Willkie leaves long trail of broken hearts
Roosevelt adds to confusion; none of Allies knows stand of other
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor
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Indian leaders ask Roosevelt to step in now
Intervention of U.S. to find deadlock urged; British reject plan
By Darrell Berrigan, United Press staff writer
New Delhi, India –
Hindu and Mohammedan leaders, warning that the Indian situation “demands immediate action,” today appealed to the United States to break the deadlock between the British government and Indian nationalists on the question of independence.
A special committee of the Hindu Mahasabha (Grand Council), orthodox group whose views are more moderate than those of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s All-India Congress Party, cabled President Roosevelt and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek asking that they intervene.
The Mohammedan appeal came from Fazlul Huq, Premier of Bengal. He urged that Wendell L. Willkie be sent to India as the “obvious man” to represent the United States. Huq said:
I must emphasize the necessity for swift, prompt action.
American intervention would be accepted as dispassionate by Indians, Huq said, because the United States has “no axe to grind in India.”
He warned that if America failed to act:
…she will be branded as a heartless political growth on human society.
In London, L. S. Amery, Secretary of State for India and Burma, reported that 846 persons were killed and 2,024 wounded in the recent nationalist disorders in India, but he rejected the suggestions of United States intervention on the independence question. Mr. Amery told the House of Commons the government would not negotiate with Mohandas K. Gandhi’s All-India Congress “or allow others to do so” under present circumstances.
Last bomber over target gets works, writer finds
Reporter on U.S. plane over Greece takes Nazi gunfire
By Henry T. Gorrell, United Press staff writer
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Treasury set to control pay topping $5,000
Rules expected to involve provisions regulating tax deductions
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Women leaders in industry to lead salvage campaign among housewives
War Production Board recruits 13 experienced executives to direct intensive drive
By Ann France Wilson
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Millett: Soldier wives appreciate hubby now that he’s gone
Women do, however, get along with man around now frequently do chores strictly his
By Ruth Millett
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Victory belles
By Douglas Naylor
Pittsburgh district girls are trooping into the U.S. Ordnance Dept. in steadily increasing numbers, ready to perform all kinds of work from office to factory.
There are the Fox Chapel twins, for example, who work in the file room of the Pittsburgh office of the Army Ordnance Dept. located in the Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
Born on Friday, the 13th, they are 19 years of age, …
U.S. Navy Department (October 9, 1942)
The Pittsburgh Press (October 9, 1942)
Japs’ Aleutian base blasted
Army fliers bomb Kiska; U.S. cutter lost
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Union leaders warned on aid for ‘wildcats’
WLB promises ‘harsh treatment’ for indirect assistance
By Fred W. Perkins, Press Washington correspondent
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Ethiopia joins Allies
Washington –
President Roosevelt today welcomed Ethiopia, “the first state to regain its territory after temporary occupation by an Axis aggressor,” to membership in the United Nations.
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Roosevelt to speak at 10 p.m. Monday
Washington (UP) –
President Roosevelt announced today that he will make his radio fireside chat at 10 p.m. Monday.
The President told a press conference he had not yet decided definitely on the primary subject of his 30-minute speech. But judging from his past remarks, it will apparently be devoted primarily to domestic affairs.
The new wage and price stabilization program and the manpower situation are topics on which the President is expected to speak.