Nation Meets War Bond Quota
Secretary Morgenthau announces War Bond drive exceeds target with 11 am total of 15 165 000 000 and Indiana surpassing its 257 000 000 quota at Evansville shipyards. He frames the fight as a clash of political systems and praises American democracy.
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Evansville
Ind
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Eugene C. Palliam
Indiana War Finance Committee
United States
Postwar Tax Refunds Proposed for Revenue Plan
A proposed postwar tax refunds plan would allow refunds via government insurance or annuities as part of a new administration revenue program. It calls for a 30 percent withholding tax, higher individual income taxes, corporate taxes, higher levies on liquor and tobacco, and new excises. The plan, approved by President Roosevelt over Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, targets $6.4 billion from individuals and up to $2.5 billion from new and existing taxes.
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Washington
Administration
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Aussies Repel Jap Counterattacks at Finschhafen
Allied headquarters report Australian jungle troops closed on the last Japanese positions at Finschhafen New Guinea after repelling three counterattacks. General MacArthur announced fifty Japanese were killed in sharp fighting for a strategic spur just outside the town site, with defending forces scattered.
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Pacific
Finschhafen
New Cuinea
MacArthur
Ueae Lers
Gunder Haegg Engaged to Dorothy Nortier in Oakland
Mrs. Michael Nortier of Piedmont says her 19 year old daughter Dorothy Haegg is engaged to Swedish runner Gunder Haegg. The two met when she played accordion at a social function during his Oakland appearance and became engaged after she flew to New York before his return to Sweden.
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Oakland
Cal
Michael Nortier
Piedmont
Dorothy
Gunder Haege
Nortier
Haegg
New York
Sweden
National League scoreboard and American results
National league games ended with St Louis 1 New York 0, Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 2, Chicago 5 Boston 4 in 12 innings. American results show Chicago 8 New York 3, Detroit 6, Philadelphia 0. St Louis at Boston and Cleveland at Washington were postponed or canceled due to weather.
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St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
American
Detroit
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Washington
Gas Ration Cuts for B and C Cards Across Regions
The Office of Price Administration raised the A card limit on the Atlantic seaboard to two gallons weekly and cut B and C coupons to two gallons year east of the Rockies. B and C rations fall to two gallons in the Northeast and to two in the Southeast region. A rations rise to two in the Northeast while B and C drop from three to two in these areas. The Midwest and Southwest see continued reductions, with hearings planned to probe rationing and crude oil supply.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Atlantic Seaboard
Rockies
Midwest
House
Lea
D.-Cal
Curtis
R-Neb
OPA
Liz
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Southwest
Ig Impera
Mrs Cluett Dies After Three Weeks Ill In Troy
Mrs Margaret Robertson Gorham Cluett wife of former Congressman E Harold Cluett died yesterday at New England Deaconess Hospital after three weeks illness. A Troy resident since 1899 she engaged in public service through local women's groups and gardening. Founder of the Association she helped establish Troy’s Instructive District Nursing Association serving as president for years. She was a longtime member of the Samaritan Hospital Woman’s Board. Continued on Page Fifteen.
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Margaret Robertson Gorham Cluett
E. Harold Cluett
New England
Cluett
Troy
Instructive District Nursing Association
The
Samaritan Hospital
California Writer Wins Author's Award
California writer Martin Flavin of Carmel won Harper and Brothers biennial prize for Journey in the Dark, a $310,000 award and the largest U.S. publisher fiction prize. He is the oldest winner since the contest began in the 1920s, chosen from 666 entries by Irita Van Doren, Bernard De Voto, and Clifton Fadiman.
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New York
Martin Flavin
Carmel
Cal
Harper and Bros
Flavin
Irita van Doren
Bernard de Voto
Clifton Fadiman
Nazis Admit Naples Reign of Terror
Berlin dispatch reports very severe measures taken against Italians in Naples amid refugee charges of killings and destruction. Documented rioting and attacks on German soldiers are described while harbor installations are claimed to be destroyed, delaying Allied landings near Naples for a long time.
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London
Berlin
Naples
Nazis Conscript Italians for Labor in Germany
A Chiasso dispatch to La Suisse in Geneva reports Nazi authorities conscripted all Italian men aged 18 to 33 in 15 central provinces for forced labor in Germany. Officials expect the mobilization to extend to all Nazi-occupied areas. Also ordered to report are former Fascist militiamen and demobilized Italian armed forces personnel.
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Italy
Germany
Chiasso
la Suisse
Geneva
New Pennies Cause Mint Problem
Washington GP Nellie Taylor Ross director of the mint rejected punching holes in the new steel pennies to distinguish them from dimes. Senator Capper Kansas published in Congressional Record a letter from Mrs Ross noting holes would ruin vending machines and some might object to a hole in Lincoln's head. She said the mint is seeking a way to darken the pennies so they resemble prewar cents.
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Washington GP
Nellie Taylor Ross
Mint
Senator Capper
R-Kans
Congressional Record
Ross
Lincoln
Manhattan Muddle Pushes Split Ballots for State Supreme Court
Democrats and Republicans urge voters to bolt their party lines in a split ticket race for seven judicial seats led by Thomas Aurelio. Gov Dewey declines a special session to alter ballots as candidates vie under six tickets with Aurelio among eleven contenders. Republicans back George Frankenthaler and Democrats back Matthew Levy who also appears on two independent slates.
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Fion
Supreme Court
Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas A. Aurelio
Aurelio
George Frankenthaler
Judiciary Party
Matthew M. Levy
American Labor Party
Levy
Integrity Party
Democrats
Justice Party
Frankenthaler
Lavy
Cox Forced Off House Committee Over Bias Claims
Rep. Eugene Cox of Georgia resigned as chairman and member of the House committee probing the Federal Communications Commission amid claims of bias. The move followed a petition by Clifford J. Durr alleging a $2,500 payment connected to Cox and a possible breach of criminal code prohibiting fees for appealing before government agencies.
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Washington
Eugene Cox
D.-Ga
Federal Communications Commission
House
Cox
Rayburn
Ioner Clifford J. Curry
Investigating Committee
Durr
Judiciary Committee
WALB
Albany
Justice Department
E. E. Cox
Congress
Guerrilla Attacks Hit Nazi Lines Across Balkans Front
Yugoslav patriots wage intense clashes from the Adriatic coast near Susak to the Gorizia region. German losses exceed 1,000 killed with several thousand prisoners reported in the Gorizia area. Allies may see this fighting as a prelude to broader Balkan operations.
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London
Middle Adriatic
Italy
Hitler
Split
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Susak
Fiume
Gorizia
Triete
Russia
London Daily Telegraph
Balkans
Bulgarian Queen Reported Captive in Sofia
New York reports Queen Mother Joanna of Bulgaria widow of King Boris is held prisoner in Sofia by the regency government. Dispatches from neutral sources last week said she threatened exile amid a power clash and had been ordered arrested if she tried to flee.
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New York
Joanna
Bulgaria
Boris
Sofia
N. B.C
Petrillo Lifts Record Ban
New York CPI Decca Records signed a contract with the American Federation of Music, requiring payment of royalties on canned music. James C. Petrillo, president of the musicians union, estimated annual union receipts of three to four million dollars from the agreement.
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New York
CPI
Decca Records, Inc
American Federation of Musicians
Decca
James C. Petrillo
Musicians’ Union
American Rubber Reaches Sweden on Mindoro
The Mindoro arrived in Sweden from the United States bearing a 700-ton cargo including 172 tons of crude rubber. This marks Sweden’s first receipt of this critical war material since March 1942 according to a Swedish radio broadcast monitored by U.S. government observers.
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New York
Safe Conduct
Mindoro
Sweden
United States
Butter Shortage Forces Empty Thursday at Senate Restaurant
The Senate restaurant announced a cutback due to butter shortage and will observe “butterless Thursday” moving forward. The note signals broader supply strain affecting dining services in government facilities.
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Washington
Senate
Draft of Fathers Begins Today
Washington report notes the general draft of pre war fathers starts today under the October 1 deadline set by Selective Service. Officials plan to call 446000 physically fit men aged 18 to 38 who had been deferred for dependency reasons, as an Associated Press survey shows.
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Washington
Congress
Selective Service
Associated Press
Draft policy debate on fathers and draft order in Senate
Washington up senator Downey argues against drafting fathers as WW II conscription shifts. States anticipate October departures for pre Pearl Harbor fathers. quotas rely on nondeferrable jobs, hardships, and local boards. Wheeler bill to defer fathers stalls while substitute plans seek priority for younger or indispensable workers. Taft backs drafting fathers under 30 first. bipartisan group introduces a new proposal.
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Pearl Harbor
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Senate
Bailey
War Department
Taft
Extent of Berlin Damage Revealed By Photographs
London reports aerial reconnaissance pictures show at least 100 factories damaged across Berlin after the August 23 August 31 and September 3 raids. Siemensstadt, a 350000 resident industrial area, bears major hits as the Siemens electrical works are partially wiped out.
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London
Berlin
R. A. BF
Siemenstadt
Siemens Electrical Works
Bluff Called Dishwasher Promises Go Wrong
Radio announcer Lee Blaine of WEML Macon Ga promised to wash a listener’s dishes at home if they bought a Third War Loan bond. Cochran Field 833rd WAC post staff challenged him, Blaine arrived to face dinner chores, and policelike guards escorted him back to the studio after a dishpan mishap.
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Cochran Field. Ga
Lee Blaine
WEML
Macon
Cochran Field
WAC
Blaine
OWI Claims Brass Hats Edit War News
The Office of War Information advisory committee said the public is not adequately informed about the war and blamed some high naval and military authorities for restricting information. The move targets how wartime news is selected and released to citizens.
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OWI
Washington P
Office of War Information
Freed Britons Battle in Italy
Bern dispatch says several thousand British prisoners of war liberated by the Badoglio government after the armistice have armed themselves and are attempting to move south to join the British Eighth Army in Apulia, according to the Milan newspaper Italia yesterday.
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Bern
Switzerland
Badoglio
Eighth Army
Apulia
Milan
Italia
Battle for Kiev Begins as Soviets Take Krichev
Soviet forces push to clear eastern White Russia while launching the Kiev operation. Krichev captured after crossing the Sozh River, forming a key rail junction with Mogilev and Orsha as part of a broader fifty mile front offensive.
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Kiev
Krichev
London
White Russia
Dnieper
Mogilev
Moscow
Krichevo
Joseph Stalin
Orsha
Sozh
Belgrad
Milk consumption restricted in 13 areas
The War Food Administration announced milk consumption limits effective October 4 in 13 areas and plans to extend restrictions to all cities with 100 000 population by November 1. By design, fluid milk and several by products are excluded while dealer quotas prioritize children, pregnant and nursing women, and the sick.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Baltimore
Roanoke
Richmond
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
Cincinnati
Toledo
Dayton
Canton
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Town
Son Returns to Find Mother Under Arrest
Elizabeth Jarvis 35 was arrested on manslaughter charges in the death of Pvt. James Gallagher. Her son, home on furlough from overseas duty after three and a half years in the Army, watched the arraignment as she cried. Police say the stabbing followed a quarrel in which Gallagher struck the woman.
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New York
Arabian Potentate Aims for U.S. Guest Role at White House
His Royal Highness Aimar Faisal foreign minister of Saudi Arabia and second of 17 living sons of Ibn Saud arrived by plane yesterday as a guest of the United States government. He was entertained at a formal White House dinner last night.
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Washington GP
Aimar Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Ibn Saud
United States
Tie
White House
Nazis' Nightmare Broadcast Spreads War News from Moscow
London notes Adolf Hitler promised Stalingrad would fall but the BBC aired a German language broadcast from Moscow to Axis occupied Europe. The Red Army reports ferreting German emplacements, capturing prisoners, and heavy war losses in the area. Kiev’s forces near the Dnieper push the Germans from across the river amid monk cell emplacements.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Bb.c
Europe
Moscow
Red Army
Kiev
Dnieper
Sweden Arranges Prisoner Exchange News
Swedish press reports that an agreement between Berlin and London enables a prisoner and civilian internee exchange. Sweden will handle technical duties, with Goeteborg as a dispatch point, and the transfer is not expected before October 7 or 8 after several points are settled.
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Stockholm
Goeteborg
Berlin
London
Sweden
Crop Insurance Bill Backed in House Agriculture Committee
Washington UP Char mer reported that the House Agriculture Committee yesterday advanced a bill to provide crop insurance for 1944 wheat field corn and tobacco. The measure aims to stabilize farmer incomes amid weather and market volatility as Congress weighs a fuller farm aid package.
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Washington
Lodge Seeks Unity of Fighting Forces in War Policy
Senator Lodge reports field commanders favor uniting Army and Navy under one command. He cites shared sentiment among officers and notes strains from fuel shortages, civilian disparities, and foreign operations. He urges clear furlough policy for war-weary troops and questions wartime currency and landing-field rights.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
R.-Mass
America
Sicily
Fifth Army Chases Toward Rome After Naples Breakthrough
Allied forces push north of Naples as German lines retreat toward hills near Rome. American tanks move toward the great port from the south after skirting Mount Vesuvius. Vichy radio claims Naples no longer within the southern defense and notes the line now lies north of the city. Clark’s objective to reach Rome sits 135 rail miles away.
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Fifth Army
Naples
Salerno
Castellammare
Sala
Nocera
Volturno River
North Africa
Rome
Mount Vesuvius
Vichy
Italy
Mark Clark
New Ruins and Old Pompeii Tour Expanded Near Naples
A British radio report notes a tourist guide operating near a bomb crater outside Pompeii as shelling leaves scars on Naples landmarks. The Fifth Army advances 22 miles SE of Naples toward Vesuvius, threatening German rear guards and the city of 925,000, while a military spokesman cites an old schoolbook line about roads to Rome.
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New York
Pompei
Naples
Rome
Fifth
Mercato San Severino
Vesuvius
Casualties At Salerno Reported
Secretary of War Stimson cites American casualties at about 3,500 and British at 5,211 through early September in the Salerno battle. The report notes total counts include killed wounded and missing, with Allied landings on September 3 marking the start of the Salerno operation amid heavy fighting with German forces.
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Washington
Salerno
Stimson
London
United States
Pearl Harbor
Sanor
Red Cross
Nut Rollback Sparks Price Cut Across Shelled Nuts
The Office announced yesterday that several varieties of nuts will be placed under price controls, with shelled edible tree nuts about 10 cents per pound cheaper than current rates, signaling a rollback in the market. The move affects multiple AD varieties and aims to ease consumer costs while stabilizing supply chains.
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