Bombers Hit Hongkong and Canton Airfields Twice
American medium bombers struck Hongkong early today for a second raid in 24 hours and targeted the White Cloud airdrome near Canton. Despite Japanese interception efforts, no Allied planes were lost. The Hongkong operation included destroying the North Point power station and setting waterfront fires, with another day of air combat over South Yunnan Province resulting in multiple Japanese planes downed.
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U. S. Army Air Forces IN
China
Hongkong
White Cloud
Canton
Joseph W. Stilwell
North Point
United States
China Air Task Force
Offensive in Egypt and Stalingrad Battles Reported
Allied forces under British and American air cover push forward in Egypt against Rommel's Afrika Korps while heavy fighting continues in Stalingrad with high German casualties. The Eighth Army advances into Rommel’s minefield as prisoners are taken and air attacks intensify along a 70 mile front west of Alexandria.
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Egypt
Stalingrad
Britain
Eighth Army
Rommel
Mediterranean
Qattara
Alexandria
Fresh Japanese landings press Guadalcanal defenses
Washington reports new enemy landings on Guadalcanal as five night assaults are repulsed by Army and Marine units aided by artillery. American air and naval forces damaged or sunk several Japanese ships and aircraft, while MacArthur's forces claim sinkings at Rabaul and in Burma amid broader aerial activity.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
United States
Shortland Island
Douglas
Dauntless
Florida Island
Guadalcanal. In Addition, General MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Grumman “Wildcats
Quota Increase Set for Recap Tires and Services
The Office of Price Administration established a November quota of 1,090,206 recap tires or recap services for passenger car operators to apply for recapped tires or certificates. October quota was 939,940. OPA also raised grade 2 tire allocations for certain war workers to 134,470 from 98,755. November’s new car tire quotas for rationing tables, including essential services, are slightly above October’s figures.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Civil War Veteran Dies in Cleveland
Civil War veteran Josiah William Hill dies at 100 in Cleveland ending the city’s era of two surviving veterans. Services will be held here and burial arranged, Hill served with the See Heavy Artillery and joined Sherman’s march. Epidemic cases at Luke's Hospital reach 18 with 16 in the past three weeks.
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Cleveland
Cvil
Eveland
Josiah William Hill
Hill
Sherman
al. Luke
Nazis Face Typhus Epidemic Risk Report
The Office of War Information warns Nazi forces in eastern Europe face a potentially dangerous typhus threat. Officials say German troops and civilians lack protection as a complex vaccine hampers mass vaccination efforts.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Office of War Information
OWI
Rationing of Coffee to Start November Twenty Eighth
Washington AP Coffee will be rationed from midnight November 28 at one pound for each person over 15 years old, with sales halted at midnight November 21. Rations come from Stamp No 28 of Sugar Book No 1, issued in reverse order, under OPA and War Production Board control to prevent hoarding amid shipping shortages. The yearly ration averages 10.4 pounds per adult, far below the 1941 peak of 16 pounds per person.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Brazil
U. S
Trator Leon Henderson
War Production Board
OPA
Henderson
United States
Byrnes Moves To Keep Farmers Out Of Army
Congress approves a plan to defer agricultural workers from military service as part of a revised draft bill. The measure, backed by Economic Director James F. Byrnes, directs local boards to excuse farm laborers, while Senate action awaits post election quorum. Also noted is the death of two army pilots near Long Island, including Otto J. Zugelter, a Cincinnati native and former Miami University football player.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
House
Senate
Maloney
D.-Conn
Byrnes
Supreme Court
Stabilization Command
New York
Otto J. Zugelter
Cincinnati
Kenneth Presthus
St. Paul
LaGuardia Urges Italian Passive Revolt In Radio Broadcasts
New York mayor F H LaGuardia continues his regular weekly short wave broadcasts to Italy urging passive revolt against Mussolini’s regime. He condemns German abuses and speaks directly to Italian listeners during breakfast and dinner times.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Benito Mussolini
LaGuardia
Italy
Germany
War Today: Allies seize Egyptian offensive in pivotal North Africa
In London, Dewitt Mackenzie notes the British push in Egypt marks a decisive phase. He outlines a two pronged Nazi pincers strategy toward the Caucasus and Egypt, arguing success against Rommel in North Africa could doom Hitler’s hopes of victory by cutting control of the Mediterranean and Middle East.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
Egypt
Mediterranean
Middle East
Hitler
Caucasus
Britain
Russian
Rommel
Libya
Volga
Africa
Willkie Reports on Globe Circling Tour Tonight
Wendell Willkie will report to the nation on his globe girdling tour of Allied nations. The half hour broadcast will originate from CBS studios in New York and be carried on all major networks at 10 30 p m Eastern War Time.
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NEW York
Wendell Willkie
Columbia Broadcasting System
Italian King and Queen Visit Genoa After Bombing
A Geneva dispatch reports King Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena hurried to Genoa last Friday at the insistence of the Fascist government after Rome received word of panic among residents and officials caused by a first destructive British air raid on Thursday night.
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Moscow
Geneva
Vittorio Emanuele
Elena
Italy
Genoa
Rome
Carthage and Troy Seek Scrap for County Collection
People of Carthage and Troy Townships are asked to gather scrap metal rubber and rags in a convenient place for collection by township and county trucks on Thursday Oct 29 announced today by Nile O Barnett salvage chairman with help from local schools.
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Carthage
Troy
Nile O. Barnett
Louis Owens Dies After Auto Crash at Akron
Louis Owens aged 39, president of the Owen Time Company at Cuyahoga Falls, died from injuries in an automobile accident. He was brother of John Owens, state president of the United Mine Workers.
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Louis Owens
Akron
Owen Time Company
Cuyahoga Falls
John Owens
United Mine Workers
Zaleski To Be Camp Site for State's Guards
Adj. Gen. Donald F. Pancoast announced permanent facilities for the Ohio State Guard training at Camps Zaleski and Stony Creek in southern Ohio after transfer from the Federal Government. Bar racks at camps will be doubled for a full regiment of 550 men while Hocking County’s Camp Hocking may gain permanent facilities if decided. The Guard, now 2,196 officers and men, has an authorized strength of 4,800, with expansion likely through new city units pending Legislature appropriations.
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Columbus
Zaleski
Stony Creek
Ohio
Adj
Donald F. Pancoast
Camp Hocking
Hocking County
Pancoast
State Guard
Ohio Candidates Close Campaigns in Key Regions
Ohio gubernatorial contenders Gov John W Bricker and ex congressman John McSweeney pressed final campaigning with tours across Northern Ohio Cleveland and Cuyahoga County drawing the bulk of attention and appearances planned in Cincinnati McSweeney to broadcast radio addresses nightly this week Bricker to deliver Monday night speeches over a statewide radio hookup
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
John McSweeney
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
McSweeney
Bricker
Homer Chapman Dies At Home of Daughter
Homer Chapman age 93 of Amesville died Saturday night at the home of his daughter Mrs Edith Durfee in Amesville. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at one o clock at the Fawcett Stone Funeral Home in Chesterhill. He is survived by two daughters Edith Durfee and Flora Chapman both of Amesville a son Ott Chapman of Granville and a brother Rob Chapman of Independence Missouri. His wife Lucetta died in the past.
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Homer Chapman
Amesville
Edith Durfee
Fawcett Stone
Chesterhill
Chapman
Flora Chapman
Ott Chapman
Granville
Rob Chapman
Independee
Lucetta
Mrs Victor Martin Dies Suddenly in Kansas
Gallipolis native Mrs Victor Martin aged 52 died suddenly at her Winfield Kansas home Sunday. She was formerly Miss Ethel Alexander and is survived by her husband and two children. Salem: four people died in an automobile overturning and burning Saturday night with three others injured.
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Gallipolis
Victor Martin
Ethel Alexander
Winfield, Kas
Salem
Big Post War Road Program Set for Ohio
Ohio Highway Director Hal G Sours said a large postwar road construction program has been drafted to cushion any economic downturn after the conflict. He told Gov Bricker that past public works suffered from hastily conceived plans and vowed sound, timely planning to avoid waste.
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Columbus
Hal G. Sours
Sours
John W. Bricker
Highway Department
Department of Highways
Cost of Food Still Rising
CHICAGO AP Price control has slowed but not stopped the wartime rise in the food basket. Since ceilings on foods were extended, grain prices fell 4 to 5 cents a bushel and hogs dropped about 1 cent a pound. Beef cattle rose to a 14 year high, lambs up 1 cent, eggs up a penny per dozen, poultry mostly steady with hens up to 3 cents a pound. Potatoes and butter at ceiling levels.
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Chicago
First Lady Seeks Socks and Letters for AEF
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt visiting a Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service unit in London missed the first air alert in the capital. She said the two top requests from the second AEF are thicker socks and more letters from home, relayed to her by soldiers.
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London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service
Britain
ATS
AEF
U S Fliers Match With Best Of Axis
Allied air power grows as American bombers strike Axis forces in North Africa and the Pacific. U S planes clash in Egypt with Axis fighters while the Black Scorpion squadron downed four of seven Axis planes. Allied bombers hit Tobruk port and a merchant ship, with 18 Axis planes reported destroyed and three Allied losses.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Southwest Pacific
China
United States
Egypt
Germany
Italy
United Nations
U. S
Tobruk
Rommel
RAF strikes on Milan and Med submarine raid hits Axis
RAF bomber raids hit Milan Caproni factory and northern Italian ports while a British submarine offensive in the Mediterranean sinks Italian supply ships and possibly a destroyer. In Stalingrad heavy fighting continues with gains and losses reported as winter approaches. The German navy claims hits on the Russian battleship Marat near Leningrad.
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Britain
Italy
Caproni
Milan
Mediterranean
London Admiralty
Stalingrad
Moscow
Volga
Marat
Leningrad
Draft Beer Excluded From New Liquor Price Rise
Washington reports that beginning November 1 consumers will pay more for most alcoholic beverages including packaged liquor and straight drinks, but the tax increase on draft beer is deemed too small to pass along. OPA warns distributors not to raise ceiling prices beyond the tax increase.
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Washington
OPA
20 Greeks Executed In German Reprisals
Reuters report from Istanbul states twenty Greek hostages were shot by German occupation authorities in Greece as reprisals for a bomb attack last month that damaged the Nazi party headquarters in Athens and killed many Germans and Italians.
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London
Reuters
Istanbul
Greece
Athens
OPA Tightens C ration eligibility for salesmen and drivers
The Office of Price Administration announced a nationwide tightening of gasoline C ration eligibility beginning November 22. Salesmen are excluded from the preferred mileage class. Maintenance and repair workers may receive C rations only if transportation is not used for selling. Occupational driving requires ride sharing with three others or no feasible alternatives. Even with ride sharing, if regional transit serves the area well, no extra ration is issued. Maximum 470 miles monthly unless in a preferred category. The plan widens to include teachers and school officials across public, parochial, and other recognized schools.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Mahoning Dam Is Dedicated
Gov Bricker presided as the $6.6 million Mahoning River dam near Berlin Center was dedicated as a wartime achievement. Army engineers supervised construction to provide a steady Mahoning Valley water supply for steel mills and flood control while 15 000 people attended the ceremony.
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Youngst Town
Berlin
John W. Bricker
Army Engineers
Mahoning River
Berlin Center
Mahoning Valley
Chile Clamor to Break Relations With Axis
Santiago reports a nationwide clamor to sever ties with the Axis as Joaquim Fernandez y Fernandez assumes as Chile's new foreign minister. Valparaiso police also wage a campaign against German espionage activities, signaling tense wartime diplomacy.
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Santiago
Chile
Joaquim Fernandez Y Fernandez
Axis
Valparaiso
Toledo star freshman ends up in hospital with neck injury
Emlen Tunnell, star freshman Negro halfback for the University of Toledo, is hospitalized at St. Vincent's with a broken neck suffered in the game against Marshall College Saturday night.
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Toledo
Emlen Tunnell
University of Toledo
St. Vincent's Hospital
Marshall College
WOWS New Addition To Alphabet Family
In Chicago a new unit joins the war effort the Women Ordinant Workers named WOWS subtitle the girls behind the men behind the guns The corps is nearly 500 strong with founders hoping it will expand to hundreds of thousands of women in wartime production plants across the nation.
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Chicago
WAACS
Women Ordnant Workers, Inc
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