Roosevelt Sets December Registration Weeks for 18 Year Olds
President Roosevelt announces three registration periods for youths turning 18 in the last half of the year with separate weeks for July to December births and a continuous birthday registration starting January 1. Local boards may reclassify offenders, waivers possible for meritorious cases, and farm workers face new deferment rules.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Selective Service
Army
Hershey
Japanese Admit Sinking Battleship in Solomons Fight
New York AP report says Tokyo acknowledged loss of a battleship in the Solomons battle, the first Japanese warship sunk publicly. The communique listed 13 vessels sunk or damaged by Japan and 13 or 14 ships sunk or 11 or 12 damaged by Japan in their tally, with U S Navy figures higher. Admiral Nimitz noted possible future action by the United States as the long war in the Pacific continues.
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NEW York
Japan
Solomons
United States Navy
Imperial
Tokyo
U. S
Tokyo Radio
United States
Imperial Headquarters
U. S. Navy
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Coral Sea
Midway
Jans
Wickard urges rationing to meet dairy shortage
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard told the War Production Board that dairymen cannot meet next year demand. He favors cheese under rationing, ice cream 25 percent below this year, and fluid milk limits in milkheds. Meat rationing may follow, butter and evaporated milk to be studied.
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Washington
Wickard
War Production Board
WPB Foods Committee
Ohio motorists register for gas coupon books
Ohio's 1.9 million motorists began registering for A books valid for about four gallons a week after Nov 30. Schoolchildren start a three day holiday as registrations proceed at schoolhouses with coupon books available in every county.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry T. Beckmann
State Office of Price Administration
OPA
Railway Express
Marine Solon Seeks Unity Command After Solomons Victory
Rep Maas commented on the Solomons battle calling it magnificent and outstanding, yet unchanged in his criticism of unity of command and a unified plan of action. He recently returned from four months in the Pacific as a Marine Corps Reserve colonel, noting the Navy’s aggressive policy.
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Washington
Rep
Maas
R.minn
Solomons
Pacific
Marine Corps Reserve
William F. Halsey
Mass
Tiny Baby Thriving on Scanty Milk Ration
Fourteen ounce Jean Twynham, four days old, born four months premature, thrives on six eyedroppers of milk daily. Parents new to Jean’s birth. father a truck driver en route home from the East.
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East
Akron
Jean Twynham
John Twynham
Twynhams
Jean
Bricker Re-elected Ohio Governor By 377 338 Vote Margin
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker wins a second term with a final official tally showing a majority of 377 338 votes, per the secretary's report.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
No Decision Yet on Live Cattle Price Ceiling
Washington OPA spokesmen said no decision has been reached on imposing a price ceiling for live cattle. They added that consumer rationing of meat is being prepared as soon after the first of the year as possible.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
West Coast Restaurants Face Meat Shortage Threat
Richmond California reports restaurants serving 30 000 people in a shipyard boom town may close due to meat shortages. Mayor Hattie Chandler says some San Francisco eateries have already shut down for the same reason.
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Richmond
Calif
Hattie Chandler
San Francisco
Bay
Army Nurses to Get Substantial Pay Increases
Army nurses, especially recent volunteers serving soldiers, would receive substantial pay raises under legislation sent to the House with unanimous approval from the Military Affairs Committee.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Ohio U Boy Aided Rickenbacker Hunt
Cincinnati report credits Ohio University student John Guilford Marvin with a key role in locating Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker and his crew after three weeks lost in the Southwest Pacific. Marvin, 26, charted search routes after the rescue of Captain William T. Cherry, with ties to Ohio University and the University of Georgia.
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Cincinnati
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Southwest Pacific
John H. Marvin
John Guilford Marvin
Rickenbacker
William T. Cherry
Fort Worth
Tex
Marvin
Ohio University At
Athens
University of Georgia
Harder Tasks Faced in 1943
Chicago reports that in 1943 railroads confront a bigger assignment after 1942 set records for freight and passenger traffic. John J. Pelley of the Association of American Railroads warned that to sustain growth, more cars and locomotives are needed and maintenance materials must be allocated to keep equipment moving.
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Chicago
John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Roosevelt notes turning point but warns against exultation
President Roosevelt, in a radio speech at The New York Herald Tribune forum, says good news from battle zones suggests a turning point yet emphasizes an uphill war. He cites the Nov 13–15 naval clash as a major, but warns against political criticism and coast-to-victory complacency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York Herald Tribune
Mr. Roosevelt
Pacific
Surface Sub Battles U S Planes in Mediterranean
In the Mediterranean a U‑boat was damaged and sunk after a five RAF Hudson bomber attack near the conning tower. Allied Spitfires helped locate survivors and guide a destroyer to rescue the German crew, who were captured and handed to an American armored patrol ashore.
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U. S
Third Sub Completed by Manitowoc Shipyard
Great Lakes Illinois reports the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company has finished its third submarine in seven months. The vessel will launch into Lake Michigan next Sunday.
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Great Lakes Navy Yard
Great Lakes, Ill
Allied Efforts in Africa Span Vast Campaign Fronts
Dewitt Mackenzie reports from Cairo on Allied victories and multi national forces across Africa. He notes native workers aiding transport routes, harsh climates, and pioneering work opening the Dark Continent to the outside world as air travel expands the war effort.
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Cairo
Mediterranean Sea
Equator
Africa
Uncle Sam
America
Middle East
England
Atlantic
Britain
Admiral and Captain Die in Solomon Islands Night Battle
Rear Admiral Norman Scott of Kirkwood Missouri aged 53 and Captain Casin Young of Coronado California aged 48 were killed in the Solomon Islands night naval clash on November 13 the Navy Department announced. Scott commanded a naval unit in the engagement and Young holder of the Medal of Honor for Pearl Harbor was commander of Rear Admiral Daniel J Callaghan's flagship.
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Washington
Norman Scott
Kirkwood
Casin Young
Coronado
Calif
Solomon Islands
Navy Department
Scott
Young
Pearl Harbor
Daniel J. Callaghan
Rickenbacker Faces Weeks in Hospital After Sea Exposure
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker will remain in the hospital for at least two more weeks to recover from long exposure at sea. The World War ace has expressed eagerness to resume inspecting aviation facilities in the Southwest Pacific, as ordered by Secretary of War Stimson.
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Washington
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Stimson
Japs Fall Back as Allies Close on Buna Front
Allied ground forces under General MacArthur push toward the Papua coast from Awala reaching within 30 miles of Buna. Japanese air units strike to harass columns but Allied air command targets Lae and the Buna area, sinking vessels and destroying aircraft on the ground.
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MacArthur
Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Awala
Lae
Dandelion Rubber Plant Urged for Russian Supply
Dr. Paul J. Kolachov of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons urged the U S Department of Agriculture to develop a dandelion plant Kosagy to supply half of Russia's rubber. He noted seeds came from Russia last spring and that U S production could improve with better machinery and cost competitive methods.
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Cincinnati
Paul J. Kolachov
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc
Louisville
Distillers
Department of Agriculture
Russia
U. S
Kosagy
Darlan Deal Explained By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt said the temporary arrangements with Admiral Jean Darlan in North Africa were justified by military necessity. He sought to calm unrest over Darlan, a Vichy collaborator captured by American troops, and emphasized the wartime expedient nature of the pact.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jean Darlan
North Africa
Darlan
Arsengemans
Allied Forces Ferry Into Tunisia Battle Front
Allied forces intensified operations in Tunisia as British paratroops and American transports delivered troops for a major push toward Benghazi while German and Italian units reportedly massed planes in southern Italy and Sicily to defend North Africa. Rommel reportedly returned to Tunisia as Montgomery’s Eighth Army advanced toward the Gulf of Sirte.
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Adolf Hitler
Italy
Crete
Sardinia
Sicily
North Africa
Paris
Bizerte
Tunisia
Berlin
Algeria
Tripolitania
Mediterranean
Tunisian
Kenneth A. N. Andersson
First Army
Hitler
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Libyan
Bengali
Gulf of
Sirte
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Rommel
Axis
Jean Darlan
United Nations
Monrovia
Liberia
Dakar
French West Africa
London
South America
United States
Spain
New York
Red Army
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Akron house once owned by abolitionist John Brown gifted to history society
The Akron residence that belonged to abolitionist John Brown has been bequeathed to the Summit County Historical Society by Mrs May Perkins. The house transfer highlights ongoing preservation efforts by local historians and civic groups.
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Akron
John Brown
Summit County Historical Ciety
May Perkins
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Pierre Pucheu
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Bricker
West Coast
U. Boy
Rickenbacker Hunt
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