Pearl Harbor report offers points for both sides of argument
Roberts document points to warnings sent Army and Navy commandants
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Perkins: Republicans streamline labor setup
District union groups replace central unit
By Fred W. Perkins, Pittsburgh Press staff writer
New York –
What has become of the Labor Division of the Republican National Committee, which has been a tradition part of the campaign organization for many years?
The answer is that there isn’t any, and isn’t going to be any in the accustomed form. The streamlined setup which National Chairman Herbert Brownell, presides over here in the Hotel Roosevelt (named for TR) has adopted a new idea, one of several departures from the usual campaign procedures.
Mr. Brownell explained it just before leaving for Columbus today.
Strong state groups
He said:
In this campaign, we have not adopted the traditional plan of setting up a labor division, because Governor Dewey and I consider the labor field so important that I am giving it my direct attention. But we have something more than the usual labor division.
A strong Republican labor committee has been organized in each of the industrial states outside the solid South. to carry into effect the labor policies of the national committee. In place of the usual formal national labor committee of 20 to 25 members, we have thus enlisted the support of approximately 3,000 union officials and members of the rank and file.
We think that will prove to be the better plan.
The only thing old-fashioned in the political behavior of Mr. Brownell was that he proffered a campaign cigar to his visitor.
Getting back to the labor subject, the chairman said that the proportion of labor support he expects “is all a question of how far the trend goes. There is a very heavy trend now in our favor among working men and women. Governor Dewey undoubtedly will draw a much larger support from labor, groups than recent Republican candidates have had.”
Follow tradition
In the Baltimore Hotel, only a block away, the Democratic National Committee has followed tradition by setting up a labor division under Dan Tobin, head of the Teamsters Union. He is assisted by his son Fred, also an official of the Teamsters Union. Dan shuttles back and forth between Washington and New York, but Fred spends most of his time here.
The Tobin setup has no apparent connection with the political activities of Sidney Hillman, who heads both the CIO Political Action Committee and the National Citizens PAC – the difference being that the latter can contribute money to candidates while the former is prohibited by law from doing so.
When Germany falls –
GM head sees 70% cutbacks in production
Planning urged now to avoid unemployment
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OWI pictures U.S. economy after victory
Job shifts predicted when Nazis fall
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Foster: That ‘scared feeling’ over film career still besets a so-called stage star
Dorothy McGuire, given fanfare in Hollywood at outset, still uneasy
By Ernest Foster
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Secrecy charged by Republican
‘Perpetual war’ aim laid to Roosevelt
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Former reporter to present Dewey on radio
Ex-scribe hits tops hard way
By Si Steinhauser
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Völkischer Beobachter (October 7, 1944)
So möchten sie Deutschland zerhacken –
Verstümmeln! Deportieren!
‚Offene Worte‘ über Morgenthaus Drachensaat
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Führer HQ (October 7, 1944)
Kommuniqué des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht
Am Leopold-Kanal nordöstlich Brügge blieben mehrere kanadische Angriffe erfolglos. Infolge seiner Verluste und des Ausfalls von über 300 Panzerspähwagen, die unsere Truppen in der Zeit vom 29. September bis 6. Oktober abschossen, hat der Feind seine Angriffe an der belgisch-holländischen Grenze nur mit verringerter Stärke fortgesetzt. Im Raum nördlich Antwerpen hält er seinen Druck aufrecht. Feindliche Panzerspitzen, die nördlich Baarle-Nassau vorzudringen versuchten, wurden im Gegenstoß abgewiesen, zahlreiche Panzer vernichtet. Die eigenen Angriffe gegen den feindlichen Brückenkopf südöstlich Wageningen gewannen weiter Boden; englische Gegenangriffe scheiterten.
Im Einbruchsraum südlich Geilenkirchen nahm die Wucht der feindlichen Angriffe zu. Gegen unseren hartnäckigen Widerstand konnte der Gegner einige örtliche Einbrüche erzielen, verlor dabei jedoch 69 Panzer.
Unsere Schlachtflieger bekämpften in der vergangenen Nacht in rollenden Einsätzen feindliche Truppenziele im Raum von Aachen.
Die Besatzung des Forts Driant an der Mosel schlug starke feindliche Angriffe ab. Weitere Teile des Parroy-Waldes wurden vom Feind gesäubert.
Beiderseits Remiremont haben die Nordamerikaner sich durch marokkanische und, algerische Verbände verstärkt. Vor allem um die Talausgänge östlich Remiremont sind heftige Kämpfe im Gange.
Vor den Festungen und Stützpunkten am Atlantik wurden erfolgreiche eigene Stoßtruppunternehmungen und Artilleriekämpfe gemeldet.
‚V1‘-Feuer lag auch gestern wieder auf London.
In Mittelitalien haben die Kämpfe infolge der Verschlechterung des Wetters an Heftigkeit nachgelassen. Örtliche Angriffe des Feindes beiderseits der Straße Florenz–Bologna gegen unsere Bergstellungen blieben im zusammengefassten Feuer aller Waffen liegen.
Auf dem Balkan gehen die Kämpfe gegen die Banden weiter. Sowjetische Panzerspitzen haben die Theiß-Mündung erreicht, wurden aber im Raum östlich Belgrad abgewiesen. Hier und bei Zajecar stehen unsere Grenadiere und Gebirgsjäger in erbitterten Kämpfen gegen den weiter angreifenden Feind. Im ungarischen Grenzgebiet trat der Feind aus dem Raum nördlich Arad mit starken Kräften zum Großangriff an und erreichte nach heftigen Kämpfen mit Angriffsspitzen die Schnelle Kreisch. Die feindlichen Kolonnen wurden von unseren Schlachtfliegern wirksam bekämpft. Weitere Gegenmaßnahmen sind eingeleitet.
Nordwestlich Torenburg und an der Maros scheiterten zahlreiche Angriffe der Bolschewisten. An den Pässen der Waldkarpaten lebte die Kampftätigkeit auf.
Am unteren Narew wurde der feindliche Brückenkopf nördlich Seroc durch unsere Angriffe weiter eingeengt. Südlich Rozan führte der Feind unter dem Eindruck seiner hohen Verluste nur einzelne vergebliche Angriffe.
Zwischen der Memel und der oberen Windau ist eine heftige Schlacht entbrannt. Unsere Divisionen setzten dem mit starken Kräften und Schlachtfliegerunterstützung vordringenden Feind zähen Widerstand entgegen und schossen zahlreiche Panzer ab.
Nordamerikanische Terrorbomber führten unter Jagdschutz Terrorangriffe gegen die Reichshauptstadt, gegen Hamburg, Stralsund und Stettin, britische Verbände warfen Bomben auf rheinisch-westfälisches Gebiet und zerstörten bei Nachtangriffen Wohnviertel in Dortmund und Bremen. In der vergangenen Nacht unternahm ein schwächerer Verband britischer Flugzeuge einen weiteren Angriff auf Berlin. In heftigen Luftkämpfen und durch Flakartillerie wurden über dem Reichsgebiet und dem Westkampfraum 72 Flugzeuge, darunter 54 viermotorige Bomber, abgeschossen.
Oberleutnant zur See d. R. Tellgmann hat als Kommandant eines zur Geleitsicherung wertvoller Schiffe gehörenden Vorpostenbootes durch geschicktes taktisches Verhalten und entschlossenes Handeln den Angriff eines aus sechs Booten bestehenden britischen Schnellbootverbandes vor der niederländischen Küste zum Scheitern gebracht und durch vollen Einsatz von Boot und Besatzung entscheidend zur Versenkung von vier Schnellbooten und der Beschädigung eines weiteren beigetragen.
Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Force (October 7, 1944)
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Communiqué No. 182
Allied troops have crossed the Saint-Lenaarts Canal in spite of heavy mortar and machine-gun fire. North of Antwerp, our troops continued to advance into Holland. Progress has also been made north of Poppel and Hilvarenbeek.
Northwest of Nijmegen, there has been heavy local fighting between the Lower Rhine and the Waal.
Our forces in the Ubach area, north of Aachen, have gained ground to the north and northwest reaching a point a half mile north of Beggendorf. We have also advanced one and a half miles along the road running southeast from Ubach. A counterattack in strength by enemy infantry and tanks was repulsed during the morning near Herbach, with no material change in the line. Out of nearly 50 enemy planes over the Ubach area, an estimated 25 were destroyed by our anti-aircraft artillery.
Our troops within Fort Driant continue to meet stubborn resistance, and have been subjected to heavy artillery fire. Near Sivry, north of Nancy, the enemy regained some ground in a counterattack. To the east of Nancy, sporadic artillery fire has been directed against our forces.
Allied troops have advanced more than half way through the Forêt de Parroy, east of Lunéville, against stubborn resistance. A counterattack by enemy infantry with some armored support was repulsed in the southeastern part of the Forest. Anglemont, southwest of Baccarat, has been freed after bitter fighting.
Southeast of Épinal, in the vicinity of Cleurie, the enemy has been driven from a heavily fortified stone quarry which was delaying our advance. Elsewhere resistance to our progress is stiff.
In the Vosges foothills, our troops are now on three sides of the town of Le Thillot.
West of Belfort, further progress has been made through wooded terrain.
A fuel dump at Amersfoort, railway targets at Hengelo and Düren, an airfield and barracks at Düren, and communications at Arnhem were attacked by medium and light bombers yesterday. Fighters and fighter-bombers also attacked locomotives, barges and motor transport in Holland and western Germany. After dark, light bombers attacked railway yards at Amersfoort and trains and barges in northern Holland and western Germany.
Very strong forces of escorted heavy bombers in daylight yesterday attacked oil plants at Scholven-Buer, Sterkrade and Harburg; an aircraft engine plant and an ordnance depot and an aircraft engine plant in Berlin; airfields at Stargard and Wenzendorf and a fighter assembly plant at Neubrandenburg. In the course of these operations, 20 enemy aircraft were shot down. Thirty-six seaplanes were destroyed at Baltic stations and three enemy aircraft were destroyed on the ground by fighters which had provided a part of the escort. Twenty-eight bombers and ten fighters are missing.
Last night, heavy bombers in great strength attacked Dortmund and Bremen. Berlin was also bombed.
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CINCPAC Communiqué No. 142
Employing tanks and artillery, U.S. forces made some progress against stubbornly held enemy positions on Umurbrogol Mountain on Peleliu Island during October 6 (West Longitude Date). Total enemy killed at date total 11,083 on Peleliu Island and 1,128 on Angaur Island. Our forces have captured 214 prisoners on Peleliu and 10 on Angaur.
On the same day, Corsairs of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing attacked several small villages on Babelthuap Island, damaging nine fuel dumps, five supply dumps, two ammunition dumps, two buildings and 28 trucks. Three boats and seven barges in the vicinity of Komeball Lagoon were strafed also.
Liberators of the 11th Air Force, flying through weak anti-aircraft fire, bombed Paramushiru on October 4. On the same date, 11th Air Force Mitchells struck at enemy shipping at Paramushiru and Shumushu, probably sinking a cargo ship and damaging a barge. Returning from the raid, the Mitchells were challenged by 15 to 20 fighters. Two enemy planes were probably destroyed and two damaged. Some of our planes suffered slight damage.
A Navy search plane bombed the airfield and gun positions on Yap on October 4. Anti-aircraft fire was meager and ineffective.
Seventh Air Force Liberators dropped 33 tons of bombs on the airstrip and hangars on Moen Island in the Truk Group on October 5. Anti-aircraft fire was meager and the three or four enemy fighters that rose to intercept did no damage to our planes.