Ghost Town on Woodlark Island Amid Pacific War Echoes
Special correspondence surveys Woodlark Island east of Papua, a jungle-wrapped former boom town with cannibal-era lore. Natives and imported laborers, a famed mine, and a port at Bonagi frame a potential Japanese landing as Marines advance in the Solomons.
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Robert J. Casey
Chicago Daily News
Solomons
Woodlark Island
Woodlark
New Guinea
Papua
Port Moresby
Southwest Pacific
Murua
Bonagi
Burns Philip
Dodgers Scrap Headache for Police in Brooklyn
Fifteen thousand Brooklyn high school pupils. 300 tons of scrap. 150 police. and the Dodgers conclude a chaotic scene at Ebets Field. Larry MacPhail presides as youths bring metal waste for free game admission, causing bed frames and car parts to pile up. Dodgers win 6-5 amid the commotion.
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New York
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Ebpets Field
Larry MacPhail
Axis
Braves
Michael A. Wall
Dodger
Taylor Sees Pope for Third Audience Before U S Departure
Myron S. Taylor, Roosevelt's personal envoy, had a 40 minute audience with Pope Pius XII in Vatican City. Officials said Taylor likely bade farewell and his departure from Europe seemed imminent after traveling from Barcelona to Italy last week.
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Taylor
U. S
Bern
Switzerland
Myron S. Taylor
Roosevelt
Pius XII
Vatican City
Italy
Barcelona
Milne Bay Action. U.S. Anti-Air Gunners Step In
United States Army troops fought at Milne Bay in New Guinea joining Australian forces under Maj. Gen. Cyril Clowes. American volunteers used 0-caliber anti-aircraft guns against Japanese invasion units, downing six Zero planes and three more, with 59 Japanese dead reported. Capt. Thomas H. Corey led a special unit, and the event marked the first U.S. posting in Douglas MacArthur's Southwest Pacific zone.
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United Press
New Guinea
United States Army
Cyril Clowes
Milne Bay
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Thomas H. Corey
Los Anggeles
Warner Brothers
Corey
Last Man of Torpedo Squadron Recruits 29 for Re formed Unit
Los Angeles reports George Gay, sole survivor of Navy Aviation Torpedo Squadron 8, announces recruitment of 29 young men to reform the squadron. After a year of training the group will be ready to serve under Gay as commander.
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Los Angeles
George Gay
Navy Aviation
Midway
Gay
Archbishop Urges State Credit Monopoly and Land Reform
London Sept. 26 The Archbishop of Canterbury urged government takeover of money issuing from banks and called for public authority to issue new credit. He criticized land ownership as a monopoly and urged community rights over land and water. Sir Stafford Cripps supported social justice goals and cited Roosevelt's five aims for equal opportunity jobs security liberty and ending privilege.
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London
Canterbury
Stafford Cripps
Stafford
America
Roosevelt
RAF Blasts Axis Routes In Egyptian War Zone
Cairo Sept 26 F F. R A F fighter bombers raided Axis communications in the Egyptian battle area. Long range fighters hit the coastal road Sid Barrani to Matruh. The bulletin notes heavy night raids on enemy airfields in the Sidi Hameish sector. No land-front developments. Malta air combat sees two Axis planes shot down.
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Cairo
Sid Barrani
Matruh
Sidi Hameish
Malta
Bodies of 3 More Victims Identified in Train Wreck
Three more victims of the Dickerson Maryland train crash were identified. Harold Gadsden of Charleston South Carolina, George G Garrett of Cleveland, and J M Gilhart the Cleveland express flagman were confirmed by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials. Thirteen bodies were recovered and the death toll may reach eighteen rather than twenty. All victims rode in the Cleveland night express Pullman, struck by the Detroit Washington express, then a freight train.
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Rockville
Dickerson
Harold Gadsden
Charleston
S. C
George G. Garrett
Cleveland
J. M. Glilhart
Cleveland Express
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Shipyards On Way To New Records
Washington reports America s shipyards are nearing new construction records as the Victory Fleet day approaches. 488 ships were delivered in the past year totaling about 5 450 000 tons and 90 ships of 1 000 000 tons will be completed this month, a new three a day average. Four lane access road to Henry Kaiser s Richmond yards opens to speed transport for about 25 000 workers, financed with federal funds. President Roosevelt lauded the progress, pledging further gains toward an 8 000 000 ton target this year and a 16 000 000 ton goal for next year, praising shipyard workers and employers for their dedication.
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Washington
America
Ashhey
Great Lakes
Maritime Commission
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Works Administra
Henry J. Kaiser’s
Richmond
Calif
Liberty
Oakland
San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge
Emory. S. Land
Roosevelt
Land
United States
Chinese Drive 60 Miles to Rail Junction
Chinese troops in Chekiang Province pushed to the gates of Chuki and laid siege to Chenghsien after two-column sweeps that bypassed strong Japanese positions. The moves aimed at Hangchow rail and highway hubs, with Japanese holds at Kinhwa and Sanchi eroding as looting reportedly continued. American air forces also raided Hanoi and Lungling in support of operations.
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Chungking
Chekiang
Chuki
Chenghsien
Hangchow
Chungkiang
Tungyang
Cheklang
Kinhwa
Tokyo” Air Base
Sanchi
New York
CBS
Anhwei
Gai Lam
Hanoi
Indo-China
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Lungling-Tengyuwh
Yunnan
Obliteration of Stalingrad Main Streets Amid Bomb Blitz
Soviet war correspondent Konstantin Simonov describes Stalingrad under a relentless bombardment on a 40 mile front. Main streets are obliterated, ferrying craft move along the Volga, and charred corpses lie along the shore while defense chiefs hide underground. Life continues as bread must be found.
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Konstantin Simonov
Stalingrad
Volga
Defense Command
Switzerland Soldier Spies Condemned by Tribunal
Swiss military tribunal in Bern sentences two Swiss soldiers to death for revealing secrets to a foreign power. Additional foreigners Fritz Adolf and Gemignani Giovanni get life and one year respectively. Eight others receive 1 to 15 years. Swiss police report 4,000 French escapees in Switzerland since the war, plus 120 Poles, 114 Yugoslavs, 36 Russians, 16 Greeks among escapees.
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Paul Ghali
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Bern
Fritz Adolf
Gemignani Giovanni
Switzerland
France
Swiss
Rothmund
New York Nurses May Reach 100000 Ready for Duty
Albany Sept 26 A state health official Marion W Sheahan director of public health nursing said New York residents can stop worrying about the nursing situation Sheahan estimated about 100000 nurses may be available for part or full time duty before year end
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Albany
New York State
Marion W. Sheahan
RAF Bombers Break Up Quisling Rally in Oslo
RAF bombers dispersed a rally led by Vidkun Quisling in Oslo as heavy weather hindered operations. Stockholm dispatches report casualties and property damage, with German defenses claiming few losses and British ships targeting shipping along the Dutch and French coasts.
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London
Vidkun Quisling
Oslo
Stockholm
Quisling
Dover Straits
RAF
Britain
Reusters
R.af
R.A.P
Exchange Telegraph
Sweeden
Berlin
Free Labor to Win War Warned by Alfange Candidate
Plattsburg dispatch says Dean Alfange of the American Labor Party told a Sept 25 rally that free labor can do anything. He argued history will credit the Allied victory to free labor of the United Nations over Axis slave labor.
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Alfange
Plattsburg
Dean Alfange
American Labor Party
Upstate
Alfrange
Free Labor
United Nations
Axis
Senate Farm Bloc Demands Parity Price Showdown
Senate farm bloc leaders pressed for a showdown on raising parity prices by about 12 percent to include farm labor costs. Senator Thomas insisted his amendment would be voted on first, despite Barkley’s push for a compromise amendment to direct price ceilings more narrowly and factor in labor costs, as House and Senate negotiators weigh a path to final passage.
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Washington
Thomas
Hatch
D-N. M
Barksley
Kentucky
Barkley
Senate
Roosevelt
Nft
Brown
Dmict
George
D-Ga
House
MacArthur's Son To Get Gift From Scouts
New York scouts plan a Christmas gift for Arthur MacArthur five year old son of General Douglas MacArthur. Two local Scout troops purchased a joint aviation training game and sent it to the boy in Australia, calling him a good soldier.
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Scouts New York
INS
Arthur MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
New York Boy Scouts
Australia
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