Rickenbacker Rescued After Pacific S rupture
Navy reports Ricke nbacker the famed World War I ace has been rescued in good condition, along with two crew members, from a life raft about 600 miles north of Samoa. One crewman died during the long port for rescue and another companion remains in serious condition. A fourth man died after the raft was found.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jess Eddie Rickenbacker
Navy
Pacific
Rickenbacker
America
Samoa
Rickenbackers
Jong Walt
Hans C. Adamson
John F. Bartek
Adamson
Bartek
Russia
Italy
France
Alexander Caczmarczyk
Tripoli
Libya
Tobruk
Ranean
Europe
Istanbul
United States Naval
Catalina
War Department
British mop up defeats Axis in North Africa front
General Montgomery announced that in three weeks the Axis army had been completely smashed in North Africa. He said 30,000 prisoners were captured, including nine generals. The panzer and Italian formations listed were destroyed as fighting units, with German and Italian troops no longer on Egyptian soil except as prisoners.
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Montgomery
Eighth Army
Libya
North Africa
Tobruk
Egypt
Brescia
Pavia
Ialian
Ariete
Littorio
Trieste
Trents
Bologna
Associated Press
London
Tunisia
Algeria
Tunis
Hitler
van Bunté
Anderson
Feuters
Tangier
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Africa Corps
Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Henry
Cassidy
Moscow
Russia
Berlin
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Ger Henri Giraud
Auguste Nogues
Giraud
Paris
Mediterranean
President Roosevelt addresses Grange on wartime farm needs
President Roosevelt told the Grange’s 75th national convention that in this war the need for American farm products is almost limitless. He praised farmers’ response, urged continued cooperation, and noted pressures on rural families while commending farm organizations for victory efforts.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Roosevelt
Tortiére
Albert S. Goss
United States
Chapel Corners
Dutchess County
New York
Tecumseh Exceeds Chest Goal Four Times Over
Tecumseh raises the war chest by quadrupling the original $3.20 per person quota to 36,400, boosting local and Lenawee County totals. Key contributors include Tecumseh Products Company, Quaker Oats, I. Brewer and Company, and local workers. The county drive now appears likely to reach the $70,040 target.
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Tecumseh
Patriotic League
Lenawee
Harry A. Fee
League
Fee
Wade Jones
Utat
Ray Herrick
Tecumseh Products Company
Jones
Quaker Qats Company
I. Brewer and Company
Bruce Foundry
Hayden Mills
Myers Altrecraft
Herrick
Tecumeh Vickys
Lenawee County Manufacturers Plan New Organization
A group of 30 of 35 local manufacturers met at the Masonic Temple with Joan Lovell of the Michigan Manufacturers Association to form the Lenawee County Manufacturers Association. A nine member board, evenly drawn from Adrian and outside, was elected to organize and set officers. The committee also urged releasing non-essential workers for war work and creating a citizen panel to assess non-essential labor, plus an educational drive to boost women’s factory employment.
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Lenawee County Manufacturers Association
Masonic Temple
Joan Lovell
Michigan Manufacturers Association
Adrian
C. G. Campbell
Kewaunee Manufacturing Company
Howard Emery
Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corporation
C. S. DeLameter
Stearns Manufacturing Company
Fred P. Wood
Simplex Paper Corporation
W. J. Wisner
American Chain & Cable Company
Ray McPhail
Consumers Power Company
Ray Herrick
Tecumseh Products
Perrin Lautzenheiser
Hardie Manufacturing Company
Hudson
Joseph Carpenter
National Bundle-Tyer Company
Blissfield
Campbell
Germans Begin New Stalingrad Attack In Factory District
Moscow reports indicate German troops gained ground in the factory district of northern Stalingrad in a newly launched drive to seize the city. The Soviet mid day communique calls the advance insignificant as Russian forces fight to hold positions. The Russians say 90 Germans killed and eight tanks destroyed in yesterday’s assaults. Nearby, in the Caucasus Nalchik area, Russian counter actions say several German positions were taken as the German drive toward the Georgian military highway was blunted.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Nalchik
Caucasus
Food and Arms Promised to Axis Dominated Lands
President Roosevelt pledged that food, clothing, and fighting equipment would be supplied to Axis occupied territories as Allied advances push through North Africa. Lend-lease shipments will reach French North Africa and any territory controlled by the United Nations, aiming to undermine German supply lines. OWI estimates suggest German access to vital resources will shrink, with losses in sheep, wheat, olive oil, phosphate, rubber, and other materials, aided by disrupted blockade routes via Japan.
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Washington
North Africa
Roosevelt
French North Africa
Occu
Office of War Information
Germany
Japan
OWI
North African
British and American forces close on Tunis frontline
Bulletin from London reports British and American troops advancing toward a German Italian vanguard under Tunisian defenders. Axis leadership reportedly convened Japanese missions in Berlin since November 10 to study Europe and East Asia developments following the American coup in northwest Africa.
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Associated Press
London
Tunisia
Tunis
Berlin
Europe
Africa
Asia
Attempt Made to Kill Giraud Reported by Paris Radio
Paris radio controlled by the Germans said two young French naval officers tried to shoot Gen. Henri Giraud in Algiers. The shots missed and the officers were disarmed and quickly killed by Americans. No independent confirmation was available.
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Paris
Henri Giraud
Algiers
Giraud
London
President Roosevelt signs youth draft bill amid education plans
The president signed the youth draft measure allowing 18 to 20 year olds to be called for military duty with 2,000,000 youths affected. A committee of educators will study plans to return soldiers to schooling after service and an equal opportunity for training after the war. He outlined plans for college training during the war for highly specialized armed forces roles selected on ability, regardless of college status or finances. Officials estimate about 2.4 million youths aged 18 to 20 registered and up to 2 million may serve to reach 4.5 million needed by end of 1943.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
War and Navy
Teen Age Draft Questions and Answers for 1943
Washington reports official statements on teen age draft effects. Approximately 2.4 million 18 19 year olds were registered last June 30 and 4.3 million more will be registered by January 1 1944. Not all will serve as many are already 20 or have volunteered or been deferred. About 810 900 thousand physically fit men remain and about 1 275 thousand teens will register in 1943. Most will enlist or be drafted to meet service needs.
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Associated Press
Washington
South Pacific
Solomons
New Guinea
MacArthur
Buin-Faist
Allied High Command
Bougainville Island
Nearlin
Kahili
Paw Wrofine Fan
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Stalin Praises North Africa Campaign for Second Front Prospects
Stalin in Moscow praises the Allied campaign in North Africa as crucial for opening prospects of a second front in Europe. He calls Allied actions first rate organization and says the Red Army will fulfill its tasks with honor, noting relief on the Soviet Union and potential disintegration of the Italo German coalition.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Cassidy
Stalin
North
Africa
Henry
the Associates Press
North Africa
Europe
Red Army
Soviet Union
Revolt synchronized with Allied advance in North Africa
French troops faced German tanks and parachutists in Tunis as revolt aligned with Allied offensives from Algeria toward Libya. British and American forces pushed into Tunisia from the west and into Libya, with Montgomery reporting major Rommel losses and Allied gains. Stalin praised the campaign's impact while Berlin dismissed Moscow’s front-pact.
Genoa Bombed Again by British Raiders
British bombers attacked Genoa Italy last night starting many large fires in the supply park. Aircraft returned from a 1500 mile round trip over Alpine crossings after good weather over the target. It followed two earlier raids this week aimed at crippling warehouses and transport for Rommel's forces.
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London
Italy
Genoa
Air Ministry
Alps
Ligura
England
RAF
Erwin Rommel
Clinton Man Drowns When Car Plunges Into River
Alfred Froelich, 48, living between Clinton and Tecumseh, drove into the River Raisin two and a half miles southwest of Clinton during the night and drowned. A wrecker pulled the car from the stream and the body was recovered inside the vehicle. Coroner Ed M. Braun said no inquest will be held, as loss of control is indicated. The body lay at House Funeral Home. He leaves a widow and several children.
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