Load Your Guns Calm Returns as Detroit Quells Riot
Army troops patrol Detroit after 24 hours of racial violence that killed 29 and injured at least 700. Most dead and injured were Black. about 1,300 arrested. Saloons closed, public gatherings banned, factory absenteeism high. The city’s war goods output may be affected. events and horse racing canceled.
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Detroit
United States Army
Michigan
Office of War Information
Michigan State Fairgrounds
Small Business Closings Viewed in Commerce Study
Washington report on 232 recently closed small businesses shows few blamed government price policies. Walter F. Crowder and William T. Hicke prepared the survey for the Office of Price Administration and the Senate Small Business Committee. Key causes cited were merchandise scarcity, loss of personnel, and alternate employment opportunities.
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Washington
Utica Club Ale Mentioned in Relaxation Note
A short note promotes Utica Club XXX Cream Ale and Pianer Lager as relaxation aids, urging the catchphrase Utica Club Kor mine.
Desirable Watervliet Family Home Ad Sparks Calls
Describes a desirable one family home in Watervliet with reliable references and a contact. Mentions a rental run of six days, three days on market, and the owner leaving due to heavy call volume. Classified Department number in Troy 6100 referenced.
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Watervliet
Negro Area In Ruins After Riot
Detroit reports Hastings Street, the Negro district, in ruins after rioting that damaged white owned shops, with saloons dry, drug stores burned, and stores looted. Army escorts allowed access as proprietors and residents surveyed the destruction along a three mile stretch. Ben's Shoe Store showed the depth of wreckage as a witness cried over fifteen years of hard work lost.
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W. W. Hercher
Detroit
Hastings Street
Negro District
Ben
Indefinite Draft Date Tied to War Fortunes
Fortunes of war may set the date for drafting fathers as McNutt and Hershey tell governors the call is delayed and highly flexible. Changes in physical standards and more WAACs and WAVES could push back inductions, with uncertain yield and possible earlier action for some 4-F and agricultural deferments.
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Columbus
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Lewis B. Hershey
McNutt
Robert C. Goodwin
WMC
Hershey
Army
Navy
Japanese Casualties in Mubo Offensive Reported
One hundred Japanese casualties were suffered in an unsuccessful attack on Allied lines near Mubo twelve miles below Salamaua in New Guinea. The high command said the ground action followed yesterday’s strafing over the area by planes from both sides. The communique also noted air combat over Aroe Island, 500 miles north of Darwin, with one Japanese plane shot down and six damaged.
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Australia
Mubo
Salamaua
New Guinea
High Command
Aroe Island
Darwin
Laundry Workers Frozen in Jobs
New York regional War Manpower Commission director Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg ordered laundry workers in most of the state to remain on the job. The industry was designated locally needed, except in New York City and Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Putnam counties. Workers cannot leave for other jobs without an availability statement from the agency.
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New York
New York State
United States Employment Service
Anna M. Rosenberg
War Manpower Commission
New Shocks London 4 Earthquakes Hit Anatolia Region
Three new earthquake shocks were felt yesterday in the Adapazar region of Anatolia causing heavy casualties and widespread damage as Berlin radio reported today.
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London
Adapazar
Anatolia
Berlin
OWI Explains Postwar Income Shifts and Spending
The OWI notes average per capita income rose from about 47.92 dollars in July 1940 to 85.03 dollars in April of the current year, but warns the money is not true wealth, as prices and goods supplies limit buying power. It urges debt payoff, tax payments, and bond purchases to prepare for postwar scarcity.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
OWA
Soldiers On Patrol In Detroit Riot Area
U S Army troops march through the Detroit zone where rioting between Negroes and whites caused 29 deaths and injuries to more than 700. Army contingents moved in and restored quiet the area.
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Detroit Riot
U.S. Army
Detroit
Elk Hills Contract Sparks Teapot Dome Comparison
A Justice Department official says the Elk Hills Naval oil reserve contract went beyond Teapot Dome in scope though Navy officials defend it as legal and in the public interest. Norman Littell and Keith Wade defend terms. Knox hints at ulterior motives and vows not to yield to pressure. The House Public Lands Committee and Senate Naval Affairs Committee hear details on the $1.75 million surface-rights payment and the 8 300 acre reserve. Continued on page thirteen.
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Washington
Justice Department
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Teapot Dome
Navy
Norman Lattell
House Public Lands Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
California
Cal
Naval Petroleum Reserve
Keith Wane
Navy Department
House
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Elk Hills
Littell
Standard
Kane
Standard Oper
Baseball Scoreboard National and American results
The Baseball Scoreboard reports results across leagues with several games finished. National: Boston 7 Philadelphia 6, Chicago 1 Pittsburgh 7 Brooklyn 7 New York 4. American: Washington 3 New York 2 Chicago 5 St Louis 3 Boston 7 Philadelphia 1. Some games postponed or called off with minor notes. Eastern: Hartford 10 Albany 5 Wilkes Barre 8 Elmira 7 Springfield 7 Utica C. Binghamton at Scranton postponed.
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National
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
New York
American
Washington
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Hartford
Albany
Wilkes-Barre
Elmira
Springfield
Utica
C. Binghamton
Scranton
U S and British Flyers Bomb Nazi Targets
Allied air forces led by the United States and Britain conducted night raids on Germany and Dutch targets, hitting the Buna rubber plant at Huls near Recklinghausen and the General Motors plant at Antwerp while R A F and American bombers attacked Rotterdam docks. The raid followed a heavy Ruhr assault and a large 700-plane saturation at Krefeld, with British defenses defending southeast England and London under air attack.
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London
Germany
England
Ruhr
Huls
General Motors
Antwerp
R. A. F. Mitchells
Rotterdam
Recklinghausen
Buna
Krefeld
Bomb Blast Felt Ten Miles Away
A Swiss border witness far from Friedrichshafen reported by the Neue Zurcher Zeitung that a British raid there produced 15 explosions powerful enough to blow a man from his window ten miles away on Lake Constance. Houses shook and trees swayed as air pressure knocked him back twice.
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Bern
Switzerland
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
Gasoline Tax Revenue Drops In Early 1943
Albany reports a 36 percent decline in New York gasoline tax receipts for the first four months of the year. The State Tax Department shows collections at 12,229,830 versus 19,176,662 in 1942, a decrease of 6,946,832, blamed on rationing.
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Albany
New York
State Tax Department
Reds Pound Nazi Supply Depots Behind Front Lines
Red air forces struck heavy blows at German airfields and supply depots behind the lines near Leningrad. Moscow reported 17 enemy planes shot down as German raids failed to gain daylight momentum. Soviet communiques noted ground activity remained quiet on the front while Allied air forces continued hammering German targets.
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London
Leningrad
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
Red Air Force
New Deadline Set for Coal Strike Return Oct 31
Washington John L Lewis ordered miners back to work by October 31 while pursuing court action for portal to portal pay denied by the War Labor Board. WLB referred the dispute to Roosevelt, promising government-backed production. Some mines expected to resume late today with near full output by tomorrow as union leaders contend pay will be covered under government operation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
WLB
Roosevelt
Lewis
William Hargest
United Mine Workers District 5
Pittsburg
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Adolph Pacifico
U. M. W. District 6
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
United States
The
International Union
French split command averts clash in North Africa
Gen Henri Giraud remains commander in North and West Africa and Gen Charles de Gaulle takes control of other empire territories as the French Committee of National Liberation designates a permanent military committee led by the two leaders with chiefs of staff. The move aims at fusion and a single French army under shared authority. Monnet called the decision unanimous and a practical path to unity. The arrangement delays a direct leadership showdown as Allied powers reportedly insist Giraud stay in North Africa.
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Algiers
French Committee of National Liberation
Henri Giraud
West
Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Empire
Giraud
de Gaulle
Staf
United States
Britain
North
Jean Monnet
Monnet
Germans promise help if decisive battle on Italian soil
A German broadcast recorded by the British Ministry of Information claimed Berlin would aid Italy in a decisive battle on Italian soil. The report notes renewed German reinforcements along the Calabrian coast with substantial troops and air power, as Germany seeks to bolster Italian morale after setbacks in North Africa.
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London
Africa
Italy
Ministry of Information
Plenty of Peanuts Keeping Profits Down at PX London
The U S Army Exchange Service reports a seven month profit of 2 million dollars ending October 1942. Five eighths funded soldiers’ relief, the rest kept as working capital. Most stock is British made, profits from price controls. American goods priced at cost to counterbalance. Cigarettes rationed at seven packs weekly, peanuts selling briskly. Col Edmund Barnum notes possible further price adjustments.
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London
U. S. Army Exchange Service
Col
Edmund Barnum
Boston
Mass
Exchange Service
Barnum
War Dept Seeks 200,000 More Civilian Staff
War Department Undersecretary Robert Patterson told the House Civil Service Committee that the department requests 200,000 additional civilian employees for fiscal year 1944, aiming to cut 100,000 civilian staff previously stated. Representative Ramspeck criticized the department as confused by its own testimony.
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Washington LLP
Robert P. Patterson
House Civil Service Committee
War Department
Ramspeck
D-Ga
India Vital Says Wavell Calls for Postwar Self Government
Field Marshal Sir Archibald P. Wavell told a press conference that India remains a vital supply base for UN strategy in the eastern theater. He noted the door for political discussions is open but full self government must be postponed until after the war.
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London
India
United Nations
Archibald P. Wavell
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Hershey and McNutt
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Hull
Portal
Averts de Gaulle
War Dept
Wavell
Drew Pearson
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