01 Dec 1942
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Newspaper
Bowen Independent
Location
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1942
Page
1
On Friday morning Nazi troops moved into Toulon to seize the naval base and key French units. Crews scuttled 61 warships including Provence Strasbourg and Dunkerque, and the aircraft carrier Commandant Teste. Admiral de la Borde and staff reportedly went down with Dunkerque.
A French North Africa communique says operations roll on as planned with Allied forces boosting the advance eastwards. The rail link between Tunis and Bizerta is severed and Tunis is within range of Allied guns.
Moscow dispatches report continued Russian offensives west of Kiev and near Stalingrad with German counterattacks repelled. Paris radio claims Stalin assumes personal command on the central front and at Stalingrad as Pravda notes German withdrawals southwest of Stalingrad amid heavy casualties and wreckage on roads and gullies.
South Pacific forces intercepted a German 8000 ton auxiliary in the western sector. After gunfire, the crew scuttled the ship and seventy eight Germans were captured.
Allied air units repelled a Japanese attempt to reinforce the Buna Gona garrison in Papua. Four destroyers were caught by Flying Fortresses in Vitiaz Strait at noon Sunday. two were hit by 500 pound bombs and set ablaze. The other two fled north while overall Buna Gona pressure remains heavy.
The Constitutional Convention resumed with Prime Minister Curtin proposing that states may refer specific powers for postwar reconstruction as an alternative to constitutional amendment by referendum. A Drafting Committee including state premiers and Messrs Evatt and Hughes is to determine powers to be ceded and report this morning.
The death toll from the Boston nightclub blaze last night rises to 432 with over 750 people inside the building. only a few escaped. Firefighters continue to comb the ruins as authorities say the disaster remains under investigation.
A fragmented account describes Allied bomber production during World War II. It highlights the Willow Run plant’s rapid buildup, the consolidation of bomber output, and the arrival of massive Pratt and Whitney engines. The piece notes milestones from March to May when production neared the milestone of 80 ton engines and the plant’s carrying capacity reached full operation.
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