Experts Assess Japanese Losses at Sea During Guadalcanal War
Naval experts in Washington assess the recent naval rout as setting back Japan significantly. They estimate 20,000 to 40,000 Japanese deaths and the loss of eight transports and eleven warships, with major implications for future Guadalcanal operations and supply lines from Truk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
United States
Knox
Solomons
United
Navy
Honolulu
Truk Island
Laval gains sweeping powers in Vichy France
Nov 19 reports reveal Marshal Petain designated Laval as Chief of State and granted him power to write laws and degrees. British observers say the move shows Petain is in German hands, with Laval firmly positioned for Axis control amid the Nazi occupation.
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Associated Press
London
Pierre Laval
France
Marshal Petain
Hese
Laval
Petain
Gas ration aid planned for 1 in 6 motorists next week
County schools begin registration for A B and C gasoline books as rationing officials map three days of help next week. Advisory sites include Adrian Blissfield Tecumseh Clinton Morenci and Hudson with designated hours for filling out applications and for additional assistance by county wardens and local officials.
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Lincoln
Garfield
New McKinley
Jefferson
Washington
Adrian
Robert Adams
Blissfield
Seeger’s
Tecumseh
Wade L. Jones
Clinton
J. BR. Foreman
Morenci
Arthur Turney
Hudson
Addison
Rationing Board
Court House
Adrian Air
L. B. Kaney
County Air
Adrian High School
S. F
Lord- Bussfield
OPA
Ens
Kuneydion
Record Iron Ore Consumption Reaches New October High
Lake Superior iron ore consumption by war engaged steel mills hit a record 7,598,664 long tons in October, with lower lake ore stocks rising to 52,687,282 tons on Nov. 1. Year to date demand stands at 71,010,516 tons, surpassing 1941 figures, while stocks exceed four million tons above the prior month’s record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lake Superior
Lake
Central defense center panels shown to Jackson officials
Adrian residents and civilian defense officers attended a Jackson meeting where new central center panels were demonstrated for state communities. Under Capt Donald S Leonard, the civilian defense director, a State HQ staff explained the system adopted after success in England. Panels map defense organizations’ locations and activities for easy tracking. Delegations from southern Michigan towns attended, including Squire Chase and Sheriff Roscoe Scott among others. Adrian will receive a pack later as advised.
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Yen Adrian
Tom
Jackson
Donald $. Leonard
State Headquarters
England
Michigan
Squire Chase
Louis F. Germond
Roscoe Scott
L. B. Kaney
James Schroyer
Walter Fratzier
Robert Stites
R. Hy Adams
Edna Loveland
Roscoe Scott, Jr
Adrian
Reds take initiative in war in Stalingrad and Caucasus
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet forces widening the offensive with night attacks breaching enemy trenches near Stalingrad and striking along the Black Sea coast in the Caucasus. In Volga battles, German forces attacked at night and were repelled. 160 Germans killed and others captured. Soviet troops also advanced northeast of Teapse and Nalchik amid heavy fighting as coffee rationing begins under Stamp No. 27.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Red Army
Volga
Teapse
Black Sea
Nalchik
mid-Caucasus
Cofee
Ing
OPA
Berlin
Don River
Russia
Moz Jdok
Mid- Caucasus
British claim gains as Eighth Army closes on Benghazi
Cairo dispatch reports frontline contact south of Bengasi with Montomery’s vanguard 766 miles from Benghazi. RAF and Middle East Command say 8,000-ton tanker hit by naval aircraft, fires, plus heavy bombings at Tunis and Bengalzi docks. Seven German transport aircraft shot down, three destroyed on ground. Two ships burning near harbor entrance.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Bengesi
RAF
Middle East
Montgomery
Bengali
Rommel
Bengisi
Bombers Hunt Japanese Destroyers Off New Guinea Coast
General MacArthur's headquarters reported heavy American bombers and allied aircraft attacking Japanese destroyer forces off Buna near New Guinea as ground forces closed within 25 miles of the Papuan beachhead. Air and naval units bombed Lae Salamaua and other northwest targets while B 25s Beaufighters Hudsons and fighters struck multiple enemy positions across the region.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Buna
Milne Bay
New Guutes
Pacific
Bomers
Macbisse
New Britain
RENT CEILINGS FILED IN COUNTY ONDOING OPA ORDER
Malcolm J. Linehan reports about 1,000 landlords in Lenawee County filed rental ceilings under a recent OPA order affecting all living quarters. Ceilings freeze rent as of March 1, 1942, with December 15 deadlines for filings. Tenants told to pay March 1 rate. complaints to rent central if disputes arise.
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Malcolm J. Linehan
Lenawee County
Masonic Temple
OPA
Mr. Linehan
Rent Central Office
Linehan
Toledo
Adrian
Tecumseh
Clinton
Qasted
Morenci
Hudson
Addison
Bissfield
Adrian City Hall
Allies Prepare For Push To Drive Axis Armies Out Of North Africa
A Russian-dated dispatch cites a group of aristocratic German military leaders in exile from Hitler's decision making. Key figures include Walther von Brauchitsch, Fedor von Bock, Franz Halder, Fritz Erich von Mannstein, Karl Rundstedt, and Johannes Blaskowitz. The informant says the group seeks postwar influence by opposing Nazification and possibly replacing Hitler if defeat or stalemate occurs. Reported aims include establishing a monarchist government or acting as a Western-leaning nucleus to deter Russia.
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North Africa
London
Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Moscow
Fedor von Back
Stalingrad
Franz Halder
Ike von Bock
Don
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Johannes Blaskowitz
Germany
Ace
Defentise
Hillec
Russia
Rom
Mel
Africa
Fuehrer
United States
Britain
von Brauchitsch
von Bock
Berlin
von Mannstein
Sevastopol
Volga Front
van Bock
Gen. Halder
Alfred Jodi
von Rundstedt
Channel
North Sea
Blaskowitz
Paris
France
Halsey Urges Soldiers To Kill Japs On Guadalcanal
On Guadalcanal November 9 Admiral William F. Halsey praised the joint services and urged relentless action against Japanese forces. He framed the war effort as a united service endeavor and stressed sinking ships as a key naval tactic while honoring 13 decorated sailors amid shelling and gunfire.
Map RESIGNS OTTAWA Turmoil hits Canadian service
Elliott M. Little, aged four decades in service, resigns as director of Canada’s national selective service amid claims of friction and obstructionism. The move takes effect immediately, with Telegram reporting the event on Page 17.
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Ottawa
Elliott M. Little
Canada
National Selective Service
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Jetter
Japanese forecast of Pacific war turning point in Indies
A former Japanese navy commander predicted an American offensive to recapture the Dutch East Indies. He said Washington plans to use the Solomon Islands as a springboard for a renewed push toward the Indies, signaling heavy fighting ahead in the Solomons. In Washington, Roosevelt ordered Montgomery Ward to comply with a war labor board maintenance of membership clause, after the firm had resisted the board’s November 5 ruling.
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Associated Press
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Sankichi Takahashi
Washington
United States
Sen
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Jakahasni 1
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward and Company
War Labor Board
Chicago
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward
War At A Glance Across Fronts In Africa Europe And Asia
War updates report Allied forces advancing in North Africa and Tunisia with Eisenhower announcing a first phase underway. The RAF strikes Fiat works in Turin while Laval gains dictatorial power in France. In Russia, front lines hold with Soviet moves in Stalingrad and the Caucasus. In the Pacific, Americans seek a brief respite to regroup as Guadalcanal and Buna campaigns press on.
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Associated Press
Africa
Lake Chad
Central Africa
Algeria
Libya
Eisenhower
Tunisia
Doolittle
Bizerte
RAF
Alps
Fiat
Turin
Italy
France
Laval
Patain
Russia
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Pacific
Auctions Contain Fragmented War News From Eastern Front
Fragmented text reports violent new attacks along multiple fronts including Cau casus Dan River areas near Stalingrad and Rybachi. Berlin broadcast claims strategic repulses near headquarters while references to auctions appear as garbled inserts amid front-line updates from the Russo Finnish border and Market Page.
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Caucasus
Dan
Ous Ation
Hoth Stalingrad
Seat Peninsula
van Sate
Berlin
Hitler
Ees
Hudson
Suy
Hawley
Olivet
FIGHTING FRENCH REPORTED ON WAY TO JOIN ALLIES
North Africa action broadens as three major Allied armies converge on the Bizerte Tripoli Bengasi triangle. Fighting French units advance from Lake Chad to join Allied pushbacks against Rommel’s forces while air power builds for a final assault. Parachutists seize strategic fields as RAF and US bombers strike Tunis Bizerte. Tobruk ships arrive to feed Libyan front. Long-range raids hit Turin and Fiat works. Tunis airfield attacked. Sicily war extended.
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Associated Press
London
United Nations
Bizerte-Tripoli-Bengasi
North Africa
Lake Chad
Lorraine Cross
France
Anderson
Tunisia
Algeria
Tunis
Bizerte
United States Army Air Forces
RAF
United States
Eighth Army
Rommel
Broken
Africa Corps
Bengasi
el Agheila
Tobruk
Reuters
Morocco
Mediteranean
Africa
Suez Canal
Alps
Italy
Turin
Royal Arsenal
Fiat
Cairo
Sicily
Mediterranean
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U. S
SPA
Spain
Zasablanc
VICHY
ALGER
Brance
Romania
Turkey
Near East
Bizerté
Sicil
Bali
Tripoli
Egypt
Cyprus
Defense
War Production Board
County
Buna Beachhead
Lenawee
New Delhi
India
Meiktils
Sittang
Burma
Rangoon
Magwe
Halsey
J. Norman
Lodge
Associated. Press
Noreway
Londo
North Atlantic
J. Norman Lodge
Wiliam F. Halsey Far
Jfighting
Marine Corps
Army
United Service Group
Southwest Pacific
Air Force
Bulletin
New York
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