Allies Hit Buna Supply Base in New Guinea Drive
Allied fighter planes struck the Buna supply base as Australian and Japanese forces clashed near Ioribaiwa on the Owen Stanley range. About 35 000 rounds were fired destroying 15 landing barges and setting fuel dumps ablaze, while Rabaul and Gasmata bases were bombed by heavy Allied bombers.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Buna
Loribaiwa
Lofts Owen Stanley
Allied
Ioribaiwa
Upper New Guinea
New Britain
Rabaul
Disc
Gasmata
F.C. Folkard
Melbourne Herald
Joribaiwa
Jess
Owen Stanley
Naroo
Isurava
Kokoda
Frenzied Nazi Hordes Held By Russians
German troops and tanks pushing into Stalingrad streets were driven back after a day of furious combat. Soviet forces reportedly knocked out 48 enemy guns and destroyed or disabled hundreds of German vehicles as fighting intensified around the city. Arkhipov led a Soviet unit in a sector where anti flank guns repelled a German advance amid heavy losses on both sides.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Star
Soviet Union
Arkhipov
Roosevelt Delegates Full Rubber Authority to Nelson
President Roosevelt issues an executive order naming Donald Nelson of the War Production Board as the rubber program head with full authority. William H. Jeffers, under Nelson, gains power to direct the Rubber Reserve Company and related agencies to execute rubber policy including synthetic production and research. The order also assigns oversight to the Office of Petroleum Coordination and ensures coordination with the Office of Price Administration to avoid power conflicts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
The
War Production Board
William H. Jeffers
Jeffers
Nelson
Rubber Reserve Company
R.F.C
Offce of Petroleum Coordination
Board of Economic Warfare
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Price Administration
Department of Agriculture
Fed
Eral
Office of Petroleum Coordination
Interior
Ickes
Baruch Committee
Price Control Powers Under 1942 Act Cited
Fragmentary OCR notes reference the price administrator and the 1942 Price Control Act. No full context or names are readable, but the document discusses delegated authority and the scope of price controls during wartime.
Needle removed from heart of 3 year old in Pittsburgh
Three year old Eleanor Hughes underwent an operation to remove a needle that had penetrated the heart muscle after a play accident. The child’s condition was described as very grave by the physician while her widowed mother remained a hospital patient since Sept 1.
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Pittsburgh
Eleanor Hughes
Eleanor
State Moves to End Race Discrimination in War Plant Hiring
Albany September 1849 Machinery established today by the State Labor Department to prosecute war industry employers who use racial discrimination in hiring. Formal orders may require employers to desist from discrimination based on race creed color or national origin. Failure to comply within 10 days could bring criminal prosecution for a misdemeanor with penalties from $30 to $500.
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Albany
State Labor Department
iFrieda S. Miller
State War Council
Martville Youth Interned by Germany in World War II
War Department reports Francis Roden of Martville New York a U S Merchant Marine member has been interned by Germany at Frontstalag Germany next of kin listed as his father J F Roden of Martville.
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Washington
War Department
Francis Roden
Martville
N.Y
U. S. Merchant Marine
Germany
Frontstalag
J. F. Roden
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WPB
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Sleitchers
Salina ST
S. Salina ST
Cardigans
Sandringham
Upstate
GEM Blades
Gavi
Patansas
M. Siegelman
Garossi Vermouth
Bolte
Mr. Smith
Smiddy
Jim King
Smith
Bond
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