Move To Trap Foe in North Africa
Allied forces eyed armored spearheads into Tunisia with objectives toward Bizerte and coastlines while desert routes center on trapping Axis troops. Luftwaffe bombed mobile columns as Rommel’s retreat promptly stretched British pursuit. RAF and Royal Navy pressed air and sea actions near Tunis and the western Mediterranean.
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London
Nisia
Bizerte
Nis
Tunli
North Africa
Allied My
Algeria
Tunisia
Bou-Saada
Tripoli
Ke Chad
RAF
Tunis
Morocco
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
London Daily Express
Oran
Royal Navy
Mediterranean
Urbana Naval Officer Is Killed in Action
Urbana reports Commander Joseph Hubbard was killed in action. his wife Mrs. Helen Hubbard was informed by the Navy today.
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Urbana
Helen Hubbard
Navy
Joseph Hubbard
Explosion kills businessman during hunt near Neebish Island
A gun explosion near Neebish Island Michigan killed Samuel Meurice Deam a 36 year old local business man from New Carlisle AP reports Deam was hunting when the accident occurred authorities said the blast ended his life at the scene and no other injuries were reported
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New Carlisle
Samuel Meurice Deam
Neebish Island
Mich
General MacArthur Leads Allied Push Toward Buna
General MacArthur directs American and Australian troops in a field operation near Buna Papua, aiming to seize the key coastal base from Japanese forces. Blamey and Kenney accompany him as B 25 and A 20 aircraft, Beaufighters, sweep and bomb the retreating Japanese along the Kumusi River and coast.
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MacArthur
Australia
Buna
Southwest Pacific
Sir Thomas Blamey
George C. Kenney
Papua
45 Year Old Men Get 30 Day Postponement
Columbus officials announce a 30 day postponement for men 45 and older ordered to report for Army induction. Those turning 45 will no longer be inducted.
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Columbus
Army
State Selective Service Headquarters
Ohio Job Placements Hit All Time High
Ohio employment offices placed a record 289 479 persons in jobs in 1941. Administrator H C Atkinson said the growth, nearly three fifths above 1940, was driven by the defense boom and orders from expanding defense industries.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. C. Atkinson
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
John W. Bricker
Germany at crossroads as winter war drags on
London dispatch cites five factors of war to assess Germany in the North Africa and Europe theaters. It reports 80 percent of normal harvest, manpower strain, transport knots, and 20 percent civilian production while Goering proclaims suppression of occupied peoples and leaders show doubt about victory.
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Edwin Shanke
London
North Africa
Nazi Germany
Germany
Imperial
Reichsmarshal Goering
Europe
Hitler
Russia
Solomon Victory Seen As Second Round Not Final Word
Secretary of the Navy Knox said the United States clearly won round two of the Solomons engagement but warned a round three could follow. He noted heavy Japanese losses yet stopped short of saying the fleet was crippled, citing attrition and broader naval reach for the United States.
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Washington
Knox
United States
Solomons Islands
New Delay in Gas Rationing Is Advocated
Representative Johnson of Oklahoma pushes a three member board plan to study the petroleum situation and delay nationwide gasoline rationing set for December 1. He cites growing support among Congress members and seeks an early hearing with the proposal sent to the banking and currency committee.
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Washington
Johnson
Banking and Currency Committee
Baruch Committee
Guffey Proposes New Coal Bill in Senate
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania, sponsor of the 1935 bituminous coal act, introduces legislation to shift administration from Secretary Ickes to a three member commission. The bill, drafted by the United Mine Workers legal department, would take effect after the current act expires next March and mirrors an identical House proposal by Rep. Jenkins. It would not alter existing price fixing and regulation provisions.
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Washington
Guffey
Ickes
Legal Department of the
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas Jenkins
Ohio
Willkie Urges Early Allied War Aims Agreement
Wendell Willkie urges prompt consensus among Allied nations on war aims. He Sobers says the alliance requires mutual understanding between United States England and the Commonwealth for any chance of unified action, speaking openly across the oceans at the New York Herald Tribune Forum.
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New York
Wendell Willkie
England
Commonwealth
New York Herald Tribune Forum
Questionnaires Sent to 18 19 Year Old Ohio Recruits
Columbus reports draft boards to mail initial questionnaires to 18 and 19 year olds to assess their availability for military service. About 140000 Ohio youths of that age are registered.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Selective Service Headquarters
Buy Bonds Week Declared in Ohio for Pearl Harbor
Governor Bricker proclaimed December 17 as Buy Bonds Week to honor Pearl Harbor. He urged Ohioans to dedicate at least 10 percent of wages to bond purchases and suggested celebrations end at 12 25 p m on December 7.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Pearl Harbor
Three Thousand Germans Killed on Russian Front
Moscow reports the Red Army killed more than 3,000 Germans in fresh fighting while maintaining a solid frontline stance. Germans reportedly lost 1,500 men to efforts to retake a town on the Volkhov front, with another 1,500 killed in renewed attacks at Stalingrad. A minor Russian gain was noted southeast of Nalchik in the Caucasus.
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Moscow
Red Army
Volkhov
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Volga
Nalchik
Axis
Draft bill on farm deferments under scrutiny
Selective Service officials said the new draft bill's farm deferment clause is poorly drafted and needs official interpretation. They study at headquarters to issue a local board definition as agriculture is the sole activity given special deferment beyond the existing 39 essential war effort designations.
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Washington
Selective Service Headquarters
President Roosevelt to Speak on Air at 10 30 Tonight
President Roosevelt will address the nation tonight at 10 30 Eastern War Time. He may discuss recent American victories in the Pacific and in the Mediterranean with the topic The United Nations their creed for a free world.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Mediterranean
United Nations
Three Australian Soldiers Complete 267 Day Trek to Safety
Three Australian soldiers reach an Allied base in New Guinea after a 2,800 mile 267 day trek from Rabaul through jungle and sea travel. The trio were reported perfectly fit by the dispatch. one companion died of fever en route.
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Sydney
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Sydney Morning Herald
U S Airman Earns Gallantry Air Medal in London
London reports Staff Sergeant Charles M. Taylor of the Eighth Air Force has been awarded an air medal for gallantry. His home is listed as New York.
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London
Charles M. Taylor
U. S. Army
Eighth Air Force
Goo Taylor
Newar
Mrs. Roosevelt Returns From British Isles
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt returned to Washington from a war time trip to England. She was hosted by King George and Queen Elizabeth and inspected military and civilian activities. A White House press conference was planned for 11:00 a.m. Eastern War Time tomorrow.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
England
New York
King George
Queen Elizabeth
White House
Roosevelt
Logan Soldier Earns Heroism Medal For Bravery
War Department awards Private Albert Bachus of Logan Ohio the Medal for Heroism for saving two soldiers from death at a railroad crossing in Aberdeen Maryland on September 2. The incident is noted as a distinguished act of valor by an enlisted man.
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Washington
War Department
Albert Bachus
Gallagher Ave
Logan
O. Bachus
Aberdeen
Barn Fire Kills Two Young Boys In Bluff'10on Case
Two small boys died in a barn fire on George Preto's property in Bluff'10on. Parents said the youths may have been playing with matches. Fire destroyed the barn and caused the fatal blaze.
Navy claims great victory in three day Pacific clash near Guadalcanal
U S Navy reports a three day sea battle from November 13 to 15 off Guadalcanal where 23 Japanese ships were sunk and 20 000 to 30 000 troops lost. American losses included two light cruisers and six destroyers as Admiral Nimitz hailed the engagement as a major victory in the Solomon Islands.
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U. S
Solomon Islands
Coral Sea
Midway
Solomons
Washington
United States Navy
Associated Press
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
No Jap Carriers in Battle as Guadalcanal Action Rages
The large naval engagement near Guadalcanal saw no Japanese aircraft carriers in use, while American forces fought a close range clash that damaged ships and killed Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan. Japanese forces advanced from Rabaul Buin and the Southeastern Solomons, with battleships cruisers and destroyers entering the zone after midnight November 13.
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Nimitz
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
Rising Sun
Solomons
Rabaul
Buin
Douglas MaceArthur
Daniel J. Callaghan
Roosevelt
Callaghan
Dan
U S Defeats Kept in Dark Japs Say
Tokyo broadcasts claim the American Navy exposed crippling blows in the Solomon Islands action. The United States counters with reports of heavy Japanese shipping and battleship involvement under Vice Admiral Halsey in the southwest Pacific.
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William F. Halsey
Solomons
U. S
New York
Office of War Information
Tokyo
Japan
Solomon Islands
United States
Nimitz
Hac
Southwest Pacific
Navy Department
Navy
New Britain
Henderson Airfield
Ameri
Questions and Answers On Gasoline Rationing
Cleveland explains mileage rationing rules through Q A to help motorists. It covers using extra coupons with sister cars, drawing from storage tanks with limits, tire quotas, penalties for falsification, locating tire serial numbers, and replacing lost books.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Information
OPA
Civilians Urged to Guard Against Subversion at Conference
Ford T. Shepherd regional security officer of the Office of Civilian Defense told representatives of facility security agencies the Army Navy and OCS that civilians have a big job in guarding against subversion. He said civilian forces must secure home defense just as armed forces counter overt aggression.
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Columbus
Ford T. Shepherd
Office of Civilian Defense
Shepherd
Army, Navy
Shepsherd
State Institution Farms Harvest Record Crops In Ohio
Columbus report states the State Institution farms set new records for all crops this season with about 13 000 acres cultivated. Soybeans, a major Ohio cash crop, were grown at institutions for the first time and will be exchanged for foodstuffs, Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood said.
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Columbus
State Institution Farms
Charles L. Sherwood
Ohio
Sherwood
Ohio Lawmakers to Hold Separate Caucuses
Republican members-elect of the Ohio House will caucus at the state house on Nov. 27. Democratic members-elect will caucus on Nov. 28 in New Philadelphia.
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Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
State House
New Philadelphia
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