French Forces Take Prisoners On Tunis Front
Allied reports say French forces south of Tunis captured numerous prisoners, armored vehicles, and artillery while repelling Axis counterattacks in another sector. Commando patrols near Bizerte and Pont du Fois indicate heavy activity as air superiority continues. U.S. pilots brought Allied air victories to 96 killed, with 55 American planes lost. Libyan front reports say British Eighth Army pressed Sirte pursuit.
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London
Tunis
North Africa
Tunisia
Bizerte
Morocco
Pont-du- Fois
Pont-du
Egeinst
Pichon
Kairouan
Ter
North ‘African Eadquarters
Libya
Eighth Army
Sirte
Troope
Bot Gare
Dim Matches Lathre
Navy Bombers See Page 2
The Avenger and Wildcat fighters, built by General Motors eastern plants, are praised as superb carrier aircraft aiding Australia and Guadalcanal defenses. Admiral McCain notes five GM plants in New Jersey New York Maryland producing these planes. A British report confirms Martlet Wildcats can counter Italian and German aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Australia
Guadalcanal
J. R. McCain
Navy
Bureau of Aerautics
General Motors Co
Seaboard
General Motors
McCain
Trent
Linden
Bloomfield
N. J
Barrytown
N. Y
Baltimore
W F. Patterson
Admiralty
Draft Proposal Seeks Civilian War Service Plan
Greenville Clark New York attorney proposes a national war service act to recruit volunteers for war production and, if needed, compel civilian assignments via the selective service system. The plan aims to ensure adequate army and navy manpower and surplus for ally nations with a study of British service laws and talks with the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Greenville Clark
New York
Washing- Clark
Paul V. McNutt
England
Clark
Britain
Russia
China
Senator Shott Honored At Rotary Club Christmas Party
Senator Hugh Ike Shott was honored by the Bluefield Rotary Club at their noon Christmas gathering, celebrating his recent campaign success securing a United States Senate seat. The event, held at the West Virginia Hotel, featured a Beaver A Capella choir performance and praise from J. T. Thornton for Shott’s public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
Bluefield Daily
Telegraph
Senator Shott
Bluefield Rotary Club
Thornton
Rotary
Red Army captures Kamensk as Don front drives toward Rostov
Soviet communique says Kamensk fell near the Donets bend 90 miles from Rostov as Red Army units push westward from Stalingrad. The drive cuts off German retreats in the Caucasus and Don pocket, with heavy losses reported among German forces and equipment.
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Moscow
Don River
Kamensk
Rostov
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Moscow- Voronezh - Rostov
Ukraine
Millerovo
Red Army
Popovka
Morozovka
Moscow - Rostov
Don
Don-Volga
Botty
Don Steppes
Donets
Likhaya
Guadalcanal Navy Squadron Sinks or Damages 18 Ships
A Guadalcanal based navy dive bomber squadron attacked 88 Japanese warships and six transports over five weeks, sinking or damaging 18. Commanded by Lieut. Commdr. L. J. Kirn, the unit logged 21 pilots with two missing and four rear gunners missing. It fought at Rekata Bay, Viru harbor, Moeisland, and San Jorge, while also taking part in rescues and night operations.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
L. J. Kirn
Annapolis
Bullet Lou
Navy
Ryuzio
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel
Viru Harbor
New Georgia Island
Moe Island
Russells
San Jorge Island
Enem Lee
War Workers Killed as Rock Slide Slams Bus Near Aliquippa
A 100 foot high rock and earth slide crashed onto a bus carrying war workers near Aliquippa Pennsylvania killing at least 21 of the 30 passengers. Among the dead were Martha L Gearing a 33 year old housing authority supervisor and several steel plant workers. Rescue crews used torches and cranes to recover bodies as safety teams guarded the scene. The bus was en route to Pittsburgh when the collapse occurred around seven minutes after leaving Aliquippa.
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Aliquippa
Here
Trevor Jenkins
Pittsburgh
Mies
Martha L Gearing
Federal Public Housing Authority
Region 2
New York City
Jones Enc Laughlin Steel Works
Leetsdale
Martha L. Gearing
Pittsh
Percy McCallister
Ewood
Ourtal
Jones and Laughinllen
Philip J. Tormay, Jr
Mill Hospital
Ben Watkins
Ambridge
Helen Phillips
Pittsburgh Merchantile Company
John A. McCarthy
Monaca
James J. Burger
Rochester
Lewis Blocks Mine Agreement In Six Day Week Dispute
Bituminous operators told the United Mine Workers they would accept the anthracite agreement permitting a six day week, but John L. Lewis replied the six day term cannot apply to bituminous mines. The dispute remains whether a sixth day would be mandatory or voluntary under the existing seven hour five day week and penalties for absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Pillboxes Left Behind As Allies Advance In New Guinea
U S and Australian troops push Japanese forces into two coastal pockets near Buna and Cape Endaiadere. More than 100 pillboxes are left behind with numerous Japanese dead. Americans seize Buna airfield positions while engineers defuse hidden land mines.
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U. S
New Guinea
Cape Endaradere
Cape Endaiadere
Semini Creek
Buna
Buna Village
Cape Killerton Seyond Canananda
Cape Endaladere
Cape
Manchukuo Premier Reported to Die by Own Hand
Chinese high command in Chungking reports Manchukuo premier Ching Hui poisoned his family, killed a Japanese adviser and five puppet officials, then died by self-inflicted action. The claim cites a Chinese intelligence dispatch noting unbearable Japanese oppression.
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Chungking
Caene Ching-Hui
Manchukuo
High Command
Installment buying plan for postwar goods under study
Treasury officials weigh a proposal to issue government backed certificates for buying durable goods like cars and appliances after the war. The plan, linked to Price Administrator Henderson adviser Rolf Nugent, would funnel money to the treasury to curb inflation and back civilian production while private firms handle sales and financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Rolf Nugent
Leon Henderson
Federal
Credit Policy Office
OPA
Henderson
Nugent
Air offensive vows and Munich raid details
Britain launches heavy night bombing on Munich with two ton blockbusters and incendiaries. Maj Gen Henry F Miller promises heavier airstrikes as US air force support grows. Lancaster bombers report vivid fires and smoke over the city while Germany notes civilian casualties and a costly raid.
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Henry F. Miller
London
Britain
Hitler
Munich
Italy
Africa
United States Army
Eighth Air Force Service Commmand
Axis
Miller
RAF
Reich
Air Ministry
England
Germany
Low Countries
Holland
France
Government Likely to Ration Fats and Oils in 1943
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics says wartime needs will push fat and oil rations at least 15 percent below civilian demand in 1943. Butter margarine lard and cooking fats likely on the list with sugar coffee meats cheese possibly salad dressing. Civilian per capita use could run about 48 pounds under rationing, vs 51 pounds in 1940–42.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Wickard
Bureau
Captain Singer Key in Axis General Capture Near El Alamein
Captain Grant Singer of the Royal Hussars, killed in action, helped spot enemy tanks for a British tank crew that captured German General Ritter von Thoma after the 8th Army breakthrough from El Alamein into the Libyan desert. Singer rode ahead in a scout car to identify targets. He radioed positions and led to the engagement that secured the German officer.
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London
Grant Singer
West Land
Ritter von Thoma
8Th Army
el Alamein
Egypt
Singer
Royal Hussars
War Office
Siner
8. B. Ferguson
Ferguson
Uninjured RAF Pilot Drops From Plane in Subzero Weather
Dorral Quebec December 22 Harry Griffiths fell from a Royal Air Force ferry plane in subzero conditions, landed in a snowdrift, and walked to a nearby farmhouse without injuries. Captain John Gerow of Wayzata Minnesota guided the damaged descent, cutting engines and swooping low over frozen lake St Louis to allow Griffiths to drop to safety. Both men praised swift actions amid the one in a million accident.
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Dorral
Quebec
Harry Griffiths
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Boston
Cant
John
Sid) Gerow
Wayzata
Minn
Lake
St. Loui
Griffiths
G . G. J. Powell
Ra.f.f.c
Gerow
Midwest oil ration increase and Ickes price controls
The OPA boosts period 3 oil coupons 10 percent for 13 midwest states citing below normal winter temperatures. Henderson says 20 000 barrels a day will meet extra demand. Ickes deploys a separate program tightening controls at major suppliers to curb cash purchases and bootleg coupons, potentially devaluing some OPA coupons.
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Ickes
OPA
Washington
Midwest
Leon Henderson
East Coast
Henderson
Petroleum Administrator For
East
Middle West
Ohio
Kentucky
Llinois
Michigan
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Dakotas
Iowa
Heavy Allied Bombardment Targets Japanese Bases in Aleutians Solomons
Navy reports heavy aerial attacks on Japanese bases in the Aleutians and Solomons. Cargo ships near misses at Solomons, Kiska base bombed, and camp areas hit. Munda air base in New Georgia attacked for 12 days with suspected heavy damage. overall results not yet confirmed.
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Navy
Aleutians
Solomons
Kiska
John M. Hightower
Washington
North Pacific
Aleutian
Munda
New Georgia Island
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James F. King
Grumann
Party of Rotary Club
By Eddie Gilmore
Nikolske
Mozovka
Push Hunt
Nazicom
Railway Head
THE
Associated Press
Bureau Says
Finvau
von Thoma
Pape
Mid-West States
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