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No Sign of Enemy (Hurd) – 2-3
Japanese Invaders of the Aleutian Islands Now Find Themselves Prisoners of War (photos) – 3-5
New Guinea Wilds Slow Allied Drive – 5
U.S. Marines Were Too Fast for the Enemy in Dash of Reinforcements to Guadalcanal (Hailey) – 6-7
Soviet Lines Firm (Parker) – 7-8
War News Summarized – 8
Roosevelt Says U.S. Will Join in Investigation of Atrocities (Hulen, Daniell) – 9
Nazis Execute 17 for French Raids – 10
French Cautioned on U.S. Bombings (Middleton) – 10-11
Text of American Warning on Bombing Broadcast to People of Occupied France – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 12-13

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/oct42/f08oct42.htm

Troops engaged in rain on Guadalcanal
Thursday, October 8, 1940 www.onwar.com

In the Solomon Islands... On Guadalcanal, the rainy season starts. The rains do not prevent heavy fighting west of the American position along the River Matanikau.

In Occupied Belgium... German authorities issues orders requiring the registration of all males between 18-50 and all females between 21-35 years of age for war work.