Rescued Prisoners Tell Of Brutal Treatment By Japs
Five hundred Allied prisoners rescued from a Yokohama area camp told of savage beatings and brutal abuse aboard the Admiral Ranger's flagship. Marine ace M Gregory Basington, of Okanogan Washington, was among the first rescued after being shot down near Rabaul. Rear Admiral Robert Carney announced the operation, with a naval task force and Commodore Roger Simpson coordinating evacuation to hospital ships Benevolence and others.
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Yokosuka
Yokohama
Weiner
Scweberthie Hhale
M Gregory (Poppy) Basington
Okanogan
Wash
Kelled
Rabaul
Robert B. Carney
Halses
Corey Tad Colle
Roger Simpson Fuok
Syanny
Yokel
Ates
Yon Hospital
Naples
Ofna
Nuss
Benevolence
Audrata
Tela
Superfort Crashes On Honshu Kills Ten Of Crew
A US Superfortress crashed on Honshu killing ten crew members with one survivor severely burned. The incident occurred during a fierce storm over the Japanese coast, according to the business news agency and FCC records.
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Honshu
Y Francisco NG
Two Million War Workers Jobless
Washington report notes a survey by the War Manpower Commission showing about 264000 war workers laid off in market areas amid production cutbacks across two weeks. The hardest hit include Detroit and Chicago regions as layoffs rise and some workers have been paid after reductions.
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Washington
Wir van Peop
Uae
WMC
LGW
New York
Chicars
Les Aneetes
Rationing Of New Cars May Be Lifted
Government agencies discuss ending car rationing as demand shifts. War Production Board and OPA plan eligibility lists for buyers of new cars, with openings rising in textiles and retail. Optimism that rationing could end by November 1 faces uncertainty over supply and consumer demand for 1943 models.
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Cleveland
Newark
WMC
Agence
War Proditetion Board
OPA
Apresent Nes Aatesabites
Lamvber Et Coers
OPA Asong
WPB
Frogs' Legs for Soldiers Reported from New Orleans
Six paired jumbo Louisiana frogs shipped to an island military base to stock a pond for hungry Gis. Dr James N Gowan Kieck, chief biologist, says base security bars disclosure while the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries expects full credit once the island location is disclosed.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
James N. Gowan
Kieck
Louisiana Department of Wild Life and Fishs
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