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| Date | Source | Headline |
| 10/01/1942 | Columbus | 10,000 Bibles Received For Camp by Gideon's. Stored Here By Ray Gress Until Dedication Week From Sunday., |
| 10/02/1942 | Columbus | $ 1,200,000 PAID FOR LAND TAKEN FOR ATTERBURY. Amounts Due Those Who Refused to Sign Options Not Included. 58 TRANSFERS IN COURT. Government Acquires 25,882 Acres Here, 425 in Brown, 1 0,385 in Johnson. |
| 10/02/1942 | Columbus | 80 more buildings going up in Block 8. Will house 1,300 |
| 10/02/1942 | Columbus | Dedication of 12 Chapels in Camp |
| 10/02/1942 | Columbus | Camp has largest private telephone exchange and most modern |
| 10/02/1942 | Columbus | Ace Brigode brings Betty and the Band to camp |
| 10/02/1942 | Crier | 80 buildings going up in Block 8 to house 1,300. Col. Tisdale promoted. Dedication of all 12 Chapels Wednesday. Camp has largest & most modern phone exchange. Ace Brigode brings Betty & band to camp. |
| 10/04/1942 | Franklin Star | Combat Team of 92nd now part of Army. Col. Hitchcock, Selective Service Head For State. Addresses Troops At Activation Rites |
| 10/06/1942 | Franklin Star | Camp Atterbury on air for radio show. "It's Time For Taps" will make debut Thursday evening at 9:15 pm. |
| 10/07/1942 | Franklin Star | Dedicate 12 Chapels in cantonment area of Camp Atterbury. Area Engineer Gives Keys Of Chapels To Commander At Service In Atterbury; Inspection Follows |
| 10/09/1942 | Columbus | 83rd Division has "Time for Taps" Radio Show |
| 10/09/1942 | Columbus | 457th Engineers begin basic training |
| 10/09/1942 | Columbus | $78,900 approved for Edinburg USO |
| 10/09/1942 | Columbus | Veterans head 2d Army units, 365th Infantry |
| 10/10/1942 | Columbus | TO SELL MORE FARM BUILDINGS. Approximately 255 structures in Atterbury to go on block next week. |
| 10/10/1942 | Columbus | FIRST BOY BORN AT ATTERBURY |
| 10/12/1942 | Columbus | SALVAGE SALE OPENS TUESDAY |
| 10/14/1942 | Franklin Star | 92nd will be activated at special rite. Thursday morning ceremonies to be staged at four scattered stations of Negro division. |
| 10/15/1942 | Columbus | 92nd's colors wave anew at camp ceremony. Today's reactivation program marks rebirth of famed "Buffalo" unit. To include 4,500 men. General Colbern and Colonel Hitchcock, draft head, at Atterbury. |
| 10/16/1942 | Columbus | 92nd Division Combat Team activated with impressive ceremonies |
| 10/16/1942 | Columbus | 1st all soldier motor repair shop inaugurated here |
| 10/16/1942 | Columbus | Laurel & Hardy in "A Haunting We Will Go" plays at the Franklin Artcraft |
| 10/17/1942 | Franklin Star | Colored USO Club will be set up here |
| 10/18/1942 | Columbus | Minute Man Flags Are Presented to Four Plants at Big Ceremony. |
| 10/18/1942 | Columbus | Minute Man Flags Are Presented to Four Plants at Big Ceremony. |
| 10/19/1942 | Columbus | U, S, TAKES 1,440 ACRES OF LAND. More County Farms Become Property of Government Today. |
| 10/19/1942 | Columbus |
BUGLER RESTS. One Regiment At Atterbury Installs Record System.
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| 10/19/1942 | Franklin Star | 3,500 Acres in Brown County go to Camp. Artillery range is increased by 6 miles on Western edge. |
| 10/20/1942 | Columbus | City Will Be Dryer or Wetter if Rider Passes. Prohibition in Army Camp Areas Bound to Affect Columbus. |
| 10/21/1942 | Franklin Star | Brown County 3,500 acres has already been surveyed. Was included in original plans. |
| 10/21/1942 | Franklin Star | 83rd Division wants foreign military relics for training. |
| 10/22/1942 | Columbus | Commander named for air school and fields. |
| 10/22/1942 | Columbus | WANT RELICS--83rd Division Appeals For Enemy Equipment For Use in Training Men. |
| 10/23/1942 | Columbus | Post Headquarters building being remodeled |
| 10/23/1942 | Columbus | FOUR MORE PAID FOR CAMP LAND. Transfer Records Show $1,135 Paid by. Government for 100 Acres. |
| 10/24/1942 | Columbus |
Soldier dies in Atterbury camp mishap. Morris Braun killed in accident near division headquarters. To make investigation.
First traffic fatality among soldier personnel at camp. |
| 10/24/1942 | Franklin Star | 83rd Soldier dies in accident. Traffic mishap in front of 83rd Division Headquarters kills T4 Morris Braun, of Headquarters Co, 329th Infantry, 83rd Division. |
| 10/30/1942 | Columbus | 8th Detachment Troops pave the way |
| 10/30/1942 | Franklin Star | Skulls offer mystery here when dug-up at Camp Atterbury. |
| 11/03/1942 | Columbus | 1,000 More Bodies To Be Moved Out of Atterbury |
| 11/05/1942 | Columbus | Camel Caravan - 1st of Atterbury's big USO shows coming for 2 day show |
| 11/06/1942 | Columbus | 1st big sham battle on Camp |
| 11/07/1942 | Columbus | Sham Battle is Fought In County Hills to West |
| 11/07/1942 | Franklin Star | USO building for whites given approval. "D" type structure costing $78,900 is okayed by the President. |
| 11/08/1942 | Columbus | Motor Repair Outfit Has Everything But Mechanic |
| 11/09/1942 | Columbus | 4 MORE MEN TO ATTERBURY POST OFFICE. Local Residents Swell Staff to 16 Civilians at Camp Branch. |
| 11/09/1942 | Franklin Star | 83RD PIONEERS IN COMPLETE SPEEDY CLASSIFICATION TASK |
| 11/09/1942 | Franklin Star | Camp Atterbury occupies 1/5th of all acres in Indiana taken for war effort |
| 11/11/1942 | Franklin Star | Bagpipe artist at Camp Atterbury is pro-entertainer. 83rd Infantry Division's Pvt. Alex S. (Sandy) McPherson entertains troops with bagpipes and Italian singing. |
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