Enlistments Halted as McNutt Takes Manpower Control
President Roosevelt halted voluntary enlistments and moved civilian and military manpower under McNutt, designating the Selective Service for recruitment, while restricting inductions of men 38 and older. The order unifies procurement across government and private industry, directs labor into essential jobs, and shifts Selective Service leadership to McNutt with new deferment coding for 38 to 44-year-olds.
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Washington
Dec. T
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Paul ¥. McNutt
War Department
Bnoly
McNutt
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Manpower Commission
Lewis B. Hershey
McNun
White House
U S SAYS IT WITH SHIPS ANNOUNCES NEW FLEET BUILDUP
On Pearl Harbor anniversary America showcased its growing navy with a 10000 ton carrier Belleau Wood, two aircraft carriers and seven smaller vessels. New Jersey battleship and Miami cruiser joined ongoing launches as Tampa unveils six mine sweepers and the Piedmont destroyer tender during a daylong program.
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Associated Press America
Pearl Harbor
Belleau Ward
New York Shipbuilding Corp
Camden
N. J
Delaware River
Bunker Hill
Bmblehem Steel Corn
Shore River
Quincy
Mass
Delaware
New Jersey
Philadelphia Bavy
Miami
Cramp Shipbuilding Co
Philadelphia
Bathe (Me) Iron Works
Thatcher
Tampa
Fla
Alarm
Apex
Alchemy
Arcade
Arch
Armada
Tampa Shipbuilding Co
Piedmont
Wickard Takes Full Charge Of Nation's Food Program
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard now heads the United States food program under President Roosevelt who ordered full responsibility and control over feeding armed forces Allies and liberated nations. The move maintains current sugar coffee rationing under OPA while expanding authority across production and distribution with five branches and appointed directors.
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Washington
Claude R. Wickard
Roosevelt
Office of Price Administration
Wickard
Paul V. McNutt
William M. Jeffers
Harold Ickes
WPE
Donald M. Nelson
Wicard
Agriculture Department
Allied Planes Pound Europe In Major Daylight Raid
A strong RAF bomber force attacked southwest Germany in a daylight strike linked to the Allied push to sever Italy’s war effort. Karlsruhe and Pforzheim were named targets as damage and casualties were reported by Berlin and the German news agency. The raid, part of a broader offensive, reportedly cost nine Allied aircraft with higher losses claimed by Germany and American and British airmen continuing to press the rail bottlenecks feeding Nazi forces.
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Associated Frels
London
Italy
Germany
Berlin
Karlsrue
Pforzheim
War battles near Tebourba. Allied hold Tunisian front
Washington reports heavy fighting began yesterday near Tebourka as Allied forces seek to hold their Tunisian advance against strong Axis counterattacks. In Alton District, 50 United Mine Workers vote to strike Western Cartridge Company to press War Labor Board directives. Strike to start at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow, notified to WS chairman Davis and US Conciliation Service head Steelman.
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Washington
War Department
Tebourka
Alton
United Mine Workers
Western Cartridge Company
War Labor Board
John Battuelo
District 50
William H. Davis
John Steelman
United States Conciliation Service
Navy Chief Knox Says Japan Nearing Desperation At Sea
Secretary of the Navy Knox argues Japan’s loss of warships cargo vessels and troop transports is approaching desperation threatening Pacific island base security. He credits American submarines for shrinking Japan’s maritime strength and notes U S shipyards accelerate production improving fleet strength since Pearl Harbor. He praises Allied cooperation in naval campaigns and calls for higher quality criticism to guide war effort.
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Washington
Knox
Japan
Pacific
Army and Navy Journal
Tokyo
Areo
United States
Pearl” Harbor
Tius
Hitler
Rome
United Nations
Plans for last phase of Tunisian campaign
Allied commanders met in a candlelight conference at a farm house kitchen to plan the final phase of the Tunisian campaign as heavy fighting raged in Tebourbs and Matour sectors. Heights near Tebourba, a key communications hub west of Tunis, remained securely in Allied hands while bombing targeted Tunis and Bizerte.
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Associated Press
London
Tebourbs-Mateur
Reuters
Tebourba
Tunis
Morocco
Bizerte
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Reds Smash Counter-Drives of Germans
On December 7 1942 Russian forces on the central front west of Moscow repelled German counter-attacks while battering down 20 efforts west of Rzhev. In three days they killed about 1000 German soldiers along the Rzhev Vyazma railroad and pressed advances toward Stalingrad and along the Don River as Germans countered from snow covered positions.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Rzhev
Rzhev-Vyazma
Stalingrad
Volga
Red Army
Don River
Judge Herry Larwill Dies of Heart Attack at Home
Herry L. Larwill aged about 32 years served as Lenawee County probate judge for 32 years. He collapsed Saturday evening around 6:30 at his home on North Broad Street after returning from his office on Maumee Street and had been in his usual health until a prior morning episode.
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Herry L. Larwill
Lenawee County
North Broad Street
East Maumee Street
Adrian Times Pioneer Larwill Dies at 79 in Adrian Home
Born September 28 1863 in Rome New York George W Larwill son of George W and Annie L Larwill spent most of his life in Adrian. He started as printer apprentice at Adrian Times, became a court reporter for Lenawee circuit court in 1883, and later dismissed his stenographer Mrs Arlan Shafer as usual Saturday. He died at dinner time at his Adrian home aged 79.
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Arlan Shafer
Rome
New York
George W
Annie L. Larwilly
Adrian
Adrian High School
Adrian Times
Lenawee
Larwill
U S War Output Beats Axis In 1942 Figures
The Office of War Information reports 1942 war production near Roosevelt goals in most categories and states the United States alone outproduced the Axis. Output included 49 000 planes 32 000 tanks and anti aircraft guns 8 200 000 tons merchant shipping with goals of 60 000 planes 45 000 tanks and 8 000 000 tons.
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Associated
Ines
Washington
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
OWI
Axis
Ithem
OWT
Schroeder Seeks GOP Chair Fight Across Isolationist Split
Werner W. Schroeder, Chicago lawyer, declares he will “go to bat” for the anti Willkie forces as the Republican National Committee votes on a new chairman. The party faces a divisive battle over isolationist versus New Deal stances with 106 committee members to vote and Schroeder claiming 55 to 60 supporters. Some seek compromise to avoid a split, while others urge a vigorous contest as production pressures loom for 1942.
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ST. Louis
Dec
Werner W. Schroeder
Chicago
Bat
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican National Committee
Schroeder
T'ma
Willkie
Torees
Wenil
Joseph Martin
Efforts to settle Wildcat strike at Hurd Lock unsuccessful
About half the Hurd Lock and Manufacturing employees returned to work after a Saturday night meeting with AFL and U S conciliator officials. The Machinists Local No 1263 pressed for the discharge of a non union woman and a wage adjustment in the tool room while the company countered the charges lacked proof. The union discussed a maintenance of membership policy and pledged to arbitrate. A mass meeting was called for 8 o'clock tonight at the AFL hall on West Maumee Street.
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AFL
Hurd Lock & Manufacturing Company
S. C. Eddy
U. S. Conciliator Service
Detroit
John E. Hughes
WEPB
Adrian
Hurd
Eddy
Hughes
The
Star
Hughes | Vere
Morenci Sailor Missing in Action in Pacific War Drama
William Edward Price, 19, third class torpedoman on a U S destroyer, is reported missing in action by a telegram to his father James Price. Born in Morenci and lifelong resident before enlisting two years ago, he served in the U S Navy during World War II.
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William Edward Price
U. S
James Price
U. S. Navy Department
William Price
Morenci
U. S. Navy
Navy Sunday outlines Pearl Harbor losses and salvage
Washington reports a year after the Pearl Harbor attack that Japanese forces temporarily disabled every battleship and most aircraft in the Hawaiian area. Of 19 ships listed as sunk or damaged, only the Arizona is permanently lost, while others are salvaged or repaired. preparations on Oklahoma continue as decisions loom.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Sunday
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian
Army Air Bases
Hickam
Wheeler Fields
Ford Island
Kaneohe Bay
Jask
U. S
Suzana
Oklahoma
California
Nevada
West Virginia
Shaw
Cassin
Downes
Ogila
Utah
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Tennessee
Helena
Honolulu
Raleigh
Curtiss
Vestal
Arizona
Congress Faces Holiday
With four weeks left before adjournment, the 17th Congress faces a holiday log jam. House and Senate calendars heap bipartisan battles on parity price calculations, war powers limits, and other measures, possibly delaying action until January while Christmas breaks loom.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
War at a Glance Ay TRE Associated Press Africa
Allied commanders map final Tunisian campaign phase as American and British troops hold key heights above Tebourba and near Mateur with heavy fighting toward Bizerte. Front reports say German dive bombers still challenge air superiority, while Allied bombers operate from Malta and Libya.
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Ay Tre
Associated Press Africa
Smap
Tebourba
Tunis
Mateur
Bizerte
Malta
Libya
Allied wedge drives into Japanese lines near Buna and Gona
Allied forces push a new wedge toward the coast between Buna village and the Buna Gora line in northeast New Guinea. American and Australian troops forced through swampy mangrove country under heavy fire, reaching beach positions at four points around Buna and Gona. Japanese stockades along the beach face surrender, death, or sea escape as air forces clash and reconnaissance continues.
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Associated Press
Australia
Dec
New Guinea
Buna Village
R. B. Leonard
Metoourne Herald
Buna
Buna- Gora
Gona
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Dillon
William E. Price
Lille
Abbeville
Eindhoven
Netherlands
RAF
Guadalcanal
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