Troy Pilot Home From War Front
Lieutenant Malcolm Hormats, after 18 months as a fighter pilot in Britain, Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy, returns to a tumultuous welcome in Troy. He hopes to rest after first leave from active duty and mentions a possible engagement amid reports of meeting Miss Bess Levine in New York. He will soon travel to Albany as crowds gather for the homecoming.
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Britain
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Hormats
United States
Joseph Hormats
Burdett Avenue
New York
Bess Levine
St. Moritz
Albany
Mrs. Hormats
Troy Pilot
Yanks Win Series Clincher Over Cardinals 2-0
The New York Yankees clinched the 1943 World Series by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 before 33,872 fans. Veterans Bill Dickey and Spud Chandler delivered decisive blows, with Dickey hitting a two run homer in the sixth to seal the victory. Dickey ends a long World Series run, while Chandler earns his second win of the series.
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Sportmann’s Park
St. Louis
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Bombers
Bronx
Spud Chandler
Bill Dickey
Dickey
Chandler
New York
Georgia
Wallop
High Court To Review Draft Case
The Supreme Court agreed to review a draft registrant who refused the Army oath and was declared legally inducted after oath readings. Arthur Billings, former UT instructor, opposes war, while Walter Gormley of Milwaukee contests a five year penalty for refusing to report to a conscientious objectors camp. Arguments will follow in the court’s 1943 44 term opening session.
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Washington LLP
Supreme Court
Arthur Goodwyn Billings
University of Texas
Billings
Selective Service Board
Walter Ford Gormley
Milwaukee
Gormley
Fort Leavenworth
Ikus
Bilings
Kiwanis Plan Drives in Keep America American Campaign
Milk control starts Monday as Kiwanis outlines a $1,000,000 national advertising push. Hamilton Holt of Macon, a Kiwanis International trustee, says 118,000 members in 2,100 clubs will back a campaign using newspapers, outdoor ads, mail literature, and radio. Dr. C. J. Branford warns that failure to follow federal milk limits could trigger rationing and stricter rules. the Waterford Milk Marketing Area expects a June 1943 cap on fluid milk and a 75 percent cut for cream and skimmed by-products. Meetings are set in Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Albany, and Binghamton this week.
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Macon
America
Kiwanis
Hamilton Holt
Kiwanis International
Buffalo
WFA
Blanford
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
Albany
Binghamton
Japs Gain in China as Battle Seesaws Shift Fronts
Fronts in northern Anhwei saw Japanese forces extend footholds with the capture of Anchi near Liaofeng while other sectors resisted or forced back. China reported operations centered around Liaofeng Suancheng and Kwanteh along the Chekiang Anhwei border threatening Hangchow and Nanking. About 30,000 Japanese troops were involved in the October 1 triple drive.
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Chungking UP
Anhwei
Anchi
Liaofeng
Suancheng
Kwanteh
Chekiang-Anhwei
Hangchow
Nanking
Bumper Grape Crop Assures Wine Supply
The Agriculture Department forecast a grape crop 16 percent above 1942, totaling 2,796,950 tons versus 2,402,150 tons last year. California weather has been favorable, with a larger than expected production of wine and table grapes. Harvesting proceeds favorably with no acute labor shortage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
California
Gas Rations Cut In Western States
The Office of Price Administration cut the value of A B and C gasoline coupons in the Far West from four to three gallons effective at 12:01 am October 12. The curtailment applies to Washington Oregon California Nevada Idaho Montana Wyoming Utah Colorado and Arizona.
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Washington
UPI
Office of Price Administration
Far West
Oregon
California
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
Croat Cabinet Quits for New Government
A German radio relay reported that the Croat cabinet under Dr Ante Pavetic resigned to permit formation of a new government. The broadcast, cited by OWT, noted the move as a step toward reshaping Croat leadership.
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New York
German Radio
OWT
Ante Pavetic
Congress Splits on 19 Percent Federal Sales Tax
Republicans and Democrats show no clear unity on a 19 percent federal sales tax as a substitute for the administration plan to raise about 10.5 billion dollars. Rep. Robertson urges adoption, while Rep. Lynch argues for higher corporate and estate taxes, saying the tax burdens should fall on those best able to pay. Some veterans remain skeptical while the administration opposes the levy, and further debate continues on Capitol Hill.
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Washington UP
Robertson
D.va
Rep
Lynch
D.-M
Capitol Hill
Allies Bomb Makassar Fuel Depots in Major Raid
Allied Liberator bombers from Australia carried out a 2400 mile round trip, dropping 25 tons of explosives and igniting large fires at Makassar docks and fuel depots in Celebes. The Saturday night raid, reported by General MacArthur’s HQ, marked the first strike on Makassar since August 18. Dutch Mitchell bombers followed with pressure on targets northwest of Australia, striking Kai and Tanimbar Islands bases.
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Southwest Pacific
Makassar
Dutch Celebes
MacArthur
Australia
Kai and
Tanimbar Islands
Widow of Colin Kelly to wed Philadelphia engineer
Mrs Colin P Kelly Jr widow of the air force hero who sank a Japanese battleship will marry Dr J Watson Pedlow a Philadelphia chemical engineer Her brother Tad Wick confirmed the plans saying the ceremony will be next Friday The couple met on duty on the West Coast and had kept the engagement secret Mary Pedlow said her son a Navy lieutenant jg is the prospective groom
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Los Angeles
Colin P. Kelly, Jr
J. Watson Pedlow
Philadelphia
Tad Wick
Mary Pedlow
Navy
J. G
Kelly
Mexican Hurricane Heads Toward U S
The Pan American Weather service said a hurricane that hit the west coast of Mexico, causing 52 deaths and 102 injuries along a 150 mile Mazatlan corridor, was moving toward the United States. It battered Sinaloa and Durango and was seen moving toward Arizona New Mexico and Texas though much of its force was spent.
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Mexico City
Pan-American Meteorological Service
Mexico
Mazatlan
United States
Chihuahua
Sinaloa
Dumango
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Nazis Routed By Partisans In Dalmatia Push
Yugoslav Liberation Army says it seized the island of Cherso near Pola and controls northern Dalmatia coast except Zara. Partisans claim broader island gains, German forces retreating toward Fiume area as Tito loyalists advance. Berlin says Vlassov troops aid the Germans. Croat cabinet resigns. Axis bomber raids Lero. Antonescu government in Romania faces arrests.
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London
Cherso
Free Yugoslav Radio
Dalmatian
Susak
Fiume
Berlin
Quisling
Andrei Vlassov
Dalmatia
Ogulin
Ogulin-Karlovac-Zagreb
Balkans
Nikola Manditsch
Germany
Lero
Dodecanese
Aegean
Romania
Ion Antonescu
Algiers
Yugoslavia
State Orders End to Jim Crow School Segregation
Albany reports that Ramapo Town in Rockland County must teach white and Negro pupils in the same classes. Commissioner George D. Stoddard ruled after Negro parents appealed segregation claims. Brook School is deemed inferior and unsuitable, with ample room at Main School. The board of education should maintain Main School only as the educational solution. The investigation followed events since September led by Don Essex and Joseph Lipsky.
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Albany
Ramapo
Rockland County
State Department of Education
George D. Stoddard
Brook School
Board of Education
Don Essex
Joseph Lipsky
Harriman Foresees Closer Collaboration
London UPI reports Averell Harriman preparing to go to Moscow on a double mission as American ambassador and delegate to a tri partite conference. He said time is nearing for closer military collaboration among the United States, Britain and Soviet Armies and voiced admiration for Soviet military skill and organization while declining to answer questions about the forthcoming conference.
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London
UPI
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
United States
Harriman
Weather Forecast Censorship Eased in Wartime
The Office of Censorship eased weather forecast rules for newspapers and radio, citing improved defense needs. Radio can broadcast forecasts again, with wind directions and barometric pressures limited to emergency weather warnings. Newspapers gain broader publication areas and more forecasts, ending strict state-limited printing rules. Sport fans will learn weather-based postponement causes.
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Washington P
Office of Censorship
Byron Price
Weather Bureau
Ing
Fifth Army Jeopardizes Nazi Line
Allied forces under Lieut Gen Mark W Clark push northwest from Benevento through Italian mud seizing Ponteladolfo and threatening the Nazi defense along the Volturno north of Naples. The capture places Allies astride the westward highway to the coast, forcing a resumption of movement toward Rome if Germans cannot counter.
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Algiers
Benevento
Mark W. Clark
Ponteladolfo
Posi Ition
Volturno
Naples
Mediterranean
Rome
Pontelandolfo
Valturno
Tammaro
Calore
Gard
Clark
Capua
Fifth Army
Sister Kenny Detects Early Polio Indicator
Sister Kenny, Australian specialist in infantile paralysis, announces a new way to detect polio before symptoms appear. She says she demonstrated it before doctors at the University of Minnesota and that early treatment can lessen disease severity in many cases. The condition is not describable to the lay public but appears before spasms, incoordination, or denervation after onset.
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Chicago
Kenny
University of Minnesota
Vermont and California Lagin War Loan Drive
Washington UP belated reports show Uncle Sam’s possessions exceeding their Third War Loan quotas with the national total at 18.375 billion dollars, a gain of 913 million from Saturday. California and Vermont lag closest to their quotas in both total sales and individual purchases, while 28 states and the District of Columbia are behind in tabulation as the campaign begins October 18.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
California
Vermont
States
District of Columbia
Labor Day Wreck Ruled Accidental, Coroner Reports
In a Pennsylvania inquest, jurors found the Labor Day wreck fatal to seventy, ruled accidental, with testimony indicating no one was held responsible. The coroner cited a “hot box” as the probable cause, though evidence did not establish it definitively.
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Pennsylva Congressional Limited
Decision Reserved on W. T. Grant Injunction
Federal Judge Simon H. Rifkind reserved decision on a motion by W. T. Grant Co. to dismiss an OPA complaint filed two months ago seeking to end a restraint that temporarily enjoined the company from violating a maximum price regulation covering women's and children's clothing sold in its 498 stores across forty states.
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New York
Simon H. Rifkind
W. T. Grant Co
OPA
Ukraine Escape Line Threatened
London reports the Red Army pushed into Gomel’s eastern suburbs and crossed the Sozh River, threatening German positions on the White Russia front. Soviet claims say 1,000 Germans were killed while 126 tanks and 8 aircraft were destroyed as the front widened from Leningrad to the Crimea.
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London
Red Army
Gomel
Sozh River
White Russia
Dnieper
Ukraine
Moscow
Novo-Gelitza
Sozh
Dnieper River
Hiev
Ramne
Kiev
Moloscow
Pravda
Leningrad
Crimea
Call for Immediate Court Martial Over Pearl Harbor
Rep. Cole urged an immediate court martial to reveal all acts and circumstances of the Pearl Harbor attack. He argued sealing information harms the public and could fix responsibility and prevent repeats. Admiral Kimmel sought a fast trial, while Navy officials said no letter had been received yet.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Rep
Cole
R-N-Y
Husband E. Kimmel
Navy Department
Navy
Denver
Henry Leonard
Marine Corps
Kimmel
Himmel
House Naval Committee
Admiral Kimmel
Congress
Department
Woman kills burglar with first pistol shot
In Chicago Mrs James Allen, until yesterday unfamiliar with firearms, fired a target pistol at an unidentified burglar who entered her husband James Allen s tavern and threatened to kill him, killing the intruder.
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Chicago
James Allen
Two Democrats Forecast Revolt Against OPA
Washington reporters note two western Democrats predicting a 1944 defeat for their party unless the Office of Price Administration is forced to halt what they call its persecution of honest citizens. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, an appropriations committee member, warned of new restraints on OPA spending to confine its activities to duties authorized by Congress. Senator Johnson of Colorado endorsed the move, saying the public supports price control but felt the OPA regulations are driving people mad.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Thomas
D-Okla
Appropriations Committee
OPA
Congress
Johnson
D.-Col
No Trace of Body Found in Hornell Digging
Workmen probing a grave site for Frank Murphy in Hornell failed to locate a body. Inspector Eugene Hut of the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation cited Samuel Steed Scott’s claim that Murphy was killed and burned 15 years ago. The excavation, 119 feet long, 15 feet wide, and three feet deep, continued with plans to extend the search in the same area.
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R. C. Fitzwater
Bureau of Investigation
New York State Police
Frank Murphy
Hornell
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High Court
Drew Pearson
China
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Stott
Hoyt
Esta
Murphy
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