Smashing Victory Gives U S Naval Supremacy Around Solomons
Bear Creek Sewer OKd police seek increase federal funds likely. Prospects bright for Bear Creek interceptor sewer funding as City Council hears progress from City Engineer Williams. Federal Works Administration opposes Smith Street storm sewer project due to war material shortages. State Health hints substantial federal support may come postwar.
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Bear Creek
Don D. Williams
Federal Works Administration
Bani Smith Street
Fairhaven
Connell
HUH
East Smith Street
Williams
East Smith
Waterhouse Named to City Council Vacancy
Winmer W. Waterhouse, notable local businessman, was named to fill the unexpired term of Stanley H. Nichols on the city council. He was sworn in by Mayor Frank B. Bepler and will serve as director of safety, replacing J. Fred Kinley who moves to finance. Waterhouse will serve until January 1 1944.
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Winmer W. Waterhouse
Stanley H. Nichols
Frank B. Bepler
Mr. Waterhouse
J. Fred Kinley
Finance Department
Nichols
Bates
Kinley
Mr. Kinley
Darlan Debate Shakes Commons Over Ike Pact
In London the House of Commons opened a debate on the Eisenhower Darlan deal. Sir Percy Harris urged a fuller explanation of the arrangement with the former Vichy defense minister now aiding the North Africa campaign. Deputy PM Clement Attlee said the talks aimed to improve the immediate military situation.
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London
United States
Dwight
D. Eisenhower
Jean Darlan
House of Commons
Carter
Sittster
Percy Harris
France
de Gauulle
Clement Attlee
Vichy Defense
AEF
North Africa
North Atries
Plant Worker Fractures Finger in Left Hand at Plant
Denzel Phillips, an employee of Precision Produits Company, suffered a fracture of the middle finger of his left hand in an accident at the plant shortly before five today. An X-ray examination is planned as the bone was reported badly crushed.
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Denzel Phillips
Precision Produits Company
Bulletin highlights from war times and naval battles
AP bulletins from Washington, Moscow and New York report Roosevelt returning to Washington from a trip to England, Mrs Roosevelt meeting him, British forces occupying Derna near Benghazi, Soviet forces claiming heavy German casualties, a Nazi “special service” unit cited by a captured officer, bombed submarine allegations at a Florida trial, and the death of Rear Admiral Souit and Captain Young in the Solomon Islands battle.
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Associated Press
Washington
Franklin
Roosevelt
England
New York
Moscow
Commuunique Lisued Today
Joachin von Ribbentrop
France
Florida
Tregsom
Anthony Cramer
Norman Souit
Kirkwood
Casin Young
Coronas
Calif
Solomon Islands
Navy Department
Rommel and Hitler Talk at Munich Center
Reuters reports from London dated November 17 say Field Marshal Erwin Rommel held talks with Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler in Munich with other top Nazis. The dispatch notes the German public still viewed Himmler as a hero, but a crisis driven by past political enemies and Rommel’s North Africa defeat has intensified tensions shaping the Axis leadership.
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London
Reuters
Dateline
Ffeld
Erwin Rommel
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Munich
Hommel
North
Africa
MacArthur Leads Allies Within Shot of Buna Front
General MacArthur supervises from Australia as American and Australian forces press toward Buna, with patrols near Awala about 30 miles away. Blamey and Kenney accompany the commander as B-25s and A-20s join Beaufighters in strafing and bombing retreating Japanese along the Kumusi river.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
Buna
South West Pacific
Feld
Sir Thomas Blamey
Allied Land Forces
George ©. Kenney
Awala
Bataan
Bunn
Kumusi River
Scott to Head New War Group
Walter H. Scott will lead the Central War Activities Committee created to coordinate local war work and minimize duplication. The group will serve as a clearing house for war activities, with Joan A. Blatt as treasurer and W. P. Lombard as secretary, inviting all city organizations to collaborate on civic war projects.
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Walter H. Scott
Pearl Harbor
Central War Activities Committee
Women's Committee
Mest “Ing
Joan A. Blatt
W. P. Lombard
Cen
Calsn
City Council Hears Budget Request for One More Officer
Chief of Police John D Flanigan asked City Council last night for one additional patrolman and a new police truck, citing expanded defense industry operations and rising population. He urged wage increases and warned current equipment is worn out. Finance Director J Pred Kin Jay urged departmental estimates for a budget draft due December 1. Solicitor Walter H Beck requested 2000 for civilian defense and wartime needs. Departments begin preparing estimates for an early meeting to finalize figures before tax appeals Court on November 30 and December 1 sets total assessed value for levy.
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John D. Flanigan
Flanigan
Council
J. Pred Kin Jey
Walter H. Beck
Court of Tax Appeals
Stolen Auto Recovered After Abandonment in Celoron
A Chevrolet coach owned by Roy Taylor of 1054 East Main Street was stolen from Adjutant John D. Morrison’s driveway on November 5 or 6 and found abandoned in Celoron. Police say Salvation Army equipment and War Cry papers were in the car. New York state police investigate the plate theft and the incident.
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Celoron
Roy Taylor
East Main Street
John D. Morrison
West Irving Street
Salvation Army
Adjuant Morrison
New York State
Fox Starts Prison Team
Philadelphia November 17 William Fox the former movie magnate is behind bars serving a year and a day for conspiring to defraud the United States in his bankruptcy proceedings. He surrendered at Moyamensing prison yesterday.
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Mecminrey
Philadelphia
William Fox
Moyamensing
Tov
United States
British and U.S. Motorized Units Open New Drive
London dispatch reports Allied motorized columns sweeping along the coast from Algeria toward Bizerte and Tunis with a second route through desert and mountains toward Tripoli. German broadcasts claim Nazi planes bombed these columns while Allied HQ cautions that reports of a clash near Bizerte are premature. French troops in Tunisia are fighting Germans and Italians, with French forces joining the British and American columns as they move toward battle. The Royal Navy maintains control of the western Mediterranean as Axis reinforcements are contested at sea.
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Daniel London
Tunisian
Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
Arion
Algeria
Bor
Bou-Seada
Lower
Tunisi
Tripoli
RAP
Allied
North Africa
Radio Morocca
Morocco
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
London Daily Express
Ate Tunis
Tunisan
Oran
United States
Comimunique
Royal Navy
Mediterranean
May Slash Gasoline Rations to 3 Gallons Hint Delay
Washington reports tentative OPA move to cut gasoline rationing from four to three gallons, with a delay expected to preserve household fuel. The change would affect Atlantic coast supply first, while nationwide rationing starts December 1. Congress shows momentum to delay broader measures as Rep Johnson presses a three-man petroleum study board.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Atlantic
Johnson
D-Oxla
Burglary at Central Service Station Investigated
Police probe a break in at the Central Service Station operated by the Emblem Gil Company east of First Ward on East South Street. Receipts totaling 340.19 were stolen last Friday. a pass key and entry method are under inquiry as officers report the motive was cash taken for a fee.
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Emblem Gil Company
Gresin Hon
Walter W Sears Promoted to Captain in 112th Infantry
Mr and Mrs Lewis B Sears of 107 Bash South street announce their son Walter W Sears has been promoted to captain and assigned to command Company B Meadville. A twelve year veteran he rose from rank to commissioned officer prior to Indiantown Gap duty in 1941 and has lately led various companies of the 112th Infantry. Funeral friends extend congratulations on the advancement. Betty Jane Dunbar 15 of 583 West Church street admitted to Corry hospital after coasting accident near home. fracture of the tibia noted and she later returned home.
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Lewis B. Seas
Bash South Street
Walter W. Sears
Meadville
Sears
Indiantown
Canl
Beart
Betty Jane Dunbar
West Church Street
Corry Hospital
NAM President Warns of Postwar Industry Regimentation
William Witherow head of the National Association of Manufacturers told editors at a war rally in Pittsburgh on November 17 that a new order movement may seek to regulate industry after the war. He charged government parts with a tendency toward regimentation and urged industry to push back against uncertainty.
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Ty Associated Pressittsburgh
William Witherow
National Association of Manufacturers
United States
Industria
N. A.M
Regimentation in postwar industry sparks free enterprise debate
A wartime governance critique argues government control should end after the war and warns against regimentation continuing into peacetime. It cites the need to resume private initiative and reduce state interference once production has adapted to peacetime needs.
Knox Predicts Jap Return Defeat If They Come Again
Secretary of the Navy Knox claimed the United States won round two of the Solomon Islands battle and holds naval supremacy around Guadalcanal. He cautioned the Japanese could return with strong forces, but said the U.S. would defeat them again, citing carrier strength, bold tactics, and losses inflicted on the Japanese fleet. The remarks named Nimitz, Halsey, and Callaghan as key commanders in the action.
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Washington
Knox
United States
Solomon Islands
Hiltant
Syress
Guadalcanal
Jutland
Guadalcanal-Tulagi
Nox
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Solomons
Bette
Nimitz
Halsey
Callaghan
Sduil
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fees
William J Halsey
South Pa
Aluken Transporta
Neverstar
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