British Army penetrates Rommel main defensive positions
Allied dispatches report the Army of the Nile penetrating Rommel's main lines and widening a tank-passing road through minefields as U S bombers and fighters increase their desert air role. Air operations claim 18 to 10 Allied victories over Axis with 14 desert planes shot down.
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Rommel
Army of the Nile
North Africa
United States Army
Mediterranean
Tobruk
United States
Desert
Prison Farm Inmates to Work Overtime on Navy Shirts
Lonison Farm inmates enter war production for Uncle Sam by adding four extra hours to shirt factory work under a federal contract to supply 80 000 chambray work shirts to the United States Navy. Deadline set for February.
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Lonison Farm
Uncle N
United States Navy
Job freezing premature says labor chief
President Green of the American Federation of Labor argues that a general job freezing would be rare and voluntary measures should come first. Supt. W. F. Wollum, 39, from a London prison work gang, is captured in Jackson while serving a sentence for auto theft.
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Hington
Green
The
American Tion of Labor
Don
London
Wollum
Jackson
Herving
Impos
Jackson County
Navy Day Observed As Nation Pays Tribute To Sea Services
The country marked its first wartime Navy Day with parades and speeches nationwide as Navy units patrolled seas and protected supply lines. President Roosevelt praised the Navy in a letter to Secretary Knox, noting its heroic accomplishments and pivotal role in preserving freedom.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
America
Navy
Knox
Roosevelt
Navy League
Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio Women On War Jobs
Ohio men leave for military service and women fill wartime roles in large industries. A survey of 1,000 firms with 200 plus workers shows 20 percent women in July rising to 23 percent in September. Married women workers increase. Ohio State University bureau notes more placements than ever.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Employment Service
Employment Service
Ohio State University
Mrs Roosevelt Tours London Air Raid Rescue Site
Mrs Roosevelt clambered over rubble behind St Pauls Cathedral to inspect a mimic air raid rescue staged by London's civilian defense workers and praised their efforts during World War II.
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London
Roosevelt
St. Paul's Cathedral
Army bomber crash near Pendleton kills pilot
Edward N. Winebrewer of Niles Ohio and two other enlisted men parachuted to safety before a twin engine Army bomber crashed near Pendleton Oregon. The pilot was killed in the crash.
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Walla Walla
Pyot
Edward N. Winebrewer
Niles, O
Pendleton
Ore
Willkie Calls for Second Front in Europe Amid War Tone
In London the article notes Wendell Willkie's demand for a second front, arguing Allied pressure on Hitler requires leveraging air power to devastate war industries before a land invasion. It stresses that victory hinges on striking Hitler through Europe, not just holding Africa and Egypt, with American airpower pivotal for a fall timetable.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
Wendell Willkie
Europe
Africa
Hitler
Egypt
Mediterranean
Hitlerigm
Germany
Britain
America
Willkie urges second European front and Burma attack
In a nationwide radio address from New York, Wendell L. Willkie renews call for a second European front and an aggressive use of Allied forces in Burma. He criticizes censorship and demands clear war aims and charters for Asia and the Pacific to maintain Allies’ confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Middle East
Russia
China
India
Burma
Wavell
America
Asia
Europe
Nelson Order Delays Ohio Flood Control Projects
Chairman Donald M. Nelson's order banning non military federal construction risks delaying about 90 million dollars in Ohio Valley flood control and power projects. Projects likely affected include the Wolf Creek dam 52 million on the Cumberland River, Center Hill dam 25.4 million in Tennessee, and Mill Creek pumping station 8.35 million in Cincinnati. Ohio River Division officers say none is advanced enough to warrant completion during the war under the order.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Army Engineers
Wolf Creek
Cumberland River
Kentucky
Center Hill
Tenn
Cumberland
Mill Creek
Ohio River Division
Nelson
Pomeroy Resident Dies In Holzer Hospital
William J. Phillips 58 of Pomeroy died Monday at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis He is survived by his wife and children Dayton Austin in the Army Brooklyn Mrs Roger Daniels and Mrs Cecil Hussell both of Pomeroy one brother Pearl Minersville his mother Mrs Ida Phillips Minersville three sisters Mrs Bent Wolfe Rabine Mrs Clarence Masser Pomeroy Mrs Dana Brown Minersville and six grandchildren Funeral arrangements delayed awaiting Austin Phillips arrival from Brooklyn
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Pomeroy
William J. Phillips
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Dayton
Austin
U. S. Army
Brooklyn
Roger Daniels
Cecil Hussell
Pearl
Minersville
Ida Phillips
Bent Wolfe
Rabine
Clarence Masser
Dana Brown
Austin Phillips
Threatens FDR Life. Ohio Man Sentenced for Threat
Nicholas Jarosik, 42, an Ohio machinist at a war plant, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $1,000 after being convicted of orally threatening President Roosevelt. A witness testified Jarosik said he would take a shot at the President if given the chance.
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Cleveland
Nicholas Jarosik
Ohio
Roosevelt
Jarosik
Former TeacherGets Probation For Scurrilous Postcard
Mrs Lenora Helwig a former teacher and Akron housewife was placed on two year probation after sending a postcard with a scurrilous message to the President of the United States in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Lenora Helwig
Akron
United States
Population shift to urban areas per census bureau report
Washington residents seen moving from farms to cities as more than half of states show population declines since two years ago. In Gallipolis, Charles Dennett a 45 year old World War veteran was seriously injured in a morning automobile crash near town.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Gallipolis
Charles Dennett
Ohio Teachers Convene for Six Fall Meetings
Ohio public school leaders prepare for six district conventions this weekend to review war effects. The Northeastern in Cleveland Northwestern in Toledo Eastern in Marietta Southeastern in Athens Central in Columbus Southwestern in Cincinnati meet Thursday and Friday or Friday and Saturday. Dr. J D Williams Marshall College president joins the Southeastern program. John A Miller of Ironton is district president.
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Columbus
Ohio
Northeastern Ohio Association
Cleveland
Northwestern Association
Toledo
Eastern
Marietta
Southeastern Organization
Athens
Central Ohio Association
Southwestern
Cincinnati
J. D. Williams
Marshall College
Jon
Southeastern Association
John A. Miller
Ironton
Ohio Receives 102,638 Tires For November Quotas
The Office of Price Administration sets November quotas for Ohio war workers and essential services. Total 102,638 tires. 2,883 new tires for Class A eligibles. 9,435 grade 2 tires for Class B eligibles.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Office of Price Administration
Gas Rationing Officers Meet in Columbus
Associate gasoline rationing officers and inspectors met with Edward Wagner in Columbus to receive instructions on the rationing program. They will relay information to local boards prior to actual rationing as Wagner stated.
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Columbus
Edward Wagner
Ohio
Wagner
Death Row Occupied By 22 Year Old Negro
Ohio Penitentiary Death Row was filled today for the first time in three months. William Patrick Jennings a 22 year old Black man from Youngstown sentenced to die in the electric chair February 2 for the murder of 19 year old James Oswald was placed on Death Row yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
William Patrick Jennings
Youngstown
James Oswald
King Christian X reported fatigued after horseback accident
Copenhagen radio says King Christian X, injured in a horseback riding accident last week, is feeling increased fatigue and becoming weaker as his condition is monitored.
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London
Copenhagen
Christian X
Quiet birthday for oldest baseball fan Charles Rieckel
CYNTHIANA Ky Charles Rieckel, who says he is the oldest baseball fan in America and recently became a great great great grandfather, quietly marked his 107th birthday today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthiana
Charles Rieckel
America
Nazis Adopt Soviet Tactics For Defenses
A London AP report says Germany is bolstering continental defenses using Stalingrad style city fortification lessons. About 100,000 troops are said to reinforce cities from Lille to Amiens and along the occupied French border. Allied air reconnaissance over Britain accelerates amid invasion fears.
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London
Stalingrad
Liege
Namur
Lille
Amiens
France
Switzerland
Britain
United States
FD Signed War Bill Boosts Navy Funding to 67 Billion
President Roosevelt signed the second supplemental wartime appropriation and contract authorization bill. Congress completed action Thursday. The Navy total direct appropriations and contract authorizations reach 67 billion since July 1940, with 15 billion added to sharpen offensive power and more aircraft and floating craft planned. The defense and war funding total rises to 222 million?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Ohio Auto Storage Totals Reported for Year
Highway Director Hal G. Sours says 120 600 Ohio passenger autos have been placed in storage this year. State passenger registrations total about 1 892 035 in 1941. Rural highway traffic in September fell by 21.83 percent.
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Columbus
Hal G. Sours
Ohio
Loss of Wasp Signals Major Solomons Battle Open
Navy Secretary Knox said the Solomons campaign has begun in earnest with heavy enemy strength and an ongoing battle of attrition. The Wasp was sunk and the Guadalcanal fight escalates as U S and Japanese forces clash by land sea and air around the island.
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A. A. Vandergrift
Guadalcanal
Matanikou River
Wasp
Solomons
Washington
Knox
The
Navy
U. S
Southwest Pacific
Pacific
White House
Roosevelt
Naval High Command
Forrest P. Sherman
Pearl Harbor
United States
Porter
Mediterranean
Malta
Douglas “Dauntless
Florida Island
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Alaska
Jap Naval Losses Mount As U S Forces Hold Guadalcanal
The Japanese suffer heavy losses across carriers cruisers and planes with two carriers two heavy cruisers and one light cruiser hit plus twenty two planes down. American air superiority contrasts with ongoing naval struggle as Wasp Lexington and Yorktown vanish in the Solomons and Guadalcanal ground forces hold.
Son Reports Father Sabotaged Machinery
A 63 year old mechanic was jailed in Cleveland on a saboteur charge after his son reported he admitted placing emery dust in grease at West Steel Castings Co. The elder man had remarked he thought the country would be better under Hitler and was arrested on the tip from his son.
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Cleveland
Myron M. Shattuck
Lakewood
West Steel Castings Co
Coffee Ration Not to Rise Soon Under OPA Plan
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration expects no near term liberalization of the one pound coffee allowance per five weeks for adults. Officials cite tight supply against demand with 92 percent of American families consuming coffee and substitutions already being sought.
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Washington
Office of Price’ Administration
Luther Reid
Distribution of ration forms begins for gasoline control
The Office of Price Administration starts issuing forms for 27 million motorist rationing under nationwide gasoline limits beginning November 22. Forms include tire records and basic ration applications, available at service stations, garages, and local rationing boards. Owners with more than five tires per car must remove excess tires before getting gas ration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
America
Captive Missionaries Reported Safe and Well
New York The board of missions of the Methodist Church announced that Dr. Ernest E. Tuck, 63, superintendent of the Methodist Church in the Philippine Islands, and 25 missionaries there were reported to be safe and well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Missions of the Methodist Church
Ernest E. Tuck
Methodist Church
Philippine Islands
Franklin County Legion suggests renaming base for Rickenbacker
The Franklin County American Legion Council sent a resolution to President Roosevelt proposing Lockbourne Air Base be renamed Rickenbacker Army Airbase in honor of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.
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Columbus
Franklin County
American Legion Council
Roosevelt
Lockbourne Airbase
Rickenbacker Army Airbase
Eddie Rickenbacker
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Lexington
Reid
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