Soviets Hold at Nalchik Gate as Stalingrad Struggle Rages
Soviet forces report they are holding the Nalchik plateau after three retreats, guarding the gateway to the Georgian military highway. In Stalingrad the German assault on Red defenses continued without success as winter looms and supplies strain the Wehrmacht.
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Moscow
Nalchik
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Nalchsk
Communist Party
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Pravda
Grigori Alexandrov
Volga
Operhans Nalchik
Nalchhsk
Ordzhonikidze
Tiflis
Trans-Caucasus
Hitler
Grozny
Mozdok
Terek
Registration Delayed for Gas Rationing Start Nov 22
Public registration outside the East was postponed to November 12 13 and 14. Rationing remains set to begin nationwide on November 22. Car owners will file at school houses to obtain A ration coupons and seek supplements from local boards if entitled.
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Washington
East
Office of Price Administration
Tear Gas Used on Wild Homecoming Mob
Twenty six people, many UW students, were arrested for disorderly conduct and malicious destruction of property after a Friday night homecoming demonstration. Police fired 33 tear gas barrages to disperse the crowd marching from the campus to Capitol Square. the bonfire was canceled due to the war. The mob attempted to remove an ancient cannon from a scrap pile, prompting gas use amid damaged storefronts and squad car aerials.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
University
Capitol Square
T. R. Haugen
RAF Raids Burma in Shwebo and Seywa
RAF fighters swept the Shwebo area strafing an airdrome while Blenheim bombers on offensive patrol bombed a railway station at Seywa in Burma on Friday.
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R.A.F
Burma
New Delhi
R.af
Shwebo
Seywa
Warning to Gazette subscribers about authorized paper carriers
The Gazette warns subscribers not to pay unknown collectors and urges payment only to qualified carriers. Reports have reached the office of boys unaffiliated with The Gazette taking collections on carrier routes. Verify the collector is a recognized carrier before paying.
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Gazette
Gazette Office
The
Buying Spree On Eve of New Excise Taxes
Washington AP reports a last minute shopping surge as new excise taxes take effect Sunday. The levy targets cigarets, whisky, liquor, beer, wines, cigars, lubricating oil, slot machines, and travel fares. Retailers pass costs to buyers when the tax increment is a half cent or more.
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Washington
Treasury
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Marine Corps Reserve Hero Cornell Promoted to Lieutenant
Homer Cornell son of Mr and Mrs L K Cornell 2624 Mead owbrook drive SE Cedar Rapids has been promoted to lieutenant in the marine corps and awarded the Legion of Valor medal for service from an undisclosed Pacific base. He trained as a dive bomber pilot after Hawaii based fighter duties and earned a 1942 accuracy record in Miami.
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Homer Cornell
L. K. Cornell
Meadowbrook Drive
Marine Corps
Pacific
Cornell
Hawaii
United States
Pearl Harbor
California
Marine Reserve
Miami
Lieut
Marine Corps Reserve
Minneapolis
Minn
Weissmuller Pleads Guilty in Drunk Driving Case
Beverly Hills Johnny Weissmuller known as Tarzan pled guilty to a drunken driving charge. He was fined 150 dollars, given a 60 day suspended jail term and placed on two years probation with a ban on alcohol.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
INS
Johnny
Tarzan” Weissmuller
Allies Maintain Air Superiority in Egypt and Crete
Allied air and ground forces under Montgomery push Rommel’s Rommel defenses in Egypt and Crete. American bombers hit Malone air drome and Canea, aiding Allied air control while British forces advance amid night fighting and minefields. Axis losses mount as RAF and USAAF strike strategic targets and engage in air battles.
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CATRO
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
United States
Crete
United States Army
Malone
Canea
Rommel
Egypt
Malta
B. L. Montgomery
Lone Marine Emerges From Burning Tank to Fight Japs
Private Eugene C. Moore, 22, of the U S Marines, crawled from a blazing tank on Gavutu during the Solomon Islands action, fought more than 50 Japanese with fists and a fish spear, was left with injuries, and survived. He later learned Marine sharpshooter Kenneth Koon had fired from a nearby position. Moore aims to leave the hospital soon and visit his parents in Huron South Dakota.
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Oakland
Calif
Eugene C. Moore
United States
Huron SD
Moore
Solomon Islands
Charles Moore
Gavutu Land
Mome
Kenneth Koon
Summittville Ind
Yanks Command Desert Air War with 22 to 2 Victory
American pilots in the Middle East claim a decisive five day air offensive with 22 enemy planes shot down for 2 lost As the desert task force tallies 14 Messerschmitt 109s 4 Macchi 202s and 4 Fiat CR 47s down Brig Gen A C Strickland hails the unit saying they know aircraft strengths and lure opponents to their best altitude for a deadly counterpunch.
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Cairg Capii
Nazis Stage Largest Daylight Air Raid on Britain
The German air force mounted its biggest single daylight attack on southeast Britain since the Battle of Britain but failed to achieve any significant result. Aerial assault targeted southeast England with substantial bombing, yet defenses and countermeasures minimized impact.
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Britain
Blieytin
London
Germans Claim 14 Supply Ships Sunk
A German broadcast quoted by Reuters says U boats sank 14 supply ships carrying raw materials from Africa to Britain near the Canary Islands. The report notes the assertion came from Hitler headquarters and was picked up Saturday.
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London
Reuters
Africa
Britain
Canary Islands
Winter Campaign Opens With Heavy Uniforms On Red Army
Moscow reports a formal winter campaign on the central front began Saturday with an order to Red Army units to wear heavy uniforms.
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Moscow
Red Army
Roosevelt's Reservoir Word Sparks Laughter at Press Conference
At a Friday press conference President Roosevelt teased the word reservoir used in discussing women war workers. His mispronunciation elicited a roomful of laughter from reporters who mocked the echo of a radio speaker claiming a vast reservoir of American sand abroad.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Piiday
Sarvel
Art
Amerian Sand
Derivafran Oshorld
Sececrevuon
Army Specialist Corps Abolished by War Dept
The Army Specialist Corps will be abolished by Secretary Stimson. Some 1300 men already appointed may receive commissions as specialists if found qualified. Dwight F. Davis will continue as an adviser, while the corps is dissolved due to status issues and wartime needs.
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Washington
Army Specialist Corps
Wat Stimson
War Department
Army of the United States
Dwight F Davis
Majo Gfeneral
Coe Grinnell Grid Game Set in Light Cedar Rapids Weather
Weather in Cedar Rapids and vicinity remains mild with little temperature change through Sunday forenoon. Saturday night lows near 32 in the city and 28 in surrounding country. 54 degrees at 2:30 pm and humidity at 5 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe
Grinnell
Chambers
Jap Vessels Quit Area of Guadalcanal
Washington reports MacArthur’s bombers battered Japanese ships in the northern Solomons and damaged a battleship or heavy cruiser and a carrier. Secretary Knox says U S supply lines open and defenders reinforced, while warning against optimism as Japan remains capable. 12 enemy light tanks destroyed. American and Japanese forces exchange sporadic fighting near Guadalcanal. Air strikes target Rekata bay seaplanes. Cooperation between Army and Navy praised.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
Guadalcanal
MacArthurs
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
MacArthur
Henderson Field
Knox
United States
Hns
Guadealcanal
Hex
Pacific
Know
Cuadalcanal
Withedrawal
Navy
Rekata Bay
Army
Army Air Force
Secretary of War
Henry L Stimson
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