World War II Chronicle: October 19, 1942
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The front page reports that the Alaskan Highway is on schedule to open next month… Page five reports on the amazing story of two Army officers who evaded Japanese troops on the Philippines for 159 days, saved “by the Grace of God…”
George Fielding Eliot discusses Stalingrad on page ten… Sports section begins on page 15… “34 Days Adrift on a Raft” continues on page 30.
Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 19 October 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-10-19/ed-1/