Admiral Takahashi predicts American attack on Dutch Indies
Admiral Sankichi Takahashi, Japan's naval chief, says the United States plans to use the Solomon Islands as a base to retake the Dutch East Indies, warning of heavy fighting ahead. Tokyo asserts Pacific fleet losses but strategists expect US forces to regroup and press toward Guadalcanal and Buna.
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Dutch East Indies
Japan
Grover Navy
Sankichi Takahashi
Washington
United States
Tokyo
U. S. Pacific
South S
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Knox
Solomons
Fon Guadalcanal
Buna
Whiel
MacArthur
Pacific
Exchange of Ideas Is Recommended by FDR
President Roosevelt urged free exchange of ideas through regional discussion to aid war conduct and postwar planning. He praised New England civilian defense measures as a model for the nation.
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Boston
Roosevelt
New England
Frozen eggs blamed in poisoning deaths
In Salem Oregon 36 inmates of the Oregon State Hospital for the Insane died and 400 were ill after eating scrambled eggs Superintendent J C Evans said likely poisoned. He noted most ill may recover and a third of a two ton egg shipment had previously caused no harm. Coroner L E Barrick called for immediate investigation into the Federal Surplus Commodities Corp delivery.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Hospital For the
J. C. Evans
Greater Milk Production Sought by U S Officials
Washington reports consider special inducements to boost milk output to avert a shortage amid war demand. Proposals include federal subsidies or higher prices, with subsidies estimated at 200 to 300 million dollars yearly. Dairy officials note 1943 production may fall short of military civilian and lend-lease needs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Wickard
Ohio Motorists Arrested For Speeding In September
Lynn Black reports 559 motorists were arrested and 1394 drivers warned for wartime speed limit violations of 35 mph. One offender was clocked at 99 mph and 301 exceeded 65 mph. The data was presented to Highway Director Hal G. Sours and concerns over releasing names and license numbers to the OPA were noted.
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Columbus
Ohio
OPA
Lynn Black
State Highway Patrol
Hal G. Sours
Black
Farmers Urged to Guard Against Inflation at Ohio Meeting
Murray D. Lincoln executive secretary of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation told the annual convention that farm prices for needed products are good and the feeding ratio is favorable. He warned farmers to beware of programs that could trigger inflation and keep prices steady.
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Columbus
Murray D. Lincoln
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Lincoln
Bricker Proclaims Thanksgiving Day in Ohio
Governor John W. Bricker proclaims Thursday November 26 as Thanksgiving Day in Ohio and urges all citizens to observe the holiday with prayers and reflection.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Compromise on FD Power
Washington AP report says the War Department warned against all out war under narrow laws while Congress moved to grant Roosevelt limited authority to suspend tariff and immigration rules during the war. The House Ways and Means Committee tabling a compromise bill aims to curb executive power amid Republican and some Democratic criticism.
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Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
House Ways and Means
First Aid Class Gets Practical Experience
Women in a civilian defense first aid course in Marion gained hands on practice when K D Whiteman fell while painting a hall where they were taking final exams and was injured.
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Marion
K. D. Whiteman
Woman Found Guilty In Daughter's Slaying
In Cleveland Mrs Valentina Koler 56 pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received an indeterminate sentence in the Marysville Reformatory for shooting her daughter Irene Novak 21 during a quarrel over her daughter's male companions.
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Cleveland
Valentina Koler
Marysville Reformatory
Irene Novak
Axis Faces Multi Front Air Threat as Allies Advancing
London reports Axis air forces of about 5 000 German and 2 000 Italian planes face a mounting Allied aerial assault from multiple directions. The expected Allied buildup includes more bases and increasing numbers of American and British aircraft, aiming to pressure fronts from the Caucasus to the Libyan Desert.
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London
Germany
Italy
RAF
Axis
Caucasus
Leningrad
Russia
Africa
Laval assumes full powers over France
Pierre Laval has been designated heir to Marshal Petain and given full powers to write laws and decree. The Paris radio reports Laval would transfer the government to Paris as he solidifies control with German support. British observers call it a logical step showing Petain in German hands and predict Laval’s direction on Axis military aid.
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Marshal Petain
Paris
Laval
Petain
Jacques Doriot
France
United States
Great Britain
French North Africa
New Route to Alaska Opens Friday
Yukon territory reports the Alaska Highway opening Friday with a parade of flags and a joint US Canada convoy. Dignitaries from both nations join the Northwestern Service Corps to celebrate a 1681 mile route built in seven months and 17 days, expanding from nine to eighteen feet wide and crossing hundreds of streams and muskeg.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Alaska
United States
Canada
Japan
Northwest Service Corps
FBI Captures 12000 Enemy Aliens in War Effort
FBI chief P. E. Foxworth told the New York City Club that nearly 12 000 enemy aliens have been taken into custody since Pearl Harbor and large quantities of contraband seized. Items include enemy uniforms codes ciphers 100 rolls of film 4000 guns 250000 rounds of ammunition and 2340 sticks of dynamite. Also notes a Wisconsin man Raymond Verville sixth generation son enters Army.
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New York
FBI
Pearl Harbor
P. E. Foxworth
Foxworth
City Club of
Phillippines
Drinking Near Camps Not So Heavy Says Baptists Leader
Alfred Carpenter of Atlanta, head of Army Camp Work for Southern Baptists, told Mississippi officials that the drinking around camps is not as bad as painted and that prohibitionists are exploiting the issue. He urged liquor control at camps while stressing civilian drinking as the nation’s moral concern.
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Jackson
Miss
Alfred Carpenter
Atlanta
Southern Baptists
Mississippi
Chad as key to Africa in Mackenzie’s war map reading
In The War Today Dewitt Mackenzie outlines how Chad and French Equatorial Africa form a strategic heart in the North Africa campaign. He notes a hidden development linking air and sea routes through the region, plus industrial growth reviving caravan towns into Allied hubs.
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Equatorial Africa
Vichy
French West Africa
Equator
Mediterranean
Chad
Libya
Africa
Hitler
North Africa
France
No-Man's Land
Miners and Operators Clash Over Six Day Work Week
United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis and Appalachian soft coal operators under Charles O Neill failed to agree on a six day work week. Lewis said miners would accept six days at time and a half under the current contract, while operators demanded a price increase to cover higher costs. O Neill said operators will pre submit to Washington for a coal price increase.
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NEW York
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Charles O'Neill
tor #uu
Vuvu
Harold L. Ickes
Lewis
UMW
O'Neill
Washington
Italian Plane Plant Bombed In Major Turin Raid
Britain sends heavy four motor bombers to Turin hitting Fiat works and Royal Arsenal. RAF reports good results in the fifth Italy raid this month with no losses. Target included Fiat Engine Works and Caproni branch among other city military facilities. Round trip of about 1500 miles with two Alpine crossings.
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London
Britain
Alps
Italy
Fiat Works
Turin
Air Ministry
RAF
Royal Arsenal
Fiat Engine Works
Caproni Works
Horse Meat To Be Sold In Los Angeles Markets
Los Angeles will see horse meat offered for human consumption as Packer A Gianni plans a slaughterhouse to process horses from western states for market sale. The venture aims to establish a new meat product in local markets.
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Los Angeles
Packer A. Gianni
Milk control plan ordered for Cincinnati milkshed
Secretary Wickard mandated federal control of milk marketing in the Cincinnati milkshed with effect from February 23, as part of wartime measures.
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Washington
Wickard
Cincinnati
Navy
Dont Travel Drive Launched by ODT
Washington reports the Office of Defense Transportation launched a nationwide dont travel campaign. Director Joseph B. Eastman said the appeal aims to focus Americans on the gravity of the passenger transportation problem and that people can help by staying home unless travel is essential.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
ODT
Objectors to Get State Hospital Jobs in Ohio
Ohio welfare director Charles L. Sherwood announced conscientious objectors will be assigned to five state hospitals for mental patients at 2.50 a day. About 60 objectors statewide—20 to Cleveland State Hospital and 10 each to Lima Dayton Columbus and Hawthornden—will fill vacancies amid staffing shortages threatening normal operations.
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Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Ohio Welfare
Sherwood
Ohio
Cleveland State Hospital
Lima
Dayton
Hawthornden
Akron
Cleveland
94-Year-Old Inventor Die in Cleveland Home
Edward F. Schorndorfer, 94, inventor of the first hand operated windshield wiper and stove parts, died yesterday at the home of his daughter in North Perry. A native of Cleveland, he once worked as a newsboy and recalled friendship with John Wilkes Booth amid Civil War era tensions.
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Cleveland
Edward F., Schorndorfer
Guy E. Bartholomew
North Perry
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Schorndorfer
Booth
Parolees Eligible for Service Induction
Ohio's Pardon and Parole Commission suspended parole supervision for about 800 to 1 000 former inmates to enable Army induction. Records show about 25 percent failed to qualify for service. those paroled revert to their previous status immediately.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pardon and Parole Commission
Roosevelt orders Chicago firm to honor labor board ruling
President Roosevelt commanded Montgomery Ward and Company to comply without delay with a War Labor Board order. The firm must include a maintenance of membership clause in a contract with an employee, signaling enforcement of union-related terms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward and Company
War Labor Board
Chicago
Free French Drive Moves Deep Into North Africa
Allied forces press a four way squeeze on Axis in North Africa as Free French units advance from Lake Chad toward Italian Tripolitania while American and British troops push into Tunisia. Lake Chad lies about 1,200 miles south of the Mediterranean as Allied convergences close on remaining Axis strongholds in the region.
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Lake Chad
Tripolitania
North Africa
Tunisia
Equatorial Africa
Mediterranean
Officiers ready to turn on Hitler in Tunisia drive
British American forces push into Northern Tunisia from Algeria with a second column entering Southern Tunisia. Rommel’s Africa Corps retreats toward El Agheila as Eisenhower’s HQ reports initial Allied advances and Doolittle bombs Bizerte and Tunis. Axis propaganda claims Allied losses while Soviet dispatches report gains around Stalingrad and in the Caucasus. A 14 ounce baby dies in Akron after premature birth.
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Tunisia
Mediterranean
Algeria
Tripolitania
Egypt
Erwin ‘Rommel
Africa Corps
Libya
Eighth Army
Bengasi
el Agheila
Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James H. Doolittle
Bizerte
Tunis
Vichy Radio
Gibraltar
Rome
U. S
Casablanca
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Red Army
Don River
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B. A. Freed
Moline
Ill
K. A. Freed
U.S
Pierre Laval
Ashland
Wis
Raymond Verville
Mason
Nick Verville
Servces
Central Africa
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Cairo
Necney
Algiers
Fuehrer
Norma Jean Twyman
Children’s Hospital
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