Minutemen rise to repel attack by ‘parachutists’
‘Enemy troops’ liquidated by home guard units, soldiers after seizing hill in raid designed to ‘destroy’ Allegheny River lock
By John Troan
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Simms: Blunder opens Flynn’s career as ambassador
Party boss embarrasses White House by telling of appointment
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Home front blow will speed Axis rout, Hoover says
Former President declares fourth year of war finds Nazi production past zenith, grief settling like doom and exhaustion nearing
By Herbert Hoover, distributed by the United Press
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Americans attack Japs on Guadalcanal
Washington (UP) –
U.S. forces on Guadalcanal have attacked enemy positions on the ground and from the air, and have scored small advances, the Navy announced today.
A series of actions on Sunday began when U.S. artillery laid down a barrage on Japanese positions, a communiqué said.
Dive bombers and fighters next bombed and strafed the enemy areas. Then U.S. ground forces “made small advances into enemy territory.” Enemy resistance to the advances was weak.
The communiqué did not say in what sector the gains were made, but a Navy spokesman said they were believed to have been in the Mt. Austen area which is about five miles west of Henderson Field.
U.S. launches destroyer
San Francisco, California –
The U.S. destroyer McCord, named for the commander of the ill-fated dirigible Akron, was launched yesterday. It was christened by Mrs. Margaret I. McCord, widow of Frank C. McCord, commanding officer of the dirigible which foundered off the New Jersey coast in 1933.
Direct attack opens against trapped Japs
Village taken by Americans; planes continue to pound enemy ships
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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Republicans in Senate spring to attack on nomination of Flynn as ambassador
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Gerald Smith starts America First group
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Airborne engineers build our airport
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Listeners protest vulgar radio ‘gags’
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Africa needs food, Glassford reports
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U.S. production short of goal, probers claim
House committee scores ‘haphazard’ steps to mobilize for war
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