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USSR forces gain, Melitopol; city fall seen imminent; Gers claim to have destroyed rebuilt Dnieper dam; USSR forces reach Kiev outer defenses despite stiff Ger counter-attacks; map
WLB wires Lewis and UMWA reprs to end Ala strike; text; issues revd; P Murray reveals lrs from Ickes, Forrestal and Patterson to WLB urged settlement by Oct 31
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Saturday, Oct. 16 -- The United States Fifth Air Force and swift P-T boats have struck blows at Japanese air bases and shipping on New Britain at the opposite end of the island from Rabaul, which only Tuesday was pulverized by a 350-ton bombing attack.
5th Army advances 2 to 5 mi northeast of Capua; heavy fighting reptd at Caiazzo; Brit 8th Army establishes bridgehead at Volturno mouth; gains 6 mi in fierce fighting along coast; Allies bomb Ger transport lines, rr north of Pescara on Adriatic and Terni freight yds north of Rome; map
Named Allied Southeast Asia Command Deputy Chief of Staff; career
1943Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player[â ]
Charles Frederick Turner is a Canadian rock bassist, vocalist and songwriter known as a founder and only constant member of the 1970s rock band BachmanâTurner Overdrive, though he only makes select appearances in concert since their reformation in 2023.
1943Holocaust in Italy: Raid on the Roman Ghetto.[â ]
The raid on the Roman Ghetto took place on 16 October 1943. A total of 1,259 people, mainly members of the Jewish communityânumbering 363 men, 689 women, and 207 childrenâwere detained by the Gestapo. Of these detainees, 1,023 were identified as Jews and deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Of these deportees, only fifteen men and one woman survived.