Senate Secret Session Scored In Turbulent Debate
A stormy Senate secret session behind barred doors centered on Senator Lodge’s remark that a million American lives might be saved by Siberian bases for Allied bombers. Brewster led the attack, with Russell and Mead backing, prompting a sharp foreign policy exchange as reports from front lines were reviewed and warnings about divulging information were issued.
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Australia
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Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
Chandler
D.-Ky
Pacific
Germany
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Douglas MacArthur
Danaher
B.-Conn
Massachusetts
De Gaulle Granted Rousing Corsican Welcome in Ajaccio Square
Gen Charles De Gaulle addressed about 3000 Corsicans in Ajaccio near Napoleon memorial, pledging France will be freed as Corsica and urging all to yield to the cross of Lorraine. His two day Corsica tour drew tumultuous cheers, lip rouge adulation, and Partisan gunfire salutes, though popularity carried no political weight.
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Legion Leaders Clash As AFL Convention Echoes Treason Debate
American Legion national commander Atherton used wartime imagery to accuse strike leaders of treason while AFL chief Green defended labor’s imperfect world and urged focus on broader issues. The exchange sparked loud applause and a standing ovation from delegates, who praised Green and Atherton for their cordial, pointed confrontation.
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Madrid Reports Portugal May War on Japanese
London UP Madrid diplomatic quarters were quoted today by the Daily Mail as predicting a Portuguese declaration of war against Japan if Japanese troops are not withdrawn from Portuguese Timor. The paper said the Japanese minister in Lisbon ordered his private papers burned after returning from a conference with Prime Minister Salazar.
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Madrid
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Portugal
Hitler urges German resolve amid wartime setbacks
Adolf Hitler addressed Nazi chiefs and leaders in Berlin urging continued spirit on the home front. He warned against discouragement from reverses, claimed arms must be backed by will, and predicted a great German victory if determination holds. Berlin broadcast quoted him promising relentless effort until goals are reached. A separate Long Island City fire at International Diesel Electric caused about 500000 dollars in damage to machinery bound for the Army and Navy.
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Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
New York
East River
International Diesel Electric Co
Long Island City
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Navy
Queens
Manhattan
Aurelio Appears Before Grand Jury
Former magistrate Thomas A. Aurelio testified before the grand jury after waiving immunity. The probe concerned his nomination to the Supreme Court bench by Republican and Democratic parties while the Association of the Bar of the City of New York voted unanimously to institute disbarment proceedings.
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Aurelio
Supreme Court
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Plane bearing V mail downed and duplicates sent
Duplicates of 400000 V mail letters were en route within 48 hours after word reached the Army Post Office that a plane carrying the originals had been downed. Edwin O Perrin, War Advertising Council manager, disclosed the incident at a War Advertising Council luncheon in New York.
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Edwin O. Perrin
War Advertising Council
Armed Forces
War Advertising Counel
Capua Air Centre Captured as Allied Advance Reaches Volturno
Allied forces under Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark captured Capua and Castel Volturno, advancing ten miles through rain and mud to the Volturno River and a front from Capua to the sea. German pockets on the south bank were wiped out while the river posed potential delays. towns including Villa Literno, Marcianise, Casal di Principe, and Trentola fell.
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Fifth Army
Capua
Rome
Volturno
16Th Armored
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Mark W. Clark
Castel Volturno
Naples
Villa Literno
Marcianise
Casal di Principe
Trentola
Italian Ships Shell Towns in Adriatic Aid to Yugoslavs
London reports Italian warships shell coastal towns along the Dalmatian coast to aid Yugoslav patriots. The Algiers radio says Yugoslavs deploy small vessels supplied by Italy. Cairo and Free Yugoslav radios confirm German attempts on Zara and Hvar as Allied forces coordinate actions in the Balkans amid a fresh Aegean victory.
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Bari
London Daily Express
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Algiers
Adriatic
Zari
Hvar
Cairo
Aegean
Dodecanese
Simi
Balkans
Butter Seized From Medina Cold Storage Plant
U S Deputy Marshal Martin Herbst attached nearly twenty tons of butter stored in a Medina facility on orders from U S Attorney George L Grobe of Buffalo. He said the 37 870 pounds were unfit for human consumption and seized by the government.
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George L. Grobe
Buffalo
Herbsti
Auto Union Elects Vice President in Detroit Delegation
Richard Frankensteen of Detroit's aviation division won the second vice presidency at the United Automobile Workers Union eighth convention defeating Richard Leonard of Detroit after an unofficial tally of 3,822 to 3,579. Leonard conceded as 2,000 delegates finished with a two and a half hour ballot toll. A protest over Negro representation on the executive board failed to gain action.
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Richard T
Lnion
Frankenstein
Leonard
Detroit
Hodges E. Mason
Nazis Will Raze Rome, Knox Says
Navy Secretary Frank Knox warned reporters that Germany would devastate Rome as they did Naples when forced to retreat. He cited German U-boats returning to the Atlantic with new raiders, and said submarine warfare would continue until the war ends. Knox praised Brazil for cooperation in the U submarine fight and described Naples harbor devastation and hunger after its fall.
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Puerto Rico
UPI
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Naples
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
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Mediterranean
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Atlantic
United States
British ship owners back US urge on postwar shipping
London ship owners said they are willing to cooperate with the United States to build an efficient postwar world shipping system but stressed that maintaining an adequate British merchant marine is a vital necessity, regardless of the US needs.
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United States
Britain
Church Debates Divorce Rule Change Amid Narrow Vote
The Protestant Episcopal Church House of Deputies narrowly rejected a second proposal to permit divorced persons to remarry with a bishop's approval. The debate followed calls to liberalize marriage canons amid wartime service marriages and a recent Supreme Court divorce decision. Justice, mercy, and guidance for young couples were cited by Rev. A B Kinsolving of Pittsburgh. Sales Tax Opposed By Women Shoppers. Julia Alfaze of the League of Women Shoppers testified against a 10 percent sales tax, arguing it harms families earning around 2500 dollars annually and undercuts ability to pay income tax.
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Pittsburg
Supreme Court
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Washington
UPI
Julia Alfaze
League of Women Shoppers, Inc
New York
Ways and Means Committee
New York Board of Trade
Miss Alzaze
Witness to Testify in De Marigny Murder Case
Nassau Bahama witness Thomas Lavelle will testify as a single witness when Magistrate F E Field reopens the preliminary hearing for Alfred De Marigny charged with murdering Sir Harry Oakes. The prosecution calls Lavelle due to his anticipated absence from Nassau for the jury trial set to begin October 18 in the Supreme Court.
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F. E. Field
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes Thomas Lavelle
de Marigny
Victoria Street
Supreme Court
Army May Boost Draft Goal For 1943
Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson told Senate's Byrd committee the Army may raise its year end form 7 700 000 in uniform to meet war needs. He noted an 8 200 000 target was planned earlier but cut to 7 700 000 post African victories. He also cited civilian payroll cuts and unspent appropriations as of August 31 with most reductions in non Washington posts.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Patterson
Byrd
War Department
George C. Marshall
D.-Va
Pay-As-You-Go Plan For Charity Proposed
Washington report on a proposed pay-as-you-go tax plan to spur charitable gifts to churches schools and private philanthropy. Rep Gurtis urged Congress to allow a credit for religious educational and charitable donations resulting in withholding tax exemptions for the year.
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WPI
Congress
Rep. Gurtis
R.-Neb
House Wars and Means Committee
Americans Destroy 142 German Planes in Daylight Raid
American air forces claimed 142 German planes destroyed in a daylight raid on Bremen and Vegesa with thirty bombers and three fighters reported missing. RAF and US bombers also struck Stuttgart Friedrichshafen and Munich in previous and ongoing raids as part of a sweeping Allied offensive. German and British reports conflicted on damage and casualties amid heavy combat and city strikes.
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Vegesa
Stuttgart
Friedrichshafen
Munich
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DNB
United States
Straits of Dover
Adolf Hitler
European
Charge Draft Officials Twist Law Sparks House Debate
The House Military Committee accused draft officials of twisting the law to aid their aims as floor action on Wednesday debated higher death and family payments for servicemen. A formal report blasted the administration of Selective Service for using a military measure to push men’s families into other employment. The Dependency Bill's floor procedure, approved by the Rules Committee under military pressure, would allow unlimited amendments and spark efforts to raise payments, described as a bid for the soldier vote.
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Washington
House Military Committee
House Rules Committee
Man Questioned In Killing Of WAC Lieutenant
A 31 year old transient civilian was held for questioning in the death of Second Lieutenant Naomi Kathleen Cheney of the Women's Army Corps. Police Chief Fred J Searls gave few details, noting the suspect recently worked on a Minnesota farm and arrived a week ago. No charges have been filed. The case follows the murder of 25 year old Jasper, with a woman found near a railroad overpass on Oct 4.
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Fred J Searls
Naomi Kathleen Cheney
Women’s Army Corps
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Sears
Minnesota
Thenedy
Jasper
Wyoming Reaches Goal in Third Way Loan Quotas
Wyoming joined states reaching Third Way Loan quotas as reports show an additional 171 million dollars raising the national total to 18.209 billion.
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Tokyo Radio Reports Raid On Wake Island and Atomic Plans
Tokyo broadcast claimed Allied planes attacked Wake Island Friday afternoon and were repelled by Japanese forces, with no U S confirmation. A Tuesday dawn operation was noted as beginning October 5 west longitude date, while Tokyo later claimed attacks occurred on October 6 and 7. London reports say Dr Niels Bohr arrived with plans for a new atomic explosion invention deemed crucial to the Allied war effort.
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London
Niels H. D. Bohr
Sweden
Stockholm
War Labor Board Orders New York Newspaper Workers Back
The War Labor Board yesterday ordered striking newspaper workers in New York to return to work immediately and asked union leaders to confer with the board's regional office in New York on Monday morning.
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War Labor Board
Yeaterday
New York
Three Japanese Warships Destroyed in Solomons Action
Allied naval forces shattered a Japanese squadron southwest of the Solomons. American ships pressed a night battle under a tropical half moon, sinking one destroyer and damaging two others while another vessel was driven to retreat. Torpedoes scored further hits as the battle pushed toward retreat and the foe began pulling out of Kolompangata and Velia Gulf.
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Pacific
Solomons
Des Royers
Veila Clavella
United States
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Macao
Kolompangata
Velia Gulf
Dutch Patriot Kills Nazi Chiefs Then Self Dooms Himself
London reports a Dutch patriot killed two senior Dutch Nazi officials within five days and then took his own life after arrest. The victims included Lieut Gen Erendrik AL Seottardt, head of the Dutch Nazi legion on the Russian front, and Dr H Revdon, secretary general of culture and public enlightenment. The Netherlands News Agency Aneta relayed the details.
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Vengearce
Netherlands
Aneta
Yesterdas
Erendrik AL Seottardt
Wind Fghts
H Revdon
Department of Culture and Public Enlightenpam
Germans Menaced At Kiev Push Narrows
Soviet spearheads battered German counterattacks along three Dnieper pockets west of Kiev in a clash Moscow billed as a peak battle of the bridgeheads. Over 2,800 Germans died as tanks and planes were destroyed and 32 German planes were shot down by Soviet airmen. The fight spread to Vitebsk, near the Latvian border, and the Caucasus where German forces fell back as the Red Army closed in on multiple fronts.
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Russia
Dnieper
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Kiev
Soviet Monitor
Wkremenchug
Vitebsk
Red Army
Caucasus
New Drive Surprises Moscow Front War News
Moscow reacts to a sudden Red Army offensive after an elusive pause. Citizens hope the front’s rapid westward push signals the possible end of the war, amid a flurry of fireworks and salutes. A Pravda article quotes Yaroslavsky, predicting liberation days for Russia.
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Stalingrad
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Yemelian Yaroslavsky
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Pravda
Film Director John Farrow In Assault Complaint Clash
Beverly Hills California Edena Gabriel, 25, freed from Beverly Hills jail yesterday after director John Farrow refused to sign a battery complaint. Farrow said he received cuts and bruises claiming a scuffle with the person at his home Thursday night as Gabriel sought Maureen O'Sullivan's aid for a movie.
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