Huge air battle brewing over Tunisia fronts in World War II
Allied and Axis forces surge toward Tunis and Bizerte as Germany shifts divisions from Russia to Italy and Greece. Reports say 40 German divisions and 1,000 airmen move via Romania Hungary Yugoslavia and beyond while Italians land at Bastia and prepare coastal withdrawals.
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Italy
Balkans
Ankara
Turkey
Mediterranean
Hitler
Greece
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Russia
Romania
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
London
Tunis
Bizerte
Sicily
Tunisian
Bougie
Eighth Army
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
PLA
Allies Press Japanese on Guadalcanal and New Guinea Fronts
Allied forces hammer Japanese positions in the South Pacific with heavy ground offensives on New Guinea and Guadalcanal. American bombers claimed 17 enemy aircraft destroyed while aerial operations intensified over the Aleutians and Japanese shipping targets.
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South Pacific
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Henderson Airfield
Oivi
Douglas
High Command
Buna
Owen Stanley
Gorari
Aleutians
Europe
Olga
Red Army
Moscow
Coyote Pack Destroyed by Ohio Wardens
In Ohio the five coyotes that attacked farm livestock in Lucas Henry and Wood counties were eliminated by Game Protector Irvin Patrick and John Wilson assisted by L. Bailey. Officials seek to learn how the animals reached the Oak Openings area.
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Columbus
Ohio
L. €. Bailey
State Conservation and Natural Resources Division
Irvin Patrick
Circleville
John Wilson
Waterville
Lucas
Henry
Wood Counties
British Seamen Rescued After Sinking by British Destroyer
Sixteen American sailors from a torpedoed merchant ship arrived at the port after a week in a lifeboat in the North Atlantic. Rescue came from a British destroyer, with one crewman dead at sea. A second lifeboat with 21 men remains unreported. William Morgan De Beck dies at 52.
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North Atlantic
German Armies Close On French Port Of Marseille
German forces moved within 30 miles of Toulon by occupying Marseille port. A Vichy broadcast said a German column marched down Rue Cannebiere toward the waterfront. Confusion in Vichy surrounded Petain and government members as officials faced choices about alliances. Disturbances erupted in Lyon as German troops advanced through France. Tass cited moves into unoccupied France and Corsica, while Rome radio claimed American debarkations in the Caribbean. no Allied confirmation.
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London
Toulon
Marseille
Vichy
Cannebiere
Berlin
Marshal Petain
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
America
England
Lyon
France
Laval
Tass
Dausanne
Switzerland
Rome Radio
Corsica
Martinique
Guadeloupe
French Guiana
Navy Reports 727 Casualties In Two Weeks
The Navy released casualty list No. 16 noting 727 Marine, Coast Guard and Navy casualties reported to next of kin in the two weeks ending a date not specified. Of these 172 were dead, 315 wounded and 240 missing or unaccounted. Overall since December 7, 1941 total casualties reach 16,526 with 3,854 dead, 1,190 wounded and 7,971 missing. The Marines list shows 734 dead, 703 wounded and 1,900 missing. the Coast Guard 37 dead, 11 wounded and 126 missing. The Navy cautions some listed as missing may later be found safe.
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Washington
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Marines Corps
Essential Men May Be Called for Induction Amid War Demands
Washington reports local boards were advised that rising military needs require releasing many essential workers for induction. Notices stress orderly release and replacement based on qualifications and training needs, prioritizing management engineering planning supervision and skilled training roles. A Dayton incident saw a twin motor training plane explode near Wright Field. two civilian test pilots escaped with minor injuries.
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Washington
Selective Service
Dayton
Wright Field
Longer Hours Proposed By Senate Committee
The Senate defense investigating committee urged lengthening the work week to 48 hours with overtime paid in government bonds. It criticized the administration for not developing a comprehensive plan and said government direction of employers hiring policies should replace coercive measures on individual workers.
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Washington
Senate Defense Investigating
War shifts to Tunisia as air fleets clash for the Mediterranean
The war moves to Tunisia with rapid strategic shifts as Hitler and the Allied forces push toward key Mediterranean control. Air power and mechanized land and sea forces converge on Tunisian shores near Cape Bon as both sides vie for air and sea dominance and a decisive front in North Africa.
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Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Jof Hitler
Tunis
Carthage
Hitler
Luftwaffe
France
Cape Bon
Sicily
United Nations
Greece
Dunkerque
Last Obstacle To 18-19 Draft Bill Removed
The Senate faces rapid approval of a bill to induct 18 and 19 year olds without training length limits. Senator Gurney urged quick action backed by General Staff demand for younger troops. An amendment requiring a year's pre combat training was dropped by Senators, clearing the measure.
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Washington
America
Senate
General Staff
Gurney
R-Sd
White House
Chioans Praise Roosevelt and Forces in North Africa
Two Chioans in Congress lauded President Roosevelt and the Army and Navy for the successful campaign of American expeditionary forces in French North Africa. Senator Robert A. Taft praised the invasion as well organized and executed. Representative William R. Thom criticized Willkie and urged restraint after attacks on the President.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
French North Africa
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
United States
Wendell Willkie
William R. Thom
North Canton
North Africa
Ohio Chamber Opens 49th War Convention in Columbus
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce opened its 49th annual convention in Columbus with forums on accelerating the state war effort. President A Graves Williams of Portsmouth said the meetings would address critical production and manpower problems.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
A. Graves Williams
Portsmouth
Painesville Workers Denied Pay Increase
The War Labor Board denied a six cent an hour wage increase for Staley Manufacturing Co. workers in Painesville Ohio under its anti inflation policy. The AFL union had reached the agreement but the board rejected it to influence manpower flow. In Indiana, Police Chief Carson linked three Bryan merchants to clothing thefts involving a woman named Stella Walsh of Cleveland.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Staley Manufacturing Co
Painesville
AFL
Chemical Workers Union
Logansport
Ind
O. R. Carson
Bryan, O
Stella Walsh
Cleveland
Midwest Village Is First To Rate Perfect Record
In Kenney Illinois population 483 the V-Home stickers went up in all 100 residences signaling full wartime cooperation. Major Gen Frank Parker Illinois defense council director announced Kenney the first community nationwide with a 100 percent V-Home record.
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Midwest Village
Chicago
Kenney
Ill
Frank Parker
Illinois Defense Council
Merchant Ship Goal To Be Reached In 1942
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the Maritime Commission and head of the War Shipping Administration, said today that America’s merchant shipbuilding goal of 8 000 000 tons for 1942 will be reached.
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New York
America
Emory S. Land
Jhairman
United States Maritime Commission
War Shipping Administration
Yankees Must Develop Killing Mood Says McNair
In a radio address Lt Gen Lesley J McNair told U S ground forces they are in a struggle for survival and must develop a fighting spirit. He urged hatred if needed and said enemies are past masters at killing, warning the faster they adopt a killing mood the better their chances when tested.
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Washington
Lesley J. McNair
Jap Fliers Meet Tough Foe in August Battle
A US carrier squadron shot down 27 enemy planes, likely downed another, and compelled a further loss at sea as Japan attacked American positions in the Solomon Islands on August 24. The Navy released the report today, its first on the engagement.
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Washington
United States
Solomon Islands
Longer Work Week Is Urged by Farm Leader
Nashville Tenn Edward A O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged a 54 hour industrial work week calling the 40 hour week wasteful and saying forced adoption would raise effective manpower by more than a quarter.
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Nashville
Tenn
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
Nazi air push opens North African Front as Tunis clash looms
Allied bombers hit an airfield near Tunis while Axis forces rush to battle positions in Southern France and Corsica. France pledges Toulon ships to resist aggression, as German plans to seize Toulon falter and Corsican occupation proceeds. NATO forces advance toward Tunisia from the west amid uncertainty of Allied entry into Africa.
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London
Tunisia
France
Corsica
Europe
Ranean
Toulon
Hitler
RAF
Egypt
Tunis
United States
Axis
Rome
Nice
Rhone
Allied Notes on Tunisia Move Amid North Africa Action
A London source said no confirmed movement by French fleet units from Toulon, while Tunisian landings remained unconfirmed. The Paris denial was dismissed as false as Allied forces push eastward in Algeria. Stimson praised naval escorts after a troop ship was torpedoed and troops landed.
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London
Toulon
Paris
Tunisia
Charles Ryder
Algeria
First Army
Dakar
West Africa
French North Africa
Tunsia
B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Egypt
Sardinia
France
Corsica
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Freak Famine Possible Due to Flour Ceilings
Chicago reports show flour sales lagging while wheat prices stay low under ceilings. Miller organizations warn of a potential bread famine unless anti inflation measures ease, as mills protest margins and Washington weighs new wheat subsidies and storage loans.
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Chicago
Washington Price Control
Warns Against Over-Optimism
War Production board chief Donald M. Nelson cautions that the conflict in Europe is only starting and Germany remains powerful despite losses in Russia. He adds that the reconquest of seized territories in the Pacific has barely begun and the United Nations face a long campaign.
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York
Donald M. Nelson
Ica
Russia
War Production Board
Association of National Advertisers
Japan
Oliver Lyttelton
Association
United Nations
Africa
Sub Loss in Atlantic Is Reported Smaller
New York reports enemy submarine activity in June had sunk 111 Allied and neutral merchantmen in the Western Atlantic, the highest monthly total, but October saw only 11 sinkings, the lowest in the area. The battle of the Atlantic shifts with the North African front opening, signaling increased UN supply ship traffic through Atlantic waters.
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New York
Atlantic
United Nations
South Atlantic
Nazis Claim To Have Torpedoed Great Liner Queen Elizabeth
Berlin reports from German broadcasts claim the 5000 ton British passenger ship Queen Elizabeth, sister to the Queen Mary, was torpedoed in the North Atlantic. No Allied confirmation or sinking claim is provided.
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Berlin
North Atlantic
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