MacArthur Hammers Rabaul Solomons Battle Concluded
Allied Headquarters reports the largest Southwest Pacific raid on Rabaul, destroying 177 enemy aircraft and sinking 17,600 tons of ships, including three destroyers. Ground losses include 100 enemy aircraft and 51 damaged, with a major victory over Vella Lavella and control of the New Georgia island group.
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Churchill Scores Controversy in Wartime Unity Talk
London report on Prime Minister Churchill's Commons remarks urging caution against domestic controversies that could prolong the war. He warned that postwar squabbles are deplorable while contrasting with nations where soldiers fight abroad and politicians clash at home. He also referenced aviation policy amid U S criticisms of British airline monopoly aims.
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Washington
Manville's Seventh Divorce Granted in Reno
Showgirl Sunny Ainsworth Manville, 19, formerly Moran, obtained a divorce from asbestos fortune heir Tommy Manville in Reno. She cited mental cruelty and resumed her former name. After the ruling, she rushed to a bank to deposit an $18,000 check signed by Manville before 3 pm.
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Glen Ford to Wed Eleanor Powell in Beverly Hills
Glen Ford, former film actor and now Marine sergeant, will marry Eleanor Powell on October 23. The ceremony will be at Powell’s mother Blanche Powell’s Beverly Hills home, after the couple met as members of the Hollywood War Bond Cavalcade. Ford is stationed at Camp Pendleton, California.
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Navy Salvage Profits From Sunken Ship Operations
Captain B E Man Beau, Navy salvage supervisor, announced before the New York Advertising Club that the Navy has recovered about 500 million dollars in ships and cargoes over the past year at a cost of under four million. He noted the figures exclude the former French liner Ormonde in New York harbor.
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New York Harbor
Ottman Retires as New York State Guard Chief
Maj. Gen. William Ottman retires as commanding general of the State Guard after three years at the helm. In his retirement letter to Gov. Dewey he urged appointing the most experienced Regular Army officer and outlined recommendations for reorganization to keep the Guard ready, efficient, and capable in emergencies. Dewey thanked Ottman for leadership and noted understanding of the change.
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Costello Defends Motives for Backing Aurelio
Frank Costello said his support of former Magistrate Thomas A. Aurelio for the state Supreme Court nomination was legitimate and not tainted by improper motives. District Attorney Hogan labeled Costello the czar of the slot racket and alleged Aurelio pledged loyalty in return, prompting both parties to repudiate the nomination as Aurelio remained on the November ballot. Costello released the statement after testifying for over two hours before a grand jury probing Hogan’s remarks about Aurelio.
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Costello
Hogan
Aurelio
Hold Gardener for Vacant Lot Slaying
New York Jamaica gardener Pancraza Ferrera, 51, was held in a Queens police cell charged with homicide in the strangulation death of 48 year old Marie Pearson. Police said the suspect denied knowledge of the slaying and claimed he was at home Sunday night when the crime was committed. Ferrera is due arraignment today.
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Truckers Strike Ends Nationwide Except Atlanta
A week long truck divers strike disrupting war materials shipments across six southern states ends everywhere except Atlanta. Robert Borden international representative of the Brotherhood of Teamsters Chauffeurs Warehousemen and Helpers AFL reports the settlement or status remains unresolved in Atlanta.
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Italian Division Joins Slavs In Fight Against Germans
The Yugoslav National Liberation Army announced that the Italian Venezia division has joined their forces against Germany, aligning with Tito's Liberation Army after Italy declared war on Germany. The move follows Rome's declaration of war under Marshal Badoglio, with Mihailovic’s Chetniks named as opposing forces.
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Hanley Warns of Smoke Screens in Campaign
Senator Jod Hanley Republican candidate for lieutenant governor rebukes Democrats as lacking real issues accusing them of using smoke screens. He resumes campaigning after a three day rest warns some may be overconfident risking a less than overwhelming Republican majority.
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Railroads Ban Long Term Reservations
The Boston and Maine, Maine Central and New York New Haven Hartford railroads will not sell or reserve parlor car seats, Pullman berths, or any reserved accommodations more than one month in advance. The policy, announced after government talks, aims to secure reserved space for military and emergency travel and takes effect tomorrow.
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Actor Enters Denial Inheritance Suit Against Flynn
Shirley Evans Hassan sues actor Errol Flynn claiming he is the father of her two year old daughter Marylyn Evans Flynn born in 1940. She seeks 1750 monthly support plus 17000 other sums and 10000 attorney fees with hospital costs and court costs. Flynn denies the charges through attorney Robert Ford.
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Robert Ford
Small Nations Resent Status
Britain reacts to Badoglio war declaration with a mix of satisfaction skepticism and misgiving. Italian Socialists in London label the government ineffectual and demand freedom for Italians to choose their own government. Exiled governments of France Greece Yugoslavia and Albania respond as Italy’s four chief victims.
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Badoglio
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France
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Albania
Prisoners in Webster React to Italy Declaring War on Germany
A handful of Italian POWs at a Webster cannery learned Italy had declared war on Nazi Germany and expressed satisfaction. Col. John M McDowell notes prisoners cannot be spoken to, while prisoners in London and the Allies’ ranks comment war implications and possible shifts. Berlin radio insists the war’s status remains unchanged.
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Argentine Cabinet Resigns Under Ramirez Regime
Buenos Aires reports that three cabinet members Jorge Santa Marina minister of finance Ring Gen. Elbio Anaya minister of justice and public education and Vice Admiral Ismael Galindez minister of public works resigned. The communique said the resignations do not affect government unity despite the moderate group favoring a rupture with the Axis.
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Pedro Ramirez
Jorge Santa Marina
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Elbio Anaya
Ismael Galindez
Ramirez
Axis
Rome will not be another Naples say Germans in Rome
Stockholm newspaper quotes German sources saying Rome would not be fought as Naples. The German view claims the battle and destruction of Naples will not be repeated and that Rome can be held for a long time while Germans remain optimistic about southern Italy fighting.
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Allies Report Quick Capture of Cyclades Islands
A New York press report citing a Ankara broadcast says Allied troops have captured parts of the Cyclades in the Aegean north of Crete. Unconfirmed earlier reports said British forces landed on some islands and now footholds are reportedly secure with air bases and ports for submarines and small ships. Fighter planes there could reach Crete and much of Greece.
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Russians Break Through to Melitopol in Crimea Fight
Soviet forces broke German defenses in south Ukraine and drove into Melitopol center after three days of combat. Moscow said Russians crossed multiple ditches and block houses along the Molochna river, fighting heavy German counterattacks as more than 4,000 Germans and numerous tanks and guns were reported destroyed.
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Moscow
Pravda Declares Frontiers Off Limits At Conference
Pravda the Soviet state organ said Moscow will not discuss postwar frontier questions at the three power conference with the United States and Great Britain. The paper stressed the focus will be on the Second Front and Hitler's defeat rather than borders or Baltic state status.
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Gen Haskell Labels GOP Opposers at Albany Rally
Lieut. Gen. William W Haskell Democratic and American Labor Party nominee for lieutenant governor said the Republican party is reactionary and oppositional. He accused the GOP of opposing liberal and progressive policies embraced by Governors South Roosevelt and Lehman and urged postwar support for returning soldiers industry conversion and education to benefit demobilized men.
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Wiliam W. Haskell
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Lehman
Three Pronged Jap Drive Opens in China
Japanese forces press a three pronged advance northward along the Burma Road into southwestern China. They clash with Chinese troops aided by air units of the US Army Air Forces while Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek reports Chinese troops repelled two columns in Yunnan near Kunming after heavy fighting and casualties.
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Paralysis Plague Peaking Then Declining Says Officials
New York figures report infantile paralysis, the worst in 42 years, has reached a national peak and is now on the decline. Pi-Basil O Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, and Dr Thomas Parran, surgeon general, announced the development last night.
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United States Public Health Service
Nazis Register Jews In Athens For Labor
A Budapest dispatch reports German police in Greece are registering Jews for labor. Athens fears deportations to camps may be imminent, though Jews in Greece had not been molested under Italian administration.
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Stockholm
Greece
Budapest
AFL Welcomes Miners Union Yet Blocks Immediate Readmission
The American Federation of Labor signaled welcome to John L. Lewis United Mine Workers but tied readmission to settlement of jurisdictional conflicts. The convention urged the executive council to negotiate UMW return under terms compatible with AFL statutes, preserving rights of all affiliated unions.
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Americans Return on Jap Ship
The Department of State released the names of 1236 American repatriates aboard the Japanese ship Tela Maru en route to Mormugao India as part of a second nationals exchange with Japan. The list excludes an American child born aboard ship whose name is not yet reported.
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India
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Five Troy Area residents set for repatriation aboard Teia Maru
Charles Elliott Perry of Troy along with Selma Welson Payne Sis ter Harriet Nolan Joseph C. Lawney and Lucille Bazinet are among 1497 Allied nationals aboard the Teia Maru to be exchanged next week for Japanese nationals. The group includes 221 Canadians and 40 Latin Americans. The Gripsholm will then return the repatriates to New York after refueling at Port Elizabeth and Rio de Janeiro.
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Spanish Troops Quit Russia Blue Legion Withdrawn From Front
Reports say the volunteer Spanish division known as the Blue Legion has been withdrawn from the Russian front where it has fought since July 1941 and will not return. Wounded soldiers may be sent back to Spain ahead of others, with some members possibly returning shortly.
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Nazis Call Italian Move Last Straw
The German news agency DSB declared yesterday that Italy's declaration of war against Germany marks the final straw in a treacherous sequence. It brands King Vittorio Emanuele III and Premier Marshal Badoglio as acromalires in history.
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Marshal Badoglo
Senate Panel Endorses Postwar Policy Resolution
A Senate foreign relations subcommittee backed a discreet postwar policy resolution pledging U S to ally with free and sovereign nations to maintain international authority and preserve the peace. The vote was 7 to 1 with formal introduction by Chairman Connally and potential full committee action by mid November.
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Deanna Durbin Files for Divorce in Los Angeles
Deanna Durbin, stage star now Edna Mae Durbin Paul, filed for divorce from Vaughn Paul, a former producer and Navy lieutenant. She cites mental cruelty, cites their April 18 1941 marriage and a separation last Monday. Durbin’s attorney Elmer Bromley released a statement noting circumstances preventing mutual welfare.
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Allied Troops Threaten Outflank Volturno Line in Italy
Allied forces push toward the Volturno position as heavy shelling and artillery duels rock central Italy. San Croce falls eight miles northeast of Pontelandolfo while Riccia is seized eight miles northeast of San Croce, amid German moves along the Adriatic coast and renewed enemy artillery reactions.
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All Past Ties Are Broken Allied Move in WWII
Allied leaders and Italy declared co belligerency against Germany. Marshal Badoglio pledged to march with the Allies as Italy seeks to break from its past. Italy's exhausted army may limit immediate combat strength but could aid resistance and cooperation in German occupied zones.
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Status Unchanged on Italian POWs in United States
The War Department said Italy's declaration of war against Germany would not immediately affect about 50,000 Italian prisoners in the United States. A future change in their status is under study. Disposition is a matter for the theater commander concerned.
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Washington
Italy's War Status Seen as Quid Pro Quo With Allies
The piece notes widespread Italian resentment of Germany and limited promises from the Allies. It cites a joint statement by Roosevelt Churchill and Stain implying Italy's future hinges on the help the Italian government can provide to the United Nations, with concessions to follow as rewards for aid.
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Churchill
Stain
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Badoglio
Kaiser at Helm Raises Navy Hopes
Navy officials told a House committee of Brewster Aeronautical Corp production failures. The under secretary James Forrestal cited past headaches from labor management and blamed the aging plant. Hope rests on Henry Kaiser who became Brewster president to accelerate future production.
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Henry J. Kaise
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Tydings Sees U S Bases On Japanese Islands After War
Senator Tydings predicted on a national radio forum that the United States would take possession of Japanese mandated islands in the Pacific after the war. He cited the Marianas, Caroline, and Marshall groups as future air bases for U S protection, arguing the islands should be transferred from League of Nations control to the United States.
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