Russians unleash major Stalingrad offensive killing thousands
Moscow reports a vast Red Army counter-offensive northwest and south of Stalingrad driving German forces from trenches toward encirclement. Some 15 000 Germans killed and over 13 000 captured as Russians advance up to 45 miles, seizing rail lines and strongpoints.
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Stalingrad
Volga
Caucas
Red Army
Abganerovo
Nalchik
Leningrad
Caucasus
Jap Ship Destroyed by Bombers in Indo China
Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennaults Skydragons sank a Japanese ship of 12 000 to 15 000 tons likely a transport and possibly an aircraft carrier during a dock area attack at Haiphong in French Indo China. Immense fires consumed the waterfront of the Japanese occupied port on the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Claire L. Chennault
Skydragons
Haiphong
Indo- China
Gulf of Tonkin
U S Claims It Deals Only With War Needs
Admiral Jean Darlan denied US authorities in French North Africa pressed for non military aims. The denial was broadcast by Morocco radio and recorded in London by Reuters, signaling official stances on wartime priorities.
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London
Jean Darlan
United States
French North Africa
Morocco
Reuters
Yankee Flier Dies In London Crash Dive To Save Homes
A United States Army Air Force pilot died in a crash dive over a London district to prevent hitting a line of small houses. The pilot's name was not released.
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Yankee Flier
London
United States Army Air Force
Admiral King Faces Biggest Naval Challenge After Retirement
Admiral Ernest J. King, aged 64, remains in active duty as commander of the United States Fleet and chief of naval operations. He has organized two staffs and directs all naval activities under President Roosevelt, demanding peak performance from his two-man leadership amid expanding Allied frontlines.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Americas
King
Atlantic
United States
Naval Operations
Roosevelt
Knox
Navy
Stuttgart Hit in Heavy RAF Bombing Raid
London AP reports Stuttgart, a key German aviation and electrical hub and rail junction, was attacked by a strong RAF force last night. Air Ministry said initial observations showed good results with ten bombers missing.
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Stuttgart
Air Ministry
Ministry
France
English
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
DNB
Germany
Wuerttemberg
Dover
RAF
Hamburg
Reich
Tubeless tire tested with oil company cars
William R. Boyd Jr. reports early test results support the tubeless tire. Tests on over 1,000 oil company cars nationwide show no evidence against the inventor’s claims. The tubeless design could add more than 200000 tons of high grade rubber to scrap stocks via existing inner tubes, with a final council report due after December tests.
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Washington
William R. Boyd, Jr
Petroleum Industry War Council
John B. McGay
Tulsa
Okla
Boyd
Government halts production of luxury women gowns in Canada
Ottawa orders a stop to wartime manufacture of evening and dinner gowns, wraps, capes, and other luxury items including negligees, hostess gowns, culottes, skating skirts, play suits, riding breeches, golf jackets, and bush coats for the duration.
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Ottawa
Canada
Fire Claims Two In Columbus Home Tragedy
Alma Hunt age 65 and her mother Jennie B Jennings age 92 died in a blaze that engulfed their one story frame house in Columbus yesterday.
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Columbus
Alma Hunt
Jennie B. Jennings
Thanksgiving Service Planned at the White House
President Roosevelt intends a Thanksgiving service at the White House inviting Cabinet members Army and Navy chiefs heads of agencies supreme court and congressional leaders. The event will be broadcast and include a service of songs and prayer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Cabinet
Army
Navy
Supreme Court
Cooks Held Over Oregon State Hospital Poison Deaths
Two cooks at the Oregon State Hospital for the insane are detained after 47 inmates died and over 400 fell ill from poisoned eggs. District Attorney Miller Hayden charges A. B. McKillop with involuntary manslaughter and Mary O Hare with obstructing justice. The accident began when roach powder was mixed with powdered milk for the scrambled eggs.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Hospital For the Insane
Miller Hayden
A. B. McKillop
Mary O'Hare
Hayden
McKillop
George A. Nosen
Medford
Nosen
Rationing May Halt Hoarding
Washington officials warn that panic buying of foods and consumer goods has spread among households fearing future controls. An unnamed Office of Price Administration official says hysteria may force rationing of items not ordinarily rationed to curb hoarding.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Inquest Ordered After Collision Kills Steelworker
Coroner Moses Roberts orders an inquest into the death of Robert V. Tisler 49 a Courtland steelworker after a collision yesterday with a truck driven by Wade Goldsmith 28 of Toledo.
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Fremont
Moses Roberts
Robert V. Tisler
Courtland
Old Timer Is Still Thinking of Future
A Canton clay plant faced a desperate need for workers and ran a Help Wanted ad. One applicant, age 70, impressed the personnel manager and they agreed to hire him. As he walked away to report for duty, he asked about chances for advancement, prompting a reconsideration.
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Canton
Ohio to reorganize school bus schedules under federal order
Ohio must overhaul all bus schedules by February 1 to meet Office of Defense Transportation rules. Delbert Woodford says counties and local boards must cooperate to draft plans, as gasoline and mileage allowances hinge on complying with the new regulations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Office of Defense Transportation
Delbert Woodford
Joseph B. Eastman
ODT
Woodford
Tobacco Heiress Reaches New Debt of Ten Million
Somerville New Jersey Doris Duke Cromwell turns 30 and gains a final 10 million installment of her 30 million legacy from the James B Duke estate. The tobacco heir continues the family fortune as she marks her birthday amid media attention.
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Somerville
N. J
Doris Duke Cromwell
James B. Duke
Rickenbacker Confident of Rescue After Plane Crash
Pearl Harbor reports Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and six companions survived a South Pacific rubber raft ordeal after their plane ran out of fuel on Oct. 21. They endured rain, starvation and raw fish until Navy seaplane Lieut. William Eadie spotted their raft on Nov. 11 and located Rickenbacker the next day.
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Pearl Harbor
Eddie Rickenbacker
South Pacific
Rickenbacker
William F. Eadie
Lieut
Eadie
German Gestapo Agents Fortifying Italian Coast
London reports from Moscow say Gestapo agents have arrived at all Adriatic ports and are feverishly fortifying coastal defenses. The greatest activity lies along the Otranto Strait with traffic restricted, amid Allied North Africa victories. A Turkish report cites 60,000 German soldiers sent to Italy in three months to bolster morale. Mussolini aide Vidussoni is said to inspect Sicily defenses.
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Moscow
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Natal
Otranto Strait
Mediterranean
Albania
Italy
North Africa
Turkey
Balkan
Stockholm
London Sunday Dispatch
Mussolini
Aldo Vidussoni
Fascist Party
Sicily
Labor Leader Moves Up in War Cabinet
London notes Sir Stafford Cripps steps down from the war cabinet to head the aircraft production ministry at Churchill's request. Herbert Morrison joins the inner circle, remaining home secretary and minister of home security, while Anthony Eden gains the extra post of leader of the House.
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London
Sir Stafford Cripps
Churchill
Sir Stafford
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Labor
Anthony Eden
Airmen Score Even in Sea Battles Near Solomons and New Guinea
United States reports loss of an additional destroyer from the Solomons action dated November 13 to 15, balanced by the sinking of a Japanese destroyer off New Guinea near Buna. Allied bombers destroyed the Japanese ship as it tried to land reinforcements, while the American destroyer hit by torpedoes on the prior night sank November 16. Officers and crew were rescued with no loss of life.
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Washington
United States
Solomons
New Guinea
Buna
Navy
Gona
Guadacanal Island
Mamtanikauver
State's Compensation Fund Reaches Record High
The State Industrial Commission reports a $100,493,516 balance in the workmen's compensation fund as of Oct 31, the highest ever. October claims total 29,960, down 75 from October 1941, the first year‑to‑year decline since 1939, though September had higher claims by 718.
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Columbus
State Industrial Commission
Will T. Blake
Martinique Agreement With U S Announced
Washington reports a satisfactory accord with France reducing the chance of any U S occupation of the Caribbean possession. The tentative deal covers all French territories in the Western Hemisphere including French Guiana and was disclosed at a press conference by Secretary Hull.
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Washington
United States
Martinian
Hull
French Guiana
Robbers Loot Jewelry Store But Leave Gems Behind
Portsmouth jeweler J. F. Carr reports safe robbers took 12600 dollars from a jewelry store over the weekend but did not take any gems. Police investigated the incident and are reviewing nearby security footage.
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Portsmouth
J.F. Carr
Two Ohioans Die in Separate Army Plane Crashes
Washington reports two Ohio men killed in separate army aircraft crashes over the weekend. Lt. Thomas R. Rankin, 25, of Springfield, was among three killed near Wayne, Oklahoma, in a light bomber wreck. Sgt. Otis D. Fryer Jr., 19, of New Philadelphia, was among three killed in a medium bomber crash at Greenville air base in South Carolina.
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Washington
Thomas R. Rankin
Springfield
Wayne
Oklo
Frank W. Rankin
Greenville
S. C
Otis D. Fryer, Jr
New Philadelphia
Rubber shortage identified as U.S. basic material crisis
A National Association of Manufacturers report declares rubber supplies the most serious of America's basic materials problems. It cites steel shortages as largely due to misdistribution and faults government action when crude rubber supplies first threatened.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
America
NAM
Chesterhill Postmaster Renamed by President
WASHINGTON Ohio post masters nominated by President Roosevelt include Chesterhill Postmaster Hettle Woodward Thornville Paul R Clemson The War Department has advised Joseph D Cleary head of the state liquor department enforcement division that his son First Lt James D Cleary is a prisoner of war.
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Washington
Ohio
Roosevelt
Chesterhill
Hettle Woodward
Thornville
Paul R. Clemson
Columbus
War Department
Joseph D. Cleary
The
State Liquor Department
James D. Cleary
Rommel Commands Axis in Tunisia Battle
Allied reports say Rommel commands part of Africa Corps in attacks against German Italian positions around Bizerte and Tunis. Air and sea actions threaten Axis holds as Allied forces push toward Tunisia amid raids on Tunis airfields and Buna Gona campaigns in New Guinea.
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First Army
Bizerte
Tunia
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Morocco
Rommel
Tunisia
North Africa
Middle Mediterranean
Radio
Tunis
Sicilian
South
Tuenisia
Tripolitania
Tripoli
Gabes
Sfax
Tunisian
Algieria
Oasis
Gafsa
Kairouan
Berlin
Cairo
Libya
al Agheila
U. S
James H. Dovelittle
Dutch Saboteurs Executed at Arnhem Confirmed by Berlin
German radio reports 15 additional Netherlands saboteurs have been executed at Arnhem by Nazi forces for acts against occupation. The announcement underscores harsher measures in occupied Netherlands as resistance actions continue.
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Arnhem
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