Helldivers Hunt Japs In Pacific Bombing Runs
Navy reports the revamped Helldiver, the largest dive bomber used by any service, can land on a dime and keep pace with Hellcats and Corsairs. It gained 889 changes and delivered heavy blows at Rabaul, sinking a light cruiser and destroyer in November.
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DeWitt Clinton Ramsey
Bureau of Aeronautics
Rabaul
James E. Vose, Jr
Manville
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English Author Gave Assist to Free Lunch History
Chicago dispatch notes the 50th anniversary of the free lunch concept. An English author in 1893 claimed the poor’s relief lay in free meals, noting about 60,000 fed daily in England. Bartenders cite the speech’s publication as elevating the issue nationwide. Fort Jackson story follows with Sgt. Donovan missing breakfast during bivouac and a humorous exchange about a southern expression.
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Blount City
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Mediterranean Has Big Role in Conquest Plans
London dispatch outlines Allied strategy for 1944 with emphasis on the Mediterranean as a decisive theater. Italy is seen as a bridgehead with Rome as a likely focal objective, aiming to deny the Axis time by a rapid advance rather than a long slog to the Po River.
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London
Italy
Rome
Russia
Stalin
Allied leaders eyes turn to southern Europe campaigns
The piece notes wartime strategic plans approved by Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin. It cites Teheran talks and hints at Mediterranean and Adriatic operations. It also reports Wyoming rural electrification rising to 34 percent with 200 farms connected in the past year.
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Aegean
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Rural Electrification Administration
Tedder Named Invasion Aide
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder was named deputy to General Eisenhower supreme commander of the Allied invasion armies. The appointment signals a stronger air power role in the forthcoming invasion of Europe. General Sir Bernard Paget was named commander in the Middle East at Cairo as part of the same officer lineup.
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Britain
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Sicily
Italy
Dow
Bernard (Tolly) Paget
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British Home Forces
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Navy May Be On the Prowl After Scharnhorst Sinking
Berlin announced German surface units took part in the battle that led to the sinking of the Scharnhorst by the British Home Fleet. Admiralty statements suggest the Royal Navy may still be pursuing other warships that attacked a Russiabound convoy. The communique said full details are pending while confirming convoy suffered no escort losses beyond minor damage to two ships.
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Scharnhorst
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Purple Heart eligibility question ends in street confrontation
In Denver a sergeant from the Air-Wac recruiting team approached a woman on a street corner to give literature. She slapped him on the jaw, forcing the sergeant to retreat and abandon his outreach.
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Col
Robert E. Payne
Payne
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