Daylight raids target Karlsruhe and Pforzheim in push to knock Italy out
In a major daylight raid described as the largest of the war, RAF bombers backed by 400 fighters attacked Karlsruhe and Pforzheim in southwest Germany, aiming at rail yards and war industry on the route to Italy. Nine British planes were lost. German reports claim 35 Allied aircraft downed in overall raids.
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Karlsruhe
Pforzheim
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Air Ministry
RAF
Cur Nori-Italo
Ruhr
Switzerland
Friesland
Hilversum
Holland
United States
New Zealand
Europe
Lille
U. S. Army Air Force
Abbeville
France
Meanwhle
Eindhoven
Netherlands
Palland
Brittany
High School Boys Deferred To Finish Year
Draft deferments apply to students in the last half of their academic year as defined by the draft board. Deferment requests must be written after registration and before classification, preferably with a school official statement. Colleges count only if equivalent to upper high school grades.
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Selective Service Board
Salvation Army Col Booth Returns After German Internment
Col Mary Booth, granddaughter of the Salvation Army founder, arrives in Cairo after two and a half years in German internment camps. She was exchanged for German women detained in Palestine and seized by the Germans in Belgium early in the war.
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Col. Booth
Cairo
Mary. Booth
The
Salvation Army
Organization
Germany
Palestine
Belgium
Beadle County Honors Pearl Harbor Day Efforts
Beadle County marks the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor with black and white details of the home front. About 1,100 county residents are in uniform and 22 more reported for induction at Fort Snelling amid Rotary Club ceremonies. Salvage drives yielded over 2,540 tons of scrap rubber and metals, feeding into tires, tanks, and munitions. Food for fighters and war bonds boosted by May campaigns, with $415,000 in bonds sold locally. Business firms paused to aid harvests as the nation pressed toward victory. Tributes were paid in churches during On to Victory week day one.
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Pearl Harbor
Beadie County
Fort Snelling
Rotary Club
Beadle County
George ‘C. Fuhlinweider
South Dakota
Pearl, Harbor
Beadle
Rommel Ready For Allied Attacks At El Agheila
The War Today reports Rommel in strong Libyan positions at El Agheila as Allied forces, led by the British Eighth Army, prepare for a renewed push. DeWitt Mackenzie stresses no pause in the fight, noting intense preparation and desert movements across the front.
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el Agheila
DeWitt Mackenzie
Eighth Army
Libya
Bengali
Africa
Erwin
Seriay
Wickard Takes Charge of Manpower and Food Programs
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard assumes control over wartime food production and distribution, directing manpower and commodity allocation for 1943. President Roosevelt also centralizes war manpower under War Manpower Commission chairman Paul V. McNutt, with selective service integrated into federal staffing plans. Wickard estimates 25 percent of 1943 output will go to Lend-Lease and armed services, aims to raise farm machinery production well beyond 1942 levels, and emphasizes food as a democratic mission.
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Secretary of
Claude R. Wickard
Roost
Mall
Roosevelt
Paul V." McNutt
War Manpower “Commission
McNutt
Army
Navy
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Employment Service
Armed Services
Wickard
War Production Board
Thiais
Office of Price Administration
Democracy
WPB
Riot on Manzanar Coast Costs One Life Nine Wounded
At Manzanar relocation center California a violent clash last night left one Japanese person dead and nine wounded as rioters attacked. A pro-Ards group and others faced police action with arrests reported amid the unrest. The event occurred near the coast with soldiers rushing to contain the disturbance and safeguard detainees and staff.
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Calif
Mangaar
Project
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Amo 4
Merritt
Paveth
Japanesi
Sisander
Mountler
Japan Claims She Lost Only 40 Warships In Year Of War
Tokyo broadcasts quote a Japanese navy spokesman on the Pacific war anniversary claiming only 40 ships lost in the year. He says new capital ships and aircraft carriers have been commissioned, with Japan starting the war at Pearl Harbor wielding at least 10 capital ships and nine carriers. The report contrasts Japanese and American losses since Dec 7, 1941, noting many ships sunk and others damaged.
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Japan
Tokyo
Hideo Hiraide
Phathes
Jane's
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
United States
Navy
Enemies Sink 548 Ships Past Year Across Atlantic
The Associated Press reports that since the United States entered the war a year ago enemies have sunk 548 United and neutral cargo ships, causing thousands of deaths. In the past week, five ships were sunk, a new low for seven days in nearly two months, despite a recent slackening of enemy activity in the western Atlantic.
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United States
United
Atlantic
Associated’ Press
Lom
Reappoints Albert On State UCC Board
Alvin L. Albert of Canton was reappointed to a six year term on the South Dakota Unemployment Compensation Commission by Governor Harlan J. Bushfield. The $4,200 yearly post ends December 29, 1948, with Mrs. Edith Collins and Bart Archer of Aberdeen as fellow members.
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Alvin L. Albert
Canton
South “Dakota
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Harlan J. Bushfield
Albert
Giles. Anderson
Aberdeen
Edith Collins
Bart Archer
Death toll on Guadalcanal reaches 6641 in Navy count
The Navy reported December 7 that 6,641 Japanese troops were killed on Guadalcanal by U S soldiers and marines. The total includes those destroyed by sea action, artillery, and air bombardment, based on an actual body count.
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Guadalcanal
Washington
United States
Salomas
Navy
Anniversary Of Jap Attack Sees Growing Strength
On Pearl Harbor anniversary Allied and Axis lines clash near Tunis Tobourba and Mateur as heavy fighting and strategic high ground control intensify. Britain and America renew pressure toward Bizerte while Axis reserves threaten in Sicily. In Russia the Red Army resumes winter offensive with steady gains and high casualties. Pacific fronts report Buna beachhead reinforced and Guadalcanal gains, with Japanese claims of U S provocation and new Asia sphere ambitions.
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James M. Long
Associated Press
Tunisia
Tabourba
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War Department
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First Army
Pearl Harbor
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North Africa
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Mateur
Bizerte
Sicily
mid-Mediterranean
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Red Army
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ATR
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Germany
England
Netherlands
France
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Navy
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London
Masayuki Tani
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Sanwithi Takahashi
Melbourne
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Seattle
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