Farm Bloc Confident of Parity Rise
The farm bloc presses to raise parity ceilings in the anti inflation bill while President Roosevelt voices unalterable opposition. Senate leaders plan a vote today as Fulmer and Smith push amendments to count hired farm labor in parity calculations. The case argues higher prices sustain farm labor and production amid war demand.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Smith
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Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Fulmer
House Agriculture Committee
House Banking Committees
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Head of Mathematics at University Missing
Dr. Alan D. Campbell, 51, head of Syracuse University's mathematics department, vanished from his Green Lake home around 2 20 AM. His clothing and sedan were later found near Dead Man's Point and Tulip Hill as state police and deputies search the lake.
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Green Lake
Alan D. Campbell
Syracuse University
Westminster Avenue
Campbell
William
Dead Man's Point
Tulip Hill
Arvin ‘Almquist
British raids behind Axis lines reveal Libya oasis targets
Cairo dispatch reports daring British land patrols 500 miles behind the Axis lines striking Bengasi Barce and the Gialo oasis in a large scale operation. The raids followed a six day battle at Glalo oasis with light enemy casualties and equipment losses.
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Bengasi
Barce
Gialo Oasis
Mediterranean
Glalo Oasis
Tobruk
el Alamein Line
United States
Bengasi-Barce
Glalo
el Alamein- Qattara
Egypt
Convoy Reaches Russia After Some Losses
London reports a United Nations convoy carrying war material for the Red Army has arrived at North Russian ports after heavy attacks by German planes and submarines. The communique says the great majority reached destinations. some ships were lost while none of the escorting starships were. The convoy included American, British and Russian ships.
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London
United Nations
Red Army
Admiralty
Indian Casualties Reported To Legislature
A government report to the Indian Council of State lists total casualties at 93 388. Included are 2 096 killed 8 521 wounded 2 938 prisoners and 84 833 missing most believed prisoners. Troop actions centered in North Africa Malaya and Burma.
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New Delhi
Council of State
Malaya
Burma
Property of ex Premier Blum Seized Under Anti Jew Law
A Berlin controlled Paris radio reported that a small property once owned by former French Premier Leon Blum in Narbonne, Southern France, has been confiscated under anti Jewish laws and will be auctioned. The report is dated September 23.
Berlin and Laval in Contested Broadcasts Report
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Berlin broadcasts dated Sept 23 and Pierre Laval. The text references payee terms and a possible foreign exchange or wartime context with unclear details. No clear events or outcomes are specified in readable lines.
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Berlin
Pierre’ Laval
Payee
House G O P Backs World Peace Effort
The House Republicans adopt a ten point program pledging full support for the President in the war and opposing peace negotiations. They call for mobilizing military and civilian leadership and warn against reforms that could harm the war effort. Minority Leader Martin says adoption was almost unanimous.
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Washington
House
Congress
Republican Party
Martin
Massachusetts
Need Every Ship To Defeat Axis Says Churchill
Prime Minister Churchill urged shipbuilders to give their utmost for maximum output as the shipping position remained grave. He spoke at a London conference of the shipbuilding industry, stressing without ships Britain cannot live or conquer. A one day session resolution pledged speed in building and repair of all vessels.
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London
Churchill
Envoy to Turkey to Return to Washington
An envoy plans to leave for Washington soon for a few weeks to consult President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The trip aims to brief top officials on developments in Turkey.
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U.S
Turkey
Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell
Air Offensive Over Pacific Intensified by MacArthur Units
General MacArthur reports a major sustained air offensive in the Pacific. U S fighter planes and bombers attacked New Guinea New Britain and northern Solomons straining Japanese defenses. Bombs hit Buna Kokoda fuel dumps warehouses and anti aircraft positions while Buka and Rabaul targets saw fires and shipping attacks.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
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Southwest Pacific
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Solomons
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Kokoda
Owen Stanley
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Kumusi
I T
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Buka
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
Hitler Confers With Rumani as Acting Premier
Adolf Hitler met Mihai Antonescu acting premier of Romania at Hitler's headquarters in an extremely friendly atmosphere. The talks followed two days with German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and touched on pending problems. A traveler reported Romanian officials were swept out after German pressure for more pro-Nazi attitudes.
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Adolpf Hitler
Mihai Antionescu
Rumania
DNB
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Russia
Antonescu
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ankara
Ton Antonescu
Miha
Ship Survivors Say Italians Were Poor Marksmen
Gunners on an Italian submarine had such bad aim that a torpedo had to be expended to sink a medium sized U S Merchant ship off the northern coast of South America. Nineteen men were missing from the vessel and survivors told of a close range shelling that mostly went wild. The sinking was the first Western Atlantic loss announced in six days and added to a toll of 472 neutral and United Nations ships reported as sunk in the Western Atlantic. Survivors, adrift 23 days, were rescued by a United Nations freighter. One man was slightly wounded.
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Associated Press
U. S
Navy
South America
United Nations
Atlantic
South Atlantic
Parachutist scare traced to army plane loss
A Hartford disclosure attributes the Rocky Hill scare to an army plane that dropped a 24 foot sleeve target. The device, of fine wire mesh covered with canvas, caused alarm Monday but is now explained by state police.
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Hartford
Conn
Rocky Hill
Junkyard Visit Reveals Scrap Metal Pay Realities
In Syracuse and Onondaga County volunteers help the nations war effort by gathering scrap metal. A junkyard visit shows weigh scales, careful accounting, and the gap between scrap pay and market price, with residents debating the value of their salvage work.
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Nelson C, Hyde
Thomases
United States
Syracuse
Onondaga County
Digm
Navy
Roosevelt
More Than 3 000 Slovenes Slain For Sabotage
London reports Yugoslav sources say over 3,000 Slovenes were shot and 58 villages razed as reprisals for sabotage of Slovene railways. Dynamite attacks disrupted transport of war materials and food to Europe. About 165,000 deported to Germany and at least 70,000 to Italy.
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London
Europe
Germany
Italy
Russians Hold City After Daring Stalingrad Street Fight
Soviet dispatches describe fierce house to house combat in Stalingrad as Red Army lines recapture a village and an important road while countering massed German tank assaults. Soviet losses are high with thousands killed or wounded on both sides as fighting continues.
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Stalingrad
Red Army
Volga
Ddarkness
Pravda
Feld
Red Star
Switzerland Faces Refugee Strain and Neutrality Guard
The article warns Little Switzerland fears rising refugee numbers seeking admission at frontiers. Justice von Steiger cautions the strain endangers national security while neutrality remains Switzerland’s key shield amid the war.
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MacKenzie Little
Switzerland
Nd von Steiger
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