army
108Th Infantry
New York National Guard
Rockefeller Oil Stock Sale Called Off
A planned $26 million sale of Standard Oil group securities by John D. Rockefeller Jr. was canceled. Dillon Read & Co. announced the dissolution of the syndicate amid reports the SEC wanted registration as new issues, causing delay and expense. Rockefeller aimed to raise cash to boost U S Government security holdings.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Dillon Read & Co
New York City
Adicate
Security and Exchange Commission
Oll Company
Standard Oil Group
Rockefeller
U. S
Postal Rate Hike Aims to Boost Revenue and Press Freedom
A congressional panel moves to raise postal rates on newspapers and magazines, raise air mail to 12 cents an ounce, and lift second class and money order charges, while rejecting tobacco and soft drink tax increases. The plan includes higher licenses on luxuries such as furs jewelry and cabarets as wartime revenue steps. Representative Disney pushes for reconsideration of the air mail hike. The changes would not affect free in county newspaper mailings.
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Disney
D-Okla
Congress
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