The Fighting Merchant Marine
American shipping loses top place to established, subsidized foreign lines
By Gilbert Love
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Background of news –
The Philippines and Puerto Rico
By Bertram Benedict, editorial research reports
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Now it’s lady executives on the Hollywood horizon
Mary Pickford and other women are holding down big jobs in the studios – Stanwyck to wear hardly any clothes in new film
By Erskine Johnson
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Buying of gift items boosts retail trade
Sales gain over 1942 on demand for goods for men overseas
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Jones outlines post-war plans of government
U.S. must continue to have part in business, he asserts
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Williams: Dickey, Cooper alike in many respects
Spirited receivers are good targets for pitchers and potent batsmen
By Joe Williams
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Oct. 15 still deadline
Washington –
The deadline for mailing Christmas packages to overseas soldiers is Oct. 15, the War Department reminded today. Unless the packages are mailed within two weeks, they will not reach men overseas by Christmas, the department said, urging immediate mailing to prevent a last-minute jam in Army post offices.
Völkischer Beobachter (October 2, 1943)
‚Amgot‘ muß sich tarnen
Ein neuer Name für die Ausbeuter Süditaliens
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The Pittsburgh Press (October 2, 1943)
FORTRESSES RIP NAZI CITIES
U.S., RAF fliers lash Reich from west and south
B-17s raid Emden, Munich; Liberators attack Vienna region; night bombers pound Ruhr
By Walter Cronkite, United Press staff writer
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YANKS OPEN DRIVE ON ROME
U.S.-British forces push from Naples
Allied planes spearhead advance, blast Nazi-held bridges
By Richard D. McMillan, United Press staff writer
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