Japanese lose many ships to Allied attack
Roosevelt: 780,000 tons bagged by subs in six months
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Stoneman: Naples has beautiful view as you stand on dynamite
City ‘normal’ again, although everybody was made TNT conscious by post office blast
By William H. Stoneman
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GOP takes lead in boosting aid to Army’s kin
Martin to ask House to restore allotments set by Senate
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In Washington –
Senate group approves plan of power to end aggression
Connally’s subcommittee puts Constitution as cornerstone of any world action; President answers 5 Senators
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Victorious Yanks to be happy to be home
New York (UP) –
It was a jubilant group of World Champion New York Yankees that arrived home last night to receive the cheers of several hundred fans who greeted them as they piled off a train at Grand Central Station.
Details of police were on hand to hold back the crowd and the victorious Yankees jostled their way out of the station. They seemed eager to get home, glad that the 1943 season was over, and apparently concerned over 1944.
The principal topic of discussion yesterday while coming from St. Louis was whether there would be baseball next year.
Conversation was exhausted regarding the Series – in which they blasted the Cardinals, four games to one, to gain revenge for last year’s duplicate defeat at the hands of the Redbirds.
Cards’ pitching good
There was much praise for the Cardinals, especially their pitching, although the Yankees did not think that the kids from Missouri were as tough as they had been last year. But with true Yankee confidence, they still believed that even in 1942 they had the better ball club despite their loss to the Redbirds.
Husky Charlie Keller, the hard-hitting leftfielder, was particularly outspoken concerning the effective of the Cardinals pitchers. Keller said:
Mort Cooper and Max Lanier showed me as good pitching as I’ve seen all year. They all were tough, but this Cooper is as rough as they come. There’s no question, though, that this Cardinal team was not as good as the one we played last year – but then neither were we.
Keller said his future was uncertain, although he is married and has three children, and that he expected a call from his draft board “very soon.” He pointed out that there were a number of Yankees and Cardinals – pre-Pearl Harbor fathers – who were in the same boat.
Marius Russo, the Yankees southpaw who won the fourth game, revealed that he had been ordered to appear before his Brooklyn draft board next week for his preliminary physical. Russo, too, is a pre-war father.
Landis urges ‘carry on’
Strengthening the belief of those who thought baseball would have trouble continuing because of the manpower drain, two of the Cardinals team received notices as the Series ended. They were centerfielder Harry “Little” Dixie Walker and rookie southpaw Alpha Brazle. Both reported yesterday for physicals.
There appeared to be a determination among club owners and officials to carry on in accordance with the expressed desire of Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis. The white-haired czar of baseball urged continuation “as long as we have men to put in the field and it does not run counter to the war effort.”
The ultimate answer appeared to hinge upon how many fathers would be needed to bring the Army up to required strength and whether physical standards would be lowered to admit some players now classified in 4-F.
Durable goods sales decline $5 billion
New index traces drop to war curtailment of civilian economy
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First wireless ‘tower’ is Marconi memorial
Scene of pioneer ‘news’ report preserved
By Si Steinhauser
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Völkischer Beobachter (October 14, 1943)
Englisch-amerikanisches Gangstertum tobt sich aus –
Terror der ‚Befreier‘ in Süditalien
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U.S. Navy Department (October 14, 1943)
Communiqué No. 474
North Pacific.
On October 13, ten Japanese bombers flew over Massacre Bay, Attu Island, at great height and dropped bombs without causing damage. There was no damage to the U.S. intercepting fighters or to enemy planes.
Mediterranean Area.
The USS BUCK (DD-420) was sunk off Salerno on October 9, as the result of an underwater explosion.
The USS BRISTOL (DD-453) was sunk in the Mediterranean on October 13, as the result of an underwater explosion.
The next of kin of all casualties aboard the USS BUCK and the USS BRISTOL will be notified by telegram immediately upon receipt of casualty reports.
The Pittsburgh Press (October 14, 1943)
5TH ARMY CROSSES VOLTURNO
Allied tanks, troops held bridgeheads
Full dress push toward Rome begun; Nazis battle fiercely
By Richard D. McMillan, United Press staff writer
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