Willkie sure Turkey will remain neutral
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War training now mandatory in high schools
Courses in crafts ruled for last 2 years – girls included
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15 U.S. fliers injured in London blackout
London, England (UP) –
Fifteen American Air Force men were injured during the blackout last night when their bus rammed the rear of a stationary truck.
Most of those injured received broken arms or legs, head injuries or severe cuts.
A fine rescue
The loss, at least pending repairs, of the transport Wakefield, formerly the liner Manhattan, is a blow to our maritime strength at a time when every ship is needed to transport men and munitions. There would be no use denying that loss. Yet there is great consolation.
The warships accompanying the Wakefield performed the work of rescue in a fashion worthy of the traditions of the United States Navy. Because of their prompt and efficient work, more than 1,600 passengers and members of the crew were taken off in mid-ocean without loss of life. That is a first-rate achievement and brings honor to the officers and men who managed it.
Italy reports capture of U.S. flier in Sicily
Rome, Italy – (Italian broadcast recorded by UP in New York)
A High Command communiqué said that an American pilot had been taken prisoner when his plane was forced down during an Allied raid on Sicily.
The British Middle Eastern Command said in a communiqué that fighter planes based on Malta had shot down two Italian planes over Sicily. It was assumed that if one of the British planes was forced down, its American pilot was a member of the Royal Air Force Eagle Squadron made up of American volunteers.
The communiqué said Italian planes had shot down seven Allied planes which attacked a Mediterranean convoy and that an Italian destroyer had sunk a submarine.
Japs have 75 divisions ready to attack Siberia
Chungking, China (UP) –
Japanese military leaders have 75 divisions available for action against Russia in Siberia, well-informed Chinese military sources told the United Press today.
These sources reported there were 34 Japanese and 10 mercenary divisions in Manchuria, 6 Japanese and 15 mercenary Chinese Mongol divisions in Inner Mongolia, and 10 Japanese divisions held in reserve in the Hopei and Shantung area for reinforcement wherever required in a possible northern theater.
The Chinese press reported today that the Japanese authorities had introduced conscription in Manchuria and were forcibly enlisting all men between 18 and 40.
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Chief Palestine rabbi marks New Year in message to U.S.
Jerusalem (UP) –
Isaac Herzog, chief rabbi of Palestine, sent the following message to the United States for the Jewish New Year Saturday:
Men and women of the United States and all who strive and toil to rescue true civilization in this unprecedented world crisis, we send you blessings and greetings on the Jewish New Year.
Faith and trust shall be your motto in this gigantic struggle between light and darkness. America, the citadel of democracy and liberty, built upon the rock of prophetic teaching, become inspired with that immovable faith in the ultimate triumph of the great ideal of the future portrayed by Israel as the most afflicted victim of inhumanity on this darkest hour of its tragic but glorious history, and resolve now upon its restoration after the present gloom will have vanished with God’s help.
FDR may bar war pay raises over 15%
To use ‘Little Steel’ formula as yardstick, House committee told
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The Pittsburgh Press (September 11, 1942)
Rubber action by Roosevelt due Monday
All of Baruch suggestions except rationing get swift attention
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Nelson told to let Kaiser build a few test planes
Coast builder getting ‘runaround’ in big way in capital
By Thomas L. Stokes, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Enemy halted in New Guinea
Fighting rages 40 miles from Moresby
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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Alleged draft violator held at Steubenville
Steubenville, Ohio –
Robert Earl Lamborn, 22, of Toronto, Ohio, was held under $5,000 bond by a U.S. commissioner here today on a charge of evading the draft.
He was accused of not reporting for induction July 19. Lamborn, a member of the Jehovah Witnesses, reputedly told members of his draft board:
I am not willing to fight for my country.
Anti-inflation dispute taken to Roosevelt
Senate and House leaders deadlocked on form of new legislation
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Red Network author fights extradition
Chicago, Illinois (UP) –
U.S. Commissioner Edwin K. Walker held today that Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling, pre-war isolationist and author of the Red Network, named in a sedition indictment with 27 men, should be removed to Washington, DC, to stand trial.
Mr. Walker withheld entry of the formal extradition order to give Mrs. Dilling’s attorney, William Scott Stewart, an opportunity to file a habeas corpus writ which would necessitate review of the extradition order in federal court.
Mrs. Dilling, fighting extradition, testified yesterday that she should be tried here, and separately, because she had no personal acquaintance with the other defendants and so could not have been guilty of conspiring with them to disrupt the morale of the Armed Forces.