Nazi Counter Attack Repulses Russians
German field force of about 150000 struck in the Zhitomir Korostyshev sector of northern Ukraine, forcing a Soviet retreat. In the Dnieper bend Soviet forces killed about 2000 Germans and seized several towns, while advances were reported near Orsha and in the Gomel Rechitsa area. The Moscow communique noted Russian losses and retreats as German forces mounted a defensive offensive on the westernmost Red Army salient.
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London
Zhitomir-Korostyshev
Ukraine
Dnieper
Korosien
Gomel- Rechitsa
Orsha
Moscow
Monitor
Berlin
Red Army
Zhitomir
Korostyshev
Zhitomir- Kiev
Senate Tax Group Bans New Levies
Washington up-Chairman George D GaJ of the Senate finance committee torpedoed yesterday any Treasury hopes for tax increases substantially above the 2 142 000 000 voted by the House Ways and Means committee Saying that the pending 2 142 000 000 measure would increase federal collections to a rate of 45 000 000 000 annually. George told a press conference that he thoroughly approves of the House bill in its present form and believes that further increases would shatter business morale. The chairman estimated that enactment would raise the annual tax burden to 55 000 000 000 when state county and local levies are included. He said we cannot raise total revenue above the House figure. He questioned optimistic future income estimates and warned high taxes could cripple sav ing and strain government finances if the war ends soon.
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Washington
George D.gaj
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
George
Senate
Allies Hold Initiative Says President
President Roosevelt told the New York Herald Tribune forum that Allied progress in the war and in building peace is measured by United Nations, urging to keep the initiative in future wars and in postwar years. He cited Moscow conference steps and advances in UNRRA conferences.
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New York (P
Roosevelt
United Nations
New York Herald Tribune Forum
Moscow
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Complete Jury in Youth Murder Trial
In Poughkeepsie five women jurors were chosen for the trial of Edwin Codarre a thirteen year old accused of first degree murder in the slaying of ten year old Elizabeth Voigt of Last Fishkill on August 13. Foreman is Poughkeepsie huckster and a police officer’s wife serves as a juror. The defendant and his parents expressed satisfaction with the jury makeup as selection began Monday.
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Poughkeepsie
Edwin Codarre
Albert M. Bennett
New York City
Joseph Codarre
Codarre
Elizabeth Voigt
Fishkill
Willkie backs Moscow pact to grow into world peace plan
Wendell L. Willkie urged that the Moscow accord among the United States Great Britain Russia and China be the embryo of a broader international understanding. He called for wider participation by all nations including the smaller ones in planning war and peace and said conquered peoples’ trust must come from cooperation with anti fascist forces in each country.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Moscow
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
United Nations
New York Herald Tribune
Bennett Lawsuit May Be Settled Without Trial
New London Connecticut reporters say the Superior Court hearing on whether Peter Bennett Plant is the son of Constance Bennett or an adopted English boy adjourned after indications that a out-of-court settlement had been reached. Judge James E Murphy adjourned until 10 a.m. today. Attorneys for both sides submitted a tentative settlement for the judges review. Terms could not be learned.
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New London, Conn
Peter Bennett Plant
Constance Bennett
Philip Plant
James E. Murphy
Organized Agriculture Protests Over Bread Subsidy Plan
Washington UP reports a broad protest against a nine million dollar monthly bread subsidy program aimed at lowering bread costs. Senators like Reed oppose the plan, noting a proposed 14 cent per bushel miller subsidy, while farm leaders press Congress for subsidies as the price-stability tool.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Reed
H.kas
Congress
Fred M. Vinson
Senate Agriculture Committee
E. H. Everson
South Dakota
National Grange Opposes Food Price Subsidy
National Grange adopts a resolution opposing postwar farm and food subsidies. The convention rejects subsidies as substitutes for fair prices, while Secretary Wickard argues wartime subsidies may be needed to prevent inflation and protect farm income and food production.
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National Grange
Grand Rapids
Mich
Congress
Farm Organization
Claude R. Wickard
Fires Start From Gilbert Island Raid in Central Pacific
Allied Liberator bombers carried out an afternoon raid on Jaluit Mille and Makin in the central Pacific. Nimitz reported one enemy ship set afire with three possibly hit at Haluit Harbor. Fires were seen in hangars shops and fuel dumps on Imieji Emidjy Jabor and Mille atolls.
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Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
Army Liberator
Jaluit
Mille
Marshall Islands
Makin
Gilbert Group
Chester W. Nimitz
Haluit Harbor
Imieji Emidjy
Jabor Islands
Haluit Atoll
Mille Atoll
Outstanding Heroism WAC Receives Soldier's Medal in Algiers
Pvt. Margaret H. Maloney known as Peewee, height four feet eleven, earns the Soldier's Medal for rescuing Pvt. Kenneth M. Jacobs from a blazing gasoline pool on Sept. 1. She smothered flames with her body and beat out embers, suffering burns to face hands and legs. General Hughes pinned the medal as Eisenhower ordered the decoration.
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Allied Headquarters
Algiers
UPI
Margaret H. Maroney
WACS
WAC
Garrison Avenue
Rochester
Kenneth M. Jacobs
York, Pa
E. 8. Hughes
Ned
Miss Maloney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maloney
Allies Unleash Blitz in Greece and France
Allied air forces struck Nazi bases across a 1000 mile front from Marseille to Athens. Flying Fortresses and Marauders hit Istres Le Tube and Salon near Marseille and Eleusis near Athens, aiming at Dornier 217s and other German long range bombers. A separate Mitchell force targeted Eleusis for the second straight day as ground fighting raged at Leros.
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Aljied
Algiers
Northwest African Air Force
Marseille
France
Athens
Greece
Istres le Tube
Salon
Marseilles
Allie
Mediterranean
Eleusis
Leros
Aegean Sea
Wazis
Aegean
Cairo
Italy
Chinese Relief Need Figures From UN Conference
Atlantic City N J July Dr Tsiang Chinese delegate to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Conference said China will need relief for 84 000 000 people by war’s end The total slated for UNABRA aid reaches 134 000 000 across war torn countries in and out of Axis occupation Experts had estimated 50 000 000 Europeans destitute not including Russia and Denmark which had not yet been counted
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Atlantic City
N. J. GP
China
T. &. Tsiang
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Conference
Unabra
inter-Allied Committee
Russia
Denmark
Invasion Strategy Is Set For Europe Assault
London reports outline a grand offensive against Germany likely between New Year’s Day and Decoration Day with a unified plan for northwest Europe. Troops are assembling and training as final wartime decisions near. An early Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting is anticipated amid hopes for postwar governance and political freedoms for Germans who remove Hitler and his regime.
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London
Germany
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
United Nations
Hitler
Els
French British Talks Over Lebanon Disturbances
Beir ut Lebanon French minister of state Gen Georges Catroux conferred with British minister Sir Edward Spears to settle Lebanese disturbances. No results announced after their talks following Catroux arrival Tuesday and consultations with French authorities.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Georges Catroux
Committee of National Liberation
Edward Spears
Catroux
Shortage of Coal Prompts New Eastern Regulations
Acute coal shortages across many communities trigger new anthracite distribution rules for 12 eastern states and DC. Purchasers must state on hand stocks and yearly needs. two tons allowed for small buyers under thresholds. Larger users may receive any amount as long as totals stay within a 30 day supply. Cities like New York Buffalo Baltimore St Louis report critically low supplies. Southeastern states report five to ten days in larger cities, some smaller cities with no stocks.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Portland Cement Company
H.B. Doty
War Production Board
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Solid Fuels Administration
Maine
New Hampshire
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Massachusetts
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Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Buffalo
Baltimore
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Southeastern Retail Coal Association
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Lewis Confers With Operators In Soft Coal Talks
John L. Lewis and soft coal mine owners met yesterday at the Interior Department under Secretary Ickes to discuss a new labor contract. The session lasted about two hours and a second meeting was set for today amid reports that anthracite operators may enter negotiations and a new wage agency could form.
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Washington
Suicide rate falls during wartime, Census reports
Washington reports the nation's suicide rate declined sharply due to wartime effects. The Census Bureau noted a drop from 14.3 per 100000 in 1940 to 12.9 in 1941 and 12.0 in the most recent year, with 16,117 personal crisis reports last year. The agency did not speculate on causes.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Transfer of U.S. Legation official to Stockholm announced
Robert T. McClintock, secretary and chargé d affaires at the United States Legation here, moved to Stockholm while Finland’s foreign office said there was no deterioration in Finnish American relations.
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Stockholm
Robert T. McClintock
United States
Legation
Finland
Foreign Office
Germans Take Leros After Five Days Of Battle
The island of Leros fell to German forces after five days of heavy fighting despite a determined Allied defense by British and Italian troops. Luftwaffe air power and naval reinforcements supported the assault, with the retreat of Cas reported as Hitler proclaimed a succès. Prisoners totaled about 8,550, including 3,200 British and 6,350 Italian troops.
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Cairo
Leros
Middle East
Crete
Hitler
Dodecanese
Cas
Adolf Hitler
Turkey
Balkans
Cog
Rhodes
Fall of Leros deals setback to Allied prestige in Aegean
Nazi forces retake Leros in the Dodecanese, leaving British troops on Samos isolated and exposed. The loss signals a first major Allied setback in a year and may trigger leadership reviews in London over Mediterranean operations. The blow harms credibility in Turkey and the Balkans and raises questions about planning and follow up.
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Associated Press
Aegean
Balkans
Leros
Samos
Cos
Castelrosso
el Alamein
Egypt
London
Cairo
Turkey
Italy
Newspapers Face Further Print Curtailments
Washington reports a proposed 23 percent cut in 1944 newsprint, with larger papers facing as much as 28 percent below 1941 base tonnage. The Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee urged the War Production Board to balance consumption with projected supply, a decision expected to be adopted promptly.
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Washington
Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
War Production Board
WPB
Yugoslav Partisans Hit Rommel Front With Counterattack
Yugoslav guerrillas announced a counter-offensive against Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's southeastern drive. Tito's Partisan forces reported successful operations across Serbia Sanjak Montenegro Hercegovina and Macedonia with heavy German losses. Tuzla was said to remain in Yugoslav hands despite Nazi claims of recapture.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Erwin Rommel
Balkans
Josip Broz
Tito
Serbia
Sanjak
Montenegro
Hercegovina
Macedonia
Europe
Tuzla
Bosnia
Yugo National Army of Libera
Oklahoma Proxy Indicted for Perjury
Stillwater Oklahoma proxy, Dr Henry G Bennett president of Oklahoma A and M College indicted by county grand jury investigating state textbook purchases. Indictment alleges he gave false testimony in perjury charges related to two Oklahoma gubernatorial campaigns and a textbook he co authored.
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Stillwater
Okla
Henry G. Bennett
Oklahoma
Hennett
OPA Mobilizes Dual Assault on Liquor Trade
The Associated Press reports Washington efforts to curb liquor shortages and deter a growing gangster element in the whisky business. Senate-backed plans include a $10,000 investigative fund and possible excise levies on bonded warehouses over four years. OPA seeks secret, strengthened enforcement led by a projected FBI head to crack down on hijacks and rackets across counties.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Office of Price Adminstration
George
D.-Ga
Senne Fnance Committee
OPA
Convoy Battered At Rabaul
Allied air forces reported damaging blows on two more Japanese merchantmen at Rabaul area. Catalina aircraft damaged an enemy cruiser and forced the beaching of a 9,000 ton cargo ship. A Japanese convoy northwest of Rabaul was attacked, leaving a 6,000 ton merchant ship sinking. A Liberator bombed a 2,500 ton Japanese merchantman near Hansa Bay, New Guinea. A 40 ton bombardment hit Bougainville’s Kara. Halsey’s forces stabilizing Empress Augusta Bay.
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Southwest Pacific
CPI
George C. Kenney
Japan
MacArthur
Catalina
Rabaul
Fivo
Hansa Bay
New Guinea
Kara
Bougainville
William Fy. Halsey
Empress Augusta Bay
Generals Called Home From Moscow
The War Department said one brigadier general was reduced to colonel and another will revert to colonel as a result of a Moscow reshuffle. Brig. Gen. Philip F. Faymonville, now a colonel in Washington, heads the ordnance office. Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Michela, former military attache, is in Washington awaiting revert to colonel. Friction in the U.S. Moscow group helped fuel the misunderstandings.
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Washington
Moscow
War Department
Russia
Philip F. Faymonville
Joseph A. Michela
W Ly
United States
Theidis
Government land holdings alarm Byrd critics
A historic note reports concerns over government land ownership totaling 333 800 533 acres, about one sixth of the US, with debates on liquidation and cost tracking. The article cites the economy committee urging action while questioning current ownership and valuation details.
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United States
By Economy Committee
Hull Reports Today at Moscow Conference
Today the report highlights the attorney secretary of Hull cutting a new pattern for relay and legislative branches amid the joint five on two congress. Executives between an implied merger of powers are noted as a key point in the coverage.
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Ate Hull
Moscow
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