Current Events October 31, 1942; U. S. VICTTORIUS IN FIRST ROUND AT GUADALCANAL / YANKS STRIKE AIR BLOWS IN EGYPT / FOE REPELLED IN STALINGRAD:

The Charleston Gazette

Charleston, West Virginia, Saturday Morning, October 31, 1942.

Japanese Fleet Has Retired

From Scene,' Knox Discloses

U. S. Victorious

In First Round

At Guadalcanal

American Soldiers There

Occupy Every Inch

They Ever Held,

Says Navy

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—(AP)---

With pride in his voice. Navy,

Secretary Knox declared today

that the Japanese fleet has "retired

from the scene" of the

Solomons battle and that of the

first round of the struggle has

ended with American forces on

Guadalcanal "occupying every

Inch of the ground we ever controlled."

Some of the Japanese warships

which have been supporting the

foe's all-out drive to wrest the

vital airfield on Guadalcanal from

American marines and army troops,

have gone back to their base,

Knox said. He did not divulge

where the others have gone.

Yanks Strike

Constant Air

Blows at Axis

British Fighters Continue

Cautious Land Advance

Under Protection

Of 'Umbrella'

CAIRO, Oct. 30.—(INS)—American

fighters and bombers are

pounding enemy positions in the

Egyptian desert without pause, a

U. S. headquarters communique

revealed tonight.

On the ground, hardened British

desert fighters continued their

cautious, methodical advance under

this protective umbrella of high flying

warplanes as the Allied offensive

roared through its eighth

day.

Stalingrad's Army

Grimly Repels Foe

Only in Area of Nalchik

Do Nazis Register

Slight Gain

MOSCOW, Oct. 31.—(Saturday)

—(INS)—Stalingrad's grim defend

ers repulsed countless Nazi as-

saults Friday and at the end of the

day still held firmly their positions

in shell-pocked streets, the

Soviet high command announced

today.

Further Russian gains were reported

near the Black sea port of

Tuapse, last large base available

to the Soviet Black sea fleet, where

a Nazi drive aimed at seizing

that city was checked, then thrown

into reverse.

Foe Gains In Caucasus

Only in the area of Nalchik, gateway

to the Georgian military road

in the Caucasus, were the Nazis

able to register a slight gain yesterday.

Current Events October 30, 1942: YANKS HURL JAPANESE BACK, YIELD AND REGAIN / GERMAN GAIN MEASURED IN YARDS:

     The Abilene Reporter – News

ABILENE, TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1342-EIGHTEEN PAGES

Marines Lose Lives to Learn of Jap White-Flag Treachery

(The following account of action in the Solomons was written by

Sgt. Richard T. Wright, Marine Ccrps combat, correspondent at the

scene, and distributed by the Associated Press).

SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Sept. 21-(Delayed)-AP-

Stories of Jap treachery, one telling how as out of 30 Marines paid with

Their lives for honoring a Jap flag of truce were reported today by

Solomons Island casualties evacuated to the Navy Mobile base hospital

base.

Pvt. Raymond Paul Nunley. of Lancaster, O., nursing a leg wound received

In the early Solomons fighting, told of the massacre of the Marine

truce mission.

"A Jap officer carrying a white flag came riding into a Marine camp

one day," Nunley said, "and told the commanding officer a bunch of

Japs across a nearby inlet were belated and wanted to surrender. Our

C. O. took him at his word and 30 Marine officers and men piled into

a tank fighter and crossed about five miles of water to the point where

the Japs were located.

""Only two of those Marines are alive today. As the tank fighter

approached the beach, a few Japs were observed, and sure enough,

one of them was waving a white flag. As the boat scraped onto the

beach, the Marines let down the ramp and started to go ashore.

Without warning they were met by a terrific burst from several ma-

gunners hidden in the underbrush. They were mowed down like

stalks of corn, except for the two who escaped and swam to safely."

Another time. Private Nunley said, two men of his company on patrol

duty saw a Jap on horseback moving along the fringe of the Jungle, waving

a white, flag. The sergeant in charge walked out lo make the Jap a

prisoner. "He got within five feet of the Jap and was shot and killed,"

Nunley said. "This sergeant was a mighty popular guy and later that day

several ol his pals went out to avenge him. How many japs they killed with

their bayonets I don't know. They wouldn't talk about It when they

returned."

YANKS HURL JAPS BACK

Yield Once, Then

Regain Positions 

By FRED VANBERSCHMIDT

Associated Press War Correspondent

Counter-attacking the Japanese assault army which twice

had penetrated since Sunday, American Marines

and soldiers have won back their original positions around

the narrow rectangle of U. S. defenses on Guadalcanal Island,

an official Navy account disclosed Thursday night.

' At last reports, then, American aircraft still were flying

from Guadalcanal airdrome in attacks both near and distant,

and from the surrounding expanse of sea,, there was nothing

to indicate that big Japanese warfteet had struck again or

had tried to land additional enemy invasion forces.

And events chronicled in this latest Na.vy communique occurred

Tuesday, Guadalcanal timer-which' means many of them happened Monday,

Eastern War Time. .

Yards Gauge

German Gain

In Stalingrad

MOSCOW, Friday, Oct. 30 (AP) The

Germans hurled an entire infantry

division and dozens of tanks

against Russian lines in a factory

district of northern Stalingrad yesterday

to gain another 50 to 100

yards at a cost of 1,500 dead and

11 tanks and 33 planes destroyed.

The midnight Soviet communique

indicated most of the Red army

positions held fast despite attacks

from several directions.

"Only in one sector at the expense

of very heavy casualties the

enemy succeeded in advancing 50

to 100 yards-penetrated to the edge

of one factory's grounds," It

said. "About 1,500 were wiped out.

Eleven tanks Including three heavy

ones were burned out. Soviet gunners,

guards and mortar batteries

accounted. for about a regiment of

enemy infantry, and 33 planes were

shot down."

BATTLE IN BLJZZARD

Far south of the besieged

Current Events October 29, 1942; PACIFIC SHOWDOWN/ RUSSIA, DESPERATE SHOWDOWN / EXPECT NAZI BOMBS / SOLOMONS BATTLE MAY BECOME A REPETITION OF BATAAN / DEMAND AMPLE NEWS OF WAR: / rate

MOULTON WEEKLY TRIBUNE

MOULTON, IOWA, "THE TRUTH FIRST, IF POSSIBLE" THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29,

(E.T's. Note: there were no war headlines on the front page of this news paper.)

Business Men And

Legionnaires Join

In Big Junk Rally

There were a lot of tired muscles

and here and there a few complained

of trouble in their back, but—the

scrap was collected. Last Thursday

was the day set aside for the county

scrap holiday. Stores over the county

closed, business men donned

their work clothes, trucks were on

the job and by quitting time that

night over 900 tons of scrap metal

was brought in and is now ready to

be delivered to junk dealers. Look

at it from any angle and the scrap

drive was a big success—accomplishing

its purpose of getting the scrap

off the farms before snow and cold

weather hit.

Page 2

PACIFIC:

Showdown

There was a new name in the dispatches

and official communiques

reporting the results of the showdown

battle for control of the Solomon

islands and ultimate supremacy

in the whole South Pacific battle

zone. The name was Buin—a

strong Japanese base in the northern

Solomons. It was here that the

"United Nations learned the Jap had

concentrated a good share of his

striking power.

Buin is located on the southern

end of an island (Bougainville) and

is less than two hours away from

Guadalcanal by bomber and only

one day's run for Jap ships. Yet

to reach this point, U. S. planes

based at Port Moresby, New Guinea

had to fly over 700 miles of mountains

and then over miles of Jap controlled

sea. This was the same

problem that U. S. land-based planes

at Port Moresby and on the Australian

mainland had to face in helping

the marines, army and navy units at

Guadalcanal.

RUSSIA:

Desperate Nazis

Hitler seemed to have forgotten

Ms pre-winter policy of consolidation

and: defense as he continued

his smashing drive along the banks

of the Volga. Battling desperately

to- achieve its goal before winter,

the Nazi war machine; threw everything'

possable into the battle for

Stalingrad- and. into the Mozdok

area of the Caucasus.

The Soviet army announced that

6,000 German- troops' had been

kilted in one day's action on the

Stalingrad front. "Our troops repelled:

furious attacks by enemy infantry

and tanks," the Red communique

said.

EXPECT NAZI BOMBS:

Churchill Tells People

The British people have been

warned by Prime Minister Winston

Churchill that Nazi air action against

their homes this winter "may be

heavy and menacing enough to call

for everything that civil defense can

produce to defeat it."

His warning was considered pessimistic—

though true—when compared

with his statement of early October

that the Germans possibly would at-

tempt "a very small return" in

retaliation for smashing RAF raids

over the reich.

                The News

FREDERICK, MD., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1942

Will Solomons Battle Be A

Repetition Of Bataan Struggle?

American Forces Outnumbered On Land,

Sea And In Air; Ground Units Hemmed In

Pearl Harbor. Oct. 29 (AP)—A;

showdown in the southwestern Pa-

cific between American and Japa-

nese forces appears to be at hand.

The magnitude of the Japanese

push, with a superiority of sky.

sea and land forces mobilized for

months and stemming from their

power house on Truk Island, places

the security of the main American

position between the Hawaiian Island.

and Australia in peril.

On. Guadalcanal Island in the

Solomon?, American Marines and

Army troops are hemmed in on a

small strip of land six miles long

and three miles deep, with Japanese

forces in overwhelming numbers

on three sides and the enemy

having the advantage of heavy art

illery tdUh; (??illegible) ,and supplies.

Whether there will be a re-enactment

of the historic stand on

Bataan Peninsula in the early stages

of the war hinges on getting planes,

heavy weapons, supplies and reinforcements

quickly to Guadalcanal.

The American forces there are confident

they can hold out if such

supplies and reinforcements reach

them.

Demand Ample

News Of War,

Price Says

Censorship Head Says

Press Is Tiring Of

U. S. Handouts

New York, Oct. 29 (AP)—Byron

Price, director of censorship, says

that "unless ample war news is giv-

en out by the government, our

voluntary undertaking with the

press and radio will collapse."

Price declared last night at a

New York Times forum that "if

the curtain is drawn too tightly,

official secrecy leads to wide

spread distrust and apprehension

among the people, I doubt seriously

whether newspapers and broadcasters

will be so willing to cooper-

ate in bottling up the news which

always comes to them through their

own outside sources."

Director Elmer Davis of the Office

of War Information told the

audience, which included government

and news executives, that all

sinkings of major U. S. naval vessels

had been announced up to noon

yesterday.

Current Events October 28, 1942; GUADALCANAL CANAL LOSES SLEIGHT/ EGYPT RUSSIAN FRONTS SEE ALLY ARMY VICTORIOUS

The Brownsville Herald

BROWNSVILLE,.TEXAS, WEDNESDAY,. OCTOBER 28, 1942

GUADALCANAL LOSSES SLIGHT

Egypt, Russian

Fronts See Ally

Arms Victorious

Outcome In Pacific Is

Still In Doubt;

Tokyo Extravagant

In Claims

WASHINGTON' — (AP)— The

Navy reported today that troops

on Guadalcanal Island in the

Solomons have been inflicting

"very heavy" losses on the Japanese

in comparison with what

a naval spokesman said were

comparatively light casualties

among American forces.

Besides the enemy casualties,

the Navy reported that U. S.

soldiers and Marines have caused

heavy damage to Japanese equipment

in land fighting which has

been under way for a, week, with

the Japanese endeavoring to gain

control cf Henderson airfield

The Navy said that reports

from the Solomons have not told.

of any additional action in the

sea battle which has been under

way off the islands.

By ROGER D. GREENE

Associated Press War Editor

Britain's desert armies

were reported to have

knifed through 'Axis for-"

ward defenses in the battle

of Egypt today, while tie

Russians turned the tables

on German forces in. the,

western Ca u c a s u s and"

American troops held firmly]

in the Solomon Islands.

Latest reports' from the South

Seas battle zone said the conflict

was developing at a furious pace,

with the results not yet clear.

In Washington, the Navy announced

a score sheet of 70 Japanese

warships and transports sunk:

or damaged in the Solomons campaign

against approximately 20

American ships lost or hit.

These included 12 Japanese vessels

definitely sunk, three probably

sunk and 55 damaged: compared

with 14 U. S. ships sunk, three

warships and "several other" unidentified

types damaged..

Coffee Hoarders Warned

Ground Coffee Won't Keep

Old Style Home Grinder Would Solve Problem

But Green Berries Won't Be Sold

DALLAS, Tex.—(XP)—Hoarders who already are rushing, the grocers'

coffee shelves to .stock up before rationing begins at midnight Nov.

28 will be: sorry.

Grocers Association. Issued'- today.

Ground coffee, he explained, doesn't keep well and the home coffee

grinder practically has 'disappeared.

from the market.

''When our sires went to market,

sometimes twice a year, they,

bought . their coffee in the green

berry," Clark said, "It .was -roasted

in small quantities in the kitchen

oven, then ground as needed. But

we no longer stock' the green

berry. Our customers have been

educated to buy their. coffee, ground.

Current Events October 27, 1942; FRENZIED ENEMY HURLS MIGHT AT YANKS IN SOLOMONS/ AIRCRAFT CARRIER WASP SUNK:

      
        The Charleston Daily Mail

CHARLESTON, WEST  V I R G I N I A , TUESDAY  EVENING,  OCTOBER 27, 1942

FRENZIED JAPS HURL MIGHT AT YANKEES

Knox Sees Battle 'Tough'

Navy Fight

In Solomons

Is 'Gamest'

Honors Strength

Of Japs, Stalls

Result Not Clear

Americans Damage

5 Enemy Warships;

One U. S. Ship Sunk

22 Enemy Planes Are Shot Down;

Japanese Tank Attacks Repelled;

If U. S. Soldiers and Marines Hold

WASHINGTON', Oct. 27 (UP).--The battle of She Solomon has

erupted in a thunderous and possibly decisive clash of ships,

planes and artillery over the watery grave of the United States

aircraft carrier Wasp- --victim of three torpedoes in a few minutes.

U.S. Carrier

Loss Bared

Jap Submarine

Blasts Vessel

VASHINGTON*. Oct. 27 (UP)

The U. S. aircraft carrier

Wasp sunk m the South Pacific

while covering reinforce-

ments en route to Guadalcanal,

it was the third American ship of

of that category to be destroyed

by the Japanese in this war. A fourth

carrier was ' severely damaged

Sunday.

_______________________________________________________________________

      

Current Events October 26, 1942; ARMY BLASTS GAPS IN ROMMEL'S DESERT LINE/ COFFEE RATIONED ONE CUP PER DAY / BOMBS SPILLED ON JAPANESE AT HONGKONG:/

The Portsmouth Herald

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1942.

BRITISH ARMY BLASTS GAPS

IN ROMMEL'S DESERT LINE

Armored Units

Move Forward

For 'Big' Test

Cairo, Oct. 26 (AP) —Pressing its attack, Britain's

army of the Nile beat off German and Italian attempts to

close the gaps driven into the El Alamein line, and moved

infantry, tanks and mobile artillery forward today under

strong aerial cover for the expected test of strength with

Field Marshal Rommel's main tank forces.

Much of the battle still was being fought in the air

where the "Black Scorpion" squadron of United States

fighters shot down four of yesterday's Allied bag of seven

Axis planes.

U. S. To Ration Coffee

To One Cup A Day

Users Get

One Pound

In 5 Weeks

Portsmouth coffee drinkers

will have to resign themselves

to one cup a day—and

maybe an extra spoonful—

starting midnight, Nov. 28.

Coffee will be rationed at

a rate of one pound a person

every five weeks for each

person over 15 years old, the

Office of Price Administration

announced today. It is

estimated that a pound contains

35 to 40 cups to the

person.

U.S. FLIERS SPILL BOMBS ON NAPPING JAPANESE

IN SMASHING HONGKONG ASSAULT, SAYS EYEWITNESS

EDITOR'S NOTE: J. Reilly

O'Sulllvan. 41, Associated Press war

correspondent who served as an air

corps lieutenant In the first World

war, went along aboard an American

bomber Sunday in the first

Allied raid on Hongkong. He tells

In this dispatch of his bombardier's

eyeview of the destruction Inflicted

yesterday upon the former

British Crown colony at Hongkong.)

With the U. S. Army Air forces

In China, Oct. 26 AP)—American

bombers cascaded explosives

on Hongkong early today for

the second time in 24 hours,

adding new fires to those started

in a devastating; Sunday assault,

and smashed again at the frequently

raided Japanese White

Cloud airdrome near Canton.

After setting the Hongkong waterfront

aflame yesterday, Lt. Gen.

Joseph W. Stilwell's headquarters

announced, today's raiders destroyed

the North Point Power station there,

planting every one of their bombs

in the target area.

Current Events October 25, 1942; ALLIES RULE AIR IN EGYPT/ R.A.F. RAIDERS BLAST MILAN:

                    Oakland Tribune

              OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1942

Allies Crack Alamein Line, Rule Air In Egypt;

U.S. Shakes Up Fleet, Blasts 4 Jap Ships

Fleet Shells Matruh

As Great Drive Starts

Fliers See Allies Pour Through Breach in Drive to Clear

Mediterranean for Assault on Axis Coasts in Europe

By DON WHITEHEAD

CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 24.—(API—The British Eighth Army cracked through German

Marshal Erwin Rommel's Alamein line before dawn today, front line dispatch**

said tonight, after opening the long-expected Allied offensive with the aid at sea of a

roaring fleet of new type American-made light warships and American airmen in the

thick of the desert battle.

What is likely to be the decisive battle for the Mediterranean was joined with the

Axis forces of Marshal Erwin

Rommel last night in the}

light of a full moon when

Gen. Sir Harold Alexander's

Allied army moved forward

along the front 80 miles west

of Alexandria.

Advices from advanced air

bases tonight said Allied airmen

already appeared to have

clear-cut superiority in the air space

even before the outset of what

doubtless -will be a tough, bloody

struggle.

MATRUH BOMBARDED

R.A.F. Raiders

Blast Milan

By Daylight

Vichy Charges British

Plane Machine-Gunned

Montlucon, Injuring 3

By The Associated

LONDON, Oct. 24. (Sunday)—A

large force of R.A.F. Lancaster

bombers made the first British daylight

attack on military objectives

in Milan, Italy, yesterday, it was

authoritatively stated, here early

today, several hours after the Vichy

News Agency charged that British

Bombers had machine-gunned a

town in the unoccupied zone of

France.