Allied Planes Hit Jap Forces in Burma and New Guinea
Allied air forces inflicted new damage on Japanese invasion troops in Burma and the South Seas. Australian Prime Minister Curtin urged stronger Southwest Pacific action to avenge Corregidor. Gen Eichelberger hailed Papuan success as a turn of the tide. RAF bombers struck targets in Burma while Britain announced delivery of a superior new tank.
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Japan
Burma
South Seas
John Curtin
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Corregidor
Curtin
United States
New Guinea Battlefront
Robert Eichelberger
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Rabaul Harbor
New Britain
India
Frost Damage to Ohio Roads Tops 1.7 Million This Winter
Ohio State Highway Director Hal G. Sours said frost damage and snow and ice control costs have reached a record 1 707 815 this winter. Department engineer Harry D. Metcalf estimated frost damage on 13 552 miles of the 18 000 mile system at 1 053 635 and snow and ice costs for late 1942 at 654 180. He warned spring thaws could bring greater frost damage as severe weather and heavy industrial traffic persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Hal G. Sours
Harry D. Metcalf
Spurs
Americans down twelve Japanese planes for each own in China
Colonel Robert L. Scott Jr. said American fighters in China shot down twelve Japanese planes for every American plane. He noted his unit had 13 confirmed kills and six probables, and discussed a mission where failing to down one Japanese plane per man felt like failure.
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Washington
China
Ost
Robert L. Scott, Jr
Australian War Casualties Reported to December
Canberra report states total Australian war casualties to date are 52,142 with 6,826 killed 23,892 missing 9,059 known prisoners and 12,371 wounded. Prime Minister John Curtin announced the figures covering all theaters from the war’s start to December end.
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Canberra
Australia
Drime
John Curtin
Kiament Today
Rescue of Children Buried Under Slag Heap
Workmen freed Betty Kobak seven and her brother Albert nine from beneath a 200 ton slag pile that collapsed while they played. Both children suffered minor bruises and shock but were treated and released.
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Cleveland
Betty Kobak
Albert
Archie Bell Dies at 66 After Pneumonia In Cleveland
Archie Bell, 66, travel book author and longtime Cleveland newspaper critic, died after pneumonia. The obituary notes his influential literary career and ties to local journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Bell
Cleveland
Allies hold great hopes after North Africa talks
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met in an unconditional surrender conference in North Africa. The meeting charted invasion plans and named field commanders as Allied strategy moves toward concrete execution. German broadcasts mocked the talks while Soviet and Allied reports described gains around Stalingrad and North Africa, with Montgomery advancing toward Rommel and U S troops securing Ousseltia Valley.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
North Africa
Berlin
United Nations
Henri Honore Giraud
France
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Time Change Question Is Becoming Involved
Ohio legislators debate turning back clocks to standard time. Governor Bricker supports local option while legal and wartime efficiency questions swirl around Ohio aligning with war time or remaining on Eastern Standard Time. The War Production Board backs daylight saving and studies Ohio impact.
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Columbus
Ohio
Atty
Thomas J. Herbert
Con. Igritis
Paul M. Herbert
Frank E. Buna
R.cuyahoga
E. G. Schuessler
Attorney General
Bubna
Aon
Washington
War Production Board
Michigan
Allied war plan favors first defeat of Italy and Germany
Authoritative quarters report Roosevelt and Churchill agreed on a strategy to defeat Italy and Germany before Japan with a European offensive to follow after the African campaign. The leaders are said to have roughly allocated resources among Atlantic European Russian and Pacific theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Italy
Germany
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Reserve Call Affects 3 600 College Men
Ohio colleges face loss of 3600 enlisted reservists under a near term Army call. Ohio State reports large impact on athletic rosters as 1000 youths depart for military camps. Other institutions list reservists affected with counts for Ohio Wesleyan to Muskingum. Induction timing hinges on college term systems with December 31 1942 as a marker.
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Ohio
Army
Ohio State
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio ‘University
Xavier
Miami
Akron University
Western Reserve
University of Cincinnati
Kent State
Bowling Green
Wilberforce
Capital
Denison
Youngstown
Marietta
Ohio Northern
Mount Union
Otterbein
Muskingum
Logan Soldier Missing in Far Pacific
Private First Class Leonard McKinley radio operator in the Army Signal Corps is officially reported missing in active service after the fall of Corregidor on May 6, 1942. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. McKinley, were notified by government sources in Washington. Another Logan youth, First Lieutenant Kenneth Oeffier, is reported as being held captive on the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Leonard McKinley
Army Signal Corps
Washington
Charles E. McKinley
McKinley
Corregidor
Kenneth Oeffier
Eli Oeffier
Philippines
Food From Britain Sent to Africans for North Africa Relief
Britain sends large food and material supplies to North Africa’s civilian population as an emergency measure for the United Nations. The items bear red white and blue labels with American British and French flags and a French caption reading Delivered by the United Nations whose fleets rule the waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Nations
Britain
North Africa
Ministry of Production
Balanced Purchases of Canned Goods Urged
Cleveland AP report notes housewives who buy canned goods by the case for rationing will face long use of beans peas and tomatoes as coupons for accumulated stocks are removed. The Office of Price Administration urges using coupons to secure a more balanced food supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ohio Episcopal Diocese backs Protestant Episcopal Presbyterian union proposal
The Ohio Episcopal Diocese announced support for a plan toward eventual union of the Protestant Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Favor Church Union
Cleveland
Ohio
Street car crash injures 24 on High Street rush
In Columbus two street cars collided head on at an open switch during yesterday's 5 30 p m rush injuring 24 passengers slightly and delaying traffic for two hours officials investigated the switch position and accident cause
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Columbus
High Street
Roosevelt Churchill meeting keeps military actions secret
The Roosevelt and Churchill Casablanc a meeting details remain secret with press blackout on the Presidents movements. Officials indicate decisions on Africa and Europe operations, including the timing of a European invasion and air offensives, depend on the combined chiefs of staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
North Africa
Japs Prefer to Die Rather Than Surrender
Major General Ralph Royce described Japanese fighters as fatalists who would rather die than surrender. He claimed they machine gunned own men who bailed out to prevent capture and questioning, in remarks to the Cleveland Aviation Club at Maxwell Field, Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ralph Royce
Army Air Forces’ Southeast Training Center
Maxwell Field
Ala
Sons of Heaven
Cleveland Aviation Club
Funds Approved to Repay School Foundation Debt
Columbus AP says the House completed enactment of a bill appropriating 6,274,000 dollars to pay off the remaining school foundation program debt. The Senate unanimously approved the administration's bill to repeal the sales tax on food in public places, and the measure moves to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
House
Unsuccessful Plot Targeted French General Nogues
Paris radio reported from Tangiers that an attempt on the life of General Auguste Nogues, a French North Africa leader and deputy to General Henri Honore Giraud, failed.
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London
Paris
Tangiers
Auguste Nogues
Henri Honore Giraud
Auction Sale Ceiling Prices Are Ordered by OPA
The Office of Price Administration set ceilings on occasional and auction sales of five critical used farm machines to curb inflated prices. Tractors excluding crawlers, combines, corn pickers, binders, and motor or tractor operated hay bailers face new limits. Prices for gear under a year old are capped at 85 percent of current factory or last suggested retail price, while older machinery tops at 70 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Office of Price Administration
Howard L. Masters
OPA
Dayton Theater Fire Claims Life of Porter at RKO Strand
A three alarm blaze destroyed the RKO Strand Theater in downtown Dayton near Fifth and Main. One man, Eugene Dotts, 53, a theater porter, died after discovering the fire and summoning help. Two firemen were injured. damage estimated at about 100000 dollars.
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Dayton
RKO Strand
Fifth
Main Streets
Eugene Dotts
Canton Landlord Fined For Excessive Rents
Canton resident George Zoncourides aged 53 was fined 100 by Judge Emerich B Freed for violating OPA rent ceiling rules. He pleaded guilty to charging excess rent as one of the district's first 15 arrests in Northeastern Ohio Federal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
George Zoncourides
Canton
Emerich B. Freed
Ohio
Allies Plan 1943 Path to Unconditional Surrender
Casablanca conference forged a master war plan to force unconditional surrender of Germany Japan and Italy. Roosevelt and Churchill announced complete agreement on objectives as Stalin and Chiang Kai shek stayed informed. The leaders outlined invasion and strike plans with top service heads and field commanders ready to execute.
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Casablanca
French Morocco
Germany
Japan
Italy
Roosevelt
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Flynn Approved by Committee for Australia Post
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed President Roosevelt's nomination of Edward J. Flynn for minister to Australia and SW Pacific. Three Democrats joined seven Republicans in opposing, sending the nomination to the full Senate for next week amid GOP charges of unfitness.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
National Democratic
Australia
Southwest Pacific
George
van Nuys
Dind
Gillette
Iowa
Senate
Flynn
Brig. Gen Wilbur Decorated by Roosevelt in Morocco
Brig. Gen William H Wilbur received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt during a Morocco visit. The ceremony occurred with Prime Minister Churchill and senior Allied leaders present, recognizing his role in the landings on French Morocco.
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Brig
Gen
Wilbur
Roosevelt
Casablanca
French Morocco
Willam H. Wilbur
Churchill
Lord Louis Mountbatten
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
War plans hint at intensified U S draft by next winter
Washington reports rising evidence that a draft of men with children may begin by next winter as Congress weighs new war taxes and rationing. The Army projects total armed forces at 10.42 million by 1944, reinforcing earlier warnings that childless married men could be needed sooner.
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Congress
Office of Price Administration
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Roosevelt Churchill Conference Outlines Fourfold War Plan
Washington briefing summarized a four point wartime agenda from Roosevelt and Churchill. They endorsed unconditional surrender for the Axis partners, urged unity between Giraud and De Gaulle, kept Stalin informed, and planned maximal aid to Russia and China while continuing air and material support efforts.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Giraud
de Gaulle
Stalin
Chiang ‘Kai-Shek
China
Russia
United States
Britain
Cairo
Moscow
William Vanderkloot
Sarasota
Fla
Rickenbacker Warns Japan Main Is Target of Air War
Washington Captain Eddie Rickenbacker declares final victory depends on striking the Japanese mainland with air power. He cites Guadalcanal Buna and Gona campaigns as tremendous but says island to island fighting won’t defeat Japan. He envisions victory not before 1944 and stresses a continental air offensive.
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Washington
Eddie Rickenbacker
United States
Rickenbacker
Guadalcanal
Buna
Gona
Japan
Youth Admits $10,600 Jewelry Store Theft
PORTSMOUTH detectives directed to $4,000 buried on a Pike County farm helped convict Richard Arlan, 22, who pleaded guilty to stealing $10,600 in cash from the J. F. Carr jewelry store on November 21 and was bound over to the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Pike County
Richard Arlan
J. F. Carr
Ohio Share-the-Ride Program Threatened
Ohio War Transportation Committee executive secretary Harry E. Neal warned that public apathy threatens the share-the-ride program in Ohio. He urged motorists to register at share-the-ride depots in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harry E. Neal
Ohio War Transportation Committee
Ohio
Fire destroys Brant store and three houses in Lucasville
Portsmouth AP reports a fire today in Lucasville causing an estimated 50 000 dollars in damage to the J H Brant general store and three adjacent houses. Firemen fought the blaze but could not save the buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
J. H. Brant
Lucasville
Couple killed in Lancaster funeral trip collision
Mr and Mrs Carl E Wycoff of Shelby died in a head on crash with a Fairrick Stages bus while returning from a Lancaster funeral. The accident occurred last night according to AP reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Lancaster
Carl E. Wycoff
Shelby
Fairlick Stages
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THE
Associated Press
House of Commons
Edward ‘Grigg
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Morocco
Hitler
Rostov
Caucasian Black Sea
Novorossisk
Ludwig Sertorius
North African
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Zauia
Tripoli
Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Tattered Africa Corps
Tunisia
Ousseltia
Tunis
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Air Dak
Ton Ailes
Greenland
Atlantic Ocean
Azores
Great Britain
Dakar
Far Pacific
Europe
Africa
England
Messrs
Nogues
Eremier
Joseph Stalin
Chiang Kai- Shek
Spanish
U.S
Wagner
D.-N.y
Sam Rayburn
Presiential
Stephen Early
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