Reds Close In on Stalingrad as German Lines Collapse
Russian advances along the Don and Volga fronts push toward Stalingrad with reports of 50,000 Axis dead or captured. Front line dispatches describe deep penetrations, encirclement risk, and heavy Axis losses as the Soviet push tightens around the German-held corridor.
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Moscow
Don Bend
Stalingrad
Volga Ion
Chernyshevskaya
Chir River
Kalach
Kletskaya
Don River
Volga
Menac
Serafimovich
Don
Malmyck
Caucasus
Aksai
Abganerova
Kalmyk
Tundurova
Aksail
Astrakhan
London
Baumhart and Balzly wed in Vermilion ceremony
Lieut. A D Baumhart former congressman from Ohio 13th district married Maxine Balzly of Massillon in Vermilion last night. In Washington Albert Hanson Stires reported missing is confirmed safe by naval officials today. Stires is son of Maude Ballard of Harrisburg Ohio.
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Vermilion, O
A. D. Baumhart
The
Navy
Ohio
Maxine Balzly
Massillon
Washington
Albert Hanson Stires
Naval
Stires
Maude Ballard
Harris
Allies Close In On Buna New Guinea Beachhead
Allied forces push yard by yard toward Buna as Japanese defenses collapse. Australian units enter Gona while American troops overrun Cape Endaiadere and advance toward Sananada. Guadalcanal fighting continues with U S Army and Marines advancing west from Henderson Field as air and sea action pressure the enemy.
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MacArthur
Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Gona
Cape Endaiadere
Sananada
Guadalcanal
Lower Solomons
Navy
Henderson Air Field
Brothers Are Sentenced in Kidnapping Case
Two Parkersburg West Virginia brothers Clarence Parsons 23 and Arthur Parsons 24 were sentenced to 75 years each for kidnapping Vivian Wells 16 near Aberdeen Ohio on August 9 A federal jury found them guilty and they faced potential death penalties which were not imposed by Judge John H Druffel who publicly condemned the pair for their crimes and questioned the country’s regard for uniformed men and potential clemency debates
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Cincinnati
Parkersburg
W. Va
Manchester, O
Edward Hoover
Clarence
Arthur Parsons
Vivian Wells
Aberdeen
John H. Druffel
Miss Wells
Arthur
Judge Druffel
Out of the Night Author Arrested on Deportation Warrant
Attorney General Biddle announced the arrest of Richard Julius Herman Krebs who wrote under the alias Jan Waltin about Gestapo and Ogpu work. He was arrested near Bethel Connecticut on a deportation warrant to Germany. The likely next step is internment as an enemy alien during the war.
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Washington
Biddle
Richard Julius Herman Krebs
Gestapo
Ogpu
Jan Waltin
Bethel
Conn
Germany
Krebs
Roosevelt gave $500 to Dutchess Democrats in Fish bid
In Albany New York President Roosevelt contributed 500 to the Dutchess County Democratic Committee fund used to try to unseat Rep Hamilton Fish a Republican from New York. Dutchess is part of Fish 26th District. Fish won reelection November 3 by about 4000 votes.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Dutchess County
Democratic Committee
Hamilton Fish
Dutchess
Fish
Civilian Government Jobs Jump by 122 827 in August
The Civil Service Commission announced that civilian jobs in the government rose by 122 827 in August, bringing total employment to 2 450 759 at month end.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Essential Workers Barred From Enlisting
The government barred essential aircraft and shipbuilding workers from enlisting to protect war production. Selective Service Director Hershey said boards should deny releases to those in 1-8 or II-B categories and expanded the essential jobs list to about 3,000 occupations. He stressed these workers would still be called for service if needed and replaceable.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Army
Navy
Hershey
War Manpower Commission
US casualty toll in initial North Africa landings 1910
The Army announced 1 910 American casualties in the initial North Africa landings. General Eisenhower reported difficulty confirming figures for Danes and others as the action centered around Algiers Oran and Casablanca. Most losses were Army with about 350 killed and 900 wounded. Navy losses were far smaller with many missing.
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Washington
North Africa
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Capedq
Ture
Oran
Casablanca
Navy
Algiers
Polish Jews Slain Under Gestapo Order Reported
London AP report states the Polish government in exile claims Heinrich Himmler ordered the extermination of half Poland's Jews by year end. By September 250,000 Jews killed under the plan with only 40,000 to remain in Warsaw ghetto as skilled labor for German war industry.
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London
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Poland
German Labor Office
Arbeitsamt
Warsaw Ghetto
Memorial services for victims of Moroccan campaign
In Casablanca the U S and French soldiers join civilians in memorials for those killed in the Moroccan campaign. A statement describes rail shipments where crowds are packed into boxcars, death by suffocation, and death camps at Treblinka Belzec and Sobibor for the survivors.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Staement
Treblinka
Belzec
Sobibor
Buying Wave Sweeps Coast in War Time Shortages
San Francisco observes a new buying wave ahead of Thanksgiving as war production tightens supplies. Coffee is frozen, butter and eggs rationed by grocers, and meat shortages persist. Grocers limit eggs to one dozen and butter to a quarter pound. poultrymen report only partial turkey supply.
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San Francisco
Ohio Age Pensions Hit New All Time Record
Ohio's old age pension program reached record levels in November with total grants of 3 726 456 dollars and an average payment of 26 90 dollars to 138 548 recipients. Karl R Babb head of the State Division of Aid for the Aged announced the figures noting the month edged past the prior high by 7 811 dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Karl R. Babb
State Division of Aid For
Five day revolt at Poston camp ends as MPs quell escape
At the Poston Japanese relocation center in Parker Arizona a five day mutiny was brought to a close by military police after two men were jailed on assault to kill charges. W Wade Head the camp superintendent said rebels flew banners with Japanese characters last night and played martial music.
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Parker
Ariz
Poston
W. Wade Head
Hoarded gasoline found in 150 Toledo homes amid rationing fears
Earl Walterchied, chief inspector of the Fire Prevention Bureau, said today that large quantities of gasoline were discovered stored in more than 150 Toledo homes and garages in anticipation of rationing.
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Toledo
Earl Walterchied
Eureee
Ohioans Asked to Share Meat in Nationwide Drive
Ohio defense officials announce a house-to-house canvass from November 30 to December 5 to urge civilians to limit meat to about one bite a day or 2 1/2 pounds weekly. The campaign, run by civilian Black and neighborhood leaders, trains with state and county home nutritionists to safeguard supplies for military needs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Stone
Textile made from human hair debuted in Budapest
Berlin reports that Transocean announced the first textile material woven from human hair is available in Budapest. The Hungarian invention yields material suitable for cloaks and overcoats, but hair scarcity limits production.
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Berlin
Budapest
Transocean
Sales Tax Emerges as Likely Federal Revenue Fix
The sales tax, long condemned by the Treasury, began shaping up today as the most likely congressional answer to any demand for extra federal revenue.
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Washington
Treasury
Cincinnati Board Grants Immediate $8 Monthly Pay Hike
The Cincinnati board of education approved an $8 monthly salary increase for 2,500 city school employees including teachers, effective immediately.
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Cincinnati
Board of Education
Allies Gain Dakar Port as Axis Threat Dims
French forces in Dakar on the west coast of North Africa join the United Nations. The vital port is expected to be opened to Allied shipping, reducing the Axis submarine threat near the Atlantic approaches to America. Dakar serves as the nearest Old World port to the United States.
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Dakar
North Africa
United Nations
America
Milk Supply in Ohio Ample for Duration
War time population growth and higher incomes strain Ohio milk needs but no statewide shortage exists. Officials say some cities must reach beyond normal milksheds to supplement supply while adequate milk remains available in Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Canton, Findlay, Sandusky and Zanesville. Prices remain stable due to federal price freezes on fluid milk.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Akron
Cleveland
Dayton
Canton
Findlay
Sandusky
Zanesville
Uncle Sam
Three Die for Treason and Wives Given 25 Years
CHICAGO Three men convicted of treason were sentenced to death. Their wives received 25 years in prison and $10 000 fines. The men face electrocution January 22 at a Northern Illinois site. Defendants stared at the judge as the sentence was read with no emotion. Names include Hans and Erna Haupt Walter and Lucille Froehling Otto and Kate Wergin.
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Chicago
Illinois
Hans
Erna Haupt
Long Island
Walter
Lucille Froehling
Otto and
Kate Wergin
Haupt
Naval Ground School Planned at Wesleyan
President H J Burgstahler of Ohio Wesleyan University announced the Navy will open an aviation ground school for 600 cadets at Wesleyan next year. The first 12 week course starts January 7 and will be taught by the university faculty except for code and blinker training.
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Delaware
H. J. Burgstahler
Ohio Wesleyan University
United States Navy
Burgstahler
Tough North Africa air struggle foretold by UN official
British and American ground forces prepare for an all out assault on Tunis and Bizerte as Axis air power concentrates in the Mediterranean. Allied commands report intense air activity with raids on Tripoli Algiers and Tunis and Axis planes shot down over Tunisia and the Tunisian coast.
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London
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Axis
Tunis
Bizerte
Allied
North Africa
Middle East
Cairo
Tunisian
Morocco
Tripoli
Libya
Algiers
Vichy
Bone
Bougie
Algeria
Palermo
RAF
Sardinia
Middle East Command
Eighth Army
Ageshabia
Rommel
Licked Africa Corps
el Agheila
Africa
Dakar
Jean Darlan
Tunis-Bizerte
Sicily
Admiral Darlan
Darlan
Casablanca
Oran
South Atlantic
Dakar Emerges as Allied Port as Axis Resistance Persists
Allied reports say Dakar joins the Allies with French forces under Admiral Darlan, boosting a key naval base in the South Atlantic. Axis Tunisian forces remain a focus as RAF and US bombers attack Sicilian and Tunisian airfields while clashes yield German prisoners.
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Gabes
Tunisia
Securities Markets To Close For Thanksgiving
New York reports that securities and commodity exchanges nationwide will be closed on Thursday November 26 for Thanksgiving Day. The U S Department of Agriculture announced that livestock reports would not be issued on November 26.
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New York
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Marginal Farmers Train in Ohio for War Support
Fifty under employed farmers from central Kentucky begin a three week program at Ohio State University and Franklin County farms to test relocating marginal land workers to fertile Midwest areas. The experiment aims to maximize war time milk production and feed the nation, with future trainings drawn from Appalachia and other regions. Trainees will stay in trailers, receive two weeks of dairy farm instruction and one week of on farm experience. Most participants are draft age or older, with some younger boys included.
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Columbus
Kentucky
Ohio State University
Franklin County
Ohio
Andrew L. Sorensen
Farm Security Administration
Sorensen
Midwest
Appalachian
Tennessee
West Virginia
Ozark
Upper
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
University Dairy
Congressmen to Question Ruber Chief on Gasoline Rationing
Midwest lawmakers oppose the administration plan for nationwide gasoline rationing and will question Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers as Dec 1 approaches. Jeffers testifies before a House interstate subcommittee after two days of hearings on fuel. Price Administrator Leon Henderson supported the plan yesterday.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
House
Leon Henderson
Scrap Drive Totals Six Million Tons Nationwide
New York report credits newspapers united scrap metal drive with more than six million tons of iron steel and other scrap. Richard W. Slocum, campaign chairman, says totals are incomplete but nationwide average is about 82 pounds per person.
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New York
United Scrap Metal Drive
Richard W. Slocum
22 189 Tons of Scrap From Auto Graveyards
Cleveland reports October scrap from auto graveyards in Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia reached 22 189 tons up from 20 587 the previous month according to E and Dowd regional salvage manager for the war production board.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
E. &. Dowd
War Production Board
Trade Associations Aid Red Tape Cutting
Trade associations joined Senators Byrd and Van denberg to cut red tape and speed preparation of government reports and questionnaires. The effort aims to provide needed manpower to handle the workload and expedite paperwork.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Vandenberg
R-Mich
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Mike) Moran
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Charles Hisao Yoshii
University of Oregon
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Azores
Atlantic Ocean
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