Liberators Hit Japanese Cruiser Off Rabaul and Buna Advance
Allied airmen using B-2 Liberator bombers scored three direct 500 pound hits on a large Japanese cruiser off Rabaul New Britain leaving it in flames and likely destroyed. MacArthur reports deepened Allied wedge into Buna area as troops repel a Japanese counterattack and push deeper along the Buna line.
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Rabaul
New Britain
Gasmata
Timor
Dutch New Guinea
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Buna Zone
MacArthur
Buna Village
Claire L. Chennault
Burma
Yunnan Province
China
Sashio
Mengmao
Burma Road
Salween River
Yunnan
Twins and Triplets Upset WPB Steel Limitation
Twins and triplets force changes to a War Production Board rule on steel use in baby carriages. A June 23 order capped steel at six pounds for single sleepers, but twin and triplet carriages exceeded that limit, prompting manufacturers to seek exceptions.
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Washington
War Production Board
Consumer Durable Goods
WPB
Government seeks 93 land tracts in three counties
The War Department files condemnation proceedings in federal court to acquire 93 tracts of land in Carroll Stark and Tuscarawas Counties. The action marks federal efforts to secure property for military needs.
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Cleveland
Carroll, Stark
Tuscarawas Counties
War Department
Questionnaires for 1943 To Be Reduced
Senator Vandenberg predicts 50 percent fewer questionnaires and government orders in 1943 as business interests face a reduced congressional cam paign against nuisances. The forecase comes in a New Year message aimed at business leaders.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Ohio's Butter and Milk Supply Still Limited in 1942
Dairy producers say butter for domestic use remains scarce as milk output stays below goals set by the U S Department of Agriculture. Through December, Ohio butter output logged 63 25 million pounds vs 72 54 million a year earlier while production rose six percent in early 1942 before falling back.
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Ohio
J. R. Bridenstine
Central Ohio Cooperative Milk Producers, Inc
Armed Services
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Christ Kainrad
Ohio Agricultural War Board
Agriculture Department
Navy casualty lists to be published nationwide
Navy Secretary Frank Knox announced casualty lists will be published nationwide rather than only in local newspaper circulations. The Army will follow the same policy. He said the Navy does not plan to release enlisted men over 38, unlike the Army, due to differences in selective service handling.
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Washington
Navy
Frank Knox
Army
Axis Mediterranean Air Commander Is Demoted
An anonymous foreign source reports Nazi Field Marshal Albert Kesselring was moved from the Mediterranean air command to a Don front post in Russia after Axis failures to stop the RAF in Libya. The report says his air support contributed to a rout of his forces by the British Eighth Army.
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London
Albert Kesselring
Mediterranean
Don Front
Russia
RAF
Libya
Kesselring
Eighth Army
Smallpox Spreads to Ohio Amish Colony
Ohio health officials trace smallpox outbreak to Pennsylvania affecting 13 Amish in Wayne Holmes County. 35 people ill in Pennsylvania after a minister’s wife attended wedding parties, confirming cross state spread.
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Columbus
R. H. Markwith
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wayne- Holmes County
Markwith
College Students Advised To Stay in School Until Called for Army Service
Washington AP experts urge students to return to and remain in college until officially drafted. Dr. Francis J. Brown of the American Council on Education says many are undecided about military status and urges continued enrollment. He notes enacted measures may defer many civilians and that tuition refunds could occur for those called to active duty before term ends.
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Washington
Francis J. Brown
American Council On Education
Brown
ACE
Paul McNutt
Hand of Roosevelt Seen in Wallace World Council Plan
Vice President Wallace described a postwar world council to guide a global economy and disarmament. He linked the idea to Wilson and the Roosevelt New Deal, urging a peaceful, inspected transition to a united nations era and warning against economic warfare and rearmament. He stressed disarmament, punishment of guilty leaders, and safeguarding youth minds from totalitarian influence.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Wallace
World Council
Congress
Jan
Z. Wallace
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
United Nations
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Japan
Hitler
Farmers Investment in Food Production Advised
Ohio Grange master Joseph W. Fichter told county Orange deputies that farmers who till the soil and raise livestock have valuable information for public officials administering the food production program. He urged listening to grass roots counsel to meet a possible food crisis successfully.
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Columbus
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio Grange
County Orange
Fichter
New Year's Liquor Supply Limited Warns of Shortages
Columbus State Liquor Director Jacob B. Taylor said after a record Christmas rush demands of New Year's Eve celebrants may be met but he is reluctant to promise full supply.
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Columbus
Jacob B. Taylor
Three Men Killed in Byesville Mine Blast
The bodies of John Sebek aged 37 Gus Abrams aged 50 and Robert Hough aged 53 were recovered from the McFarland Mine Byesville Coal Co after an explosion that rocked the pit yesterday. Thirty three other men escaped the blast.
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Cambridge
McFarland
Byesville Coal Co
John Sebek
Gus Abrams
Robert Hough
Ex-Convict Confesses Cincinnati Slaying
Cincinnati police announce Anthony Treat, 57, a paint sprayer, confessed to kidnapping and assaulting 10 year old Helen Sellers on Christmas Eve, leaving her near a closed freight shed. The confession details state the motive and sequence of the crime.
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Cincinnati
Patrick Hayes
Anthony Treat
Helen Sellers
Army officers course produces 113 new lieutenants in SW Pacific
One hundred thirteen United States Army enlisted men were commissioned as second lieutenants today. They are the first graduates of the officers candidate course in the Southwest Pacific area since World War II began.
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Australia
United States Army
Southwest Pacific
Tire inspections required before January 3 or 31
The Office of Price Administration orders tire inspections for passenger cars with deadlines depending on ration books. Basic inspections by certified OPA inspectors carry small fees if no tire is removed. higher fees apply if tires are demounted. Scheduling guidance urges owners to complete checks by specific dates to avoid transport delays.
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Columbus
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Texans Donate Hefty Sums for Houston Navy Ship
Secretary of the Navy Knox thanked Houston residents for contributing more than 36 million dollars toward a new cruiser named Houston and outlined plans to use the excess to fund a future aircraft carrier. He noted the city raised about 85 million dollars in total.
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Washington
Knox
Houston
Texas
Java
Springfield tragedy claims Lindy Richendollar in accidental rifle shot
Coroner Austin Richards reports 14 year old Lindy Eu gene Richendollar was killed when a rifle in the hands of his 16 year old brother George discharged accidentally.
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Springfield
Lindy Eugene Richendollar
George
Austin Richards
Nelson Denies Dispute On Munitions Control
Washington says there is no fight between the War Production Board and the armed services over munitions production or civilian economy control. WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson asserts differences exist only in methods, not objectives, and cites reconciling rubber and high octane gasoline programs to keep planes flying and the mechanized army moving.
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Washington
War Production Board
Armed Services
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
Brehon Someryell
Army
Services of
Navy
Touhy Gang Captured by G Men After Shootout
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover announced seven longtime Touhy gang members linked to the Stateville jailbreak have been accounted for with two killed and five captured. Chief targets Roger Touhy Basil Banghart Edward Darlak were seized in a North Side apartment along with $13 533 27 in cash.
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Roger “Terrible” Touhy
Chicago
FBI
Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet
Ill
J. Edgar Hoover
Roger Touhy
Basil
the Owl) Banghart
Edward Darlak
Hoover
James O'Connor
Clair McInerney
Stateville
Mathew Nelson
Minneapolis
William Stewart
Touhy
Banghart
Darlak
Ohio Figher Downs Jap Zero Over China
Lieutenant Chester Griffin of Marysville Ohio reports shooting down a Japanese Zero over China. He joins U S pilots as they repelled nine enemy bombers and nine fighters aiming at a Western Yunnan airfield. Four Japanese fighters and three bombers were downed with three more possibly destroyed.
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Ohio
Figher Downs
China
Chester Griffin
Marysville
U. S
Yunnan
Knox Reveals Battleship Hit Reef Months Ago
Secretary of the Navy Knox said an American battleship struck an uncharted reef early in the war and has long since been repaired. He gave no details on the incident or location.
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Knox
Washington
Weatherman Sees Little Danger of Ohio Flood
Columbus meteorologist George Mindling said rivers in Central and South Ohio have nearly crest ed their early winter rise and without heavy rains soon there is no chance of serious floods.
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Columbus
George Mindling
Columbus Weather Bureau
Ohio
Mandling
Small Businesses to Get Fair Share of New Goods
The government will cap wartime merchandise accumulation for big stores and wholesalers to prewar levels starting in the second quarter, excluding food and petroleum. WPA chairman Donald M. Nelson says the aim is to ensure fair distribution of scarce consumer goods amid the war economy.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPA
Donald M. Nelson
Fertilizer Price Increases Granted to Aid Food Production
The Office of Price Administration approved higher prices for mixed fertilizer and superphosphate to boost wartime food output. Officials said rising costs reflect manufacturers diverting cheaper materials to the war effort and using more expensive inputs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Ohio Gasoline Pipeline Nearing Completion
Completion of the 108 mile emergency gasoline line between near Akron and Tiffin Ohio is expected early in January officials disclosed today. Workmen began laying the eight inch pipe in October as a link between Western Ohio sources of supply and the eastern sea board to increase the East s supplies by some 15000 barrels daily.
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Cleveland
Akron
Tiffin
Ohio
Seaboard
98-Year-Old British Actor Acrobat Dies
Bournemouth England Johnny Watson a 98 year old vaudeville veteran Britain oldest actor died Saturday before a Mother Goose pantomime at a theater. He once tried to enlist at age 70 during a war and performed backward somersaults when rejected by a recruiting officer.
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Bournemouth
Eng
Johnny Watson
Great Britain
Two Vital Rail Centers Surrounded as War Advances
Russian forces closed in on Kotelnikovski on the Middle Don front as 22 German divisions faced a widening Red Army advance toward Rostov. Soviet gains near Elista and Millerovo tightened the siege of the Nazi rail hub. Allied actions in Tunisia and the Fezzan region continued with French and British advances, while American ace Virgil Smith claimed his sixth kill.
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Adolf Hitler
Kotelnikovski
Stalingrad
Don Steppes
Rostov
Don
Nikolai F. Valutin
Red
Ukraine
Kalmyck
Caucasus
Kichkino
Elista
Red Army
Millerovo
Middle Don
United Nations
North Africa
London
Bizerte- Tunis
Medjez-El- Bab-Tebourba
Pont du Fahs
Tunis
Lake Chad
Equatorial Africa
Fezzan
Tripoli
Libya
Brazzaville
Vichy Radio
French Somaliland
East Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Marshall Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Wadi Bei el Chebir
Tunisia
la Foulette
Sousse
Virgil Smith
McAllen
Texas
Smith
Credit Where Due Is This Fellow's Motto
Shirley, Mass. resident Joseph Credit has given six Credits to his country. His sons Vincent and Lionel serve in the Navy, Frederick, Edmond and Edward in the Army, and Laurence in the Marines.
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Shirley
Mass
Joseph
Vincent
Lionel
Navy
Frederick
Edmond
Edward
Army
Laurence
Marines
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