British 40 Miles Past El Agheila Presses Rommel Retreat
Allied forces report Rommel's Africa Corps pulled back more than 40 miles from El Agheila with the British Eighth Army in rapid pursuit. Allied air power pounded retreating forces as mines and heavy rains hindered advances along the defile.
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Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
el Agheila Front
Eighth Army
Rommel
el Agheila Defile
el Agheila
Tripoli
Mussolini
Berlin
Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
Medjez el Bab
Finland
Sweden
Stockholm
Muselier
London
Toulon
France
Muselierdee
Classified Ad Reminder to Act Now
Tomorrow many attractive values in today’s classified ads will be gone. Consult the classified ads now for bargains or place your own ad by phoning the Messenger Classified department.
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The
Messenger Classified Department
Diplomas debated as seniors face military service
Ohio education director says diplomas on seniors left to local boards to avoid conflict with deferment rules. War Department allows deferment on written requests to finish the school year. Dean Park cites about 3000 reserve students enrolling for quarter starting Jan 5, with induction possible soon and June 1 overall, as War Secretary Stimson expects callups.
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Columbus
Kenneth C. Ray
Ohio Education
War Department
Joseph A. Park
Ohio State University
Stimson
Dean Park
Congress to probe price control operations after session
Senator Wheeler said a Senate Agriculture subcommittee will investigate the Office of Price Control after the new Congress convenes. The inquiry will assess how the Price Control Act is applied and subsidy plans, amid disputes over counting government payments as farm income and subsidy funding.
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Washington
Office of Price Control
Senate Agriculture
Congress
Wheeler
D-Mont
James F. Pyrnes
Aiken
R-Vt
Canton Council Plans Municipal Airport Site Purchase
Canton city council adopted a finance committee report recommending allocating 200000 dollars for purchasing a one square mile airport site, signaling plans to establish a municipal airport in Canton Colorado.
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Canton, CO
Canton
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co Fire Destroys Meters
A three and one half story brick building housing Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. stores and laboratories burned last night. Nineteen fire companies battled the blaze. at least 5 000 gas meters and the citys entire reserve supply were lost.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Gas & Eectric Co
Roosevelt Nominates Senators to Civil Aeronautics Board
President Roosevelt named Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma, recently defeated for re election, to join the Civil Aeronautics Board. He also nominated Oswald Ryan of Indiana for re appointment to the board.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Josh Lee
D-Okla
Civil Aeronautics Board
Oswald Ryan
Indiana
Rommel withdraws from El Agheila as air power bears down
War correspondent says Rommel pulls back in Tripolitania under air assault while Nazi reinforcements are limited. British Eighth Army and Allied air units energy impress troops, and Hitler strains to shield Europe as Moscow heats pressure on the Eastern Front.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Cairo
Rommel
EL Agheila
Desert Front
el Alamein
Hitler
Tripolitania
Eighth Army
Europe
Tunisia
Red Army
Colleges to Train Army Navy Men Under McNutt Plan
War Manpower Chief McNutt says selected service members will attend colleges for training. NYA would be folded into the manpower program and age limits removed, with possible abolition of NYA’s remaining student aid. Induction centers to assign draftees and allow service choice where possible.
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Mnutt
ARMY
NAVY
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
National Youth Administration
Federal Security Administration
NYA
Congress
Manpower Commission
Sen
Byrd
WMC Army
Marines
Coast Guard
BUC Seeks Larger Postwar Unemployment Reserve
William T. Roberts of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation urged raising reserves to protect Ohioans during postwar layoffs. He cited a current 270 million dollar reserve and 2.5 million people covered, estimating 234 million needed in year one for average benefits of 13 dollars weekly for 18 weeks if unemployment hits 40 percent. He noted 8,000 claims filed during the 1941 holiday and promised a board decision on a similar 1941-1942 situation.
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Columbus
William T. Roberts
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Board of Review
BUC
Roberts
United Mine Workers of America
Madison County Woman Gifted Dress and Coat Drive Praised
Mrs. Nettie Smith of South Solon Madison County has distributed 618 dresses and 40 coats to needy children funded by redeeming state sales tax stamps. R P Barthalow Ohio Division of Sales and Excise Taxes praised her charity in a letter, calling it a humble Christian work that appealed to him.
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Columbus
Nettie Smith
South Solon
Madisen County
R. P. Barthalow
Ohio
Barthalow
British Ship Carrying Italian Prisoners Sunk
Survivors arriving from West Africa report a large British liner torpedoed and sunk last September with over 2,500 aboard including 1,800 Italian prisoners of war. About 1,040 passengers and crew survived. around 350 Italian prisoners were rescued by six or seven submarines, one Italian and the rest German.
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West Africa
Finland Peace Talks Denied Via Sweden Report
Stockholm reports deny Finland seeking peace advances through Sweden as rumors of diplomatic progress surface today. Officials indicate no such talks or proposals have occurred to date.
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Stockholm
Finland
Sweden
RAF Bombs Japanese Villages Along Kaladan Mayu Rivers
RAF aircraft bombed Japanese occupied villages along the Kaladan and Mayu rivers in Burma yesterday, as military pressure continued in Southeast Asia. The action targeted coastal and inland settlements, with reports indicating significant material disruption and possible civilian impact.
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New Delhi
Kaladan
Mayu Rivers
Burma
Change Ruling on Restaurant Meals
The Office of Price Administration ruled that anyone eating 14 or more meals weekly at the same restaurant or boarding house must return their sugar and coffee rations to the establishment. The change clarifies a prior conflict in OPA regulations. Previously the cutoff was 12 meals for sugar and 14 for coffee.
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Office of Price Administration
Ohio Liquor Dealers Meet To Discuss Rationing
Columbus officials report Ohio Liquor Director Jacob B. Taylor met district store supervisors and representatives of the Ohio Retail Liquor Dealers Association to discuss the coming liquor rationing program starting about January 1. He described dealers as cooperative and expressed confidence in equitable distribution under rationing.
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Columbus
Jacob B. Taylor
Ohio Retail Liquor Dealers Association
Taylor
Churchill Reveals British Plight After Fall of France
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that on June 11 1940 Britain had only 100 tanks to face a German invasion after France fell. He said these tanks were of a type used in the Battle of France and too weak to stand against German anti tank guns.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
France
U S Liquor Supply Ample Despite War Demands
Washington reports liquor production paused by war yet ample supplies remain for Christmas and beyond. Stewart Berkshire of the Treasury notes federal warehouses hold enough stock to cover normal demand for about three and a half years, with local shortages possible due to transport issues.
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Washington
Stewart Berkshire
The
Treasury
Italians Report More Sudden Incidents Over Naples
London dispatch says Italian high command reports hazardous devices dropped on Naples last night a major port for Axis supply to North Africa. Dozens of devices were noted with no civilian casualties yet. Previous Naples incidents were carried out by U S Liberator bombers in the Middle East.
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London
Libya
Italy
Naples
North Africa
U. S
Middle East
Perry County Firm Gets War Plant Loan Approval
The Smaller War Plants Corp approved a loan to the Precision Machine & Nut Co. of New Lexington to aid conversion to war production, WPB Chairman Donald Nelson informed the House.
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Washington
War Plants Corp
Precision Machine & Nut Co
New Lexington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
House
Allies hit Buna and Buna Mission in New Guinea push
Allied planes pounded enemy reinforcements on the New Guinea coast while jungle fighters aided by Australians stormed Buna village. American and Australian forces attacked toward Sanananda, squeezing Japanese footholds as convoys were sunk and supplies burned. In China and Burma region, Japanese forces in Yunnan threaten Tengyueh. Chinese press calls for a joint Allied Burma offensive.
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New Guinea
Australia
Buna
Yunnan
China
Burma Road
Tengyueh
Burma
India
Jap landing near Buna bombed as forces sweep coast
Allied air units attacked Japanese landing barges and shore facilities near Buna with Havocs Beaufighters and aircraft. Many barges were sunk or set afire while a low level strafing effort sent ammunition barrels and supplies to the bottom. Japanese positions at Buna Mission and Sananda Point remained, with Lae and Salamaua cited as main bases 150 miles away.
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Buna-Gona
Buna Mission
Sananda Point
New Guinea
Lae
Salamaua
Gona
Buna
Knox Aids Drive for New Cruiser Houston
Secretary of the Navy Knox and Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones plan a final Houston fundraiser to raise 36 million dollars for a new cruiser named Houston. The cruiser Houston was reported missing after leaving the Java sea battle area with no crew heard from since.
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Washington
Knox
Jesse Jones
Houston
Tex
Java Sea
Java
Milwaukee Mayor Zeidler Reported Missing in Action
Milwaukee's 34 year old mayor Lieut. Carl F. Zeidler on leave for Navy service has been reported missing in action, parents said they were advised by the Navy Department last night.
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Milwaukee
Carl F. Zeidler
Navy
Navy Department
Mrs Henrietta Dillon Paterson Dies at 91 in Adelphi
Mrs Henrietta Dillon Paterson 91 a charter member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Adelphi Ohio died yesterday at home.
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Cleveland
Henrietta Dillon Paterson
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Adelphi, O
Armament Rise Signals Big War Push for Axis
U S armament production promises a decisive summer showdown against Axis foes with giant bombers, new aircraft carriers, and battleships set to surge into action. Generals Arnold and Fairchild announce ongoing advances, as ships like the Washington class carriers and 35 000 ton battleships enter service.
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Axis
Pacific
Japan
Washington
North Carolina
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Indiana
Alabama
Iowa
New Jersey
Airliner With 14 Aboard Missing Over Utah
Western Airlines announced a passenger liner with more than 14 occupants missing after takeoff from Salt Lake City at 1 05 a m. It was last reported 15 miles west over a C A A station at Fairfield Utah. Leo Werlkotte said a search was organized and there was no radio contact.
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Los Angeles
Western Airlines
Salt Lake City
C.A.A
Fairfield
Utah
Leo Werlkotte
Officer's Wife on Trial For Husband's Murder
Bisbee Arizona reports the trial of Margaret Herlihy a 21 year old red haired wife charged with the murder of her husband Captain David D Carr an anti tank unit officer at Fort Huachuca. The shooting occurred August 15 in the Herlihy Douglas home. She says she fired in self defense as he began beating her. The couple had secretly married in Agua Prieta Sonora on June 21 prior to the killing.
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Agua Prieta
Sonora
Great Lakes Seamen Furloughed for Winter Season
About 12 000 Great Lakes seamen, key to inter-lake transport, will be on furlough this winter. The War Manpower Commission announced the plan to employ them temporarily in their home communities and have them ready for lake duty again in spring 1943.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
War Manpower Commission
Ration Amendment Ensures Fuel Oil for War Trailers
In Cleveland the regional Office of Price Administration assured workers living in trailers that an amendment to the fuel oil rationing program will provide adequate heating fuel for old type homes on wheels.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Colonel Donsald M. Keiser Dies in Wartime
Colonel Donsald M. Keiser aged 28 of Fostoria Ohio chief of staff of the Ninth Air Bomber Command died of natural causes at his quarters in the Middle East as announced by the War Department.
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Washington
Col
Donsald M. Keiser
Fostoria
Ninth VA
Bomber Command
War Department
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Sardinia
Algeria
San
Black Sea
Turkey
Miles
Egypt
Peake
Cincinnati Gas, Electric Company
AIR Board
Madison County
Finn
Flying Fortress
A. J. Davis
Father Christmas
William Anderson
John Scott
John Collier
Ohio Liquor Dealers
Perry County Company
Melbourne
Gona-Buna
Sanananda Point
Kumusi
Mambare
Adelphi
U.S. Armament Production
By John M. Hightower
Ameri
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Arnold
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
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